A comment on our previous post inspired us to do a little research. Here's what your favorite (or least favorite) Hoofer staffer gets paid per annum:
• WUD Cultmaster Jim Rogers: $47,922
• Hoofer Advoosigator Dave Elsmo: $46,205
• Director of Kiddies Susan Dibbell: $121,899
• Wis. Union Führer Mark Guthier: $158,500
That last one is almost eighty dollars an hour--to sit in his office on the fifth floor and come up with new ways to waste money. For reference, a full professor makes around $100K, although that can vary somewhat.
A sailing instructor? $10/hr, give or take a buck (which would translate to $20K/year if full time were possible)--to go out and risk our lives, get sunburned, cut, bruised, yelled at, and hammered. We do it all for a fraction of what the office minions make. We might as well be volunteering.
And do we really need an advoosigator? Hoofer Sailing always managed itself in the past. Why pay one individual $46K/year to tell us to be sure to tie our shoe laces? As far as Jim's returning as advoosigator, that's unlikely, but not because it would be a pay cut. As of 2010 Jim was making a cool $46K--about what he's making now (that's what is meant by stag-nant wages). There just isn't a whole lot of opportunity for advancement at the Wis. Union, unless you aspire to become Union director, which in fact is Jim's stated goal. (are you grooming him yet, Mark?)
Another comment questioned the need for a Head of Instruction. Alas, someone has to organize and schedule lessons, and a rotation, like we have for security, would be a mess IMHO. But that doesn't mean HOI has to be a full time position.
Note that the above are 2017 salaries, so they've probably all creeped up a few bucks since then.
