Goldstein Investigation: Some City Workers Go Home After Short Day But Still Get Paid

[@outdoorsguy]

Our city workers are so productive, they can work 9 hours in a 90 minute time frame. IT'S A MIRACLE!!!

[@bobsingh5521]

JW Skeptic That’s efficiency. I’d like to see the Chinese do that!

[@Mickymaxywonder]

There's hero's

[@natehiger410]

thanks for the real news

[@Platoface]

We’ve investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing.

[@savitar97]

"Is this an ambush out of nowhere?" That's what an ambush is GENIUS!

[@carvercapitalequitypartner122]

We quit doing announced ambushes because they didn't work.

[@johnanderson4203]

are you holding me responsible? that’s not right

[@Andrew-hx1rd]

Bernita Killgore BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[@senorjalapeno3937]

An oxymoron from a parallel universe...

[@chrisg4006]

hahah thats how an ambush works LOL

[@brianyun249]

And we wonder why the city never has money amd nothing ever gets done while the taxes increase.

[@tranceformer9309]

Brian Y. Yeah keep wondering dipshit

[@1014p]

Brian Y. App tracking would end this quickly. Click on on the phone and it tracks you the whole time.

[@canero9604]

no you have to wonder why big USA have smoll brain leaders ? my IQ is low but the way they manage the city even country , i can do it much better ,,,, when tornado destroy manny houses , the city said '' we dont have money to help '' God Damit this idiots are same as scammers from India just white version , but people still sleeping , when some new law come abouth firearms , ( weapon , rifel ) than whole city stand up and protest , but when cityhall ( goverment ) scam citizens , they all sleeping ,,,,,,,,,,, this modern america ruled by devil uncle donald who buy island somewhere in jamaica ,,,,,,,,,,,,, goodnight foks and keep sleeping, one last comment from me , if WWIII start am sure this time A Bomb wont help you americans ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@grandpaoldfart9165]

can ero While I never wish to offend anyone at all, I’ll make an exception for you. Stfu, go back to your mud hut, and learn English before you try, unsuccessfully, to convince yourself and others that you’re smarter than a box of rocks. I worked my a$$ off for decades to support my family without asking for any help. I have a wonderful family and a great life. I don’t live in a mud hut with a grass roof. Why? Because I worked hard, in the land of opportunity!! You’re in way over your head on this one. You sound really jealous? Are you butt hurt because you don’t have indoor plumbing, or electricity? Was your U.S. work visa denied?? Put on the “No Fly” list?? Something’s up your a$$, that’s quite evident. Whatever your problem is, the U.S. didn’t cause it. Find someone in your village who has a mirror and take a good hard look at yourself. You may just find that the problem is YOU. You stay in your country, and leave our county to us. Maybe even try to make your country a better place in which to live?? There’s a novel idea?!! That way, you won’t need to come and pollute our country so you can have a better life?! Problem solved! And we didn’t even need to send you aid to do it!! Have a pleasant day! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Grandpa 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chicanoforever9005]

@@canero9604 I DISAGREE WITH YOU REGARDING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP! WE MIGHT HAVE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT BUT ITHE STUPID DEMOCRATS ARE STILL RUNING THIS COUNTRY!! THIS IS THE REASON TAX PAYERS ARE BEING ROBED!!

[@sirmayse1545]

Every city needs a reporter like this keeping the city honest

[@billfuhrman9772]

Where can I get an application for that job? I stay at least Half a day before leaving

[@michaellee2910]

That's very funny😀

[@gleenallen6386]

Ah, I wonder if they will do the same for members of congress. Those people do not even work 3 hours per day.

[@therealrobinbullock]

This can only happen when the "workers" belong to a government union.

[@Imnothere6]

Lol no I seen people do this in most work place its all about knowing how to work the system

[@ElRazTheGreat1]

This is just " THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ".

[@joe77wan]

Yep jobs given away

[@stevebano5874]

No it's the Bottom of the Iceberg.. These are the Blue Collar Workers.. I'd Love to See What Little Work The Higher Paid White Collar Bosses Do....?

[@sugarpop7377]

The Battery Powered House the higher you go the less work they put in while ripping the average tax payer worker on a mass scale . That is how the world works folks!

[@RUHappyATM]

@@stevebano5874, man, you, the taxpayer are paying for it...dumb.

[@stevebano5874]

RUHappyATM *..Me the Tax payer? Guess Again..*

[@johnparker7784]

Your taxes are paying for these crooks and your taxes are going up.

[@GospelTenor4Christ]

Yep, they need more time off so they raise your taxes. Disgusting

[@samuelcantley5500]

So dont you think it's time we the people bring justice .the pigs and government workers are evil people that lie to get paid to cover up reports s of darkness in justice its time for the people to take these Satan workers down and put these cops and government workers in prison for this even if it's take s are blood its Vigilante time people take down satan kingdom and workers ass feed the bugs

[@jacobperez8921]

Taxation is theft.

[@JoeyBoya]

Fire these thief’s!

[@tascabron6462]

joey BROWN they won't cause 99% do this shit

[@bobcat5844]

that's the problem city workers\gov, they'll probably just get a slap on the wrist. that's why the DPS\DVM or tax offices sucks such balls when you need assistance

[@gerardov.9716]

*thieves

[@tahoeclay]

Thieves…and no apostrophe required. You’re welcome.

[@johnanderson4203]

This is how the media should be holding officials responsible great job I wish y’all were here in my local area y’all would have a field day

[@mark33328]

Taking taxpayer dollars and the city refuses to comment. Time to FOIA their records

[@vwlover4677]

Thank God there's people out here like Goldstein exposing these city workers. It's everywhere when it comes to city/government workers.

[@MBFLA45]

I worked for a city government and was promoted to a position in Traffic Violations / Parking Collections. The first day about 9 A.M. I went to pick up the tickets at the Police Station across the street and was shown where my predecessors desk was. I asked why he had a desk and was told he sat there every day and read the newspaper until lunch time. When I went back to TV/PC they asked how'd I get done so fast. In over 10 years they never wondered why it took 3 hours for someone to pick up a 1 inch stack of tickets.

[@Landis_Grant]

Government jobs are not for a hard working individual with morals. If you show up your lazy corrupt coworkers by working hard, cruel office politics will conspire to fire you due to a lame excuse.

[@dougwagner5724]

"Is this an ambush out of nowhere", yeah that's the definition of ambush. Obviously smart enough to rip off your fellow citizens

[@chrisminer3345]

Under investigation my behind. More like under the rug. Even the supervisor couldn't answer. All of these people need to get fired and not get paid for not working.

[@gifted6305]

That means their Falsifying their paper work to make it seem their doing a days work, Guilty.

[@3rdwrldkid]

i wouldnt be surprised if the supervisor gets a cut from giving them fake OT or something similar.

[@samuelcantley5500]

Make all governments to take a lier test to prove what they say and do on there reports

[@barbarasteed3966]

These white boys know how to steel use no guns knife or rocks not to bright not even a slick lie .

[@yourmomisaho]

Holy s*** all of you are idiots. It's "they're" by the way. They are falsifying records. Not their. The replies are just as bad. I've lost hope in humanity after seeing the word "steal" written as "steel." That's right, Barbara Steed, your last name is one letter away from the latter, please learn the proper meaning! Just saying! As for you, Samuel Cantley, apparently you- Cant- tell theee- diffefference (see what I did there) between lie and lier. A "lier detector test" would be nothing more than a test to see if the government you speak of was in a horizontal position. God help us all

[@fromanabe8639]

Not only should these crooks be fired, but their supervisors, and the supervisor's bosses should all be fired....after they've paid back all the money they've STOLEN.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

I can’t believe the high salaries these employees get.

[@BDMEDIAUK]

This is what you call real journalism.

[@andrewkern8247]

What a wonderful government job these guys have. I work my ass straight 8 to 10 hrs a day, sometime I take break and lunch late, and my salary not even 90k a year. These city employed guys have very cool and generous boss to let them leave job after clock in to work 1 or 2 hour. It is beyond my comprehension.

[@FranzLisztOfficial]

Same here but make 25k

[@tonyl6239]

Awesome work Goldstein. But now I want to hear Eric Garcetti cheap excuses on this.

[@sbolden123]

I appreciate investigative reporting like this.. It would be worse.

[@eltorolocowey]

Great investigation. This is real news work. Keep them coming pls.

[@jimratliff2753]

Fire, Fire, Fire these zero's. Never pay them a cent.

[@gidzmobug2323]

Wonder how many state employees pull the same thing? Or city employees in other cities? Or the federal government?

[@w2385-i2s]

Stop increasing taxes, so those freeloader can get fired and hire real workers.

[@chuckrogers5567]

Very competent organization there Garcetti.

[@spikea.3547]

"Under investigation" That's code for "we'll put it on the back burner, until other incredible news pushes this back farther and it's forgotten about"

[@j.p8259]

Wow Must be nice

[@desify6393]

Well just go to college, land a decent job like this (working for the state or government and boom.) your sitting on your ass doing work thats easier than a fifth graders.

[@Landis_Grant]

I had a supervisor who disliked me. He expected me to always be moving my arms and fingers at work. If he saw me in front of my computer station motionless, he would berate me. I replied with “my job also includes coming up with new ideas and processes. That requires me to stop what I was doing and think of things thus my body was motionless”. He suspended me one week without pay.

[@michaellee2910]

You should have told him that your eyes were moving as you read from the computer monitor. Your supervisor is such a jerk.

[@tylerdurden7869]

Any time city officials refuse to be transparent they should be removed and barred

[@MugRuith]

Sick of these investigative pieces with no follow-up. If the guilty do not get punished it is even worse than not investigating at all.

[@jacobperez8921]

One man can only do so much with so many rats in the city and the State.

[@mq-r3apz291]

It's the literal government letting them go. It would take a whole protest to get them to do something

[@reszzz]

Keep up the great work!

[@jacksmith8002]

They should be sued and prosecuted for fraud

[@snow-rm3jx]

"Is this ambush out of nowhere?" 😂😂

[@AngeliqueKaga]

Isn't that Highway ROBBERY?

[@GospelTenor4Christ]

It doesn't matter if he is at the office or not, he's not going to do anything there either.

[@louievila6869]

They should get fired

[@lorettaposey3327]

This is also why you'll see them sitting in their vehicles when they're supposed to be working

[@nickynick3527]

It's been hot here in L.A and I see them all the time sitting in their orange trucks with the air conditioner on

[@earlwoodley853]

As a city employee that's works very hard we get hell from management but most management get to do whatever they want to do in the city ..

[@hatednyc]

That’s a sweet gig. This is why people love City jobs

[@tyrannyterminator4179]

That is what you get, it is rampant at all levels.

[@kirkramsay3370]

I don't ask the government for anything and I won't let the government ask me for anything

[@kenbates8866]

Beware! This product does not deliver on what Publix market. It took over 30 days for me to get my lands and the quality is extremely poor

[@hunterxcraft8328]

The definition of government bloat. If your job isnt a daily necessity like theirs people woll abuse that and go home. Those jobs should be contracted out when the job needs to be done.

Why is America so corrupt?

[@princessaz79]

They need to be fired.

[@tro4404]

Typical government employees no accountability.

[@garyteague3406]

this happens over and over in every city

[@tammybowers4214]

all cheaters on the job they should be required to hand back the money that they didn't work for and being fired.

[@allengreene9954]

The anti-union and anti worker comments in this comment section🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@maxcave4051]

They should fire the manager for poor mangmnt and the freeloaders too. People have no work ethics anymore.

[@charlesmoore8958]

So who are their supervisors?

[@rrboss33]

This is not surprising happens through out southern California's all the time

[@justaguy5411]

It is not a big problem. Actually, city workers should have the whole their work done, but they are not extra-important service members to stay at the work a whole day.

[@jcatastrophic1]

Were they fired!?

[@2ingrams]

I know a lady like this she runs a bunch of low income housing apartments it says she works 9:00am to 2:00 pm 5 days a week on the office door yet she's only there maybe twice a week for around 4 hours combined a week.shes impossible to catch and nothing gets fixed and if so it's 6 months later.

[@giggles885]

This to me is completely system failure. The employees for taking advantage and lacking morals, supervisors for allowing this to happen, and administration also for allowing it to happen. More on the supervisors because their job is to ensure that the work gets done properly and ensure that employees are at work on time and doing the assigned tasks. I am a state employee for a different state and if we did anything like this we would be fired without a chance to explain.

[@alexhuxley4399]

Surprise! Gubberment efficiency on full display.

[@robertrivasarroyo1174]

Nothing but thieves!!!! They should go to jail for fraud.

[@dreamwavedave]

I blame myself for not having this sweet sweet gig.

[@peternorthrup6274]

Who got fired? Its on tape. Please fire these people. If not WHY.

[@rallisoify]

Goldstein is doing good work here...he needs help. If we had people out there making these jagoffs accountable there would be a lot less waste.

[@Pk1998AMG]

Note to self, find a job working for the government.

[@gavinmcinally3073]

The country is turning into a toilet.

[@thedrabfour]

Gavin...Donald whats you to say out loud, three times.... sssshhh****tttt hhhooooolllllee!

[@jcarlovitch]

No just California. I know I moved out of there and now live in a State who knows how to Govern themselves.

[@thebudgetgamer]

@@jcarlovitch You've clearly never heard of Mississippi

[@bobsingh5521]

Gavin Mcinally This has always been going on

[@GoTimeGross]

Lol you think this is new

[@eltorolocowey]

This is why the city can't fix potholes. They have NO money cause of thief's like these guys.

[@epacm50]

That is why contracting through a private sector is better than in house.

[@wurzelle1999]

so what's happened?

[@jeffbmwm6]

That's what's town or city workers do all the time. I'm trying to get a job with the town so I can do the something.

[@jeffbmwm6]

Archie Bunker: lmao, I just fully read my comment. What's I meant to put down was that I'm trying to get a city or town job so I can do the samething. I have 2 buddies that have town jobs and they always say they do absolutely nothing. I want a job like that. I've work for a dealership for 12 years and I need a city job so I can coast all the way to retirement.

[@jeffbmwm6]

Archie Bunker: Both my buddies have been working at the town for some time. They both came from the dealer and they were ready to do anything they were told to do, but they got corrupted by the other works and now they take it easy and hardly do anything while making good money and benefits. They always text me and make fun of me for working like a slave at a dealer for shitty pay.

[@Spence937]

I worked for my towns public grounds crew, your buddies are lying to you. They may have easy days here and there but there definitely is no way to slack off.

[@jeffbmwm6]

Spence937: Well one of my buddies is a garage mechanic for the town. He works nights and he tells me the supervisor leaves at 5pm and it's a free for all. He's always sending me pictures of him seating down with his feet up on a table. He says "Don't get dirty after 6:30". My other buddy is a custodian for the Board of Education. He also works nights. His shift starts at 3pm and he cleans a few classrooms til 6pm. He goes home for dinner and returns back to work at 7pm. He also sends me pictures of him sitting down with his feet up on s table. I want a job like my buddies.

[@Spence937]

jeffbmwm6 well if you don’t smoke the ganja you can sign up for jobs if they are in a union of corse. Sometimes jobs get opened to the public

[@franklesser5655]

This is a clear example of why we need to invest more in our city employees, providing them with increased pay so that they can do their job without living on slave wages.

[@lettucetacoboutit7974]

$150,000.00 I’ll take that “slave” wage…..

[@yeejhaam6934]

Including the general manager need to fired and all his crews, no wonder the city bad.!!!

[@marylacy9340]

That explains why the holes in the streets where I live and people have to keep airing up their tires

[@Skiiplayss]

Of course they refuse to comment because they are doing the samething.leaving 8 hours early and making over $100,000+ a year working harder vs.working smarter the less you work the more you are paid.

[@albutterfield5965]

They need to fire the drilling crew and contract the drilling to a soils engineering company when the need soil samples. Some one needs to go to jail.

[@mhuprich1]

KEEP IT UP GOLDSTEIN

[@michaelanderson9792]

Why isn't this stealing jail time for these scrubs

[@casst346]

my gosh! absolutely no accountability at all..

[@mitchellryan9816]

And absolutely nothing will be rectified !!

[@smile4dflash779]

I gotta say, my father was a pressman for the Los Angeles Times for 28 years... In the day (He retired in 1998), they would run the front page (11pm) and finish by 5am (He started work at 10pm). They would 'bust out' and leave from a hour to hour and a half early and get paid...

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Great reporting

[@tigersteele9552]

APPARENTLY. ......THEY DO NO NEED THEIR JOBS!!! SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!! ALL NEED TO BE FIRED!!!!

[@peternorthrup6274]

So who got fired?. Thats right no one. Same old crap. Why do you waste your time doing this? Nothing ever happens.

[@robertmiller3381]

Theft, fraud, bums. Fire them.

[@09211992ham]

good work david Goldstein

[@rmartin6914]

Keep us updated

[@Butter-gz4kb]

The real surprise would be a City Worker stating 8 hours. It’s common that a City Employee works very little

[@scdevon]

"Soil labs". "Drill rig operator"....... Why does a city need those things? Isn't it cheaper to farm that work out if you need it?

[@peterj6802]

Government exists to perpetuate itself. Someone had to create a position to legitimatize the need for more funding so they can create more positions. City workers don't produce anything but more city workers. It never ends and slowly drags down everything else in silent snowball slowly rolling down the hill of the collapse of the country. Historically, it's what happened to every world power from ancient Rome to present day USA.

[@beatnix99]

Under Investigation means nothing's gonna be done

[@noworriesmate8287]

Why don't Americans trust the government???

[@samuelrobertson1567]

"Is this an ambush out of nowhere?" LMAO!

[@iopening7268]

The swamp is murky and deep!

[@DanielGonzalez-yt3oc]

Is this an ambush outta nowhere?😂😂 No it’s an ambush outta somewhere. 🤦‍♂️

[@patrickshook916]

Keep up the good work investigating these crooks great job!

[@ChiRickyboy]

Indiana takes forever to fix roads. Maybe it’s because of this exact reason.

[@1USAUSA]

You can bet your ass that is exactly the reason why roads over there aren't being fixed.

[@pigeonman7483]

People that get minimum pay rate work so hard. But people that don't do anything make more $$ 😡

[@drsuses73fenderstratocaster]

Outstanding WORK Mr. Goldstein!!! Bravo! YOU sir are a good man. Thank you for a job well done.......keep those people on the up and up.

[@ohnohedidit1006]

Why is cbs Goldstein attacking only the worker class. How about investigating politicians and managers and CEOs

[@intolerant1472]

10 thumbs up. Must be LA city workers.