tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149513.post657690595743871795..comments2023-10-31T06:47:46.552-04:00Comments on Mama(e) in Translation: job offer: i'ts getting REALLY complicated, I'm almost anguished!Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902911922952429223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149513.post-87516134570026375372012-06-10T17:23:23.582-04:002012-06-10T17:23:23.582-04:00So, the plot thickens...
It does sound like they ...So, the plot thickens...<br /><br />It does sound like they are very interested in having you! The sleeping there two nights a week sounds like it would make things easier. Would you have to pay for lodging? <br /><br />If you do take the job and it works out, any chance of being able to continue again the following year (at which point maybe you could arrange a better schedule?) What experience/etc would you need to acquire in order to be able to apply for a TT job in the future?<br /><br />I don't know, it sounds like there are a lot of positives for accepting the new position, but some disadvantages (mainly the commute, right?) Good luck making your decision!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975826433125245969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149513.post-84317920194411656162012-06-08T19:05:17.455-04:002012-06-08T19:05:17.455-04:00"After we got off the phone, I got the cell p..."After we got off the phone, I got the cell phone number for my department's chair in Europe from my department secretary who effusively congratulated me on my job offer (I thought that was very strange -- shouldn't she be sad that they were losing me? I was taken aback! She did know I was applying for something because I'd previously asked for copies of my transcript & teaching evals)."<br /><br />You shouldn't be taken aback. What this indicates, in my opinion, is that your current department chair is a good person who understands the realities of an academic market, and is happy to see that an instructor she values gets a good job. It probably also suggests that, should you need to return to this institution in the future, there wouldn't be any hard feelings, so you would be able to get an adjunct job if it was available. <br /><br />Re the pay: does the new, prospective university pay any kind of benefits? I imagine that you get your health care through your husband's job. But if the new university offers contributions to a retirement fund, that is a huge deal, and you should take that into account. <br /><br />And don't feel bad for your students. You are a worker, and have every right to get what is the best deal for you. You do not owe loyalty to anybody, as far as employment goes. Specially not towards an institution that hires you as an adjunct in order to save costs.<br /><br />My two cents...Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com