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rob13qc · Member

Anyone regret getting promoted?

nycop80 · Guru

You will not look back once you get promoted, although there are new annoyances and stuff to deal with you can actually have some input on some decisions. It was well worth the effort of studying. Plus , one step closer to LT.

Yankee4life · Member

Sometimes......Okay most times but with time I'm sure things will get better. It's like everything else, with time and routine it becomes easier. Now P.O.'s attitudes and resistance to new bosses is something you need to expect but handle in a professional manner. Just don't forget where you came from and how you felt in those same shoes.

It will be allright

18and1 · Senior Member

Especially with the midnight duty capt. Right yankee4life?

excessive force · Veteran Member

funny that this topic was brought up cuz i was thinkin about this the other day. i do have some regrets... i went from a nice command with good food to a shiit hole with no food. you have two yr wonders trying to flex on you which is a joke. And whenever they do something stupid i have to write a 49 explaining why they are idiots. i cant get any o.t. or a day off. i have all this extra responsibility and yet im making less then a p.o. im sure in time i will get use to the nonsense of the rank. the rank will be more enjoyable when they fix the pay rate also... so in closing i dont really regret studying and getting made however i do catch myself once in awhile scratching my head and wondering how the hell did i get here...

shoefly 3 · Newbie

2 year wonders (wannabe hairbags). I thought that was only in my cmd. Little to no time on the job but in their minds because they may work in a semi busy house, alot stuff goes out the window. It's all fun and games until...
Anyway, I to scratch my head.

Yankee4life · Member

I agree with Shoefly and Excessive force in that these kids think that they are untouchable... working in special units with their big two years+ on the job and all, but when they f@#$ up who do they turn to??? HUH.... Hmmmm.... Well that would be us, of course. Like shoefly said, "It's all fun and games until..."

cat · Senior Member

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Yankee4life · Member

Oooohhh.... I like that saying cat... I might just use it a few times ... with your approval of course.

nycop80 · Guru

Getting a command that has OT for sgt's is huge, i been pretty lucky, anyone who wants a ton of OT, hopefully you get transit, no i am not in transit now but i know the bosses get OT there to do nothing. Some commands have OT , just have to get lucky. I am still waiting for my night diff to kick in they owe me like 6-7 months times $580 a month. Not bad.

hollar · Guru

has nothing to do with luck and all to do with who you know and how white you are

BurnEd · Veteran Member

Yeah!!! I was waiting for somebody to finally get racial. You did it! Hollar!!!!

hollar · Guru

it is what it is... that's why i would never be a captain, is bad at the pct level, must be 100x worst department wide, lol.... imagine being a captain, and waiting to be promoted, while being a minority, lol...

-- Edited by hollar on Monday 16th of March 2009 02:42:45 AM

t-bone · Veteran Member

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excessive force · Veteran Member

hollar wrote:

it is what it is... that's why i would never be a captain, is bad at the pct level, must be 100x worst department wide, lol.... imagine being a captain, and waiting to be promoted, while being a minority, lol...

-- Edited by hollar on Monday 16th of March 2009 02:42:45 AM

come on now... it sucks being captain no matter what race you are! im white as snow and have been shiited on by this job since day one! my skin color has done nothin for me and my career. let me guess... your the type of cop that blames their skin color for getting a foot post or a crappy assignment right? lol. get a life!

Double H · Veteran Member

Yeah right minorities on the job get no luck.....28 pct, Community Affairs, I could go on. It all comes down to WHO YOU KNOW.

hollar · Guru

excessive force you must be oblivious to the world, lol... that might be a reason why ur getting ****ted on at ur cmd.... lol, idiot

-- Edited by hollar on Monday 16th of March 2009 11:43:28 PM

NapoleonLost · Veteran Member

Skin color helps depending on the people doing the interview as having something in common with the interviewer always does BUT with a crappy attitude, poor work ethic, lazy disposition the options and opportunities will be more scarce. Some people walk into interviews in jeans and some in slacks...who seems better? Of course who you know helps but I can tell you for a FACT that you can go just about anywhere on this job without a phone call if you work hard, have a good personality and are persistant. I am NOT just talking crap...I have done it.

excessive force · Veteran Member

hollar wrote:

excessive force you must be oblivious to the world, lol... that might be a reason why ur getting ****ted on at ur cmd.... lol, idiot

-- Edited by hollar on Monday 16th of March 2009 11:43:28 PM

wow u are right! that must be the reason why the job shiits on me!! or maybe you are a reversed racist azzhole that makes every issue u come across a RACE issue!

hollar · Guru

total opposite, lol... it is what is, lol... ur ridicules, lmao

excessive force · Veteran Member

im not going to go tit for tat with you. have a nice career. bye

WOW · Veteran Member

oh snap...he called you ridicules!! Is that a word? I think he was shooting for "rediculous".

hollar · Guru

same to you, wish you the best.... Peace

-- Edited by hollar on Tuesday 17th of March 2009 08:20:25 PM

zoo-master · Veteran Member

Holla, cmon with the race bullsh*t. Have you worked in any sh*t hole in brooklyn north yet. Almost every c.o. in those pcts are minorities and the majority of the bosses they pull in also. I am not gonna play the race card but open your eyes. Oh and by the way who is the chief of the borough... HMMMMMMM????

MN50 · Senior Member

Why bother replying to crap like that. Im sure he is type that cries racism everytime something doesnt go his way. Its like when the blacks and hispanics were complaining the FDNY test were unfair to minorities, because not enough minorities were passing, im spanish, and I think that is pathetic.

Yankee4life · Member

I agree with MN50, but can we stick to the main topic of this forum. Let's talk about the regrets a good portion of us have now, shall we.

Let the regrets start once again.

WOW · Veteran Member

I regret it... in august P.O. salary goes up to 76000 and change, while my salary will only go to 75920.00. A month or so later I'll be at the second step for Sgt.s which is 76440...at the SECOND STEP Sgts make the same as a cop!!!! What the FFFFFFFF....................

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t-bone · Veteran Member

WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!, STEP 3 BASE SALARY FOR A SGT IS 74,000, STEP 4 IS GOING TO 78,000 , THIS SUMMER A PO WILL BE 76,000 PLUS LONGEVITY 5700 VS 4200 FOR A SGT WHILE YOU WILL STAY AT 73,000 + 4200 , COPS WILL MAKE APOXX 4500 MORE PLUS OT biggrin

SteveC · Veteran Member

So cops make more than Sgts. Big deal, they make 20 bucks more a paycheck. Its all the wait til top pay. Then a cop must do I believe 22 tours of OT to equal a sgt's base at top pay.

nycop80 · Guru

hollar, I dont get into many arguments on this board, but i have to say, you are a complete idiot. You are right that many things happen on this job if you know the right people, however knowing the right person doesnt help you pass any exams now does it ? Please keep your racist comments off this board. If you truly feel what you said you have some bigger issues to deal with and i hope for everyone's sake you never become a boss. With being a boss , you would learn the best approach to many issues to be fair. It may not be popular, but we aren't in the position to be everyone's friend. Try to be FAIR. If you already have these ideas in your mind about race and who knows what else, anyone on this board can see you are not going to base decisions on fair and impartial judgement. You are supposed to lead by example. There are enough idiots out there, how about be one of the good guys.

WOW · Veteran Member

t-bone wrote:

WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!, STEP 3 BASE SALARY FOR A SGT IS 74,000, STEP 4 IS GOING TO 78,000 , THIS SUMMER A PO WILL BE 76,000 PLUS LONGEVITY 5700 VS 4200 FOR A SGT WHILE YOU WILL STAY AT 73,000 + 4200 , COPS WILL MAKE APOXX 4500 MORE PLUS OT

OK....let me go slow for you t-boner....i said IN AUGUST...Sgts pay, SECOND STEP, is 76440...which is correct...not WRONG!!!!!!!! You catching on big guy? Go check out the chart again.

-- Edited by WOW on Thursday 19th of March 2009 01:33:42 PM

MN50 · Senior Member

You have to think long term, yes it sucks that you will be making the same as a cop now, but if you're like me and you have three more years to the fifth step time flies and in no time you'll be making over 90 grand without over time and not including longevity. You have to look at the glass as half full, who knows when the unions are going to settle a contract once the current ones expire. You know fully well the city is going to cry poverty for a couple of years and not offer us sh!t. As a recently promotoed sgt, your pay will continue to increase every year until you hit top pay, while a top pay cop is stagnant. And I dont know about you guys, but I took the promotion so I could make a little more cash without having to spend more time at work, I enjoy life outside the job.

P.S. Im not sh!tting on being a cop, I enjoyed it, but this is definately a bosses job. I havent had one complaint since I have been promoted, but of course that can all change in a heartbeat I suppose.

t-bone · Veteran Member

just got paid ,WHERE IS MY NIGHT DIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, WHEN YOU ENTER B MOC IT IS GONE ON THE FIRST PAY CHECK , NOW I HAVE BEEN WAITING 3 MONTHS ????????????????

MN50 · Senior Member

takes about six months for the night diff to kick in

nycop80 · Guru

night dif is handled by one person at 1pp, i been waiting 7 months and still no night dif yet, so it's like an extra savings account for the time being. $580 a month for full sgt night diff, it can be your car payment.

brooklynbacon · Guru

I regret getting promoted. I wish i was still a PPO instead of a PO. The academy was less stressful without writing tags every month.

natou · Senior Member

is this post needed

WOW · Veteran Member

Is it necessary to drink my own urine? No, but i like the taste. News flash chief...we don't NEED any of these

infinity · Senior Member

Lmao wow

t-bone · Veteran Member

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B0LTFAN · Member

hmmm..probably depends on what day you are asking me. It's a totally different perspective. I would say you are treated better and it's nice not to have to collar or write tags anymore, but...it's a whole new world of new aggravations and stresses.
It also makes you see cops in a whole new light. It makes you see that some are great and some are just useless zeroes, and I'm not even talking activity here, just as far as attitudes and professionalism go. It also becomes obvious real quick that the two year wonders in crime and conditions are a sergeant's biggest annoyances when on the desk. They are a bunch of whiny prima donnas who think who they are.

nycop80 · Guru

well said boltfan, i could not have said it better myself.

Yankee4life · Member

God forbid you gave a foot post to one of these two year wonders... I dont know if they all have arthritic foot problems or they are afraid of rain water. Oh yeah!!! The lastet is... "it is unsafe to be on a foot post by myself.".... Sgt. I don't know about you guys but i remember quite vividly many times being on foot alone my first few years..holding it down. What the F!@#!!!!! Where is this dept going????

cat · Senior Member

S HIT F UCK A FOOT POST TRY A WHOLE HOUSING PROJECT BY YOURSELF AND HOLD IT DOWN AND TAKE THE BUS ACROSS TOWN TO POST AND BACK!!!!!

excessive force · Veteran Member

i really think the new crop of cops on this job r awful! they dont know how to handle a missing or how to answer a ground ball radio run. they go straight from impact to crime n thats pathetic. for most of these rooks this is their 1st "real" job n just cuz they get the CO numbers they dont know how to act. i did my time on patrol with out ever goin into a unit. i feel ray ray should make a policy that these fvckin good for nothing pos have to do 5yrs patrol before even thinking about a specialized unit!!!! Can i get an Amen??

Yankee4life · Member

Amen!!!!!Amen!!!Amen!!!! ****.... how about ten years??? I'm with you Ex Force.

STOPTHEINSANITY · Veteran Member

I happen to be readiing this and I read what hollar wrote

has nothing to do with luck and all to do with who you know and how white you are

The facts are that ray ray kelly loves minorities and all he does is kiss their ass and promote them no matter how smart or how incompetent.The problem is everyone is to afraid to say the truth.Ray kelly and bloomturds social experiment has failed.This will have negative effects on the job for years to come.Sensitivity training at the APOLLO come on you have to be kidding me.Community Affairs BLAH BLAH BLAH.....And when called on the carpet minorities usually wil always cry and play the race card wah wah wah!!!!!Some people will immediately call me a racist but I am far from it.... I am a realist.....

cat · Senior Member

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STOPTHEINSANITY · Veteran Member

This is exactly what I am talking about.If I say it I am a racist if you say it its ok or we cant discuss it Just keep crying WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH ....

Oleiry · Veteran Member

STOPTHEINSANITY wrote:
This is exactly what I am talking about.If I say it I am a racist if you say it its ok or we cant discuss it Just keep crying WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH ....

There we go again. I see whats going on here "Stoptheinsanity" is a racist in the open well thats understandable, but not in this country which is based of immigrants. "Stoptheinsanity" before you talked out your fried brains, learn the history of the United State of America, and you will see who was here, and who came here first. It is disgusting hearing this ignorant nonsense. But you know what, if we are going to talk about this department, lets bring history back. Who created comp stat? Was it a person of color? Who destroyed this job deeply by bringing the operation impact? I dont think is has anything to do with minorities. If we look at the percentage of minorities getting promoted to the higher ranks of the NYPD, that are minorities excluding chief Sigler, they all think they are white, they all drink the coolaid, and forget where they came from. I experienced it my self through the tenure in this department. I dont think the downfall of NYPD has to do with racism. it has to do with new people getting all the sweet deals with no time on the job, and of course not enough experience on the road. Example Sgt getting promoted with all her time done at the academy, one police plaza, specialized unit etc, and now they get promoted, and think the job is on the level with no collars on their belt, or time on patrol. Five year wonders getting promoted the minute the reach the five-year mark, etc. All of us have got to stop thinking about this ignorant comments and star looking at reality.

Ladies and Gentlemen: lets stick together and stop the nonsense, because at the end of the road regardless of what color we are. People looks at us as blue, meaning if you see a brother or a sister in blue out there, say hi acknowledge by waiving back. Honor those family members out there because in the long run we all we have.

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