If approved as is, it would provide the unit c employees with a minimum 5% salary increase. Keating said they took a thorough look at the job responsibilities, as well. The communities surveyed were Boston, Providence, Fall River, Worcester, Dartmouth, Springfield, Quincy, Taunton, Barnstable, and Brockton.Īccording to survey findings, an average of the pay offered by the 10 communities was higher than that offered by New Bedford in all but a handful of cases.īased on the findings a reclassification of the unit c employees' compensation structure was formulated and presented to the City Council's ordinances committee Monday. They rejected the city's job offers after the "full on-boarding process," which is an expense to the city, she said.įor about a year, her office has been analyzing comparable communities' pay rates and job descriptions to reclassify pay grades and bump up the pay offered by New Bedford to remain competitive.Ĭity Hall departure New Bedford CFO leaving for Lakeville town administrator job Or it can be applied to getting outbid by a neighbor on a new hire.Īnd the competition between communities for talent is currently brisk, and it's having a negative effect on New Bedford, according to city officials.Ĭity Personnel Director Judith Keating said the city lost over 45 candidates for leadership positions, grouped together as unit C on the city books, since January. That's when another community steals your employee talent by outbidding you.
NEW BEDFORD - It's been called job poaching.
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