@valpopal What's new? When even was the last year when raises of any kind were on the table? 2018? The uni did mostly un-do the 2020 -5% pay cuts, but that still only brought faculty & staff up to slightly below their 2019 salaries.
I am curious. As part of the announcement of no salary increases and greater benefit payments, did Pres Padilla announce that he and others in the senior administration were taking pay cuts (or at least also having their salaries frozen)?
I am curious. As part of the announcement of no salary increases and greater benefit payments, did Pres Padilla announce that he and others in the senior administration were taking pay cuts (or at least also having their salaries frozen)?
Honestly, I don't even care. Less money in his pocket does not translate into more in mine. It was actually naive to expect salary increases. I have more existential expectations/questions. Does this present leadership actually have a plan to save this school? And at what point do they reach the gentleman conclusion that if, after years with no signs of righting the ship, one should step aside and allow a different lead before it is too late?
And on top of it all: it became crystal clear to me that faculty are just expected to follow the orders without question or f*k off.
I am willing to bet that the majority still working here are trapped in one way or another (personal or professional reasons).
I have more existential expectations/questions. Does this present leadership actually have a plan to save this school? And at what point do they reach the gentleman conclusion that if, after years with no signs of righting the ship, one should step aside and allow a different lead before it is too late?
Too late for what? From the start, Padilla said he was nearing the end of his career and wasn't looking for another job after this. If he's in his early 60s (not sure), he probably just needs to run down the clock for another 5 or so years. If the uni closes after that, it's not going to be on his watch.
Younger staff and faculty who will need livable incomes for the next 20+ years, or who are still getting started or raising families, should be concerned about the long-term survival of the university or figuring out a more viable career path elsewhere.
Too late for what?
I meant too late for the school. If you are a gentleman and realize that you cannot save the school, resign early enough so that another leader has a chance to try something else. Of course, he can always say that nobody can do anything better and/or the school died because people did not follow his lead (he already hints to that kind of thinking by blaming the faculty). Anyway this is rhetorical stuff...I have enough cynicism to not hold my breath.
