The good news (if there is any to be had) is that we no longer have to endure those insufferable brown bag meetings. We're free!
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10 am meeting
UOP time. 170 laid off in one week from today.
10:30 am meeting UOP TIME
12 laid off at end of project in April or May. Project is scheduled to be done mid April
We were down to about 300 FTF. So more than half gone. Refused to give exact numbers or details about criteria.
I heard it's the group that met at 12 that will be let go in June. They are working on a project, and the project is due to be completed in June
The group at 11 was retained as FTF.
To the person who said that the 11 am group is gone in June--how do you know this?
What happened with the FTF in the meeting at 11? They all keep their jobs? I am part of the 160+ that had the meeting at 10....
160 full time layoffs today and another 60 will go in june.
Guess the new big-wigs give a crap about students and the hard-working instructors now unable to pay their mortgages.
Meant to say not cost effective...autocorrect...
I'm confused as to why UOPX would change faculty from full-time to adjunct, since I recall not having more FTF (as opposed to part-time faculty) was a critical part of getting their on-notice status from the Higher Learning Commission for their accreditation renewal lifted. Are they going back on that now?
If you have a doctoral degree, especially in the specific field of COHS or a law degree...that helps. Especially if you got that degree at a prestigious university. Also the HLC credentialing is a big deal. Remember, the folks who just bought out UOPX are high rollers and have to turn this bus around to make a profit. The have leveraged this merger with debt and debt has to be paid off.
FTF used to teach 4 classes at a time. For the past 16 months we have taught 1-3 classes. It is not close effective. I think that under the Trump administration, it will no longer serve UOPX to have FTF for accreditation purposes, and once that is clear, the rest of us will be fired, too.
But how do you think the decision was made? There has to be something there besides the lottery!
yup. . . as stated above. . . short term big payoff, long term savings/lower overhead
I would guess the reasoning is 65,000 a year plus benefits and 401k match x 160.
Can someone please share details of the layoffs and what departments and divisions may be affected?
Thank you for the info