Letters: Sick over DWP’s pay policies
Re “Unlimited sick day pay costs DWP,” July 26
Your headline is unintentionally misleading. This situation isn’t costing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power a penny; not a single executive or manager will feel pain as a result of DWP’s poor labor and fiscal management that effectively allows employees to take unlimited sick days.
No, these excesses are costing the DWP’s ratepayers. This situation simply reinforces the perception that customers are indeed paying the DWP for a lot more than just water and power.
Mike Heffernan
Los Angeles
It’s interesting to read the excuses DWP management comes up with for exorbitant salaries.
First they say the high salaries allow them to attract good workers. Then we read that customer service representatives, who average more than $70,000 a year, are under a lot of stress, which causes them to use more sick days than most employees. These are the same employees paid a premium in salary because they are good workers.
Pole climbers have a difficult job. Customer service representatives do not.
Jack Bendar
Pacific Palisades
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