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Date: Jun 12, 2005

Hiring freeze

Date: Jun 12, 2005

prof wrote:

I heard that ST just initiated a hiring freeze for faculty positions. Is that true??? I heard that all of the deans just received a memo about this.

Yes, it's true. If you don't have an acceptance of an offer, then the position is frozen.

Date: Jun 14, 2005

i heard polymer science were advertising two positions - be interesting to see if any new faculty appear there during the freeze

Date: Jun 14, 2005

The story on the street is that Lassen asked Grimes how much money he had committed to new hires, and Jay said he didn't know. So Lassen froze all new hires until Jay could find his abacus......

Date: Jun 14, 2005

The fact that they are unable to determine how much money they have committed / uncommitted does not surprise me given that they do not know how many faculty they have to start with combined with a lack of knowledge about how many have left or are leaving and, lastly, how many vacant positions need to be filled. They probably have to take their shoes off to count that high. There probably aren't enough people at cabinet meetings to get as high as they need to. Can you picture it - all of them seated around the conference room, leaning back in their chairs, feet up, socks off and confusingly counting "this little piggy?"