> Note: I am not saying all university support staff are like this. Some definitely are though, and they're probably the reason why good people sometimes find i

> Note: I am not saying all university support staff are like this. Some definitely are though, and they're probably the reason why good people sometimes find it hard to be properly remunerated in academia. Certainly not everyone is like him - but I'd wager every university has at least a couple of people like him (we definitely had one, again, in physics)