((Sue)) BTDT.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Jul 08, 2008 2:03:32 pm PDT #7064 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Sophia Brooks - Jul 08, 2008 2:05:48 pm PDT #7065 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Goodness, Sue-- I could feel the gut punch vicariously. It was a very sweet gesture, but I feel like maybe they should have waiting awhile for more positive impact.
shrift - Jul 08, 2008 2:05:56 pm PDT #7066 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Here's to you finding employment at a good place with great $$ and benefits!!
Thanks, ChiKat!
At the very least, if someone makes me an offer for a job that I don't want, I can use the other interviews as leverage for more time to make a decision.
I think I'm planning to take a day off from submitting applications tomorrow just to schedule interviews. And for groceries, because I need food.
Jesse - Jul 08, 2008 2:36:04 pm PDT #7067 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Go, shrift! That's some really impressive speed and results! Good luck w/everything!
Sophia Brooks - Jul 08, 2008 3:34:41 pm PDT #7068 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Why is it that people at my university who make MORE get a higher percentage of retirement contribution? If you make over $48,365 you get 10.5% contributed, while if you make under, you get 6.2%.
amych - Jul 08, 2008 3:36:16 pm PDT #7069 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Because the university is on the side of The Man.
Tamara - Jul 08, 2008 3:39:58 pm PDT #7070 of 10003
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Why is it that people at my university who make MORE get a higher percentage of retirement contribution?
Higher paid people tend to be more expensive and difficult to replace so the extra retirement contribution is probably a retention attempt.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 08, 2008 3:43:25 pm PDT #7071 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
But it seems to me that the higher paid people could make a larger contribution of their own salary, so you would want to give more to the lower paid people.
But I am clearly not The Man.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 08, 2008 3:45:28 pm PDT #7072 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, essentially, I would say that 95% of the people making that amount are faculy or doctors, rather than staff. They already have better tuition benefits...
sarameg - Jul 08, 2008 3:54:53 pm PDT #7073 of 10003
Maybe as an enticement for those who bring in grant $$ to stay put? If he weren't already so close to retirement, the university would shit a brick if my dad were to head to a different institution (even so, they are throwing all sorts of benefits if he stays on in some capacity) . He was one of the top 5 (maybe even the top) outside money-bringer the past few years running. Now, that's partly because he is one of the few original people left (via sheer stubborness, I sometimes think) on the whole telescope project up the mountain, which has all sorts of big funders/major projects (even Microsoft! Which cracks me up because probably 70% of the desktops are macs, and most of the rest are sun, but MS has been very good to them) so he's the project head . The money all goes to the project, but the university gets to splash it across the books and preen.
Right now, he'd make more being retired than working. But he might also go insane and take my mother with him.