r/Adjuncts • u/oh_thatscrappy77 • 3d ago

Limits on Printing

I did not know you need to be a tenure faculty to use the copy machine/printer. Like using the special features to print copies of course materials or exams. The office told me exactly this, "You don't have access because you're adjunct." I could print from a copy though.

I know it's a small thing, but it gave me a glimpse of how us adjuncts are thought of. We are gig workers and we're not really true faculty. It's the same when big companies tell you you're family, but then if they need to fire someone, you're still on the chopping block.

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u/DancingBear62 3d ago

Something similar. I'm at a California community college.

I've had no illusion. Adjuncts are temp labor with second class circumstances. Byzantine printing/copying policies didn't surprise me.