Colorado College, a small, and very pretentious liberal arts private college in Colorado Springs, CO, pays administrative assistants barely more than Walmart pays its cashiers. I manage multiple departments and not only is the pay shit, but my job is only for 9 months out of the year. I don’t get paid for summers, that’s right!
Recently the new president has started a campaign of “improvement,” forcing mandatory meetings on staff to get their opinion on what the college can “do better.” You must be fucking joking right? How about paying people what they’re actually worth? The turnover rate in these positions is very high because who wants to do this essential, important work for the same wage as a walmart shelf stocker? Needless to say, I am currently job hunting as well.
Oh and for context, the cost of tuition here is a bit over $60k PER YEAR. The student body is typically ~2,000 kids or so. You do the math. This college is fucking RICH and pays jack shit to essential employees. Oh and here’s the best part my friends. They are classified as a NONPROFIT. They get many tax exemptions. Oh and I have to pay for a parking spot.
Fuck Colorado College. This shithole does not deserve any future students. They are a money-grubbing greedy as fuck corporation posing as a nonprofit and getting tax breaks. It’s straight up criminal (figuratively). $250,000 to get your bachelor’s degree. Kids, our entire society is currently one big fucking scam.