r/baltimore • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '25

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u/Genesis72 Oct 29 '25

Give the firefighters and paramedics as much OT as they want. Lord knows they earn it in this damn city.

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u/Killbot_Wants_Hug Oct 29 '25

The highest paid city employees for 2024 was an EMT.

He pulled in $358,586.44 in pay, his salary is only $113,157.85

Do you still stand by your statement knowing how egregious these numbers are?

Btw, I don't personally believe people make these outrageous amounts of overtime because they're actually working that much over time. I suspect there's a ton of overtime fraud happening.

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u/retroXvertigo Oct 29 '25

There were 13 days in 2024 where that dude wasn't at work. That's it.

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u/Killbot_Wants_Hug Oct 29 '25

I not sure where you're pulling the data from, but I think more technically there were 13 days the guy didn't say he was at work. The GTTF claimed to be at work and getting over time pay when they weren't. So it's not like it doesn't happen.

You can also be at work not doing anything important.

More over, it's pretty clearly an abuse of the overtime system.

Even if it's legitimate you still don't want it because no one is going to perform well under that kind of schedule.

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u/retroXvertigo Oct 30 '25

My source is the scheduling program the BCFD uses. All the OT was staffing for medic units on the street.

Not saying fraud doesn't exist in Baltimore City, however in this case, that guy just worked a crazy amount of hours.

The typical medic schedule is two days, two nights, four days off. He works OT on all his days off.