[CAUT] Position Announcement, SIU, Carbondale, IL

[Avery Todd]

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
>>
>>
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