Retirement hypothetical question: Correctoins officer v. Probation Officer

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Here is a hypothetical question for you:

• Person X went to college and has a graduate degree, but he has 45k in student loan debt. He accepts a job as a Florida DOC probation officer.
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• Person Y flunked out of high school, but he went back and got a GED. He accepts a job as a Florida DOC officer and he maxes out salary incentive in-service courses in his first six months of employment.
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• Both person X and person Y are:
  - Hired on the same day
  - Work the exact same amount of OT
  - Retire as non-supervisors after 25 years.

QUESTIONS: Is there a significant difference in their pay? Is there a significant difference in their retirement?

[Unregistered]

Person X was a dumb ass and should have worked their way through college and then the dumb ass would not have such a large student loan.

Person Y graduated High School in 1990, and went to work at age 19 on the prison side. By the time person Y retired, he made it to the rank of Major. Finally, Person Y has a sweet retirement pay and is traveling the world at age 50. I guess the moral of the story is, Person X is a dumb ass.

[Unregistered]

"GAME POINT, nobody wins!"

~Geoff Tate, 1990

[Unregistered]

If nobody wins, why do they keep score? By the way, I think the retired Major won this one. Great retirement, no student loan and able to retire at age 50. Win, win and win.

[Unregistered]

If nobody wins, why do they keep score? By the way, I think the retired Major won this one. Great retirement, no student loan and able to retire at age 50. Win, win and win.

Bottom line is you could write "scenarios" all day long, in the end it doesn't even matter!

How about the fat-ass from DMV that never ever watched a set of keys or worked a caseload, comes in as Secretary making $145K for 6 years... Makes retired Major look like a fool for spending 30 years of his life to make squat!

Plus, Retired Major still has a big health insurance bill until he reaches Medicare age.

[Unregistered]

Poor poor Probation Officer. You sound a little jealous. You must fall into the X category. Also known as Dumb Ass.

[Unregistered]

Poor poor Probation Officer. You sound a little jealous. You must fall into the X category. Also known as Dumb Ass.

There are pros and cons on both sides of the fence. It would be nice to have overtime like the prison side. But the ability to make your own schedule is priceless.

[Unregistered]

Make your own schedule? We do a weekly schedule and hand it into the supervisor. A day later we get it back with the supervisors adjustments. In the end, we do not choose our own schedule in my circuit.

[Unregistered]

Poor poor Probation Officer. You sound a little jealous. You must fall into the X category. Also known as Dumb Ass.

Worked my way through college, no debt. Worked a few years as a PO, went to Law School at night and let the State help pay for that; which is has been paid-off. Now making more money than I could ever have imagined possible at DOC!

Sounds like you are just a poor, poor key-watching Major... MAJOR DUMB ASS that is!

[Unregistered]

Here is a hypothetical question for you:

• Person X went to college and has a graduate degree, but he has 45k in student loan debt. He accepts a job as a Florida DOC probation officer.
  .
• Person Y flunked out of high school, but he went back and got a GED. He accepts a job as a Florida DOC officer and he maxes out salary incentive in-service courses in his first six months of employment.
  .
• Both person X and person Y are:
  - Hired on the same day
  - Work the exact same amount of OT
  - Retire as non-supervisors after 25 years.

QUESTIONS: Is there a significant difference in their pay? Is there a significant difference in their retirement?

The point is that the State of Florida pretty much pays the same across-the-board, regardless of which agency you are in -- with FDLE and Capital Police being the two exceptions. Capital Police starting pay is about the same as everybody else, but they get guaranteed annual pay raises, unlike other State employees.