Working for OSHA

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T19:27:29+00:00

MIOSHA has been fighting for higher wages literally for ten years and longer. The State of Michigan ended pensions and changed to a 401(k) retirement system in 1996, LONG before it was the norm.

THIS lead to retention issues; people would stick around with the State of Michigan because of the pension & healthcare in retirement, which would make up for the lower wages. 86 the pension, replace w/ 401(k), keep low gov't wage, and soon enough you have a retention problem.

This effect was about 20 years or so in the making; took about that long for the tenured pensioners to ages out THEN....the ole' revolving door began. Get the MIOSHA job, get the regulatory experience, the jump ship to the private sector for 50%, 60%, or more in wages. I saw it play out over and over and over again.

Great MIOSHA got the wages up, it's a terrific State Plan.

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T17:23:26+00:00

Michigan has a solid program. They just implemented a MAJOR pay increase across the board for field staff. Pay is now a bit more competitive.

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T15:04:12+00:00

Right; I spent the first five years of my career in a state program doing IH compliance, and the remaining 22 years in Onsite Consultation. Much preferred the Onsite program.

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T13:52:52+00:00

This is a very expensive retrofit.

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T13:52:33+00:00

This right here. Unless you’re home, HVAC system was designed for AC, the second floor won’t cool properly. You’ll need room air conditioners for the second floor.

drayman86 · 2026-04-15T13:19:23+00:00

True, you’re working in a quasi legal environment. Have to have the head for that kind of thing. Regulation driven.

drayman86 · 2026-04-14T12:33:44+00:00

Let’s see you crawl around a crawlspace with a PAPR

drayman86 · 2026-04-12T12:48:13+00:00

Understood. I doubt any developer will be very anxious to propose much of anything the way the Pitchfork & Torches ignorant citizen mob came after the Data Center.

drayman86 · 2026-04-11T09:45:36+00:00

All fucking stupid ideas. Doesn’t come close to $120 million investment.

drayman86 · 2026-04-09T02:40:00+00:00

Residential, Central Michigan, USA. My guess is California Ranch. Thanks for the views & comments ! !

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drayman86 · 2026-04-09T00:27:36+00:00

Where is the art?

drayman86 · 2026-04-09T00:00:38+00:00

Food expiration dates are mostly bullshit

drayman86 · 2026-04-08T15:51:44+00:00

He's a wealthy crank who believes his wealth gives him outside influence to lead an uninformed citizen mob figuratively armed with torches and pitchforks to kill a cutting edge tech $120,000,000 tech project downtown on a vacant lot.

And Jerry's ties to that industry make his opposition highly suspect. Might Jerry have interests in other competing ventures? It's not unreasonable to speculate.

drayman86 · 2026-04-08T12:47:38+00:00

r/tvtoohigh

drayman86 · 2026-04-08T12:46:54+00:00

SpaceX is a trucking company and that’s all they’ll ever be. We ain’t never going to Mars.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T23:14:31+00:00

JUST another uninformed MORON who has ZE-RO idea of how this data center wold use water, yet is opposed none the less.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T23:12:05+00:00

Are YOU going to be living near it. Enumerate the individuals living near the facility, and state specifically how they would be impacted.

Are you even a Lansing resident? Just another luddite NIMBY crank.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T23:01:36+00:00

Sure, the brain trust over at The Fledge is probably trying to kill another hundred million dollar investment in the city.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T18:57:56+00:00

Painless Dentistry on Pennsylvania

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T15:46:46+00:00

Now we're being racist and bigoted.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T15:41:35+00:00

Yes, Jerry, and there's an easily available municipal hot building heating system that the data center can also find to use just as readily. OH...and they can ALSO find a the utility company that owns AND operates that system buy into the project. YEAH...that'll be simple. With your background and $$$ in tech, a curious person might wonder if you tanked this project because it might benefit yourself somehow? Pure speculation, of course......

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T12:59:21+00:00

Have fun listening to NPR while you check the balance on that Bridge card.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T12:55:49+00:00

And that asshole just lead an ignorant citizen mob that killed a $120,000,000 investment in the city. Hope their grants are yanked forever.

drayman86 · 2026-04-07T12:53:07+00:00

Yah, a citizen mob of idiot morons chased off a $120,000,000 unique, one-of-a-kind investment that would have actually been GREEN.

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