"Reduced to pen and paper as computers crash, operators scramble and people die" (New York: salary)

[Stechkin]

NYC’s 911 operators sweat it out when computer system crashes and burns - NYPOST.com
Perhaps Bloomberg should address real problems like this first, instead of worrying bout petty hippy nonsense.

"Intergraph keeps telling us, “Shut your computer down and reboot. It’ll just take a minute.”

How many lives can you lose in a minute?

Sometimes we get it wrong, too. Once the address an operator thought she heard was for the wrong borough. A baby wasn’t breathing. The baby died."

[Stechkin]

"Starting pay for a 911 operator is about $26,000. "

In a high cost place like NYC, it's pretty awful that people tasked with saving lives are getting paid this little. Surely it affects the quality of candidates they attract.

[Kefir King]

Think of all the wounds cause by pencils that people have forgotten how to use.

"Starting pay for a 911 operator is about $26,000. "

I see other statistics:

New York NY Yearly 911 Operator Pay Statistics

Average Yearly 911 Operator Salary$40,332 - $60,497Starting Yearly 911 Operator Salary$33,214 - $49,821Top Yearly 911 Operator Salary$47,449 - $71,173
http://911operatorsalary.com/NY/New-...perator-Salary

[85dumbo]

Originally Posted by Stechkin

"Starting pay for a 911 operator is about $26,000. "

In a high cost place like NYC, it's pretty awful that people tasked with saving lives are getting paid this little. Surely it affects the quality of candidates they attract.

At least they didn't outsource it to India (not that the Unions would let them anyway).

Thats only starting salary. I know a 311 operator who lives a decent life.

[teaneckgirl]

Bloomberg sucks.

[reppin_the_847]

If cops & firefighters are paid well (relatively speaking) in NYC, then these folks should too.

[Stechkin]

Originally Posted by reppin_the_847

If cops & firefighters are paid well (relatively speaking) in NYC, then these folks should too.

cops are not paid well, relatively speaking, jus look at cop salaries around the country, everyone pays more