About a year ago I wrote a post about whether federal employees are overpaid. It’s a never-ending debate — and now the Congressional Budget Office has weighed in. The CBO conducted a study that compared the wages, benefits, and overall compensation of federal employees and private-sector employees who shared certain comparable observable characteristics. The study [...]
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Are Federal Workers Overpaid? (II)
Posted in America, Politics, Work, tagged America, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Employees, Federal Workers, Government Employees, Politics, Private-sector employees, Work on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Capitalism 101
Posted in Politics, The Economy, Work, tagged Capitalism, Firing People, Jobs, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, The Economy, Work on January 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Let’s see: Mitt Romney discusses health insurance and says he likes to being able to fire people who provide services for him . . . and his Republican opponents say that makes him a heartless bastard? I know that politics involves a lot of silliness, but this latest tempest in a teapot is ridiculous. In [...]
Title Creep
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Humor, Job Titles, New Albany, New Albany-Plain Local school district, Schools, Work on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Our local school district recently hired a new official. Her title is “chief of innovation, improvement and human capital” for the school district. You may be scratching your head about what a job with such a high-flown title entails. Well, her position replaces the “human resources director,” and a release from the school district says [...]
Down On Elevators
Posted in Technology, Work, tagged Elevators, New York City, Technology, Work, Workplace Accidents on December 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A horrible Midtown elevator accident has caused New York City workers to think twice about using the elevator and to take the stairs instead. According to news reports, an advertising executive stepped onto an elevator in her building when the elevator unexpectedly shot upward, crushing her between the elevator and the surrounding wall. Elevator inspectors [...]
The Elusive Alternative Route
Posted in Columbus, Work, tagged Columbus, Commuting, Driving, I-670, Traffic, Traffic Jams, Work on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The I-670 ramp to Third Street, which provides access from the east side to downtown Columbus, is closed for extensive repairs. It will be closed for months. It’s only one of thousands — make that hundreds of thousands — of highway ramps in the United States. But for me, it’s perhaps the most important ramp. [...]
A Recarpeting Realization
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Humor, Office Paraphernalia, Office workers, Offices, Work on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our firm is being recarpeted. Somewhere, someone decided that our old, bland office carpeting needs to be replaced by new, bland office carpeting. It’s being done overnight, office by office and floor by floor. This means that all of the furniture in each office must be moved out so new carpet can be laid down. [...]
Running Risks With That “Ugly Sweater” Contest
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Clolthing, Dr. Cliff Huxtable, Humor, Sweaters, The Cosby Show, Ugly Sweater Contest, Ugly Sweaters, Work on September 29, 2011 | 103 Comments »
People at our office are always coming up with events to try to keep the workplace interesting. Recently they announced that, on some date in the near future, there will be an “ugly sweater” contest. With that innocent, well-intentioned decision, they placed the fashion-challenged among us at enormous risk. The problem is that, once you [...]
Alpine Village Revisited
Posted in America, Growing Up, Work, tagged Alpine Village, America, de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Growing Up, Lake George, Summer Jobs, Work on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When Kish and I were in upstate New York in June, we decided to visit Alpine Village, the memorable Lake George resort where I worked during the summer of 1976. I’m glad we visited, because it brought back some memories — but it made me sad at the same time. I’m happy to report that [...]
No Teacher Left Behind
Posted in Humor, Politics, Work, tagged Accountants, Humor, Jobs bill, Journalists, Lawyers, Politics, President Obama, Teachers, Work on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama was in Columbus recently to tout his “jobs bill,” which would spend large amounts of federal money for teacher jobs and school building repairs. According to the United Federation of Teachers — which, not surprisingly, supports the idea — the President’s proposal would spend $35 billion to preserve teacher jobs and another $25 [...]
Death Throes Of The BlackBerry
Posted in Humor, Technology, Travel, Work, tagged airports, BlackBerry, Humor, Technology, Travel, Work on September 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My aging BlackBerry is giving up the ghost, and dealing with its slow-motion expiration has been painful. I’ve liked the BlackBerry. I don’t use it for much other than phone calls, e-mail checks, random textings, and the occasional foray onto the internet. I haven’t loaded it down with apps because I don’t care to make [...]
A Yard Work Saturday
Posted in Columbus, weather, Work, tagged Columbus, flower beds, Flowers, Gardening, Hot weather, house and grounds, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, summer, weather, Work, Yard Work on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve reached the point in the summer where all of the fruits of your spring yard work have begun to, well, rot. Those loathsome weeds have once again invaded your flower beds. Your shrubs have sprouted stray shoots that make them look as unkempt as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Your brickwork looks more like weedwork. Today I [...]
Saturday Night With The Crew
Posted in Columbus, Food, Work, tagged Columbus, Cookout, Dan Shuey, Food, Jocelyn Prewitt-Stanley, Ken Rubin, Martha Brewer, Vorys Sater, Work on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night Kish and I had my Vorys mentees — Prew, Ru, Brew, and Shu — and their families over for a cookout to start the holiday weekend. In recognition of my recent purchase and blog posting, the mentees decided everyone should wear a hat. It was touching gesture that made the occasion even more [...]
