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SUING FOR A PAYRAISE?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
October 28, 2016
HONESTLY: ARE
YOU HAVING FUN YET?
When I saw the lawsuit I had to read it
twice, because I didn’t believe my eyes the first time.
Just read the lawsuit (DOUBLE-CLICK
HERE) – and start wondering what is wrong with this
picture.
I have never in my life seen anybody suing his/her employer for
a pay-raise. I doubt somebody held a gun to their head forcing
them to accept the job for the pay offered. And normal people
look for a different job if they are unhappy with their pay –
and the employer refuses to agree to a pay-raise. But suing the
employer?
Not only have some of these plaintiffs a horrible reputation for
working slower than a turtle, some communities are still
suffering from their outrageous rulings. Especially LESLIE
ANDERSON-ADAMS, while working for the Department of Community
Affairs, made revitalization rulings that contradicted the
Florida statutes – and these communities are still suffering
from her nonsense.
I have, over the years, asked many times to increase the
salaries of the arbitrators – in all honesty their pay is lousy
for a certified attorney, but I had asked for it in order to
attract more talent to the Division, not for the purpose of
rewarding the existing employees.
My advice for people unhappy with their salary: Don’t sue your
employer, because you are burning bridges and no future employer
wants to hire somebody who had sued the former employer for a
pay-raise.
On the other hand, it shows to me that this lawsuit is an act of
desperation, because I seriously doubt that any decent law firm
would hire these folks for a better salary, considering their
reputation in Florida’s community association world.
But after reading this lawsuit I definitely asked myself: What
is wrong with the attitude of such people?
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
!
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