How will the FY11 budget affect staff positions — will there be further layoffs?
Unfortunately, further layoffs are inevitable. However, we are approaching decisions about additional layoffs slowly and deliberately. We have resisted the temptation to simply cut budgets by 10% or 15% across the board because this approach does not ensure that staffing resources are allocated appropriately. Instead, we have chosen to undertake a University-wide Organization Review designed to engage the community in helping to match staffing resources to staffing needs and to identify ways to improve the efficiency of our organization structure. We believe that this approach will help preserve the momentum required to achieve the goals set forth by the PAE.
