2008 Woodie Awards
Money should not be central reason for career choice
Issue date: 12/2/05 Section: Opinion
An issue at any occupation in any line of work that will inevitably come up is salary.
It is an important issue and at this campus is an extremely important and varied topic. From people who may be working at maintenance all the way up to this university's president, salary can influence whether somebody wants to come work here or not. It's a competitive world out there and much of the competition deals with money. That should be to no one's surprise. If you were to be offered a job that made more money than the one you were currently at, nine out of 10 would jump at that chance. But there is something to be said here for contentment and quality of life at this campus.
Slippery Rock University for the most part does a good job of treating its employees well. That's the biggest step in getting quality professors, staff and administration to come here. The more quality types of people that come here, the more the university grows in prestige. This in turn means more students will want to come here. Enrollment has reached an all-time high two straight years now, so finding quality people to come here and work has not been a problem.
However, having professors being paid differently because of a title, although useful, is somewhat odd. If the differences were slightly more uniform for all of the professors, it would make more sense.
That should not be an excuse though for judging people on how much they make. Just because somebody has a higher salary than someone else does not make them any more important of a human being or any better off than anybody else. At this campus and in life in general, people should do their particular job to the best of their ability, no matter how much they make. If that isn't happening, then that person is doing a disservice not only to their jobs, but to the people who depend on them and finally, but most importantly themselves.
One of the biggest regrets in life is wondering what might have been. If you cruise through your job and end up not making as much money as you could have, you only have yourself to blame.
They are the people who make students want to stay here and make college so enjoyable so just maybe in the future the students can get those good jobs. That's why at The Rocket we feel anybody who is an SRU employee should be appreciated regardless of salary.
It is an important issue and at this campus is an extremely important and varied topic. From people who may be working at maintenance all the way up to this university's president, salary can influence whether somebody wants to come work here or not. It's a competitive world out there and much of the competition deals with money. That should be to no one's surprise. If you were to be offered a job that made more money than the one you were currently at, nine out of 10 would jump at that chance. But there is something to be said here for contentment and quality of life at this campus.
Slippery Rock University for the most part does a good job of treating its employees well. That's the biggest step in getting quality professors, staff and administration to come here. The more quality types of people that come here, the more the university grows in prestige. This in turn means more students will want to come here. Enrollment has reached an all-time high two straight years now, so finding quality people to come here and work has not been a problem.
However, having professors being paid differently because of a title, although useful, is somewhat odd. If the differences were slightly more uniform for all of the professors, it would make more sense.
That should not be an excuse though for judging people on how much they make. Just because somebody has a higher salary than someone else does not make them any more important of a human being or any better off than anybody else. At this campus and in life in general, people should do their particular job to the best of their ability, no matter how much they make. If that isn't happening, then that person is doing a disservice not only to their jobs, but to the people who depend on them and finally, but most importantly themselves.
One of the biggest regrets in life is wondering what might have been. If you cruise through your job and end up not making as much money as you could have, you only have yourself to blame.
They are the people who make students want to stay here and make college so enjoyable so just maybe in the future the students can get those good jobs. That's why at The Rocket we feel anybody who is an SRU employee should be appreciated regardless of salary.
