I gave notice for my TA job and University is threatening to charge me $8000
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Anonymous
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This is something you should have looked into before accepting the job offer.
Hope you got an $8000 signing bonus! |
Anonymous
| What's your PhD in? |
Anonymous
Statistics but my masters and bachelors are in petroleum engineering. Job is for an oil company. |
Anonymous
Agree with others that if you don't meet the requirements of your scholarship/grant, the university has the right to withdraw it. In your case, it looks like your 8K of tuition reimbursement was conditional on you providing TA services. Would suggest you talk to someone in the administration who might be able to find a way to waive your semester fee or at least lower it given that you won't be taking coursework presumably. |
Anonymous
| Maybe you can get your new employer to pay. |
Anonymous
OP here: They say I can work remotely but I must must must be here for 2 days to give exams. The 2 days I need to be in town are the same week I start my job. I'm not sure how to handle this. I basically have to work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and ask for Thursday- Friday off. The manager said we can talk more about it in person when I start my job next Monday. |
Anonymous
| Unless you're taking coursework this semester I don't understand how they can charge you tuition. That sucks. |
Anonymous
So you're good for the money. Maybe you can reach an agreement. |
Anonymous
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I would handle this as professionally and upfront as possible.
"New job, I have a contractual obligation to my former employer that interferes with my first week of work, specifically Thursday and Friday. How can we make this work?" |
Anonymous
| I almost don't believe Statistics PhD and his wife are "real." They've been posting for years and are seriously just one face-palming post after another. Good luck. |
Anonymous
Omg. His wife is dumb as a rock but I didn't clue in this was the husband! 
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Anonymous
I was wondering if this was them. I don't think so....but it could be? This is clueless enough to be them. The 8K is tuition which was part of the TA. When I was in grad school, if I did not have the TA for any reason, I was responsible for tuition. When I started working, I had to pay tuition. it is how the world works. |
Anonymous
| Where is your advisor in all this? It is their role to advise you in this kind of hairy situation and liaise with the university and with the department that's awarding the package. You/he can probably line up someone else to do the proctoring. Also, do you still need credits to graduate or are you on a 1 credit to maintain enrollment situation? |
Anonymous
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OP, it is utterly reprehensible to quit a teaching/TA job before the end of the contract. You are screwing over not only the university, but every student in your class(es).
The university SHOULD make you pay, and they should also refuse to release any positive references for you in the future. |
Anonymous
hah! NP but I wondered too. |