Comments on: Staffing Cuts at NCAR: A Puzzle

By: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Roger Pielke, Jr. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:43:29 +0000

sb_steele:

Here is how UCAR defines its “head count”:

” Head Count:

Staffing by head count reports active employees* counted as a
whole for each selection criteria based upon their employment
status within the human resources data base at a point in time.”

By: sb_steele

sb_steele — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:19:43 +0000

I didn’t follow the link to the UCAR Finance page, but do the staffing numbers (in the plot) represent the total bodies present in their buildings, but FTEs have been declining? Did they simply make everyone part-time? That’s the only thing I can think of…

By: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Roger Pielke, Jr. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:13:07 +0000

One good suggestion I just received was to start the data in 2003. Here is that info:

NCAR total = 900
UCAR/NCAR total = 1421
PhD scientists = 222
Other scientists = 139

So starting in 2003 makes little difference.