Well, things are getting a bit darker here…
State is looking to dump the Health Alliance contract… Since the health benefits are one of the few things left keeping a lot of us at the University, seems a bad decision to a lot of us down here in Champaign, but what would we know of such things…
Got another mail from el Presidente of the University letting us know that we'll be getting the same level of funding this year from the State as last year, and that is the best case scenario. State is already talking about reducing funding levels for this year… Of course, that doesn't even begin to get to the $470 million that the State owes the University from last year… So, despite no pay increases since 2008… Well, we can hope that we don't repeat last years pay cuts…
Motorcycle trade is looking like it isn't going to happen… Big part of the blame being mine for not getting good pictures out there quickly, but to be honest my heart really isn't in to this trade much at this point… So, anyone out there (Dave :-) ) know of any decent lower end "cruiser" type bikes like the Honda Silverwing, Rebel, etc… I'll probably end up selling ot trading off a few of the nicer weapons like the Lugar and FN-49 to finance it… I do have quite a few nice ones to let go for this particular cause… It's been 20+ years since last I owned a bike, would rather start with something more "beginner friendly" and fuel efficient…
Grey Knights :-) well, coming along slowly… Several Psycannon troopers stripped/primed and ready for painting… Librarian (ancient Inquisitor in Terminator Armor) getting magnetized and painted… He'll serve in my Consecrators army as well… There's not really been as much time this week to get down there and work on stuff, but really wanting to get my LRC up and running, should be amusing running it against people who weren't even born when I first assembled the tank…
I understand the pain. As an Indiana University employee, I've gotten 1 3% raise in the last 3 years, and had healthcare go up.
ReplyDeletethen we're told we should be glad us overpaid public sector employees should be glad to have a job.
As a county employee I can sympathize. We shoulder increase in health care and see our checks decrease in size. Just glad to have a job.
ReplyDelete:-) Yes, not familiar with all employee "categories" here, but IT at least is paid less than the mythical "industry average" number out there... Taking away the benefits like health insurance and tuition waivers for our kids (at State schools) makes leaving the University much more appealing... And with my own job search ongoing... While I HOPE to be moving within the College to Atlas, it might not happen, so moving on starts looking better and better...
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