A bit less than half the members voted, with 95% approving the administration’s offer of 5/2/3 % raises. Voting closed at midnight. Sure enough, at 8:00 this morning I got the email below (with my response at the top) telling me that the administration had finally posted a partial salary report, here.
From: harbaugh [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Fall salary info
Date: December 13, 2021 at 8:39:16 AM PST
To: Jamie Moffitt [email protected]
Cc: J P Monroe [email protected], Mike Schill [email protected], Avinnash Tiwari [email protected]
Hi Jamie – In the email chain below I asked
Hi Jamie, back when the salary reports were posted quarterly, they would include all pay during the quarter – so for example summer pay, bonuses etc.
When IR switched to semi-annual reporting, they no longer included all of this – for example the summer pay I got for being Senate Pres was no longer reported.
I’m writing to request that, when this report is next made, it includes all payments made to all employees (including those no longer employed) over the preceeding 12 months.
You responded
Hi Bill –
I’ve talked to JP about this issue and he is planning to post a salary report this fall that will include the entire prior year.
Jamie
However the salary report that has just been posted does not appear to include any summer pay or bonuses.
I’d appreciate it if you could encourage JP to provide this information.
Thanks, Bill H
Begin forwarded message:
From: J P Monroe [email protected]
Subject: RE: Fall salary info
Date: December 13, 2021 at 8:00:32 AM PST
To: William Harbaugh [email protected]
Dear Professor Harbaugh. The Fall 2021 salaries have been posted to IR’s website: https://ir.uoregon.edu/salary
From: William Harbaugh [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 9:54 AM
To: J P Monroe [email protected]; Chief Human Resources Officer [email protected]
Cc: Mike Schill [email protected]; Jamie Moffitt [email protected]; Avinnash Tiwari [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fall salary info
Hi JP, I notice the IR website says
“Note: The Office of Institutional Research publishes salary data for all employees in all unclassified and classified position classes as of November 1. The report will be available in mid-November.”
As you know the union has an upcoming vote on a salary MOU. Will you be able to get this report out today?
Bill
On Nov 30, 2021, at 2:09 PM, J P Monroe [email protected] wrote:
Hi Professor Harbaugh. I noticed in the email chain that Jamie references using October payroll for the reports. That was our previous practice, however, starting this year, we are switching to using November payroll because it provides a more complete set of records. I apologize for the confusion.
From: William Harbaugh [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 12:33 PM
To: J P Monroe [email protected]
Cc: Mike Schill [email protected]; Jamie Moffitt [email protected]; Avinnash Tiwari [email protected]
Subject: Re: Fall salary info
Hi JP, wondering when we can expect this. Thanks Bill
On Nov 28, 2021, at 11:37 PM, William Harbaugh [email protected] wrote:
Hi JP, wondering when we can expect this. Thanks Bill
On Oct 14, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Jamie Moffitt [email protected] wrote:
Hi Bill –
I’ve talked to JP about this issue and he is planning to post a salary report this fall that will include the entire prior year.
Jamie
Jamie Moffitt
Vice President for Finance & Administration and CFO
University of Oregon
[email protected]
541-346-3003
From: William Harbaugh [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:55 PM
To: Jamie Moffitt [email protected]
Cc: Mike Schill [email protected]
Subject: Re: AAUDE faculty salary comparisons
Hi Jamie, back when the salary reports were posted quarterly, they would include all pay during the quarter – so for example summer pay, bonuses etc.
When IR switched to semi-annual reporting, they no longer included all of this – for example the summer pay I got for being Senate Pres was no longer reported.
I’m writing to request that, when this report is next made, it includes all payments made to all employees (including those no longer employed) over the preceeding 12 months.
Thanks for considering this,
Bill
“bonuses”?? UO gives bonuses?! Who gets them?
Full profs get 10% of the tuition for every student who gets an A+, paid out every term after you submit your grades. They didn’t tell you about that?
No. But I was recently invited to pilfer an extra pack of post-it notes from the departmental office supplies closet. Seemed like a good deal at the time.
On the plus side, I see that the feds are working on this whole inflation problem. UO admins take note.
https://www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/2021/2022-weight-update.htm
I don’t understand. Was the timing of this deliberate? It comes across as contemptuous disregard for the faculty, union, and bargaining process. As an institution so concerned with optics, shouldn’t they have waited a week?! It’s hard not to interpret this as a middle finger from the administration of an institution we have been working so hard for under excruciating conditions for two years.
It’s contempt, pure and simple. Also our Institutional Research department is run by an incompetent, whom Brad Shelton and Jamie Moffitt keep employed because they are threatened by the thought that anyone else might have independent access to institutional data.
Does anyone know why Hal Sadofsky has a (nominal) salary of $125K as an associate professor when the salary for associate professors in the math department is <$100K?
Presumably he got a permanent salary boost for being CAS Nat Sci Dean.
slightly off topic
but today Cornell University announced it was shutting down
due to rapid rise of covid cases.
and of course, Hal is worth every extra penny …
Apparently this happened when the position was renamed from “associate dean” to “divisional dean” along with an actual salary increase as administration. So then his nominal faculty salary increases too even though his academic rank is the same? Why? Very strange.
Permanent salary boosts associated with being a Dept chair ,Dean, Provost, etc are quite normal. Just look at what Patrick Phillips got along the way to being provost, and for being provost.
One wag called these ‘GOLDEN PARACHUTE PROFESSORSHIPS’, because they kick in when one quits being dean, etc and returns to being a faculty member. They are perfectly legal.
quite correct; consult Banavar’s salary as a “Professor” in physics
I hadn’t doubted legality, I was just wondering what the rationalization was. So in addition to the other perks, becoming an administrator is a way to end-run academic promotions and get the salary of a full professor without actually being one. Good to know, thanks for the explanation.
For department heads “quite normal” apparently is no longer true, at least in CAS. They just posted an updated compensation schedule for directors and heads. There is still a stipend while you are active as head. But they used to also offer a percentage boost to your base salary, that has gone away.
https://casweb.uoregon.edu/department-head-and-large-program-director-compensation-schedule
Sounds like the department heads need a union.
These numbers seem quite low to become a dept head, particularly during summer, and the removal of opportunity to get a boost in base salary removes a major incentive to become chair. At least the regulations recognize the spread in typical teaching assignments across depts, and adjust the teaching releases accordingly.
patrick phillips will return to Biology with a salary ca 280K, so this represents what UO is willing to pay for a distinguished evolutionary biologist; If my memory is correct, his prior full prof salary was about 50-60% of that. His boost recognizes several admin positions, but you get the point.
Apparently salary negotiation is only allowed for some admin positions.
In the spirit of equality I presume.
ANIMAL FARM equality.
ah but there are so many other opportunities for advancement from being a DH, as well as those cherished interactions with you
subordinate faculty and the ever gracious CAS admins all about
improving the quality of education at the department level …