Ah, that explains it. I heard once of a university who had a tech that was so bad they wanted to get rid of him but since it was a state school, they couldn't fire him or lay him off, so they eliminated the position. I heard that after a "resonable" amount of time, they were going to reinstate the position. Never heard if it happened. Avery Todd On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Ron Poire <rpoire at comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Avery, > The School of Music had been running in the red for several years. > It finally came to a point, where the dean said that the School of Music > would have to balance its budget. > They eliminated a total of four positions, mine included. We had a > property manager, who had a degree in stringed instrument repair. His job > also included tracking instrument inventory. A receptionist and someone > else is also gone. > Now, all of the instrument repair and piano repair work is contracted out. > At least, I get in on some of that. > > Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Avery Todd <ptuner1 at gmail.com> > *To:* College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:53 PM > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Position Announcement, SIU, Carbondale, IL > > Ron, > > I can't help but ask. How were they able to "lay you off" after that long > there? I'd have to have gotten caught/arrested for doing drugs or something > worse for them to lay me off after even 6 months on the job! > > Just wondering. > > Avery Todd > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Ron Poire <rpoire at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hey Richard, Right on. >> >> Some of us should follow Richard's example and apply for the job, then >> turn it down, unless they want to anty up. >> >> With myself having been laid off at the University of Minnesota, I would >> use that job as a springboard to something else. >> One catch though, I am 59 years old, and wonder how much I have left in >> me. >> It's a great job for some young guy to take, then walk away when you'be >> completed all or most of your experiments on the pianos. >> >> Use the university's pianos as a laboratory for experiment, so you can >> learn what works, and what doesn't. >> >> regards, >> >> Ron Poire >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080818/6a17c6e7/attachment.html
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