[lbo-talk] hard work

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sat Feb 10 11:42:09 PST 2007



>The faculty often wonder why people would work under
>these conditions. Is it just money? Formal authority in a
>bureaucratic organization? I've been interacting with
>college administrators a lot as union president, and there's
>also something else going on. The administrators perceive
>themselves as self-sacrificing, noble servants of the college,
>in constrast to the self-serving, union-protected faculty.
>By working 100 hours a week, they reinforce their moral
>superiority compared to their subordinates who work union-
>regulated hours.
>
But wait, I used to work in academia as an assist. prof and it was a 24/7 job.

I was English, which is work intentsive because of teaching writing...but still.

Joanna



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