[CAUT] Correction on salary for U of Georgia position

[Jeff Tanner]

Hi all,
I was contacted by a member of the search committee (not Dr. Davis) about 
the position and he and I have had several email exchanges, and that is the 
genesis for this correction.  I am not interested in the position, so I 
basically let him have it about the low salary being discussed on our list. 
For what it's worth, here is information you would all be interested in:

The salary range is $32,650 min to $61, 492 max.  The information that was 
spoken of earlier has to do with the official salary pay plan for the 
postion that is posted on the UGA HR web site. 
http://www.hr.uga.edu/recruitment/compensation/payplan_2008_title.pdf  There 
is column which reads, "Annual Entry Maximum", which to me implies that you 
cannot be hired for more than the amount in that column.  And the figure in 
that column for piano technician is $37,547.50.  That is the source of the 
"erroneous or false statement"

The faculty member said that we were the source of erroneous information. 
When I pointed out to him what the official HR pay plan says, his exact 
response to me was this: OUR JOB NOTICE SAYS SALARY COMMENSURATE 
W/EXPERIENCE, ETC.  IT DOES NOT SAY "ONLY ENTRY LEVEL CANDIDATES WILL BE 
CONSIDERED AND ONLY ENTRY LEVEL SALARY WILL BE OFFERED,"

But my knowledge of the history of that position is that the last time they 
hired a piano technician, a tech with 20 years experience was hired at the 
entry level figure at the time.  So, you guys make your own judgement about 
what the salary will be and how erroneous and false the information is.

Jeff Tanner


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <scott.thile at murraystate.edu>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Cc: <shawnbruce at sbcglobal.net>; <wddavis at uga.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:08 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Correction on salary for U of Georgia position


> Hello folks,
>
> The salary range for this position is higher than
> what was found on the website and posted to the list.
> I would encourage those that are interested in the
> position to contact Dr. Davis directly.
>
> Dr. Davis, sorry for any confusion caused by the
> erroneous report of the salary range. Hopefully this
> will help clear it up.
>
> Hope you find a great technician for the position.
>
> Yours in pianos, Scott,
> Murray State University
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Davis [mailto:wddavis at uga.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:47 PM
> To: Scott E. Thile; shawnbruce at sbcglobal.net; shawn bruce
> Cc: Richard Zimdars
> Subject: Fwd: Piano Tech opening at U of Georgia
>
>
> Mr. Thile and Mr. Bruce, one of our senior piano
> faculty members has informed me that an unfortunate
> and false statement is circulating on the PTG/CAUT
> listserve(s). The incorrect statement is that the
> salary for our piano technician position is specified
> at a low level ....
>
> Our vacancy notice states that the salary is
> "commensurate with training and experience." It is
> not specified beyond that. Our university system does
> stipulate minimums and maximums for every staff
> position on campus, but it gives us a extremely broad
> range of flexibility, far more so than the erroneous
> statement indicates.
>
>
> Prospective applicants for our position are
> encouraged to contact me at wddavis at uga.edu or
> telephone 706-542-3737 if they have any questions.
>
> Sincerely, William Davis
>
> Scott E. Thile
> Piano/Instrument Technician
> ---------------------------
> Dept. of Music, Murray State University
> 504 Fine Arts Building, Murray, KY 42071
> Office Phone: 270-809-4396
> http://campus.murraystate.edu/staff/scott.thile/index.html
>
>
>