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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For 3 years (2014-16) I was a social sciences Asst. Prof. with administrative duties, 12 month contract at a VA state U: $75k.

Most of the tenure-track 9-mo. Asst. Profs were more like $45-60k.

I actually took a $20k paycut to move from a non-profit, but got a lot of autonomy, a ton of time off, decent benefits, and good experience.

When my salary didn't raise a penny during that time, and in fact essentially decreased because of increased costs for parking, insurance, etc., it was pretty discouraging. I was used to 5-12% raises and occasional bonuses in my non-profit work.

It was also just about impossible to get anything done in state government. Archaic HR laws, a constantly changing senior leadership, and constant budget cuts pretty much encouraged anyone innovative to move on quickly, leaving a bunch of disheartened or passive-aggressive people behind.

It's a shame, too, because it was my dream job on paper.

I've taken (yet another) paycut to move back into non-profit work, in a slightly different role than before, and am so glad (despite the decreased pay).[/quote]

Sounds to me like they have options. I don't know what VA university you worked at, but Virginia Tech spent $21Mil just so that the football team can practice indoors during inclement weather:

http://facilities.vt.edu/planning-construction/campus-construction-projects/recently-completed-projects/indoor-athletic-training-facility.html

$21M is small compared to the other products they recently completed, but it shows you just how much money they have to play with, to the point that they would build a structure of this magnitude just so the football players can get out of the rain/snow.

This is ridiculous. [/quote]

Maybe, but you clearly don't understand how state u budgeting works. Very little of the funding is state appropriations. Some of it is tuition. MOST of it is donors / fundraising / grants, etc. If the English department could do some stellar fundraising, they could get a $21 million building, too. Just happens that athletics is one of the easiest areas to fund (ticket sales, gear, merchandise, big name donors).[/quote]

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