A paper from Sun describing its concerns over losing intellectual capital was distributed. The fundamental issues seem to be salary and workload. However, with shortages of staff due to the problems we are experiencing, it is difficult to find people to do the training and mentoring required. Some campuses have done campus-funded equity increases. Some campuses are going to narrowly funded ranges while others have just two wide ranges.
Campuses also choose different points within the range for initial salaries.
These are typically done at the department level. There is no UC policy against this practice, although generating the funding is always an issue. It was also observed that the diversity of job duties required of our IT staff does not compare favorably with the more narrowly defined duties typical of industry. Some expressed the feeling that recruiting and retention are becoming mission-critical issues. If we cannot recruit people to support services on which vital campus processes depend, we will be in deep trouble.