During the Campus Climate Survey presentation to the Academic Senate meeting on Mai 3, Faculty voiced their concerns about workplace treatment.
Director of Research and Planning Viviana Unda presented the Campus Climate Survey results for El Camino College students and faculty as of 2021.
The Campus Climate Survey data was from employees and students of El Camino College, most of which compared last year’s data to data from 2018.
Data showed both increases in and decreases between these years. For example, Unda said that the data meant “very good news,” for students under the “Service to Students” slide where data showed increases in employees reporting that they were “prepared to address the needs of different students.”
However, data did show a decrease in one area between 2018-2021. Also, employees who participated in the presentation talked about their feelings about the subject. It was job satisfaction.
The page labeled “Work Environment” had a statement that said, “Job satisfaction is high but lower compared to 2018 (average decrease of 4%).”
Employees voiced concerns with emphasis on the data set that showed an 8% decrease of employees reporting a sense of being “valued as an individual.”
Senator Kristie Dan-DiGregorio, Behavioral and Social Sciences Division, offered her opinions on the presented data.
.“I was just struck by some things…with the data around faculty there were sort of three areas that really jumped out at me, you know work-life balance,” Daniel-DiGregorio said. “Even though the conclusion was that, you know job satisfaction is high …. Because of the rates they’re at, that means that one-third of the faculty disagreed with those statements.”