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> Susan Finley. After 46 successful years at NASA, they demoted her - because she didn't have a bachelor's degree This is rather disingenuous. According to an
by grkvlt 10y ago
> Susan Finley. After 46 successful years at NASA, they demoted her - because she didn't have a bachelor's degree
This is rather disingenuous. According to an article in the NYT [1] she just had her job title changed in 2004, from 'Engineer' to 'Engineering Specialist.' Her salary and status did not change. See the excerpt below:
Instead, Ms. Finley, who never finished her degree, fell
into a newly created classification: engineering
specialist, an hourly position.
Her overall pay did not change, and she is now eligible
for overtime.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/science/space/nasa-juno-susan-finley.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/science/space/nasa-juno-su...
- Chathamization 10y agoYou left out this part: > But the change still irks Ms. Finley; she must mark down her arrival each day, her half-hour of lunch and the time she leaves to go home. > “It’s a demotion,” she said. “No one wants a demotion. We want to be treated like we deserve. But it’s true. I don’t have a degree.” Nathalia Holt, a science writer who wrote a book about Finley and others, also considers it a demotion: http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-women-who-brought-us-apollo-11/ http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-women-who-brought-...