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NY To Replace IT Vendors With State Workers
dcblogs writes "New York state plans to replace as many as 500 IT contract workers with a new type of temporary state worker. The state estimates it can save $25,000 annually for each contracting position that is in-sourced. This is the result of a new law creating 'term appointments,' which strip away some hiring and firing rules that apply to permanent state workers. These term appointment workers are employed 'at will.' Term appointments can be up to five years and workers get state benefits. Proponents of this change said a state IT worker might earn an average of $55 an hour, including benefits, while the state pays its contractors an average of $128 an hour for workers in similar jobs."
State employees have one of the most powerful unions there is. This is the thin end of the wedge to destroy it. Whether you are happy about this or not depends on how you feel about unions. I, for one, welcome this as a step forward for government employment.
you have the right to be fired for no reason and have no recourse.
You mean like any at-will employee--like it should be because white color unions shouldn't exist in the first place?
Geez, can people not even read the summary? They are at will employees (i.e. they can be fired), and are paid $55/hr including benefits (i.e. retirement benefits, if any).
It allegedly costs about 40% on top of salary to hire the average employee. It is left as an exercise to the reader to figure out what it costs to hire a union employee.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"