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I respect the work they’ve done in leading the Uni- a whole, a number of university staff versity through this time. Their leadership has been commendable, working on New Start - a programme and I understand the need to compensate people for their time and which helps disadvantaged students get ahead expertise. But in the current economic climate, their salaries are - found an innocuous-looking email in their inbox. untenable. The email explained that the university was suffering from a An OIA request in February confirmed that Dawn Freshwater’s drop in the number of international enrolments. This meant a drop salary for 2020 is $755,000. This salary places her in the top tier in revenues for the year, which meant, in turn, that the university of public sector executive salaries. By comparison, Grant Guilford, was investigating “ways to reduce costs and make savings”. Unfor- the Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington, was paid tunately, the email said, “one of these ways is to reduce staff costs”. $587,000 in 2019. Guilford has committed to a 20% pay cut. This The email explained that any staff reading it would no longer be pay is being collected for a Staff Hardship Fund. paid. But don’t worry - those staff hadn’t lost their jobs. Instead, the The University has already committed to an extensive busi- university would be “asking [them] … to continue teaching without ness recovery plan. The loss of international students and their remuneration”. prized enrolment fees have left the University with a shortfall. Yes, you read that correctly. Earlier this year, the university cut Combined with a loss of stock value from the university’s invest- staff pay and asked them to work for free. Not only that, but they ments and increased costs in adjusting to online learning, the did it over email. That, in my opinion, is absolute fucking bullshit. It’s university is facing relative financial difficulty. But ultimately, this bullshit in any context, but extremely bullshit when you consider that highlights the issue with modern universities. They’re business- the university executives have yet to take on a pay-cut themselves. es, not just educational institutions. I could start on why this is And why haven’t they? University executives have taken a cut wrong, but that isn’t going to solve the situation currently facing at all other New Zealand universities. Moreover, as Cameron points the University. out, our executive can afford to forgo a little bit of cash - Dawn So why should Dawn, John, Jim, Jenny, Adrienne, Cindy, alone earns $60,000 every month (that’s $15,000 more than the Damon, Trudie and the rest of the team take a pay cut? Not only is average Kiwi earns in a year), on top of the $5 million mansion she it a show of solidarity with the financial hardship faced by mem- was given as a signing-on gift. bers of the university community, but it’s also one step in many in A 20% pay-cut to Dawn’s salary would give the university an ex- recovering university costs.