"All of us are just appalled at the utter contempt frontline workers that the university tends to hold but also just the priorities that are utterly divorced from reality," Stenhouse said. "... Our members are the ones that answer the call button, they're the ones that scan you, they're the ones that admit you, they're the ones that schedule your appointments."
The Trump administration has executed mass firings of federal workers based on arbitrary quotas and ideological mandates aimed at shrinking government, with little regard for efficiency or public need.
USC is experiencing significant shifts in federal support for its research and other programs - a product of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to cut billions of dollars in grants.
After nearly a year looking for work, I started thinking about opening my own business, something I'd always wanted to do. I thought about what I could do, landing on the idea that I was very handy around the house, doing little jobs.
"The best people have other opportunities elsewhere and who wants to be on an unstable ship, right? So that's exactly the right question," says Deborah Lovich, a Future of Work fellow at BCG Henderson Institute, Boston Consulting Group's think tank.
I had also been running three side businesses outside of work for several years, namely an online fitness coaching company. This allowed me to pursue my fitness passion while having bidirectional income streams.
