Comments on: Minister On Salary Increase For Public Officers

By: Hospital staff

Hospital staff — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:21:34 +0000

More like walking towards a golden goose paycheck and making 5 times their salary per month.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:09:04 +0000

Civil servants get rewarded in other ways, such as by having a pension tied to their salary, regardless of contributions to the Superannuation Fund or the investment performance of the Superannuation Fund.

Those of us in the private sector have pensions that are limited by our contributions and investment results.

By: Question

Question — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:27:28 +0000

We need a version of DOGE. The government is ridiculously inefficient and overstaffed.

By: MODERNMAN

MODERNMAN — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 22:54:03 +0000

id hardly call it reaping rewards..many have had no increase or job description adjustment but doing many extras for over 10 years..some private sector have bonuses and paid performance bonuses too. public sector still dont keep up with cost of living so we all just making it

By: James

James — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:55:20 +0000

An associate of mine paid for their home in two years working at the hospital. You really think they’re going to walk? The nurse are 95% foreign they laughing to the bank every month when you compare the pay difference.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:39:20 +0000

“No COLA for 7 years, battling through a pandemic, salary freezes, yearly increases in health insurance premiums”

The BIU and BPSU allowed that to happen. Those unions represent the majority of BHB staff. You cannot blame the BHB alone.

By: comfortably numb

comfortably numb — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:35:18 +0000

I think most people consider government employment as a form of financial assistance to help the self esteem and bank accounts of those who would not survive in the private sector due to lack of productivity, poor attendance, adaptability etc. Case in point: Hurricane Ernesto knocked out the traffic lights at Somerset Bridge, perhaps the busiest waterway for recreational boaters. Fast forward 8 months the traffic lights are still inactive. W&E, Marine and Ports, anyone in government awake and functioning?

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:28:20 +0000

Totally agree. Also I have said on many occasions, expats may not have registered votes in the usual sense, but feet can be a very effective vote. Good luck on finding Bermudians to staff the ACW.

By: FED up

FED up — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:56:39 +0000

Seriously !!! ..Gov workers overworked and stressed…Try BHB workers…No COLA for 7 years, battling through a pandemic, salary freezes, yearly increases in health insurance premiums, increased workload from over crowded hospital and mass staff exodus with poor recruitment and retention etc , etc ..The overcrowinding in ED announced this week is not new to us who work there ..BHB staff have been enduring this for years..Even if there was additional space to house patients, how would it be staffed ?… NO one wants to come here and work !!! The pay is low and the cost of living is too high…Bermuda is very zenophobic , but we should be happy for the expats that’s keeping the hospital afloat…The Bermudians,jump ship to Gov as soon as they can..for better pay and less work stress..Bermuda is in for a rude awakening….

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:20:51 +0000

Don’t overlook the retroactive pay. “The difference between the CPI and actual pay increases from the 2014 base year to the end of 2023 will be distributed to staff over a four-year period”. Many in the private sector, apart from IB, have had little or no increases for years the public sector reap extra rewards. No accountability, no chance of getting fired, just more money.

By: Greta Peters

Greta Peters — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:16:52 +0000

And how do you think the hospital workers are going to feel about this news ?????

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:13:20 +0000

Are you kidding me?!?!! Everything’s getting harder for us and of course the unions get a raise at our expense. This is absurd and I don’t know why we put up with it. The PLP didn’t even get the most votes!

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:33:21 +0000

“For the fiscal year 2024/25, public officers received an increase of 4.81%.”

That is roughly TWICE the reported rate of inflation! Why are you giving away my money like that?

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:32:54 +0000

So much to cover, but why is the workload increasing when the general population is decreasing? 800 vacant posts is ridiculous. The pay and benefit increases are unsustainable, as are the defined benefit pensions.
Classic example of market based financial assistance/employment. No accountability or performance metrics, merely jobs for life, or until the money runs out.