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Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:45 pm to kingbob
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pay professors not to teach,
In fairness, and as someone who will hopefully become a professor in the not too distant future...
Professors in the sciences and engineering fields are paid to do research and pull in grant money much more than they're "paid" to teach. Teaching is just the side part of the job that the administrators tend to gloss over as long as you're not banging students. No idea how it works for humanities types.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:47 pm to LSUMJ
Did he not work for 6 months, or did he just not show up to work for 6 months.
There is a difference.
There is a difference.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:48 pm to LSUMJ
George Costanza would be proud!
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:48 pm to BamaChemE
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No idea how it works for humanities types.
Basically the same. Professors exist to chase grants and publish. The first rule of higher-ed is: As long as they keep paying tuition, the students don't matter. Administrators don't give a shite what is being taught, how it's being taught, what students are learning, or even if they're learning anything at all to go with those pretty pieces of paper they get after 4-5 years. It's all about the money and the prestige.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:49 pm to LSUMJ
No accountability in the university system. Most workers keep their own timesheets effectively, resulting in massive amounts of fraud across the board. I never felt right doing it so i didn't, but I know many people I worked with did log more hours than they actually worked
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:49 pm to LSUMJ
Geaux tigers!
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:51 pm to LSUMJ
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LSU IT manager missed work
I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob...
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:52 pm to Upperdecker
You mean marking down 8-4:30 Monday through Friday, when the person may have come in at 8:15 one day, 7:50 another day, 7:55 one day, 8:10 one day and 8:00 the last day?
If you're a salaried employee I don't see the big deal
If you're a salaried employee I don't see the big deal
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:55 pm to fightin tigers
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Thouta, the IT manager of the LSU Manship School of Communication’s Public Policy Research Lab
Why did this unit NEED it's own IT Manager in the first place?
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:55 pm to LSUMJ
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LSU IT manager missed work for 6 months, no one noticed
How will LSU survive with all those cuts? They may have to lay off staff that miss work 6 months at a time. What a joke.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:57 pm to Epic Cajun
As a salaried government employee, I make sure to work at least 50 hours a week.
Meaning I am on site at least 50 hours a week.
On any vacation days, I log 2-3 hours answering emails. Why?
I have five titles and only get paid for one.
Thanks bobby.
Meaning I am on site at least 50 hours a week.
On any vacation days, I log 2-3 hours answering emails. Why?
I have five titles and only get paid for one.
Thanks bobby.
This post was edited on 3/3/16 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:57 pm to LSUMJ
But higher education needs more money!!!!!
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:58 pm to Epic Cajun
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You mean marking down 8-4:30 Monday through Friday, when the person may have come in at 8:15 one day, 7:50 another day, 7:55 one day, 8:10 one day and 8:00 the last day
No I mean hourly employees marking 8-4 and being there from 9-11, taking a lunch, coming back at 1, going to class at 2:30, popping in for a sec after class, making sure they leave by 4
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:59 pm to LSUMJ
explains a lot.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:59 pm to Epic Cajun
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Did he not work for 6 months, or did he just not show up to work for 6 months.
There is a difference.
Yeah, this quote from the article makes it sound like he may have just been working from home.
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Thouta never had permission from the university to work remotely or to take any of the equipment off campus, according to the report.
Getting fired for working remotely without approval doesn't seem unreasonable, but if he actually performed his tasks, this story isn't nearly as outrageous the headline makes it out to be.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 2:59 pm to X123F45
I also think this article is exaggerating this guy's title. Unless he got a promotion in the last two years (possible) his title wasn't IT Manager, and he wasn't very highly paid.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 3:02 pm to LSUMJ
No offense to some of the hard working government IT employees but most of them are a joke. I have hired a few and most didn't last a month.
Posted on 3/3/16 at 3:02 pm to LSUMJ
Plenty of fat to cut at LSU apparently.
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