Here’s yet another Twitter account that’s locked down after a tweet got the attention the poster apparently thought he was looking for. Dr. Spencer Bagley was just casually noting that the sign at Panda Express said that general managers had the opportunity to make as much as $69,000 a year, plus a bonus.
— Jay C. (@iamthejayc) February 12, 2022
“My salary as an associate professor of mathematics at Westminster College, three blocks away from this sign, is $61,500,” tweeted Bagley, posting a picture of a recruitment sign from the massive Asian food chain advertising a general manager position that has a total potential annual compensation of “$69,000/Yr + Bonus.”
The Panda Express advertisement also offered career opportunities for assistant manager with possible earnings of “$20/Hr + Bonus” and “Service & Kitchen Team” with potential salaries of $15 to $19 per hour for job-seekers.
Bagley has since made his Twitter account private following the backlash. “The only statement visible to outsides now is his Twitter, which reads: “All labor is skilled labor | All workers are underpaid | Twitter was a mistake lol.”
Critics on social media were quick to lambast Bagley’s calculation. One tweeted, “61.5k – 69k = 7500.00 less annually,” asking Bagley: “What formula, exactly, did you use to come to the conclusion that you’re making ‘way less’ than a General Manager at Panda Express (which has great, but somewhat overpriced, food)?”
61.5k – 69k = 7500.00 less annually
What formula, exactly, did you use to come to the conclusion that you’re making “way less” than a General Manager at Panda Express (which has great, but somewhat overpriced, food)?https://t.co/7KXwEjqUmC— New American Republic (@LibertysRoar) February 12, 2022
Another critic wrote, “The sign also says ‘Total Potential Annual Compensation or Earnings’. Likely the base pay requires certain performance targets being met, and then bonuses paid if higher targets are met. The $69K is not just having to deal with academia’s politics,” the Twitter user said to Bagley.
The sign also says “Total Potential Annual Compensation or Earnings”. Likely the base pay requires certain performance targets being met, and then bonuses paid if higher targets are met. The $69K is not just having to deal with academia’s politics.
— GatorOnTheBeach (@NormPyle) February 12, 2022
Elizabeth Warren made $429,981 in salary from Harvard during 2010 and 2011 … talk to her. Or get a gig at Harvard.
You’re not a professor, you’re an associate professor, and you’re making less than a restaurant general manager. I guess the idea is to make it seem like a high brow/low brow comparison because it’s a Panda Express? What if it was just some fancy French restaurant instead? https://t.co/adbw6Cqoai
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 12, 2022
I forget who said it, but: Every day, Twitter has a main character. The point of the game is not to be that. https://t.co/g3FvZDiB3S
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) February 12, 2022
And the main character usually shuts off comment. Like Dr Bagley did
— Elon Musket (@tonyjaylott) February 12, 2022
Dr. Spencer Bagley has four papers that I can find, all in mathematics education. No evidence of any difficult mathematical work. He’s very lucky he was able to get $61k.
— Category Theory Hangout (@cg_geometry) February 12, 2022
Here’s the worse part, he works less than 25 hours a week and only 3 hours of office time per the schools website. 🤦🏻♂️
— Chris (@ChrisJNFL) February 12, 2022
General Managers at Panda Express whenever college professors walk into the restaurant pic.twitter.com/uVCOxVQ309
— Rich (@UptownDC_Rich) February 12, 2022
Actually you make too much. There’s more work in the restaurant than anything you do.
— WarNuke (@warNuKE_) February 12, 2022
You can act like your tweet was more noble, but in reality it was meant to boost yourself at the expense of another. The manager position is a tool you’re using to show proof that you’re undervalued. I don’t mind that as much as I do the spin now that you’ve been called out.
— Baron (@TheBaronOfBeard) February 12, 2022
Plus let’s be completely honest, I’d rather be paid 61.5k to work the shorter, cleaner, easier hours of your job than the 69k to work the nightmare of a job that is restaurant manager. It’s not undervaluing educators…it’s you undervaluing a position that doesn’t require college
— Baron (@TheBaronOfBeard) February 12, 2022
I actually found out that you specifically, make way more than you deserve
— Roma CHEIMS (@CheimsRoma) February 12, 2022
You’re an associate professor. Full professors make more than double what you’re making. A fast food GM typically runs multiple restaurants w/ millions in annual sales, hectic supply orders, huge employee turnover, 12-hour days 6 days a week, and few opps for advancement.
— Burt Carey.🇺🇸 (@BurtCarey) February 12, 2022
The point should be that service workers don’t make enough to live on. But instead, all you got was that you feel bad when you think people that are beneath you should make less?
— hot beef rejection (@BismarkNineSix) February 12, 2022
I’ve noticed that teachers spend 80% of their work day trying to convince people how hard their jobs are. Which is just slightly higher than nurses.
— Carl McGhee (@carl_marino1616) February 12, 2022
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