OT: Top paid state employees

[vtcwbuff]

Of the 21 top paid state employees guess how many are employed by UConn? Surprise, surprise (channeling Gomer Pyle), all of them. LINK

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

 

[Boreifs]

You consider those salaries greedy? Why don't you be fair and compare the salaries at the UConn Health Center to the grant money that each of them likely generates through research or the fees generated through complex medical procedures. In comparison to ANY large corporation, these salaries are pocket change. If you want to argue that the UConn coaches are overpaid, fine, but that didn't seem to be your intent. By the way, if you need a life-saving operation some day, are you going to worry about how much money that incredibly talented and well educated physician makes?

 

[Kibitzer]

Some (esp. Boneyarders) may assert that Geno is underpaid @ $2M+ and the Guv is overpaid @ $191K.

 

[Kaizen]

16 of the top 21 are from UConn Health Center. That is surprised.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

Universities have to compete for talented faculty not only with other universities but
with the real world for those disciplines that can command high salaries on the outside.
(not philosophy dept. faculty, etc.)

At almost any university the highest paid faculty will be in the medical school, the
law school, and to some extent the engineering school (if the university has any of
these schools).

 

[UcMiami]

Of the 21 top paid state employees guess how many are employed by UConn? Surprise, surprise (channeling Gomer Pyle), all of them. LINK

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

Yeah - top doctors in their fields earn lots of money - but they also bring in a lot of money as most of the minutes they work are charged to their patients at rather high rates. With the medical center, they also bring in a lot of money in research grants, as do a lot of the scientistic in the physics and chemistry departments.
I find the amount of money being paid to college coaches to be somewhat obscene, but it is what it is and with Geno he certainly is delivering the goods. The rest of it is pretty bog standard if you look at any state in the union - the medical centers come in at the top right behind the college coaches and well above any of the politicians.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Of the 21 top paid state employees guess how many are employed by UConn? Surprise, surprise (channeling Gomer Pyle), all of them. LINK

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

How many people started off at 18 to 24,000 dollars and at career's end were making near 3,000,000 in the SAME Job?? I remember discussing with a Professor/Instructor at Uconn's Medical Facility in Farmington (old guy) in Dentistry --I asked him about the SCIENCE of Dentistry--he abruptly stopped me and said it isn't a Science--it's an ART.You know ART is expensive!

 

[BroadwayVa]

Yeah - top doctors in their fields earn lots of money - but they also bring in a lot of money as most of the minutes they work are charged to their patients at rather high rates. With the medical center, they also bring in a lot of money in research grants, as do a lot of the scientistic in the physics and chemistry departments.
I find the amount of money being paid to college coaches to be somewhat obscene, but it is what it is and with Geno he certainly is delivering the goods. The rest of it is pretty bog standard if you look at any state in the union - the medical centers come in at the top right behind the college coaches and well above any of the politicians.

It is what it is! Or we could become a Progressive (Communistic) Society where laborer or Doctor receive they same pay. We won't talk about the money politician get---One guy had a job at 35000/year then the next job at 250,000 per year and left the second job 8 years later as a multi=millionaire--hmmm?

 

[HuskyNan]

Of the 21 top paid state employees guess how many are employed by UConn? Surprise, surprise (channeling Gomer Pyle), all of them. LINK

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

Dr. Makkar is considered the best pediatric dermatologist in the United States and he's done extensive melanoma research, widely published in peer journals. His being on the staff at the UConn medical center draws the best medical students. Not sure why you think he's not worth his salary.

Dr. Torti is a highly regarded cancer researcher and is regarded as one of the best in the country.

Do you want me to continue?

 

[Kibitzer]

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

To imply that the budget crunch in Connecticut is caused by the UConn Health Center is comparable to blaming the Katrina flooding on a leaky water faucet in a Bourbon Street bar.

 

[Boreifs]

I once estimated that the surgeon who essentially saved my life at the Mayo Clinic conservatively generated 25-35 million dollars in billing for that "nonprofit" corporation. Given the discounted fees at Mayo, I would guess that the top surgeons at UConn generate much more than that for the UConn hospital system, particularly when one factors in the research grants and the attracting of medical students who after graduation become major donors to the University. I'm frankly surprised that the University is able to keep them at rather modest salaries in comparison to what other major med schools can offer.
If a surgeon who performs upwards of 20 incredibly complicated and life-saving procedures on a weekly basis is considered "greedy", then something is wrong with our value system.

 

[Monte]

Yeah - top doctors in their fields earn lots of money - but they also bring in a lot of money as most of the minutes they work are charged to their patients at rather high rates. With the medical center, they also bring in a lot of money in research grants, as do a lot of the scientistic in the physics and chemistry departments.
I find the amount of money being paid to college coaches to be somewhat obscene, but it is what it is and with Geno he certainly is delivering the goods. The rest of it is pretty bog standard if you look at any state in the union - the medical centers come in at the top right behind the college coaches and well above any of the politicians.

I constantly hear people complain about the high cost of Health Insurance. There never seems to be much discussion about the high prices doctors charge, though. I tried to get the services of a surgeon from the Uconn Health Center. I was told by his office that he will not operate on a patient who has had surgery on the same body area by another physician.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Like prestigious athletic programs, prestigious academics attract research grants, better quality students, and certainly when it is a medical school, goodwill for the school.

My wife saw multiple specialists affiliated with UPenn, which has a specialty clinical practice in her disease. First rate. Can't compare to U of A, which does not specialize in that illness - nothing wrong with the doctors, they just don't see many patients with her issues.

However, I would say in general that there are many salaries that I do think are out of a reasonable range.

 

[Buckaroobanzai]

I will not argue against the market forces that underlie the salaries we are discussing. I will, however, argue that it is absurd that the Uconn Health Center in Farmington is in a cutthroat competition with St. Francis and Hartford Hospitals. The Health Center has been a tremendous burden on the state budget and I cannot understand why, instead of competing, the Health Center and the Hartford hospitals are not cooperating to maximize rather than duplicate facilities built and to be built. Alas, it is time to step down from my soap box because my comments have absolutely nothing to do with WCBB. I extend to the BY nation an anticipatory mea culpa.

 

[BigBird]

If you want to hire a competent (MD) radiologist (as differentiated from a radiology technician), you'll find the competitive bidding to be pretty steep. And if you want to hire a professor who teaches or certifies would-be radiologists, you'll pay a king's ransom or you'll not make the hire at all. It's a supply versus demand situation.

As I have posted before, coaching salaries are not necessarily paid by tax dollars. Does anyone have solid information as to the source of coaching salaries at UConn?

 

[Sargassoc]

Note: I think doctors and professors (among others), if they are great at their jobs, deserve to be handsomely paid. In our current economic system, it is disingenuous to call people who accept the salary given to them greedy.

Having said that, Connecticut is not appreciably different from the other states as shown in this (granted, 3-year old graphic) of states and their highest public employee: CLICK HERE for INFOGRAPHIC.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Some (esp. Boneyarders) may assert that Geno is underpaid @ $2M+ and the Guv is overpaid @ $191K.

Reporter to Babe Ruth: "Babe, with your pay raise, you now make more than the President (Hoover)."

Babe, in reply: "I had a better year than he did."

 

[bellairehusky]

Isn't most of GA and KO salaries paid from the Athletic Department (State of CT only pays for the highest pay grade allowed?)

 

[HuskyNan]

Isn't most of GA and KO salaries paid from the Athletic Department (State of CT only pays for the highest pay grade allowed?)

Yes, they are. The State pays the base salaries; the AD pays the "speaking and other fees" part.

 

[Bayareahusky]

Of the 21 top paid state employees guess how many are employed by UConn? Surprise, surprise (channeling Gomer Pyle), all of them. LINK

Here we are with the state in a huge budget crunch, tuition increases at UConn and Herbst whining for more money, yet a whole bunch of folks at UConn are bringing in big bucks. At the top Ollie and Auriemma but also a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations. Unless of course you agree that UConn is one of the biggest corporations in the state.

Is this greed? What if the sports teams were not there? I have a nice PDF chart of the country..... broken down by state, showing what the top state salary was..... As I remember a couple were the head of state university, New Hampshire was the hockey coach, but 90% of top earners were either the football or basketball coach...... nothing out of the ordinary....

 

[Wally East]

a lot of people from the UConn Health Center. I guess greed isn't limited to corporations.

How much should top doctors in their field get paid?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Yes, they are. The State pays the base salaries; the AD pays the "speaking and other fees" part.

And even that is simplistic. While it varies from school to school, some coach's salaries are also paid more or less directly by corporate sponsorship (see Nike, as an example) and in other cases by specific dedicated donations, as I understand it.

It is most likely difficult to determine the exact sources of a coach's salary.