A 37-year-old Assistant Professor from Bengaluru has publicly shared his frustrations about the unfair treatment he experienced while working at an engineering college in the city. Taking to social media, the professor detailed his decade-long tenure at the institution, where, despite receiving positive feedback from students, his requests for a salary increase were consistently ignored.
“I did everything and I never said no to any job assigned,” the professor wrote, expressing his disappointment over the lack of support from the administration. The situation became so untenable that he ultimately chose to resign, and to his surprise, no one at the college attempted to persuade him to stay.
The professor, who worked at an engineering college in East Bengaluru, noted that things began to change after a new principal took charge in 2019. The principal closed three branches of the college, but the professor continued to fulfill every task assigned to him.
However, his repeated requests for a salary hike were never approved. “Students were happy with my teaching. I received consistently excellent feedback from my students. I was helping students with hackathons and competitions. Many a times I paid entry fee from my pocket for many competitions,” he shared. Despite his dedication, which included working late evenings and even on Sundays during the college's NBA and NAAC accreditation processes, his efforts went unrecognised by the new administration.
In his post, the professor expressed his frustration that despite his hard work, junior teachers were being paid more than him. “I was clueless. I couldn’t understand what mistake I was doing. Entire college knew what I was doing but our principal was not ready to acknowledge it,” he said.
Before resigning, the professor met with the college principal to discuss his concerns, but the principal refused to engage in a discussion without the presence of the head of the department (HOD). “This HOD always supported 3-4 faculty and he was delegating difficult tasks to the rest of us. I was fed up with this system and resigned recently. Nobody asked why I was resigning and nobody asked me to stay!” he wrote.
Towards the end of his LinkedIn post, the professor also alleged that he was not paid any Employee Provident Fund (EPF) after the salary structure was suddenly changed. “DA was reduced from 115% to 30% and the remaining 85% was added to other allowances. This reduces my gratuity by at least 50%!” he claimed.
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The post, shared just a day ago, has since garnered over 1,000 upvotes and a significant amount of attention. One user responded, “Not paying EPF is illegal. Please find a way to sue them through proper channels. Ask in the Legal India sub about your options.” Another commented on the broader issue facing educators: “Teachers in all levels of the education sector are overworked with little to no compensation. The fact is we are replaceable, institutions do not care about your quality of teaching. They know they can replace you with a cheaper option.” A third user added, “This is