pay raises wasRe: [CAUT] job opening

[Elwood Doss]

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Don't forget, Wim, this is TENNESSEE!  Ignorance is rife here in higher
education-in all of Tennesse education, for that matter!  So are low
salaries.  Yes, let's get that "peeaner tooner" with 3 to 5 years
experience and pay him $15 an hour.  RPT?  Duh, whazzat?  On the other
hand, we do have "Rocky Top!"  And the second state song, "The Tennessee
Waltz" - "I wus dancin' wif muh darlin' to the Tinnn-uh-see walse...."
I did get a salary increase this year-I can make the same amount in two
days tuning pianos outside the University system.  There are positive
reasons why I'm where I am, but salary is not one of them!  They did
give the UT System faculty/staff a one-time bonus which the student
tuition funded-then took out 25% for taxes.  And they are so proud of
themselves!  I think it's funny.=20

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Your experience with the 7.5% merit pay increase doesn't surprise me in
the least!  Typical-and sad!

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Joy!

Elwood

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Elwood Doss, Jr. M.M.E.; RPT

Piano Technician/Technical Director

Department of Music

145 Fine Arts Building

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Martin, TN  38238

731/881-1852

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Wimblees@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:51 AM
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Subject: Re: pay raises wasRe: [CAUT] job opening

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In a message dated 11/3/2004 7:21:10 PM Central Standard Time,
purdy@ohio.edu writes:

	Here we get an annual evaluation and raise.  I have a twelve
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	contract, renewed each year.  This is basically the same as
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	We all get the same percentage of a basic raise.  Then,
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	the budget, the dean and the school director each can add to
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	merit raise.  As far as I know, there are no other raises at
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	whim.
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	Chris

Thanks to all those who contributed to this post. In my situation, this
past summer, the president announced a 7.5% merit pay raise. But I only
got 2%. The way it was explained to me was that I am already the highest
paid staff member of the School of Music, even higher than our
administrative assistant, who's been at her job for 25 years, and has
received all sorts of awards. He told me that if I got more than 2% it
would basically ruffle some feathers. (The administrative assistant does
all the payroll, so I guess it would be her feather that got ruffled.) I
am not complaining too much, though. Yes, the extra money would have
been nice, but I've got a pretty nice job. I'm appreciated, and I don't
have to account for my time. I get paid $21.52 an hour for 37.5 hours
per week, and an extra $3000 per semester to teach a Music Appreciation
class. Next semester I'll get another $1500 to teach a piano class, like
we've been discussing, and direct the handbell choir.=20

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In regard to putting something the CAUT guidelines, what I was looking
for was not actual figures, but perhaps a pay range. I think the reason
the UT job is only paying $15 per hour is ignorance. I don't think the
university has any idea of what the better school are paying, much less
what full time piano technicians make on the outside. The other thing is
the experience and education thing. Again, I think it's ignorance. I
don't think even the professors in the music department have any idea of
what it takes, education and experience wise, to properly take care of
the pianos. Just as at Denver, if UT thinks they are going to get
someone with only 3 - 5 years of experience, with only a high school
education, who knows how to properly voice and regulate their concert
piano, they are going to be for a rude awakeing. If it is the intention
of this committee to send the guidelines to all music departments around
the country, perhaps a short paragraph about this might open some eyes.=20

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