College Lawsuit
I came across this interesting story today. College hit with age suit. I remember Lynda and the stress she went through as she was pretty much forced out of her position. The last time I met up with her to fix some computer issues in the department she was stressed out with no real help to figure out what direction she should go. This pretty much mirrored my own situation where I tried to no avail to have the problem of the IT Tech area's moldy leaky roof addressed by anyone who might care. I went to the union, but they appeared to be disinterested in the situation as their hands were tied for safety enforcement.
I finally brought the complaint up officially and the following things occurred. Sent a guy in with a mold sensing device who "certified" that there was more mold outside than in the office. (The mold was crawling out of the ceiling and he didn't even put the device near the areas). The ceiling leaked when it rained. The facilities department cut a chunk of the ceiling out (probably spreading more mold around) and placed cardboard over the hole. They put some kind of instant cement over an area upstairs that they thought the water was coming from.
Then rains came and still there were water leaks, next to the power conduits no less. Next thing I know water started building above my head and bulging the ceiling underneath my desk and work equipment. I moved everything to my workbench so I wouldn't come to work one day and find all my papers and computer flooded. I stopped complaining at that point, because it was obvious that no one cared beyond doing the legal minimum to address the problem. One of my co-workers had a trash can specifically for catching the water above his desk. It was surreal.
So I have to say that I side with Lynda. If you aren't within a specific clique at the college i.e. making more than $100,000 a year, you're pretty much hosed. I remember when I was working on getting new computers out for the instructors, and I was pulled off the job to help the President of the college set up some hardware in her office. Priority was never given where it belonged. In the case of this lawsuit, I hope it goes well for Lynda. I know it won't change the mentality of the college administration, and small-minded people will complain that she's only out for the money. But at least one person will benefit out of the non-caring administration that has become the college.
As for Al Alt and his cracker jack diploma, people might not be so critical of you if you knew how to do your job instead of fighting against the people you're supposed to help. The college truly knows how to take the word human out of human resources.
I finally brought the complaint up officially and the following things occurred. Sent a guy in with a mold sensing device who "certified" that there was more mold outside than in the office. (The mold was crawling out of the ceiling and he didn't even put the device near the areas). The ceiling leaked when it rained. The facilities department cut a chunk of the ceiling out (probably spreading more mold around) and placed cardboard over the hole. They put some kind of instant cement over an area upstairs that they thought the water was coming from.
Then rains came and still there were water leaks, next to the power conduits no less. Next thing I know water started building above my head and bulging the ceiling underneath my desk and work equipment. I moved everything to my workbench so I wouldn't come to work one day and find all my papers and computer flooded. I stopped complaining at that point, because it was obvious that no one cared beyond doing the legal minimum to address the problem. One of my co-workers had a trash can specifically for catching the water above his desk. It was surreal.
So I have to say that I side with Lynda. If you aren't within a specific clique at the college i.e. making more than $100,000 a year, you're pretty much hosed. I remember when I was working on getting new computers out for the instructors, and I was pulled off the job to help the President of the college set up some hardware in her office. Priority was never given where it belonged. In the case of this lawsuit, I hope it goes well for Lynda. I know it won't change the mentality of the college administration, and small-minded people will complain that she's only out for the money. But at least one person will benefit out of the non-caring administration that has become the college.
As for Al Alt and his cracker jack diploma, people might not be so critical of you if you knew how to do your job instead of fighting against the people you're supposed to help. The college truly knows how to take the word human out of human resources.
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