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Working 80% for Facebook basically precludes the time commitment for teaching classes.

• sgt101 8y ago
  As per many other comments - doing admin and applying for grants takes up ~80% of normal academic time - and yet classes get taught.
  • Fomite 8y ago
    So I'm actually a professor. And while admin and grants is a lot of my day, they're built into the assumptions of having an academic appointment. We know. Packing all of your university-related duties into 20% of your time? That means classes won't get taught.
  • sgt101 8y ago
    Ok - let's say that the departmental budget for professors is $1m, and you pay $100k to fund 10 professors, who then teach 50 classes. All is well. Now, one of these professors announces that Facebook will pay them $500k instead, but they will allow 20% of time at the university, and will pay you $50k Now you have $150k, and 1 class per year already in the bank. You need to find 4 more classes taught, and by spending $120k you are able to do that, you also have $30k for TAs.