I have tenure. Part of the reason for the slack off after getting tenure is fatigue from the process of getting it. I spent 7 years as a grad student teaching

I have tenure. Part of the reason for the slack off after getting tenure is fatigue from the process of getting it. I spent 7 years as a grad student teaching classes for low wages and no benefits. Then many years as an adjunct for low wages and no benefits. I was lucky enough to get a tenure track job. Spent several more years doing a lot of extra work to prove how valuable I was. I didn't get paid extra for this extra work. Now I have tenure. I haven't had a pay raise in 2 years. It looks like we won't get a raise for another 2 years. I make $56,600 a year. And now I take it easy. I don't see the system changing because without the possibility of tenure there is no way in hell I would have gone this route. Unless pay was increased to industry standards but that's not going to happen either. Society does not want to pay for quality teachers. EDIT: Take it easy for me means that I'm not going to serve on the curriculum committee. I try hard to teach well. I don't do the committee work.