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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by arcsine
I cannot say that is my reality.
I work as a staff member at a state university, get paid (an admitted by the state)70% of my comparable value in the private sector, still don't make $50,000 (and I am the highest paid staff member in the department, I have an MS and 20 years experience) , have had my pay frozen for years, zero COLA and hours reduced permanently to an 11 month position, This year we are expecting at least increased cost for health care and a 3-5% across the board wage reduction (which will be the first time faculty will have lost anything although it is unclear if the legislature itself will be subject to this reduction). Tuition is being raised at maximum rates just to fill in the losses. In short, the state is no longer the major stakeholder in state colleges here.
"Be happy you have a job" is just not selling me on this right now.
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Ya shoulda become a University football coach! 
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