I’ve said for a while now that aside from Hollywood no employer mistreats it’s employees worse than Academia. There is a small elite of tenured professors earning six-figure incomes while working as much or as little as they want. And then there are the adjuncts, who do most of the teaching, have no benefits or job security and must often work at three different schools just to earn enough to put food on the table. Being married to an academic (thankfully she’s full-time) I’ve seen this up close. The worst Walmart treats it’s employees better than the typical university. It’s no coincidence that the most exploitive employers are both Progressive bastions.
I was a staff person in a big university and it was a miserable experience.