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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
I don't post much and generally Jiri, you posts are quite good. But that is a rather ridiculous statement. I just want to clarify that you think people shouldnt be compensated for a stressful job or only that it shouldnt be used as a justification for a raise?
Do you honeslty think that the stresses inemergency services, EMS, police, fire haven't changed over the years? Trust me, they have; and quite substantially.
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I guess that's my point. If the stress has indeed changed then a raise could be justified. But if the argument is "EMS works have a stressful job thus deserve more money" I don't agree. A raise is warranted because of improved performance, or because the job itself has changed (e.g. more stress), not because of an element of the job that has remained relatively constant.
So the question is, has the stress on the workers increased and if so whY? (likely answer because of the population explosion in Calgary)