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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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$20.65 for CDX? 😱😬😪
I used to buy my plywood at $100-140 per sheet (my price). It didn’t go on a roof. 😉
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wenge lumber-core pre-finished. Prolly don’t see a lot of that in JTree. 🤑
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Similar grade plywood went into cabinets for this joint.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Interesting metric, Lorenzo!
Yeah. I made it up during a discussion about whether we would ever be able to buy the houses we were building.
Of course, between 1972 and 2005 I was on a different pay rate.
I’m betting second year carpenters can’t buy 16 sheets with their wages.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Ken M.. .tried to google salaries ESUSD...No luck...You'll have to trust my source who's connected and know's everything that happens in northern Mono county...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Jan 14, 2018 - 01:39pm PT
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No, the Germans are not. Details, details
Under the union proposals, workers who opt for a 28-hour week in order to take care of young children or ageing parents would get an additional allowance of €200 per month. Those who want to take a break from doing shift work with a high health risk would be compensated with €750 per year.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 17, 2018 - 06:52am PT
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xCon, well said.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jan 17, 2018 - 07:22am PT
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While I agree in principle with most of what you just posted, xCon, social program spending is still the bulk of the budget--about 60%. Don't take this as an argument for more or even continued levels of military spending, but you do overstate things a little. One thing that really pisses me off about Republicans, at least at the national level. is that they make big talk about fiscal conservatism and then do precisely zero about it. At least the dems are generally honest about raising taxes to, in theory (hah) pay for the programs. When tRump pushed for this recent tax program, it was dead to me when there were NO spending cuts to even pretend to pay for it. AND he heaped more money on the Pentagon. Fiscal insanity. Gah.
BAd
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Jan 17, 2018 - 12:33pm PT
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UC and CSU are good examples of where your taxes go in California.
These are not your father's "unions". There is no opposing side to control costs. http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2017/09/02/university-california-pays-man/615270001/
Another good example of fake unions in California is the highway patrol. The top 50 earners in the California highway patrol make an average of $350K in 2016 in total pay + benefits.
Number 51-100 average $324K in total in 2016.
Number 101-150 average $304K in total in 2016.
Number 151-200 average $291K in total in 2016.
Number 201-250 average $284K in total in 2016.
Number 251-300 average $278K in total in 2016.
Number 301-351 average $270K in total in 2016.
Number 351-400 average $265K in total in 2016.
Number 401-450 average $260K in total in 2016.
etc. etc. etc. There are 11,400 total in the department, about 3/4 are LEO.
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?q=highway+patrol&y=2016
https://californiapolicycenter.org/what-is-the-average-pension-for-a-retired-government-worker-in-california/
Average base salary for CHP in 2016 (not including the enormous benefits, overtime, and pensions)
104 captains $181K
256 lieutenants $156K
941 sergeants $148K
6327 officers $124K
http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/article2642161.html
Pensions EXHORBITANT
The SB 400 enhancement increased the pension formula as follows: Previously, CHP retirees would earn a pension equivalent to 2% times they number of years they worked, times their final annual salary. So if a CHP officer had worked 30 years and retired at a final salary of $125,000, their pension would be calculated as 30 years times 2.0% times $125,000, which equals $75,000 per year. SB 400 raised this “multiplier” to 3.0%, which meant the new CHP pension, using the same other variables, would be 30 years times 3.0% times $125,000, which equals $112,500 per year. This benefit enhancement was enacted retroactively...
And too many don't even pay taxes on their pensions:
Data on disability pensions was available from two major pensions systems: In Los Angeles County in 2015, disability pensions were reported for 6.5% of former miscellaneous employees, for 40.5% of all retired former sheriffs, and 65.7% of all retired former firefighters; in San Jose’s retirement system whose participants are exclusively former public safety employees, 50.0% of the retirees were receiving disability pensions.
https://californiapolicycenter.org/what-is-the-average-pension-for-a-retired-government-worker-in-california/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 17, 2018 - 12:38pm PT
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Yes, the Pension Sword of Damocles is precariously suspended over a large part of the country,
particularly the Blue states.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 18, 2018 - 08:22am PT
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^^^ That's indescribably f*#ked up ^^^
Whoever thought that up should be drawn and quartered. Any as#@&%e supporting should be shot and dumped in a ditch.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 22, 2018 - 09:14am PT
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Tami, why does Canada buy all the fighter planes it can afford to from us?
You’re just encouraging us to design more!
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Bruce Morris
Trad climber
Soulsbyville, California
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Jan 22, 2018 - 02:18pm PT
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As an early war baby, I had free daycare, free summer camps, free trips to the beach, and low-cost medical and dental under the umbrella of mom and dad's benefits at work. I remember when my uncle Bob moved down from the City (i.e. San Francisco) and bought a house in San Mateo with a Cal Vet Loan. $0 down, 6-months to the first payment, all for the grand total of $10,000. $75 p/m payments. Cheap food, cheap energy, and - most of all - almost $0 tuition to go to UC or a State College. We even had a free beach and free recreation for kids out at Coyote Point.
At least I have enough money now to die before it gets really, really bad.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jan 23, 2018 - 11:28am PT
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In-N-Out employees can work their way up to $160,000 a year with no degree or previous experience
Full story at the link....
http://www.businessinsider.com/in-n-out-employee-pay-2018-1
Employees start at a higher-than-average salary of at least $13 an hour and have the opportunity to advance to six figures as a store manager. A typical architect in California makes about $112,000 a year, while a lawyer rakes in $117,000, according to jobs site Indeed.
The burger chain offers benefits including 401(k) plans, paid vacation, and dental and vision coverage for part- and full-time employees — a rarefied package in the fast-food industry. In a Glassdoor ranking of the best places to work in 2018, In-N-Out earned the No. 4 spot and beat out tech giants like Google and Microsoft. It was the only restaurant chain in the top 50.
Denny Warnick, vice president of operations at In-N-Out, told California Sun that paying employees well has always been part of the company culture.
In 1948, Harry and Esther Snyder opened the first In-N-Out in a Los Angeles suburb with quality service as a central focus. "Paying their associates well was just one way to help maintain that focus, and those beliefs remain firmly in place with us today," Warnick told California Sun.
It's not an act of charity, according to Jayaraman. Her research shows that paying employees well leads to better productivity, less employee turnover, and bigger profits.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 23, 2018 - 11:56am PT
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A typical architect in California makes about $112,000 a year, while a lawyer rakes in $117,000,
Poor sods, but nobody forced them to go into a menial labor career.
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