
RUN AWAY! I was attracted to JEA, because of the security of a pension. However, now our pensions are being taken away and being replaced by 401ks. I suffered kidney failure 3 times, then a stroke and a heart attack, due to working at the Buckman WWTP, in 8.5 yrs I was employed there. After my FMLA ran out, I was terminated, and am still trying to fully recover from my stroke. Since being away from the Buckman facility, my kidney function has risen from

A Mechanic, who shall go unnamed- was furious that I had worked nearly 120 hours in two weeks, and was in my face, screaming that the overtime was not being distributed evenly. I calmly asked him to accompany me to the managers office, where we could sort this out reasonably, in a muture fashion. After it was revealed to him that the majority of the work was electrical or PLC related, and didn't involve his craft, and that he WAS CALLED- BUT REFUSED THE CALLOUT- to watch football or spend time with his family,etc, He quietly left the room. Amazing how those who shriek about not getting any overtime, are always the ones who DECLINE the overtime when it is offered to them. Seriously.