【 以下文字转载自 Faculty 讨论区 】 发信人: flylian (flylian), 信区: Faculty 标 题: The University of Arizona 减薪了 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Apr 20 09:30:53 2020, 美东) http://view.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=130f3d0c3ef56bf3525592bb58741aa2751d944b832f056216ebee2929a425f3d49cfbc442bd796145c0ca097920ea6e07eb502d08814cd6557b8d213f9031786d74b027a0e50ea9881daaed07beaee5 Dear Colleagues, The past month has presented immense challenges. Thank you again for your amazing efforts to protect our students and to provide them with a safe and productive remote learning environment, all while continuing to serve our state in so many other ways. Together, we helped lead the effort to protect the health and safety of our local community and many communities across the state. In partnership with Governor Ducey and the Arizona Department of Health, we are on a path to provide the antibody test kits that will help get us back to work and our students back to campus. Together, we will ensure the University of Arizona survives this crisis, and that we come out of it better prepared to thrive in ways we could not have imagined just two months ago. The task ahead is not easy, and it depends largely on the resolution of our public health crisis. Along with our entire leadership team, I am grateful for the tremendous sacrifices you already have made, especially as more will be required of all of us at the University. We are not alone. Everyone is adjusting to this new reality of sacrifice and uncertainty. According to the latest reporting, more than 22 million Americans have filed unemployment claims over the past four weeks, the highest number of claims since the Great Depression. At least one estimate shows 20% of the labor force, 1 in 5, are out of work, and many more are facing reductions in hours and pay. Individuals and families everywhere are feeling the significant impact of this crisis, with many struggling or unable to pay rent, facing shortages and long waits for basic necessities, and experiencing increasing stress and uncertainty. I know this situation is incredibly hard, and it makes it even more difficult to focus on our health and well-being during the pandemic. This will affect the University just as it is affecting other universities and colleges across the nation. Our financial losses already have been great . We anticipate losing more than $66 million by the end of this fiscal year, ending June 30. Because we are only a month into this crisis, we cannot know the full extent of its effects, but our most credible shortfall projections exceed $250 million. To put that in perspective, recall that our budget reallocations this year, 1.5% for academic units and 3.5% for administrative units, as well as RCM and administrative service charge tax increases totaled $30 million. While these changes caused incredible concern throughout our campus, even requiring layoff plans in some administrative areas, we are now predicting losses more than eight times that amount next year. Several teams, including senior administrators, financial sustainability working groups, faculty and staff representatives, Regents Professors and Distinguished Professors, and a multitude of others, are working quickly to address this shortfall. Every idea is being considered. As we collect more information over the next several months, the University of Arizona will adapt through new business models, reorganize and restructure for the most sustainable use of resources, and apply the long-term reductions that may be necessary to address the financial aftermath of COVID-19. Strategic restructuring, competitive sourcing and traditional layoffs may be necessary in the future to ensure the long-term financial stability of the University, but a comprehensive layoff is not the right approach for our immediate response. Instead, we have focused on eliminating expenses that do not affect employment and that have limited impact on employee time or salaries while we address immediate cash flow needs of around $40 million per pay period throughout an extended period with modest revenue. We have put a halt to approved building projects for savings of $7 million. We have halted FY20 strategic plan funding for savings of $22 million. We have instituted a hiring pause and delayed plans for merit increases to save another $26 million. In March, senior vice presidents and I implemented immediate pay cuts for ourselves in recognition that at least that much would be required. While significant, those savings are not enough, and an appropriate furlough (unpaid time away from work) and pay reduction program is required. With all this in mind, I have proposed to the Arizona Board of Regents a comprehensive program that includes staff and faculty in a graduated scale through FY 2020 & 2021: For those within the salary bands up to $44,449 a year, a furlough of 13 days to be taken over time For those within the salary bands of $44,500 to $75,000 a year, a furlough of 26 days to be taken over time For those within the salary bands of $75,001 to $150,000 a year, a furlough of 39 days to be taken over time For those within the salary bands of $150,001 to $199,999 a year, a straight salary reduction of 17% For those within the salary bands of $200,000 or more a year, a salary reduction of 20% With this plan, employees will retain their employment and health care benefits. We all will share in this as a team and we all will sacrifice as a team, but in a manner that respects your work, your contributions and your compensation and benefits, to the highest extent possible. We will implement this furlough and pay reduction plan from May 11, 2020 through June 30, 2021. It is projected that this program will generate approximately $93 million in savings to the institution. We will adapt if conditions change dramatically or we realize significant unexpected new sources of revenue, restructuring savings or expense reductions. As significant as this plan is, it will cover less than 40% of our projected shortfall through June 30, 2021, even though salaries and benefits comprise more than 60% of our spending. I know you must have many questions about how this will affect you and your immediate colleagues, and I truly regret that this will add to an already stressful situation. The University has a complex structure with many different employment conditions to address, so I ask for your patience as we develop the implementation plans. More details will be shared as soon as possible, including a comprehensive FAQ online resource. Please visit the FY 2020 & 2021 Furlough & Pay Reduction Program website for the most up-to- date information. There is much more for us to do, and we will all be working together to guide our University out of this crisis. I am confident we will weather this storm, and I am truly grateful for all of you and your dedication to our students and one another. Please stay safe, and, as always, Bear Down. Robert C. Robbins, M.D. President The University of Arizona
现在也要上网课吧。我记得08年经济危机有的系直接被砍掉？
对付天牛，简单的很。关系，合并系，财政不好的学校直接破产。学生都不上课，哪里来的学费收入
我们这也是
tenure制度养了一帮不干活的人。认识的，女的拿到tenure后就只养娃生娃，一共折腾了n个孩子(N>3)，除了上课，在学校见不着人。男的还没tenure呢拿到一个grant后就专心生娃3孩子折腾房子。这种教授比比皆是，不带学生，不做科研，不发文章，不申请项目，系里service也不做，连上课都糊弄。更有甚者，上到学期一半，说有事撂挑子不上了，系里还得找别人接着上他的课。我觉得我们系有1/3这样的教授。真心觉得他们浪费纳税人的钱。
能为了经费折腾的教授，都是好教授，干实事的教授。教授拿回来的经费，学校会抽很大的比例用来支付学校的各项运作。 没有教授的经费，学校养不起staff。 没有教授的经费， 也没有GRA，大家本科硕士博士全得自费读完。 想想那些折腾经费的教授，给大家省了多少学费生活费吧。 更不用说，教授的工作，多多少少，还对科学有贡献。 教授的工资，比起码工，还少那么多。 够可以了。
公司破产大批人失业，年轻人不读书干什么？家里蹲？
不好意思说。
你这叫虾扯蛋。除非有特殊原因，课上到一半不上的，除非是杨振宁那种大牛，按程序分分钟被踢出去。你真以为是国内无章无度的啊。
那你是没见识了。我们系就一个tenured了20年的副教授上课到一半不上了，系主任赶快找了年轻人顶上的。那个教授还在系里呆的好好的。没学生没项目不做service。
前几年我们院长从别的学校挖了一个full prof，给他的startup是300万，对没错300万，让他做个center的director。那老人家在这待了三年，一个proposal都没交，三年后去了另一个国家接着骗钱去了。因为他是我们院唯一在某方向上可以和我合作的，我一来就先找他谈了，看看有什么合作可能，结果发现他除了做了一个center的网页，手下没人没设备。我都奇怪他那300万都花哪了？
额，经历过的学校发考题都没日没夜干活，没有在家带小孩的，因为没文章就没grants，拿不到funding的话就得走人
现在好点的学校不养闲人，管你是不是tenure，没有funding一样走人，后面还有一批精力旺盛的等着进来捏
我们学校排名不高但是每个人都挺努力的， 即使full professor了还在申请经费带学生，不热爱自己做的事情在学校里收入又低， 混是混不下去的。
我其实没见过这种什么破学校。你确定你说的是美国的学校，还是中国的学校？
只能说明你们Dean花300万挖了个废物，不等于所有天牛的都是废物。均衡状态下拿什么钱干什么活。上课到一半不上了，系主任虽然不能踢人，但也其他办法整人。
开眼了，竟然真的有事少钱多离家近的工作！
工资一半不都是自己的grant 吗，自己养自己
你这上的什么烂校？
你们啥学校啥专业的啊，这样的我还真没见过
生娃可以延一年。
ap男的，老婆生一个可以延一年
Re, federal grant F&A rate 大概65%呢。
如果真是家人或者自己生病，申请到FMLA是可能的。学院不敢不让他休假。
同学，你不知道可以请假一说吗？比如真真假假的病痛，还有family leave。只要道德底线低，就能做到。一般人都不好意思。
这种人确实有。没医德的医生也有。只要这两种烂人碰到一起，骗FMLA完全有可能。这种烂人我也见过。美国一切按章程走，不能避免烂人钻空子。
终于遇到明白人了。那个老师当年原因是身体不好，请了病假。而且他请病假耽误课很多年了，还有期末考试的时候，他没带着考题出现，也没交TA监考，留下一屋子学生懵在考场的事情。我们系还有一个没tenure的老师直接请了一年的long term paid leave，病假结束后，跳槽了。
延一年，还减课。
等funding吧。stanford对文章要求高，估计是science nature的文章，被折腾的周期太长了。
Sick leave要医生纸， 学期中family leave, 也要有规矩。随随便便的就不上课，各种leave了，are you 确定这是随随便便可以做的?
那看啦我工作的系是个例外了。每个教授都矜矜业业的干活，也满腔热情的educate学生。