PSE Zone 13 Survey, CWU Responses
Why did you choose the response you picked in the last question? If I could find a better paying position I wouldn't even give 2 weeks notice. CWU has made it clear we mean nothing to them. The hit budget crisis and add positions making 3 plus time what we make and then try to balance their budget on our backs by cutting our positions or not filling vacancies. I do more work than my supervisor and he is paid twice what I am and complains that he does not make enough. I do not have a Bachelor’s degree and all areas I would like to work in require a higher degree than I have. I would like to make more money. I enjoy my colleagues and feel a responsibility to my chapter members, but I have searched very actively in the past. The Sr. Secretary makes about $2 over minimum wage. Supporting yourself is just about impossible. I love my job and am very good at it but I need to make more money for my family. Central would spend more money to replace me and train someone to do my job than it would be to give me a living wage. My guess is that they would try to pay someone less to do more. That’s the reality. Plus, with the “budget crisis” at CWU and the lack of restaffing positions, we are expected to do more for no additional compensation. The true motto of CWU today is “Do More For Less”. Money is always a concern. Pay is low for this economy. There is much better pay outside of CWU for the same thing or less Colleagues are sending me postings of similar jobs with $18-24k higher salaries I love where I work and find great value in what I do. My university has repeatedly told me they don't value my work, nor do they think it's necessary. If that changed and I was valued by the university as much as I am valued in my department then I would stay. I love the people in my department and the work I do to support my faculty, staff, students and the working environment of the department. I am looking to find a new job, not because of the pay but because I am no longer happy there. What other comments, stories, or information would you like to share? People are tired. Those of us that are at the top of the salary schedule especially. We get a COLA raise and it is sucked up by increased health insurance/parking/or union dues. If something does not change there will be people quitting enmasse. And the upcoming generation can not and will not do what we do. For over three years, I drove a paper route along with doing my full-time job at CWU. I worked over 1100 days straight at one job or both, starting at 3:00 AM. It took a toll on my health, my
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