Yep, pay is directly tied to how many people are under you. And it should be no surprise that this is how it works. The operational side is hired by the academ

Yep, pay is directly tied to how many people are under you. And it should be no surprise that this is how it works. The operational side is hired by the academic side which is even more crazy. It's made up mostly of people who have never had a job outside of school (they went to university and then never left) so it's high school drama all of the time.