The City That "Works"
Hiring D.E.I. accountants again?
Hundreds of Chicago firefighters and paramedics are still waiting for four years’ worth of retroactive pay raises after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration fumbled the ball in distributing the checks.
Pat Cleary, president of the Chicago firefighters union, said the city’s failure to deliver back pay checks by the Dec. 30 deadline means the city must pay 4.5% annual interest on payments as high as $35,000.
The problem started when the city waited until mid-January — at least two weeks after the deadline — “to start cutting checks for anybody,” Cleary said. When checks were finally in the mail, the Johnson administration “realized that they screwed up and didn’t take out pension deductions.”
Has there ever been a retro check that didn't have to be recalculated, amended and corrections issued either with additional checks or claw-backs by the City?
We can't think of a single one that didn't have issues, and this is after years of calculations and endless automation of accounting procedures.
Labels: fire fighters
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
46 Comments:
Cry me a fuckin river.
Same asshole who stood side by side with SDG / CTU. Why don't you go cry a river to her, maybe she can call BJ to fix it for you.
Incompetence is the new normal! I’m just speechless!
What about the back pay the city owes officers who worked Vri. Judge already ruled in favor of officers.
Uniforms checks at work or the Jewel
Maybe one of the DEI hires the firefighters union is promoting is in charge of their retro checks?
Incompetent accountant incompetent administration incompetent mayor
Incompetent Democrats
Better call Vanchecko to get this fixed
why do it right the first time and put all those connected "workers" out of a job?
And per contract language the city now must pay them interest at 4.50%
Just WAIT and see how fucked up those checks will be.
What?
It’s amazing that some of these people can even dress themselves
I wonder how many people were filling out their application to work for this city and thought themselves “this is my first step to working with the best and the brightest”
And you expected competency?
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Awww poor little fire fans, welcome to adversity girls. Coppers have been dealing with adversity and calamity’s non-stop since around 2016.
Wait, does CFD really think that because they won the lottery when they became fire fighters that everything is always supposed to work out perfectly for them?
Is there anyone left who works for this city in anyway, shape or form, who thinks their job still has meaning and is legit?
It’s so sad and depressing what this city has turned into. All you kiddos with zero time on, please realize the truth and do something to save your future while you still can
BJ knows exactly what happened and is laughing at you. He’s known to say to anyone who will listen that firemen get paid to watch tv and eat extravagant meals. He tells people on his staff regularly that it’s the biggest scam perpetrated on tax payers.
How true is this rumor that CFD is going to 10 hour shifts like in the FDNY? Chicago’s IG and bean counters disseminated a report detailing how much money the city would save. It’s supposed to go into affect Jan, 2027.
I’m sure the retro checks for the Police supervisors will be messed up. They’re coming before the end of 2026. They’ll be 4 1/2 years of back pay. Sgt’s will be making 20 percent more than detectives. I can only imagine what Lt’s and Captains will get?
Payroll has been a mess ever since Johnson took office. Every 2nd to 3rd check has something wrong with it
What’s going on with the OT VRI money the city owes?
I don’t think you can even blame dei for that one.
Pretending that DEI hires can actually do the job that they were hired to do is racist, paying bills on time is racist, not speaking loudly so everyone knows your business is racist, and the list goes on……..
Checks as high as 35K ?
Holy shit , there going to be a lot of fire engine red pick up trucks purchased this spring.
" I'll gladly pay you for a cheeseburger today on Tuesday..." Wimpy, from Popeye
There have been problems with payroll since they started letting the civilians work from home. The issues have been numerous. I will only give a few examples, supervisors quarterly was the wrong amount, all supervisors were paid the 20 dollar increase as rhe gross amount. How does a 20 dollar check not get noticed? Consider the old amount was 760? The power test was not paid on time in 2021. Raises are almost always missing from checks when they are due. The city should cancel all work from home. Opsa can work everyday of the week from home. Ahh civilization at work!
Define competent.
As in, at doing what?
I found a whole bunch of ways to save money:
"Right size" the chicago schools
Disband the community college districts
Disband the library district
Return all city goverment to basic services only
It is not happening, the head of the ccpsa has connections to the seiu union.
The city has been calculating and fighting the damages for six years.
Where is my vri money!!!
No sympathy here after Cleary stood with the teachers union. Hope in the upcoming fire union election they vote him out. Him and JRat birds of a feather.
Where’s our VRI backpay?
Pull the other one, it’s got bells on it. Richie Daley talked the same nonsense until someone told him any money they thought they’d save would be paid out double in sick leave and training time.
Asking people to do their jobs correctly instead of defrauding the pension or shorting the deferred comp is hoping for minimal cokpetence, not “everything works out perfectly.”
Where are the famous Chicago TV News Investigative reporters? Apparently it’s more important to report on anything Cubs or some potential Bear stadium locations.
What do you think BJ does??
“BJ knows exactly what happened “ , I call BS on that . The rest I wouldn’t argue with.
Wonder if they're still using the payroll system to pay trucks and other non human items? Wasn't the PD payroll separate from the rest of city hall payroll? A regular guy on the PD payroll team a few years back, was a good guy. I think he retired.
City hall payroll had the system go through a few clever hoops to pay not only trucks and similar non human items, but they had separate files feeding different places, which everyonequestioned and the head payroll guy used to trash better implementatiom designs. Wasted a lot of money. But that's nothing new for shitcago.
Lay of the Pipe
DEI hires in charge of accounting and payroll. What do you expect? Gone are the days of our aunts and sisters in these jobs. Say what you will about Daley but he had the right people (folks) in the right spots and Chicago was Chicago during those years. Franco Mints, Marshall Fields, a fun Taste of Chicago. Everyone moving everyone working. That’s all gone now. As far as CFD goes they don’t have it as easy as you think. If you still think all they do is sleep and sit around wondering what’s for dinner you’re all dead wrong. None of them sleep. None. They’re awake 28hrs straight. Non stop ambulance runs. It isn’t your uncle’s dept anymore it isn’t your grandpa’s dept anymore. It’s a total EMS runs all day Dept. There aren’t fires anymore relatively speaking. Rare. Few and far in between. No fireman is sitting around in their pajamas. None. While you coppers go home after 6hrs they’re awake another 16 non stop moving and working.
No, its all opsa now. This was part of the reason paydayes were moved to the 7 and 22nd.
Nancy guthrie has it.
Frenchy Martin Says:
Yep, all true, zzzzzzzz
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