Veterans Affairs Executive Bonuses Highest of Any Government Agency

[Monkeyman]

Last Month, OPM released its report on career executive bonuses for 2005. Of the 5,906 federal executives deemed eligible to receive this to receive this additional compensation, about two-thirds got bonuses. The average amount was $13,814.

According to OPM, The Veterans Affairs Department was the most generous; slightly over 75 percent of their career executives received bonuses that averaged $16,713. This was contrasted by just over half the Energy Department executives, who received $9,064 on Average.

I don't care that people get bonuses if they earned them. But The VA is broke and vets are getting cut. NO WAY SHOULD GET A DAM DIME.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/042007/04222007/276814

[TomInTib]

1. That figures.

Probably hush money.

"Shut up and get along"

[Monkeyman]

3. And They Will Stil F us Tom

[Karenina]

8. That's cuz they're good little brownshirts (and noses)

facilitating the "privatization" of the VA, cutting corners, denying much needed staff increases, implementing crony software programs, burning out dedicated staff...

[aquart]

2. Agreed.

Hang the bastards.

[Faux pas]

4. Since when do federal executives get bonuses? WTF? No

wonder there's no money left for the people who need it.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Duh. The money to fix Walter Reed, etc. had to go SOMEWHERE.

[TahitiNut]

6. Bonuses for saving money by denying services. Great system.

:puke: :puke:

[Monkeyman]

9. Yep

[EST]

7. Lessee here,

Four thousand employees at thirteen thousand each means-what?
Fifty six million dollars.
Lotta bread. Of course, when one CEO gets a golden parachute, or the fact that that amount is less than two years of comedian Lush Rimjob's salary, it begins to look like small potatoes.

I'm lucky, I guess. My house is paid for-except for the eighteen hundred bucks a year in property taxes-and I have very spartan tastes, so I don't require a lot beyond some expensive medicines that keep my motor running. One of their "average" bonuses is almost as much as I bring in a year, total.