One wonders why they keep so many superfluous people in place, operations, student support and the like, not to mention idiot middle managers? No, some of us have way too much on them to be fired. They will eventually centralize and those high flyers will go elsewhere. Who in the F*#k would live in Phoenix anyway? Hang on for more layoffs in April.
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You do realize that UOP has HLC in its pocket, right? UOP is going to let the heavy weight go and hire cheaper EAs. Did you really think they would give such big pay increases and still let people keep their jobs? Hell no. They are going to let the higher paid employees go then they are going to hire cheaper employees who have to work towards those new fancy raises. With everything that has happened over the last 2 years you can't be that blind and naive. Go ahead and sue. UOP doesn't care they will settle out of court for less than your salary not to mention there are still plenty of right to work states where it doesn't matter if you are let go or not. They can do it at any time.
What would qualify as a Grandma Millie tape? There have been thousands of posts here with so many unethical practices? What is it going to take for things to change?
If you have any documented information you want to share with me (anonymously), please do so. You can use a gmail under an assumed name (that's what others have done). I will send the most significant information to David Halperin (Huffington Post). We're still looking for the "Grandma Millie" (aka Enron) tape that can expose Apollo Group as the next Enron.
Well, if you document, they will have a very hard time letting you go while hiring others, especially when the HLC has this school On Notice, and should some disclose the top-down manipulation and intimidation by management, this school might find it sanctioned further by the accreditor, to say nothing of what the U.S. Dept. of Education might entertain visa vis UOP. No, they will have to be very careful in who they let go.
No offense but that is a very naive notion that they will be sued simply for firing people while still hiring newer (lower paid) EAs. If you've worked for any company for any length of time I'm sure that you know that there are any number of excuses that can be generated to let people go. From a supposed inappropriate phone call to someone claiming that they feel intimidated. I've seen both of those practices result in the almost immediate firing of employees. Oddly, you rarely see people that are gaming the system let go.
As far as middle managers, well I'm sure that there is some truth to that. There are a number that I've encountered that are kind of worthless and make really high salaries. I also see a handful here and there of truly good leaders.
I think one of the company's problems is failing to really look at people's performance and work ethic in relation to their salary. This goes for online and the campuses.
Tell me how they might do this without running a risk of a major lawsuit? If they are still hiring EAs, they cannot fire people as they would be sued. They need to let go of middle managers and operations people. These people bring in zero dollars in revenue.
This is pretty obvious. There are a lot of people still making very high salaries (in excess of $80,000). Some don't have a bachelor degree and have worked at the company for over ten years. Some produce very little and are absent more than they are present. Then there are those that work hard and have done what they should to keep the company viable.
With respect to the campuses the writing has been on the wall for some time. Cutting down to only business programs, extremely low enrollment numbers, and lack of emphasis on getting students into those programs. It's a shame.
I'm curious to see if they take the correct approach (separating those who have been dead weight from those that work hard and produce) or just shotgun out layoffs. The latter has been the trend for years but I'm hoping that maybe they will do something different...