petersuberBig news from #arXiv:
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678/chief-executive-officer
1. It's becoming an independent #nonprofit organization.
2. It's leaving #CornellU.
3. It's hiring a CEO, with a salary in the range of $300k.
Christian Zimmermann@petersuber A shocker for those who run entirely on volunteer labor.
@czimm_economist
I know what you're saying. On the other side, #arXiv has 27 full-time staffers and a budget of $6 million/year.
I know what you're saying. On the other side, #arXiv has 27 full-time staffers and a budget of $6 million/year.
@petersuber But I do not understand why you would need that many people.
Deyan GinevIt's the Scale of operations. We have on the order of 0.0001 employees per new annual submissions and 0.00001 employees per overall published articles.
Peter H. Fröhlich@czimm_economist I don't think we need to worry about the people who might be doing actual work. It's the people who will certainly do no work whatsoever yet draw a salary that make me worried. But they make me worried in every organization, not just in this one. @petersuber
Curio@petersuber
So why does the CEO need to receive $300k (1/20 of the entire budget)!? On a non-profit on top?
Everyone else gonna get $210k per year? No, of course not! That’d be rediculous! They are just staff! We need to keep the servers running too!
But the CEO... Now that’s who really matters, amiright?
@czimm_economist