Someone posted earlier that the were passing on info about the supposed pay cuts / furlough. I read that there would be a company wide email sent at 4:30 EST. Well, it's now 7:30 EST and no email....hmpphm.
Gotta love those so called "informers" and their trolling...
We shall call this the famous 9/11 email. An ominous portent of what's coming next...
Seriously you people don't read or listen. Faculty are not affected by the furlough.
3 weeks and I am done with all this BS. I am so glad I am only an adjunct and I found other employment (non teaching job). Total BS from this school...paycuts, furloughs, unpaid timeoff for staff and continued outreach and non teaching responsibilities for the faculty. Its a timebomb people got out now while you can. Don't wait until the school lays everyone off in Oct to look for a job. There will be a lot more competition then.
Furlough today, unemployment tomorrow
577, I agree that the email is not clear. Perhaps online instructors will be furloughed but we won't find out about it until we get our pay check. 616, online faculty don't really teach anymore. It's mainly outreach with a bit of facilitation.
To reiterate, faculty who are teaching classes are not affected by the furlough.
I think only the campuses that are being bought should have the unpaid furlough. It's not fair for the employees of the campuses not close to a sale to have to pay for the other campuses who have a buyer and more security in their position.
It says campus faculty. I wonder if that does or does not include online instructors?
There's no union. It affects everyone except faculty (as per the email). A union would not be able to help you anyway. The company is cash-strapped.
So are we laid off? Is this now? I still dont get the deal here. Someone said there was some kind of union, but I havent seen this email yet. Does any body know?
Keep in mind, not everyone is a troll that doesn't support your position...lol.
Here it is:
Date: September 11, 2014
To: All U.S. Everest, Heald and WyoTech Employees
From: Jack Massimino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
RE: Company Furlough
We are making steady progress toward the sale of our schools, and hope to be able to announce agreements with purchasers during the next few weeks. None of our progress thus far would have been possible without your belief in our mission and perseverance in continuing to serve our students. You have absorbed salary reductions and managed with fewer staff and lower budgets, and kept our schools and operations functioning as smoothly as possible under incredibly challenging circumstances.
Although we have made many sacrifices, additional cuts are necessary to help fund operations until the sale of our schools can be completed. Among several actions, we are implementing a brief furlough (or unpaid leave of absence) for all U.S. employees other than campus faculty. Faculty will not be included in the furlough so that they can continue to serve our students.
Your furlough will work like this: Employees will be required to take one full workweek (from Sunday to Saturday) of unpaid leave either the week of Sept. 14 or the week of Sept. 21. To minimize disruption to students and operations, all furloughs must be scheduled and approved by supervisors or campus presidents. Since this furlough is designed to minimize cash expense, you cannot receive vacation or sick pay for your furloughed leave of absence. Also, if hourly employees have already voluntarily contributed unpaid days off prior to this announcement, they may count those days toward this furlough.
During your furlough week, you are not expected or permitted to perform any work whatsoever (including checking email or voicemail). Before beginning your furlough, you will be asked to read, sign and return to your supervisor a memo from Jim Wade informing you about the furlough’s details.
The decision to implement this furlough was very difficult, and we deeply regret the hardship and disruption that it will create. If you have questions about the furlough, please ask your department head, campus president or HR representative.
Thank you again for your continued support as we work toward the sale of our schools. I will keep you posted on important developments.
Mine too.
Mine just came through.
this is the OP, nevermind......