Positions go unfilled for months at a time. Less than qualified workers are hired to fill partial needs. It is becoming more and more difficult to provide the standards of service to our students and faculty that all have learned to expect. I implore you to heed this message. The University must consider staff as it looks to the future.
Salaries are only a part of the picture, although a very important part.
Retirement and benefits are also critical to becoming more competitive. We need to better market ourselves to attract good young employees. We need to sell ourselves to our own graduates as a great place to work. We need to be creative and challenge our employees to take risks and explore new ways of working. The work place of today is very different from 10 or 20 years ago.