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It's hardly realistic to expect employers to act with their employees' best interests at heart. This is a little harsh. Many companies do put their employees
by mathattack 13y ago
It's hardly realistic to expect employers to act with their employees' best interests at heart.
This is a little harsh. Many companies do put their employees first, so that they can keep the best ones. They just have to be in a position to capture some of the value from the added talent. Universities aren't always in a position to do that.
Unions can come with other problems such as reduced flexibility of the work force, which in today's high-change environment for schools could be crippling.
One should ask the deeper question - why are there so many underpaid adjuncts? The oversimplified answer is that we're subsidizing the production of too many Phds with non-transferable skills.
- michaelt 13y agoThis is a little harsh. Many companies do put their employees first, so that they can keep the best ones. I agree that employers often act in employees' best interests when there is no more profitable alternative.
- mathattack 13y agoIn knowledge industries, it's frequently a case of long term versus short term interests. Take training... It rarely pays off in the short term (when you have the cost) but it frequently does in the long term. Another example is severance. It doesn't pay in the short term, but abusing folks on the way out doesn't pay in the long term either.