Help Wanted: Adjunct Professor, Must Have Doctorate. Salary: $0.

[BidenPresident]

But the unspoken secret had been fleetingly exposed: Free labor is a fact of academic life.

“These arrangements are common in academia,” Bill Kisliuk, a spokesman for U.C.L.A., told Inside Higher Ed when at first defending the job posting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/ucla-adjunct-professor-salary.html

 

[BidenPresident]

In the California system, the trend seemed to have begun with the financial crisis of 2008, Dr. McIver said. By 2010, she said, “We became aware of people who had been laid off and who were teaching for free in the hopes, without any commitment from the university, that if the work came back they would be hired back to teach for pay.”

 

[Jack]

$7.25. $7.25/hr. seems like a fair Wage.

 

[BidenPresident]

$7.25. $7.25/hr. seems like a fair Wage.

And yet the job pays $0.00.

 

[Jack]

And yet the job pays $0.00.

You have to start somewhere. Can you say 'Internship'.

 

[BidenPresident]

You have to start somewhere. Can you say 'Internship'.

Can you imagine taking a class with someone who is not paid?

 

[Jack]

Can you imagine taking a class with someone who is not paid?

Just think. The guy is inside, has a Teachers Lounge, and doesn't get 'Laid Off' at the end of the Job. SWEET!

 

[BidenPresident]

Just think. The guy is inside, has a Teachers Lounge, and doesn't get 'Laid Off' at the end of the Job. SWEET!

Yes, no money. How exciting.

 

[Jack]

Yes, no money. How exciting.

It's about 'Teaching'. Think of the children.

 

[BidenPresident]

It's about 'Teaching'. Think of the children.

Not children. This is university. I bet you never took a job that paid nothing.

 

[Jack]

Not children. This is university. I bet you never took a job that paid nothing.

Let's face it BP. These types lived with Mommy until they were 25. Stayed in School for as long as they could. Then expected to go out and be at the top of the Food Chain. Visions of walking around in their little business suits, black loafers, tweed jackets, drinking a latte.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Not children. This is university. I bet you never took a job that paid nothing.

OR went to college. He's trolling. It's what he does.

 

[Jack]

OR went to college. He's trolling. It's what he does.

Pumpkin. I'm trying to give BP some honest feedback here. Maybe ... and I'm just surmising here ... but maybe you could tell her how to find a Sugar Daddy? You know, toss in some advice here.

 

[BidenPresident]

Let's face it BP. These types lived with Mommy until they were 25. Stayed in School for as long as they could. Then expected to go out and be at the top of the Food Chain. Visions of walking around in their little business suits, black loafers, tweed jackets, drinking a latte.

Weird. Please never talk about something you are completely ignorant about.

 

[Mason Michaels]

$7.25. $7.25/hr. seems like a fair Wage.

You're hired

 

[Mason Michaels]

It's about 'Teaching'. Think of the children.

12 B

 

[Jack]

Weird. Please never talk about something you are completely ignorant about.

I'm familiar with the 'over educated/under employed'. It's all about 'Supply and Demand'.

 

[BidenPresident]

I'm familiar with the 'over educated/under employed'. It's all about 'Supply and Demand'.

You are familiar with nothing.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

$7.25. $7.25/hr. seems like a fair Wage.

If they're teaching something like Gender Studies, only if the 'professor' is paying that to the university...

 

[Jack]

You are familiar with nothing.

Well, I understand the Capitalists like to 'flood the market' so they can 'keep costs down'.