UMich's president was just FIRED (board caught him having an affair with UMich employee)

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Anonymous wrote:Boomers. Only boomers would use their work email for an affair with a coworker. I just can't!

LOL. Almost there myself. What an absolute dumb ass he is. And probably a little too arrogant & comfortable in his (ex)position.

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Yeah, the orders were from Pizza House. But no chipati, and no pizza. Just calzones and something called a Michigan Cherry Salad. Weird.

If memory serves, Michigan Cherry Salad features field greens, walnuts, dried cherries, apple, red onion, crumbled blue cheese, vinaigrette dressing. It's pretty good -- especially with a salmon filet on top.

[Anonymous]

He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Yeah, the orders were from Pizza House. But no chipati, and no pizza. Just calzones and something called a Michigan Cherry Salad. Weird.

If memory serves, Michigan Cherry Salad features field greens, walnuts, dried cherries, apple, red onion, crumbled blue cheese, vinaigrette dressing. It's pretty good -- especially with a salmon filet on top.

I love you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nice! Sometimes love is worth it!

That was love, honey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

[Anonymous]

The tip off probably came from the pizza place after seeing his bad tips!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

This comment reminds me of the time that I applied for a job at the University of Florida. I was told they would only consider those
with Ivy League college backgrounds for the position.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

If you knew anyone at UofM you'd know Mark hated the state, hated the Midwest, hated the university, hated sports. He took the gig for the money and hoping to job hop to an Ivy. Furthermore, PIs probably would have found he was a creeper at his previous gigs. This loser was a VERY costly mistake by the UofM Regents.

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Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

If you knew anyone at UofM you'd know Mark hated the state, hated the Midwest, hated the university, hated sports. He took the gig for the money and hoping to job hop to an Ivy. Furthermore, PIs probably would have found he was a creeper at his previous gigs. This loser was a VERY costly mistake by the UofM Regents.

To be fair, the state does suck, as does the midwest in general. Ann Arbor is nice enough, though. And it’s a good, solid school.

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Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

If you knew anyone at UofM you'd know Mark hated the state, hated the Midwest, hated the university, hated sports. He took the gig for the money and hoping to job hop to an Ivy. Furthermore, PIs probably would have found he was a creeper at his previous gigs. This loser was a VERY costly mistake by the UofM Regents.

Fine. I “know” plenty of people at UofM and actually saw Mark and Steve Ross recently. Nothing you are saying has anything to do with the false assertion that the Regents hired him because they are “insecure with Ivy envy.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He should have never been hired in the first place. He was only given the gig because everyone in Ann Arbor is painfully insecure with Ivy envy.

What an ignorant comment. Three of the eight current Ivy League presidents came directly from Michigan, and only one of the three was the president there. The other two had the #2 job, just like Schlissel in reverse. If anything, at an institutional administrative level the Ivy League schools certainly seem to view Michigan as a peer institution from which they can look to for future leadership, which is hardly something that fosters insecurity in Ann Arbor. You also appear to be ignorant of the Board of Regents and how it operates and to whom it is accountable.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know who this woman is.
Is she 25?
Is she 40?
Honestly, I could see it going either way.

Me too. Honestly reading the emails, she seemed older like at least in her forties.

Yes! I also think she seem older which makes to more interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the deal if it was consensual?

He might have been okay had he disclosed it to the board and HR. But likely he kept it covert bc of his marriage. Consensual had nothing to do with, it’s the fact that it is a boss subordinate relationship, he is in a position of power over her and has the opportunity and ability to give her preferential treatment (bonus, promotions, raises) and for this reason most organizations have policy around this type of relationship. When it was found out I’m sure the ethics committee had no choice but to term him.

+100. If it was consensual, he needed to report it to HR and the board. I was reading up on this and they had just fired someone else that was using his position to harass and coerce sex from subordinates. After that they updated the policy to make it clear that you should not coerce someone into a relationship and allowed if a consensual relationship developed it had to be disclosed to HR.

I have been at an organization where there was a consensual workplace romance and the person was in a project supervisory capacity while maybe not direct supervisor. As one of the co-workers of the subordinate person, it definitely felt like she got preferential treatment and it impacted team morale. We didn’t hide our feelings about it. While it was never addressed directly with the team, he moved out of that project supervisor role and we were no longer dealing with that obvious conflict of interest. It was better after that.

He was married. So maybe that is why he did not report it to HR? Have both people been fired?

The supervisor is the one required to disclose. It doesn’t say that there is an exemption because he was married.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/01/16/university-michigan-president-mark-schlissel-fired/6549755001/

[Anonymous]

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To be fair, the state does suck, as does the midwest in general. Ann Arbor is nice enough, though. And it’s a good, solid school.

Ann Arbor is provincial and "ghetto" if you've lived anywhere outside of Michigan. Yes, I'm aware it's "prosperous" vis a vis the backwater towns around it. It is still a miserable dump and it's currently negative degrees outside. I can't blame the president, who comes from a Berkeley and Ivy League background, for being miserable there.