recruitment, but higher.
The top story in the Dispatch today was about OSU creating a position for their new athletic director's wife: (another) Associate VP of
Development, paying $200k/yr. Her husband will be making $450,000/yr.
I understand that they must've REALLY wanted this new Athletic
Director, Gene Smith from AZ State. But did we really need his wife,
who will not be funded out of the Athletics budget? To quote the Dispatch:
About half her time will be spent coordinating a universitywide fundraising campaign, according to the job description.
Although the job is a new one, it would have been created soon because OSU is about to begin a major fundraising campaign, Conlisk said. The last major campaign ran from 1995 to 2000."Her experience met our needs," Conlisk said. "The timing worked out really well."
Conlisk said Gene Smith was hired with the understanding that the university would try to find a job for his wife.
"It’s not uncommon for organizations to provide help to the spouse who comes along with the employee," she said. "It’s all part of recruiting the best people you can recruit. Companies and universities have to look at the issue of the so-called trailing spouse."
Just because everyone jumps off a bridge, you will, too?
Conlisk said the issue didn’t come up when other high-profile OSU Athletics Department employees were hired such as athletics director Andy Geiger, football coach Jim Tressel and basketball coach Thad Matta.
It seems, yes, she did a similar job at other universities, and apparently performed well, but at the same time, she should've been interviewed like any other candidate... WHEN THE JOB WAS CREATED.