Switching from internet to zoom phone so campus can save money. With new training, websites etc. How often do campuses think through: "we save $100,000, but use 1.5hrs of prof time with 5,000 profs getting paid $75/hr and.. oh shit we just spent $550K on salary to save $100K" .. I'm guessing never
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(I disabled zoom phone on my laptop to avoid that, but I've definitely seen it happen to colleagues sharing their screens in a meeting.)
(Not my joke; I unfortunately cannot find the original source :/)
Unclear whether this is net negative or positive for university productivity
Back in the 1980s, before cell phones, etc, I was told that a certain Prof said no one could use the lab phone in Sept/Oct , cause said prof didn't want
when the prize in his field was awarded to someone else, he went into his office for a week, then came out and told everyone in the lab tht he was ok
this story isn't quite plausible, but it isn't implausible either