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1. Ted wrote:

I don't want to sound negative but I don't believe we will get a payraise this year and probably not next year. It will take time for the economy to rebound. If you look at other States they are already planning furloughs of 2 days off a month, 35 hour work weeks, eliminating 1 and 2 State Holidays, asking for voluntary 5% reduction in pay, etc. Oklahoma is lucky so far only to be 317 million short if you can call that lucky, it will probably be more than that before it is over. I believe we need to go on the defense and see where we can save money at every agency, there are ways to cut costs and not employees while we weather this storm. Sorry folks, this is reality.

Sun, January 25, 2009 @ 10:48 AM

2. ou812 wrote:

here is a link from the state treasurer.
as of jan 13th 2009 the state was 189 million ahead.

http://www.ok.gov/treasurer/documents/December%20Revenue%20PR%201-13-09.pdf

Mon, January 26, 2009 @ 2:52 PM

3. J. Switzer wrote:

Ted, As a supervisor with the Department of Corrections, I have to wonder if "weathering this storm" will be enough! I am a single man, with no dependents, and I am having a tough time "just making it" with the amount of my monthly paycheck.

I do not mean to turn this into a sob story, but I am driving a 30 year old car, or I should say my 1979 280zx is sitting in my driveway while I walk to work everyday.

If I am any example of a normal state employee.. Then We, the state employees of Oklahoma, will not be able to "weather" another year of living cost increases, with a paycheck that erodes monthly.

Tue, January 27, 2009 @ 5:48 PM

4. wrote:

Both my husband and myself are retired from the D.O.C. and starting this month, we each had to endure a substantial increase in our health insurance costs which reduced our monthly benefits by around $70.00 total.You think it's tough now, just wait until you retire and have to start paying for your health coverage. I'm not kidding, almost a third of my state retirement income for 2008 went to pay for insurance provided to active employees at no cost.

Fri, January 30, 2009 @ 10:44 AM

5. Long time employee wrote:

Maybe we should look at cutting the services the state provides. If the state can't afford to pay its' employees appropriately, then the employees should be asked to do a whole lot less. All that seems to have happened is more and more is demanded of the employees and they are given less and less pay due to the erosion of the dollar. I can't see anyone who works directly around me voluntarily agreeing to a 5% pay cut. We are already on the involuntary pay cut schedule of no pay raise.

Sat, January 31, 2009 @ 5:14 PM

6. Yellow Dog wrote:

I am a sergeant with DOC and with one dependent and with rent, untility bills and a car payment and with what I make it does not leave much for gas and food for the month I live over 35 miles from where I work a pay raise would be nice but I am not counting on one. When I am at home I check other DOC websites and almost all of them have automatic 5% annual raises and allow their officers to carry pepper and either a ASP baton or a PR-24 Oklahoma is the only DOC does not allow this. Calling for and across the board pay raise but I do not see any where how much of a pay raise it would be.

Sun, February 1, 2009 @ 6:25 AM

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