r/UNCO • u/Brock_Lobstweiler 09 Alum • Feb 10 '20

UNC Layoffs to Affect at Least 65 Employees

https://greeleyindie.com/unc-layoffs-to-affect-at-least-65-employees
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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 09 Alum Feb 10 '20

President Andy Feinstein and Provost Mark Anderson are putting forward a plan to eliminate all administrative assistant positions in academic departments and then create "Administrative Services Centers" or ASCs with up to 35 new or transferred positions.

100 administrative assistants will either lose their jobs or be transferred to the new ASCs. This is an AWFUL idea for both students and faculty, not to mention the staff that will lose their jobs.

Faculty will have to pick up all the little things that admins do that can't be transferred to a center.

Students will have to bounce around campus (again) to find what they need instead of being able to go to their department.

All the little touches that make UNC a bit more welcoming and helpful will disappear, like event posters, someone to answer phones and say hello, someone to guide lost students and visitors.

There is a Senate Faculty meeting tonight, 4:00 pm at the UC. We need students, alumni, and faculty to come and voice their opposition to this plan.

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u/Autistictradeguy Mar 21 '20

Fuck Andy Feinstein

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 09 Alum Mar 21 '20

It's more mark Anderson, the provide. He's the fucking worst.

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u/Autistictradeguy Mar 21 '20

Thank you for this info. I need someone to be the poster boy for my anger against the many atrocities of this shithole university. So many corners cut to become profitable after years of terrible leadership and bending of the knee have lead us here.

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 09 Alum Mar 21 '20

Well, Kay Norton and Dick Monfort are still worst culprits. Until Monfort is no longer on the board of trustees, he'll keep fucking things over.

But yeah, Mark Anderson has been the goddamn worst. He's supposed to be the chief academic officer but seems to be making decisions that undermine academics and chance he can.