Today or tomorrow many of my friends will learn if they are being transferred against their will. So who will stay and who will go? Appropriate criteria would be:
- Teaching ability based on years of evaluations
- Seniority
- Proven flexibility (a person able to teach various courses)
- Overall job performance
- Service to the college/community (measured as part of our annual reviews)
None of the above criteria are being used. The westerners running the system here chose:
- Family situation (those with no kids go first)
- Marital status (Singles go before marrieds)
- A vague "college needs" statement which is a polite way of asking, "Do the people making the decision like you?"
What an incredible set of decision making criteria! You suck as a teacher and do nothing for the college or community? No problem if you have the right connections.
Good child-less single teachers will be transferred over some lazy colleagues who chose to pro-create.
Amazing, amazing stuff.
You shouldn't be that amazed. How many of your students have "connections" that get them through the system without having to work? And that "criteria" is not without examples in the States too. I still remember being told that I should take on more work with no change in pay because I was single and had no children. I've also seen examples where someone has gotten paid more because "he has a family to support". That's the real world stuff they tell you is illegal or unethical in college, but happens as a regular part of business.
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