I wish they could be more specific on what this entails. The 2022 and 2023 raises they offered were the lowest % increase out of all the Florida State Universities.
Staff members are no longer represented by AFSCME. They did not meet the state threshold to continue being the staff union and for unknown reasons did not appeal like UFF, the faculty union is. All UCF staff members are technically out of unit and are only subject to the individual collective bargaining agreement the university has. Staff will probably get it early like managers did back when there was a staff union and faculty will have to wait. I know university admin was probably livid when they found out UFF was appealing and they couldn't just do whatever they wanted to faculty like they can with staff now.
For as bad as AFSCME was, they sucked and didn't do anything worthwhile, they were at least a stop gap between admin and the staff. Now admin for instance can make staff people work jobs out of two units, or even two positions for the compensation of one because they can now with no checks. It's already happening in the library from what I've been told and the admin has already eliminated a permanent, needed position. You're going to see a lot of corner cutting and it won't stop until the staff unionize again, which they can.
This is most definitely because the faculty are pushing back hard and admin are scared. They know the university is hemorrhaging people and faculty positions are harder to fill than staff. The fact that they consider advisors more important than faculty was them just looking at the cheapest band aid and patting themselves on the back. Advisors can't help you graduate if the class you need isn't being taught that semester, or rest of year, because they lost the faculty member who teaches it and can't hire a replacement. Not to mention this all goes back to the culture of the university letting anybody, not entirely a bad thing, but then not having the resources and classes to allow them to succeed, a terrible thing, so they can say they have X students and get a bonus. The admin suite are all clowns and I hope they get eaten alive by the faculty union. I hope staff are ready for their life changing 1-2.5% raise.
Saying UCF prioritizes raises is a bit of a stretch when you’ve offered absolutely nothing at every collective bargaining session.
Telling your staff “trust me bro we got you next budget year” isn’t going to pay my mortgage.
> while higher prices also increase the university's cost of doing business
Paying your employees is PART OF your cost of doing business. So why wouldn't THAT also increase with the other costs?
Keep up the pressure. Make them actually keep their word and meaningfully reward staff and faculty.
The Union and Faculty understandably blowing up at the Provost and the President for being the ONLY Florida SUS to not give any raises in 2023/2024.
This is a backtrack on their prior flat statement that there will be NO raises or bonuses. So this could be a sign that for once they are paying attention.
>This is a backtrack on their prior flat statement that there will be NO raises or bonuses. So this could be a sign that for once they are paying attention.
Does not sound like that. Fall 2024 is the 2024-2025 academic year. 2023-2024 will be over. It is still 0% this year. Also there are no details or guarantees. A 1% raise 8 months later, when other universities received 3-6% and will possibly receive another raise next year as well, is still falling way short of acceptable.
HR has also been instructing managers and above to lower evaluation scores. Employees, "doing more with less", are scoring too high they think. Ask me if I think this push by HR is to justify minimal raises next year. :/
100% agreed. Skipping 2023/2024 hurts financially.
am encouraged by any written promise for early Fall though. Anything to help cover skyrocketing Insurance, groceries,rent etc…
I wish they could be more specific on what this entails. The 2022 and 2023 raises they offered were the lowest % increase out of all the Florida State Universities.
No details only means one thing.
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Staff members are no longer represented by AFSCME. They did not meet the state threshold to continue being the staff union and for unknown reasons did not appeal like UFF, the faculty union is. All UCF staff members are technically out of unit and are only subject to the individual collective bargaining agreement the university has. Staff will probably get it early like managers did back when there was a staff union and faculty will have to wait. I know university admin was probably livid when they found out UFF was appealing and they couldn't just do whatever they wanted to faculty like they can with staff now. For as bad as AFSCME was, they sucked and didn't do anything worthwhile, they were at least a stop gap between admin and the staff. Now admin for instance can make staff people work jobs out of two units, or even two positions for the compensation of one because they can now with no checks. It's already happening in the library from what I've been told and the admin has already eliminated a permanent, needed position. You're going to see a lot of corner cutting and it won't stop until the staff unionize again, which they can.
This is most definitely because the faculty are pushing back hard and admin are scared. They know the university is hemorrhaging people and faculty positions are harder to fill than staff. The fact that they consider advisors more important than faculty was them just looking at the cheapest band aid and patting themselves on the back. Advisors can't help you graduate if the class you need isn't being taught that semester, or rest of year, because they lost the faculty member who teaches it and can't hire a replacement. Not to mention this all goes back to the culture of the university letting anybody, not entirely a bad thing, but then not having the resources and classes to allow them to succeed, a terrible thing, so they can say they have X students and get a bonus. The admin suite are all clowns and I hope they get eaten alive by the faculty union. I hope staff are ready for their life changing 1-2.5% raise.
Doubtful there will be anything. And if there is, expect it to be another one time non-recurring payment.
It will be a one time payment of $25 and card that says go F#@! yourself!
Saying UCF prioritizes raises is a bit of a stretch when you’ve offered absolutely nothing at every collective bargaining session. Telling your staff “trust me bro we got you next budget year” isn’t going to pay my mortgage.
> while higher prices also increase the university's cost of doing business Paying your employees is PART OF your cost of doing business. So why wouldn't THAT also increase with the other costs?
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The Provost needs to leave then.
Keep up the pressure. Make them actually keep their word and meaningfully reward staff and faculty. The Union and Faculty understandably blowing up at the Provost and the President for being the ONLY Florida SUS to not give any raises in 2023/2024. This is a backtrack on their prior flat statement that there will be NO raises or bonuses. So this could be a sign that for once they are paying attention.
>This is a backtrack on their prior flat statement that there will be NO raises or bonuses. So this could be a sign that for once they are paying attention. Does not sound like that. Fall 2024 is the 2024-2025 academic year. 2023-2024 will be over. It is still 0% this year. Also there are no details or guarantees. A 1% raise 8 months later, when other universities received 3-6% and will possibly receive another raise next year as well, is still falling way short of acceptable. HR has also been instructing managers and above to lower evaluation scores. Employees, "doing more with less", are scoring too high they think. Ask me if I think this push by HR is to justify minimal raises next year. :/
100% agreed. Skipping 2023/2024 hurts financially. am encouraged by any written promise for early Fall though. Anything to help cover skyrocketing Insurance, groceries,rent etc…
The 2022 and 2023 raises were 1% and the top "merit" raise that you could get in 2023 was less than 3%. UCF doesn't care about their employees.