Data Set
Case # Gender Race SexualO Child Relationship Elder Age Exp Division WARTTot WFCTot WFC1 WFC2 WFC3 WFC4 WFC5 WART1 WART2 WART3 WART4 WART5 WART6 WART7 WART8 WART9 InSeaon OutSeason Final
1 1 5 1 2 5 2 3.00 2.00 2.78 1.40 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 50.00 40.00
2 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 3.00 2.56 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 2 1 3 1 1 3 40.00 I substitute teach from 7:30am-3:15pm then fulfill my duties as a graduate assistant coach.
3 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 3.00 1.89 2.80 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 40.00 40.00 N/a
4 2 5 1 4 5 2 3.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 2 4 3 1 3 45.00 25.00
5 1 3 1 1 2 2 27 3.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 1 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 4 80.00 50.00
6 1 5 1 4 1 1 23 2.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 2
7 1 5 1 4 1 2 0.00 2.00 2.56 3.00 3 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 1 3 2030.00
8 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 2 4 50.00 40.00 I do not get paid enough.
9 1 5 1 4 2 2 28 0.50 1.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 70.00 40.00
10 2 5 1 4 1 1 21 3.00 1.00 3.89 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 30.00 20.00
11 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 1.00 1.89 1.40 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 15.00 15.00
12 1 5 1 4 2 2 21 4.00 2.00 3.89 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 200.00 100.00
13 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 3.00 2.78 2.60 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 400.00 120.00
14 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.44 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
15 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 1.00 3.00 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 35.00 25.00
16 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 1.00 3.33 3.20 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 6.00 6.00 n/a
17 2 4 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 4 300.00 200.00 Your season never truly ends. Even when it is over, you are there to help your co-workers as well. Hours accounted for can vary drastically. As a new hire to the athletic program, I am unable to answer how many hours I put in for a season.
18 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 2.78 2.80 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 I love my job and I couldn't imagine doing anything else.
19 1 5 1 4 5 1 22 2.00 2.00 1.89 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 50.00 30.00 Sports!
20 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 300.00 200.00 It is especially hard as a graduate assistant. You are expected to act and work like a full-time employee, but you also have to balance school. It is almost impossible to find time for yourself, or your social life, and when you do, you are exhausted. With my position, I also feel like I always have to be close to my phone and computer so that I can put out fires and respond to things immediately if I need to, so I feel like I could be "back to work" at any minute of any day.
21 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 1.00 1.00 2.56 1.40 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 55.00 45.00
22 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 1.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 55.00 45.00
23 2 5 2 4 5 2 21 2.50 1.00 3.00 2.20 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 20.00 6.00
24 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 90.00 90.00
25 2 7 1 4 1 2 23 4.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 30.00 15.00
26 2 3 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 550.00 500.00 Graduate assistants are often underpaid overworked positions when you still have to attend school and maintain a decent GPA
27 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 50.00 25.00 It's much needed to have a work-life balance. Without it, you will get burned out in your cu
ent job.
28 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 4.00 2.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 60.00 45.00
29 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 4.00 1.00 3.22 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 2 4 60.00 40.00 Be able to find the separation between work time and off time
30 2 8 1 4 5 2 22 2.50 1.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 375.00 375.00
31 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 2 4 5 2 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 50.00 30.00
32 1 5 1 4 2 1 22 4.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 60.00 40.00 The hours are always unpredictable and fluctuating based on a coach's decisions.
33 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 40.00
34 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 4.00 2.00 2.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 60.00 45.00
35 2 4 1 1 1 1 41 1.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 1 4 55.00 20.00 The job itself is rewarding. Dealing with difficult coaches who choose to remain difficult begins to drastically counte
alance any "rewards" over time. The nature of the job when your assigned sport is in-season means "life" has to take a backburner. It is the price that must be paid to work in Division I athletics.
36 2 2 1 4 2 2 26 1.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 9000.00 There’s no balance or respection about the wages, life and work hours. This will needs to be adjusted as our profession will have better recognition nationally
37 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.22 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 1000.00 500.00
38 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.67 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 70.00 40.00
39 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 1000.00 500.00
40 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 3.78 3.20 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 50.00 30.00 I am also an amateur Bodybuilder, so some of the questions about being tried are more related to my training and being in-season cu
ently. I expect the energy swing positively once I am in my off-season and my primary sport of softball will be in-season. My boss is also very understanding about a work-life balance and told me to leave when my athletes are gone and enjoy myself.
41 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 1.00 2.33 2.60 4 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 8.00 20.00
42 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.20 4 3 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 4
43 1 5 1 4 5 1 23 0.00 1.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 4 50.00 40.00 Nope.
44 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 2 5 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 4 65.00 72.00 Administrators need to have an understanding of what a strength coach does and the demands on them. At all three schools I have worked at, administrators seem to never appreciate nor understand what we do.
45 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 2 1 3 52.00 30.00
46 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.78 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 75.00 50.00
47 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 1.00 2.33 2.00 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 45.00 40.00
48 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 50.00 50.00
49 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.50 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 50.00 40.00
50 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 0.20 2.00 3.56 3.80 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 55.00 40.00
51 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 585.00 500.00
52 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.00 3.00 2.44 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 40.00 20.00
53 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.11 3.60 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 65.00 45.00
54 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.50 2.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
55 1 3 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.89 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 50.00 25.00
56 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 4 2 1 4 50.00 50.00
57 2 5 3 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.56 3.80 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 30.00 20.00 30 per week in season
And 20 per week out of season
58 1 5 1 4 2 2 24 4.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2250.00 0.00
59 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 40.00 28.00
60 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 60.00 40.00 Social media is a huge part of what takes up my time. We have no head or leader of social media within our department making a lot of our jobs harder and more time consuming with all of the other responsibilities we have going on.
61 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1300.00 1300.00 It's an unspoken expectation that you'll work vigorously while being a bit undervalued. The work-life balance hardly exists in athletics, but most of us working within the industry know that and feed off that exciting life-style. It is truly an industry that requires passion, we work hard for each student athlete and at the end of the day... LOVE it despite the grueling hours.
62 2 8 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.56 1.80 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 3 1 3 250.00 250.00
63 2 5 2 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 2 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 50.00 30.00
64 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.56 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 20.00 20.00
65 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.78 1.80 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 60.00 45.00 I enjoy the people that I work with and I choose to hang out with them outside of work. While they are really my only friends in this new town, it is okay because people working outside of athletics don't usually understand how demanding our hours are. Even though my work load can be stressful, it helps that I enjoy the people that I work with.
66 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.56 2.20 2 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 3
67 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.67 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 50.00 45.00 no
68 2 5 2 4 5 2 23 2.00 3.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 3
69 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 3.78 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 30.00 30.00 As a young professional just starting out in this business, I feel it's almost impossible to have a good work-life balance because you are constantly trying to perform well, out-perform other professionals your age, make good connections, and learn as much as possible.
70 2 3 1 4 5 2 24 1.50 2.00 3.44 3.40 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 2160.00 2160.00 N/A
71 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 4 3 60.00 45.00 Graduate Assistants get overworked and the pay does not reflect the work they do or the hours they work. Especially when they are in school as well. A lot of departments overwork these YOUNG kids and put unrealistic expectations on them
72 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.78 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 42.00 42.00 I am only 22 and this is my first year working with athletics. I am not ma
ied and don't have family around Jacksonville so I don't experience stress from that. I am getting my masters right now for Speech Language Pathology and sometimes that is stressful to balance but overall is fine. My head and assistant coach do experience a lot of stress from work from long hours and are both physically and emotionally exhausted a lot.
73 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 70.00 70.00
74 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 0.00 2.00 2.89 2.00 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 20.00 0.00
75 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.33 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 700.00 360.00
76 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 3.00 2.11 4.40 5 3 5 4 5 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 70.00 70.00 I work in Division II. There are only three people in the sports information office here and overall a much smaller staff in athletics than at D-Is. There is not really an "out of season" for us. Work week stays the same through all sports because we have to work all sports.
77 1 5 1 4 1 1 22 4.00 2.00 2.33 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 25.00 20.00
78 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 3.44 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 75.00 50.00
79 1 5 1 4 2 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.78 3.00 4 2 2 2 5 3 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 1 20.00 30.00 I am a full time engineering student as well as a Compliance Coordinator part time. That contributes much to my exhaustion. I did, however, feel many of thesaurus frustrations before I started school (worked for a year before going back to school) that I do now.
80 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 6.00 2.00 3.22 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 4 90.00 50.00 Coaches work more than athletic department personnel. I've been both. I might be an outlier if you're just looking for marketing/tick sales, development types.
81 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.67 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 50.00 30.00
82 2 5 2 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 50.00 50.00
83 2 2 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.22 2.00 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 400.00 200.00
84 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 70.00 30.00 N/a
85 1 5 1 4 5 2 28 2.00 2.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 80.00 55.00
86 2 5 1 4 1 1 25 7.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 80.00 60.00
87 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.44 2.80 2 4 2 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 400.00 400.00
88 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 500.00 150.00 Most of the stress caused by my job is due to our department being understaffed with athletic trainers, so a lot of the extra responsibility/work falls on the graduate assistants
89 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 71.50 55.00
90 2 5 2 4 5 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 3 1800.00 400.00
91 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 70.00 70.00 I find it hard to find time to work on class work and when I do find time I am usually too exhausted to complete coursework.
(I am also always in season with both a fall sport and spring sport)
92 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 70.00 40.00
93 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 1.67 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 60.00 35.00
94 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00 It's hard but I enjoy my job and my family understands the time commitment
95 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 1 1 4 55.00 45.00 As an athletic trainer, it's nearly impossible. I'm also a graduate assistant so on top of my avg 50hrs/week working I add 9 credit hours in class plus homework and work on my thesis. I've just come to the conclusion that work-life balance will likely be impossible for the next two years.
96 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 4 70.00 40.00 At the cu
ent moment it feels nearly impossible to achieve "work-life balance". There are not enough hours in the day to achieve this.
97 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 50.00
98 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 2.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 1400.00 1100.00
99 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 1.00 2.22 3.00 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 70.00 55.00
100 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 50.00 30.00
101 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.20 2 2 2 1 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 30.00 30.00
102 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 1.50 1.00 3.56 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 1200.00 800.00
103 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 550.00 400.00
104 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.50 2.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 60.00 30.00
105 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.22 3.80 5 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 55.00 45.00 N/A
106 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 60.00 30.00
107 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.50 2.00 2.44 3.00 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 58.00 35.00
108 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 50.00 20.00
109 2 5 1 4 2 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 60.00 60.00 I work with Track/ Cross country so there is no off season during the school yea
110 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.22 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 1400.00 1100.00 It is hard working within collegiate athletics while also attending school. My biggest struggle has been finding energy to finish school work, or I am racing against the clock to beat a deadline. I often focus on work for most of my day and by the time I am home, I just want to check out and sleep.
111 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 48.00 38.00
112 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.33 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 800.00 600.00
113 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 3.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 250.00 150.00
114 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 1000.00 900.00 Over worked under paid. On a 20hr a week contract
115 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
116 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.78 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 20.00 20.00
117 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.89 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 45.00 20.00
118 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 3.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 50.00 20.00
119 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 5.00 2.00 3.56 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 50.00 35.00
120 2 7 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.89 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 50.00 40.00
121 2 5 3 4 1 2 23 2.00 1.00 3.56 4.40 4 4 4 5 5 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2500.00 1200.00 I feel extremely overwhelmed and no matter how much work I do, I'm still not doing enough. I'm single and living without anyone dependent on me and I still feel this way, I can't imagine being ma
ied or having a family that depends on me with this amount of work.
122 2 5 2 4 5 2 22 1.00 1.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 5 2 4 2 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
123 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 2.00 3.22 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 960.00 1000.00
124 1 5 1 4 1 1 28 2.00 2.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1561651655146510000.00 16549846151561.00 Don't do it.
125 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 2.00 2.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 55.00 55.00
126 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 3.11 3.40 2 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 1 70.00 55.00
127 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 1 4 4 2 4 75.00 60.00 There is no work-life "balance". It's work with occasional life, especially in season. It's different depending on what athletic department and what sport you work for, though. Some athletic departments and sports are less demanding than others. Work can be frustrating because sometimes you work a 13-hour day and accomplish the same amount of work that can be completed in under 10 hours. Athletic administrators need to focus on employees' mental health and work-life balance and avoid "burning them out". It's a demanding profession to work in intercollegiate athletics and you can find yourself in a detrimental mental and physical state if you do not make the effort to balance work with your social/family life.
128 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 1.00 3.33 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 65.00 70.00
129 2 7 1 4 1 2 22 5.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 2000.00 1500.00
130 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 1.89 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 29.00 29.00
131 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 3.00 2.11 2.80 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 60.00 25.00 Creating a work-life balance is something that is learned, not forced. Coaches and Athletic Departments can easily agree and create opportunities, but you have to want it.
132 1 3 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.11 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 2 12.00 6.00 The people throughout athletic departments *typically* come from backgrounds that lend themselves to more fun/welcoming work environments.
133 2 4 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.67 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 25.00 0.00 Change of supervisors over the past year relieved lots of stress and created a better work-life balance.
134 2 5 2 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.44 4.60 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 60.00 45.00 I also play competitive ultimate frisbee and am in grad school, so that contributes to my lack of free time/level of exhaustion
135 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 70.00 40.00 It is often encouraged, but without feasible means of actually maintaining it, because of all of the work that needs to be done.
136 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 60.00 50.00
137 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 3.00 3.00 1.89 4.00 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 60.00 40.00
138 2 5 3 4 1 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.88 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 40.00 7.00 I only work during the school year and not over winter
eak so I consider that my off time. The sport I coach by nature takes a long time and so any in season stuff is just a lot of time. The work hours are for coaching and not school.
139 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 50.00 40.00
140 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.67 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 60.00 60.00 I always think to myself that I am lucky at this stage of my life that I am single. After working such long hours, I could not imagine having a spouse or raising a family being a woman working in intercollegiate athletics. I have noticed since starting this graduate assistantship, that most of the women in the department are in their 30's, 40's, and 50's and still do not have a family. To me, that is an unfortunate reality of being a woman working in collegiate athletics. It seems nearly impossible to be both a caregiver for your family and a coach or administrator for your university.
141 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 2.00 2.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 50.00 35.00
142 2 7 1 4 5 2 24 2.50 2.00 2.88 4.00 5 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 4 40.00 60.00 There is a lot of overtime duties that are not included in my paycheck.
143 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.67 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 20.00 18.00
144 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 1.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 50.00 50.00
145 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 45.00 30.00
146 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.22 1.80 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 60.00 45.00
147 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 4 3 3 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 40.00 20.00
148 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 45.00 As a graduate assistant, on top of work demands and social life demands there is also the demand to complete homework assignments and study which can put extra strain on anyone. Personally, I find myself sacrificing sleep and leisure activities the most but in my mind it's worth it for the end result.
149 2 5 1 4 2 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 5 4 3 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 1000.00 400.00
150 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.67 4.00 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 60.00 40.00
151 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 2.00 2.44 2.80 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 25.00 15.00
152 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.33 3.20 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 60.00 45.00 It's more of a lifestyle than a balance. If you enjoy what you are doing, it doesn't really feel like work.
153 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 45.00
154 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 1.00 2.89 3.40 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 70.00 45.00
155 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 3.00 3.67 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 50.00 40.00
156 1 2 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.11 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8.00 8.00 Time management
157 2 5 1 4 1 1 22 1.00 3.00 2.33 2.40 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 40.00
158 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 2 3 4 3 1 3 1 2 3 60.50 45.00 Being athletic trainer is not easy hours no matter the setting unless you are lucky enough to have a 9-5. I went into this field knowing the hours would be long.
159 2 4 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 3.00 2.22 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1000.00 400.00
160 1 5 1 4 2 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.89 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 70.00 70.00
161 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 3.00 2.56 2.80 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 10.00 8.00
162 1 5 1 4 2 2 29 1.00 3.00 2.67 2.20 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 1 3 30.00 20.00 As a Grad Assistant I am being pulled in three different directions, school, work, and home. I try to balance the three as equally as possible but if one suffers, it tends to be the school portion. Even though managers/directors in the department know I'm a G.A. it seems like that part doesn't seem important to them.
163 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 3.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 800.00 800.00
164 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
165 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 6.00 2.00 2.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 70.00 50.00
166 2 7 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 3.22 4.20 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 3 4 3 3 30.00 30.00 The demand for graduate assistants makes it difficult to focus on school. Administrators forget that we have an obligation to perform well academically in addition to doing our jobs well.
167 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 2.00 3.89 4.60 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 60.00 55.00
168 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.89 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 1600.00 1000.00
169 1 8 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 3.67 3.00 3 3 5 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 200.00 200.00
170 2 4 2 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.44 3.60 2 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 3
171 1 5 1 4 5 1 22 5.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 60.00
172 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 1.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 60.00 40.00
173 2 5 2 4 1 2 23 1.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 3 4 5 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 40.00 40.00 As a graduate student intern, there is added stress of class work on top of office work that adds to overall tiredness/stress/etc.
174 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.56 2.60 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 55.00 40.00
175 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 1.00 2.56 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 55.00 40.00
176 2 5 2 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 3 4 12.00 8.00
177 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 1.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 1 30.00 20.00
178 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 6.00 2.00 3.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 70.00 35.00
179 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 5.00 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00
180 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 68.00 40.00 Underappreciated and Undervalued
Left out of most scheduling decesions
181 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.25 2.60 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 80.00 60.00
182 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 3.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 80.00
183 2 5 1 4 2 2 23 1.00 3.00 2.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 2500.00 2000.00
184 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 900.00 500.00
185 2 4 1 4 1 2 29 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 1 4 60.00 50.00
186 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 75.00 60.00 For athletic trainers a big amount of hours distribution is dependent on the staff to athlete ratio
187 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 40.00 30.00
188 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 3.00 2.00 2.22 2.80 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 800.00 500.00
189 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.22 1.60 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 40.00 40.00
190 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.67 2.60 4 2 2 1 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 240.00 240.00 What's a life?
191 1 5 1 2 2 60 42.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 60.00 30.00 One of the greatest life's ever. I have work for 8 AD's. 9 President's and have enjoyed every minute.
192 1 5 1 4 1 2 3.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 100.00 50.00
193 1 5 1 1 2 2 6.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 4 60.00 40.00
194 2 8 3 2 3 2 53 2.00 2.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 3 3 2 2
195 2 5 1 4 1 2 2.50 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 42.00 40.00 It is impossible to have a work life balance in athletics unfortunately.
196 2 5 1 4 5 2 4.00 2.00 2.44 2.80 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 55.00 40.00
197 1 5 1 4 5 2 3.00 1.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 45.00 40.00 I mean, honestly, work does not stop as the end product is the (hopeful) success of the student-athlete. The student-athlete life is not 9-5 and one's decisions (as it related to work) impact those hours even after the allotted "official" work time. One must be responsive given this fact. A job in college athletics is ma
ied to the idea that a traditional 9-5 is, more or less the, antithesis. Honestly, there should be no set times for work given this fact. College athletics are was behind with regards to the modern work day. In a perfect world, drawing on many new age thought leaders, one should be required to commit to a solid 4 hour block ( think 11-3 or any variation) where the the focus is big picture, planning and collaboration and then a state of reactivity for the remaining hours. Then again, I'm not sure a business staff member works nearly at the same attention level as compliance/student services/academics. All and all, modifications can and should be made to catch us up to speed with our audience, reducing burnout, mental fatigue and promoting deep-work. Thanks!
198 2 5 4 1 1 25.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 3 3 4 2 4 4 3 2 3 3 3
199 1 5 1 1 2 2 3.00 1.00 2.38 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 50.00 40.00 In a non-coaching position, the hours aren't as challenging, but when game attendance is necessary for many sports on weeknights/weekends, it can really be difficult with young children. In development, traveling can be a grind.
200 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 3.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 5 3 5 2 5 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 1 4
201 2 5 1 2 2 1 23.00 1.00 2.11 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
202 2 5 1 1 2 2 2.00 1.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
203 2 5 1 5 2 1 12.00 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 4 2 4 It is exhausting traveling overnight with teams and being expected to be back at my desk at 8 am. Too much is expected in terms of attending games on weekends--I have a family and eldercare. I don't earn enough to devote all of my time to athletes' academic, mental and emotional crises.
205 1 5 1 4 5 2 5.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 60.00 All athletics all the time
206 1 5 1 4 2 2 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 12.00 8.00 Lack of institutional support
207 2 5 1 4 1 2 8.00 1.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 60.00 70.00
208 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 10.00 1.00 2.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2
209 1 5 1 4 2 2 6.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 60.00 40.00
210 1 5 1 4 2 2 10.00 2.00 3.44 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 1669.00 1105.00
211 1 7 1 4 5 2 3.00 3.00 2.33 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
212 1 4 1 10.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 65.00 60.00
214 1 5 1 5 2 40 15.00 2.00 2.56 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 55.00 45.00
215 2 5 1 4 1 2 42 10.00 1.00 2.00 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 3 40.00 I can't estimate how many hours I work in season. The number is too high when I factor in traveling.
216 2 5 2 4 5 2 12.00 1.00 2.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 60.00 50.00
217 1 5 1 1 2 2 8.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 70.00 tough on my family on top of limited salary to compensate for the hours I work and child services need because I am unavailable
218 2 5 1 4 1 2 11.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 4 55.00 75.00 Its not easy and my family does not get the best of me. Its also very hard to date and form good friendship with those outside of athletics.
219 1 5 1 4 1 2 8.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 65.00 55.00
220 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 65.00 60.00
221 1 5 1 4 2 2 6.00 1.00 3.22 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 60.00 50.00
222 1 5 1 4 5 2 11.00 3.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 48.00 48.00 My average work week is 6 days/week. Very seldom do i have more than 1 day off per week and I occasionally do not get days off during weeks (Fall and Winter preseason)
223 1 5 1 4 1 2 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 2 2 70.00 60.00 no
224 2 5 1 2 2 2 23.00 1.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
225 2 5 1 2 5 2 16.00 2.00 2.56 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 25.00 25.00
226 2 5 1 2 2 2 15.00 3.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 0.00 Love working with the coaches and athletes. They keep me young. :)
227 2 4 1 4 2 2 3.00 1.00 2.56 2.00 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 90.00 80.00
228 2 5 1 1 2 2 35 15.00 1.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 70.00 50.00 no
229 2 5 1 2 2 2 0.00 3.00 2.33 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
230 2 5 1 1 2 2 1.00 1.00 2.56 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 40.00 40.00 No
231 2 3 1 2 5 2 3.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 4
232 2 5 1 3 38 1.00 2.00 2.44 3.20 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 1 50.00 40.00 The clock in/ clock out system on a computer is a ho
ible thing to have in a work place.
233 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 1.50 2.00 3.67 2.60 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 9.00 9.00
234 2 5 1 4 5 2 4.00 2.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 45.00 45.00
235 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 60.00 40.00
236 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 1.00 2.67 2.80 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 45.00 38.00 Both places I have worked at encouraged having a flexible work schedule. If you work a shoot till 9pm one night, you can come in later or leave early the next day. It is a nice a
angement to balance out the long and odd hours we often work.
237 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
238 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.33 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 70.00 50.00
239 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.78 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 1600.00 There is no balance. It is all work all the time. Even when I'm at home I'm thinking about a coach calling or texting me about something. I dread every time my phone goes off because I know there's a greater than 50% chance it is about work no matter where I am or what I'm doing. Since the beginning of training camp two months ago I have not been grocery shopping, gotten a hair cut, furnished my apartment, registered my car or gotten it looked at (which it desperately needs). I wake up at 6:00 am, get to work at 7:15, stay there until 9:00 PM go home and go to sleep. Seven days a week. On game days I haven't gotten home before midnight yet. My work is unsatisfying. I got into my line of work to be around sports but I'm not really part of the team. I put in as much work as the coaches without actually having a connection to the games or players. I barely get to see any of the games. I'm considering changing careers but have put so much time and effort to get to where I am that I am afraid of throwing it all away.
240 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 85.00 40.00 season life makes family time tough, but we knew what we were getting ourselves into when we got into coaching.
241 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 6.00 1.00 2.89 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 4250.00 3000.00
242 2 3 2 4 1 2 24 7.00 1.00 2.78 4.40 5 5 5 2 5 1 4 4 2 1 4 4 1 4 16.00 10.00 this business isnt for everybody. I think that I have mastered it because I am single but i forsee in the future, my work life and how i do things could cause a rift and would have to be adjusted
243 1 3 3 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 65.00 40.00
244 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 60.00 30.00
245 1 5 1 4 1 1 23 2.00 1.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 70.00 50.00 It’s hell.
246 2 5 3 4 1 2 27 1.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 50.00 20.00 My schedule is so flexible, it changes from week to week and inconsistent day to day. That makes it hard to make any plans with friends or family, especially long-term plans such as vacations because next season's schedules haven't been announced.
247 2 3 1 4 5 2 27 2.50 2.00 3.89 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 50.00 50.00
248 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 4.00 1.00 2.89 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 42.00 40.00 The work-life balance is very dependent on the program. My first institution expected 45+ hours a week. My cu
ent institution provides flex-time when you work nights and makes a point to limit work to 40 hours a week.
249 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 6.00 2.00 2.33 1.80 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00 Extremely different balance between the two institutions I've worked at
250 2 7 1 4 5 2 31 2.00 1.00 3.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 50.00 I feel that our department consistently says that they value work-life balance, yet the demands of the job and limitations of our staff prevent that from actually happening. We are asked to do more than we can accomplish in the time constraints of each day and then are forced to take work home. I see many colleagues a
ive at the office well before 8 and these same colleagues staying until 10 PM.
251 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.50 2.00 2.56 1.40 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 50.00 40.00
252 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 3.50 2.00 3.67 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 30.00 20.00 Work-life balance in athletic departments is poorly managed. I think the "work hard/win at all costs" mentality held by athletes and coaches trickles into administrator's positions. I've been in a medium-sized D3 department and a small D1 department and both have placed little value on work-life balance. I feel pressured to work more hours than I am paid for and will not put my own needs ahead of work. I feel that if I were to push back and work fewer hours, I would be seen as not doing my part or putting enough work in and would then receive a poor reference when I choose to move to another department. My social life and leisure time suffer greatly as a result of my position.
253 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 8.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00 The hours are long, but I love it. I wouldn't be working in this industry if I didn't love it, despite how frustrating it can be. However, there will come a point when I want to start a family that the salaries simply aren't enough for the lifestyle I will need to provide for them. College athletics needs to get rid of these 10- or 11-month positions with barely livable salaries and start paying people what they're worth or they will lose the best and
ightest leaders before they even realize it.
254 1 3 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 5 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 57.00 35.00 Exhausting some days
255 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.22 2.00 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
256 1 3 1 4 1 1 44 14.00 2.00 3.00 2.40 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 60.00 32.00 nope
257 2 4 1 4 2 2 28 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 11.00 8.00 mp
258 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 80.00 40.00 It is hard to balance during the season, but a lot easier out of the season
259 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 55.00 55.00 n/a
260 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 2.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 60.00 40.00
261 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 1 4 14.00 12.00 Undermanned and overworked. Athletic departments take advantage of employees because it is a "Privilege" to work with student athletes. In my field, there is a small demand for coaches with a very large supply. There are 95+% of coaches in the nation that would do my job for 1/2 of what I make. Athletic departments are able to take advantage of employees because they know this. Work - Life balance is poor. I am lucky that I don't have a spouse or children right now because working 14 hour days, 7-days a week would make it very difficult to be a major part of their lives.
262 1 8 1 4 1 1 28 7.00 1.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 80.00 70.00 Having a good boss makes a huge difference
263 1 5 1 3 2 2 29 7.00 1.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 70.00 60.00
264 2 5 2 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.11 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 75.00 60.00
265 2 5 2 4 5 2 31 5.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 2 3 50.00 50.00
266 2 5 1 4 5 1 32 8.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 55.00 55.00
267 2 5 1 4 2 2 23 0.00 2.00 2.44 3.20 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 55.00 45.00
268 2 3 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 80.00 40.00
269 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.50 1.00 3.56 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 85.00 65.00 In sports nutrition you cover all teams so you never really have an off season. The off season is over the summer but you will still have a number of teams needing care, specifically football.
270 2 5 1 4 5 2 30 2.50 1.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 80.00 60.00
271 2 4 1 4 5 2 28 2.00 1.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 80.00 60.00 More staff needed.
272 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 80.00 60.00
273 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 70.00 50.00
274 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 1.00 2.56 2.80 2 3 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
275 2 8 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 2000.00 1120.00
276 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 16.00 16.00
277 2 5 1 4 1 2 21 2.00 2.00 2.22 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2
278 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 2 2 2 2 5 2 3 3 1 2 2 4 2 3 47.00 40.00
279 1 5 2 4 1 2 27 6.00 1.00 2.22 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 1 4 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 50.00 40.00
280 2 5 2 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.78 2.00 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 50.00 30.00
281 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 2.00 2.33 3.00 4 4 2 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 4 50.00 45.00
282 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
283 1 5 1 4 5 1 23 1.00 2.00 3.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 50.00 45.00
284 1 4 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 5 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 40.00
285 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 7.00 1.00 2.67 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
286 2 7 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 2 45.00 45.00
287 1 3 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 1.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 60.00 40.00
288 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.63 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 2 3 2 4 2 2 60.00 45.00
289 1 4 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 750.00 500.00
290 2 5 1 4 5 1 23 3.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 70.00 50.00 It is impossible to have a work-life balance with the expectations placed on you.
291 2 7 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.22 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 65.00 50.00
292 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 1.00 3.44 3.40 4 5 2 1 5 4 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 3
293 2 7 3 4 2 2 32 2.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 4 60.00 60.00 In my position there is no single season, and I do the work of an office of at least 5 people. It leads to occasional burnout and consistent doubt about being valued.
294 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 5.00 1.00 3.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 50.00 40.00
295 2 7 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 3.00 2.80 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 55.00 55.00
296 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 1000.00 1000.00
297 2 3 1 4 1 2 41 3.00 1.00 2.44 1.60 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 50.00 50.00 There's no such thing as in and out of season in Athletics, unless you're only working with one sport, which is not my situation.
298 2 5 1 4 5 2 44 21.00 1.00 2.78 2.40 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 55.00 40.00
299 2 7 1 4 1 1 26 6.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 45.00 25.00
300 2 4 3 4 1 2 25 6.00 1.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 12.00 8.00
301 2 5 1 4 2 2 35 3.00 1.00 2.67 1.60 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
302 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 3.00 4.40 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 4 60.00 40.00 I don't work in athletics anymore, I moved to the higher educations institutional side. But still felt like these questions needed to be answered.
303 2 3 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 4 75.00 40.00
304 1 3 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 1.00 3.22 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 75.00 60.00
305 2 2 1 4 5 1 50 15.00 1.00 2.67 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 55.00 35.00
306 2 3 1 3 2 2 33 6.00 2.00 2.56 1.40 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 1200.00 1200.00
307 1 8 1 4 1 1 43 18.00 1.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 60.00 50.00 Supervisors only care about work-life balance if you have children. Otherwise you are expected to work more hours and have more responsibility.
308 2 4 1 4 2 2 32 5.00 1.00 3.67 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 60.00 30.00
309 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 60.00 60.00
310 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 2.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 80.00 60.00
311 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 1 4 750.00 300.00 In pursuit of a full time position (the first for our team), I am dedicating immense amounts of additional hours, late at night and on weekends, in order to train for additional responsibilities and take care of needs of the team not met by other athletic department and facility staff. The past three weeks I have worked 40 hours a week, in addition to a 9-5 full time position outside of the university.
312 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.33 3.00 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 20.00 20.00
313 1 5 1 3 2 2 28 6.00 3.00 2.89 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 4 65.00 20.00
314 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 7.00 1.00 3.67 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4
315 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 1.89 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 40.00 35.00 This position I am cu
ently in, is head and shoulders above the rest of them that I have held as far as work-life balance. If I took this same survey last year, answers would be different. Depends where you are at, what you do, and who your supervisor is.
316 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.22 1.60 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 40.00 35.00
317 1 5 1 4 5 2 40 8.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 45.00 40.00
318 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 1.00 3.00 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 1 4 51.00 40.00
319 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 7.00 1.00 2.89 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 4 55.00 40.00
320 2 3 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 15.00 10.00
321 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 70.00 45.00
322 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 0.00 3.00 2.44 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 40.00 30.00
323 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 3.00 2.78 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 3 4 2 3 40.00 30.00
324 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 3 3 40.00 40.00
325 1 4 1 4 1 2 37 11.00 3.00 3.56 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 70.00 50.00 There are two types of coaches - those that have been fired. Those that will be fired. The longer I stay in this industry I have realized this: Great job; te
ible profession. For every multi year contract for a head coach, there are hundreds of guys living at or below poverty all for the glory of the game. I've lived in my office on three different occasions not because I wanted to. I could not afford rent! Obviously you have to have passion to work in college coaching. My window has closed for a chance at a big time college program of in the NFL. However, I've done other jobs, made more money, and yet have been more miserable not being a leader or mentor of men.
326 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 8.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 40.00 There is no off-season or off-days. There are slow times when coaches/senior admin take vacations that allow you to relax some. The demands are heavy and the true people that suffer are the spouses, friends and family members of the employees. I love what I do, I take great pride in it, however, I miss out on a lot of aspects of personal life because of the job and being understaffed and over delivering. Flex time would be a huge benefit if we could relax on the days that we don't have games, events, video shoots or other media related responsibilities.
327 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 2 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 2 60.00 40.00 Work-life balance is often considered a myth in college athletics, but I think it also depends on what your job is. My job, in particular is very time consuming. We are at every home athletic event whether it be at night, on the weekends, holidays etc. However, there are a couple jobs in administration where those who hold that position don't NEED to put in the additional hours. I have found that the last 5 years have been tough when it comes to games that fall on holidays such as Thanksgiving, New Years, Easter etc etc. because those are days that I have been raised to value and categorize as family time. So when I have to sacrifice time with family to be a good employee there is a bit of a resentment.
328 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 5 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 4 55.00 35.00 There really is no "balance". Balance is utopia. In this line of work, it simply doesn't exist. It's more about managing the time you have effectively and to prioritize the people in your life and occasionally check in with friends because you will not often have the opportunity to see them if they are more than a 30 mins to an hour drive.
329 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 5 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 70.00 45.00
330 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 55.00 45.00
331 2 7 1 4 5 2 36 10.00 2.00 2.78 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3
332 2 5 1 4 2 1 22 2.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 4 60.00 50.00
333 2 5 1 4 5 2 20 2.00 2.00 2.56 2.80 4 2 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 30.00 15.00
334 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 60.00 35.00 There is no work life balance if you work in marketing.
335 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.67 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 55.00 40.00
336 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 2.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 70.00 40.00
337 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 40.00
338 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 2 3 57.50 40.00
339 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 3.00 3.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 55.00 40.00 Athletics is very demanding and I have no time for myself during the school year. I'm expected to be at work every weekend.
340 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 4 4 50.00 40.00
341 1 3 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 1.00 3.78 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 60.00 40.00 N/A
342 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 50.00 30.00 I'm only a Graduate Assistant. I don't have all the responsibilities of a full time employee but am still pushed to perform as one along with schooling responsibilities. Still, I work more than am legally allowed as a student (20 hours a week) and this puts a strain on me. I would get a second job to help with bills and such, but am only able to work certain hours of the day due to my time working with athletics and the commitment I have to put in with them. This position has caused me to question if I should stay working in athletics or if I should find something that I would be happier doing.
343 1 8 3 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 3.00 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 50.00 40.00 No
344 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.50 2.00 2.67 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 The AD and staff supporting them have the ability to support a stronger work life balance. In my cu
ent role, I feel our upper management does not. We are encouraged to work late hours and take our work home with us.
345 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 2 4 60.00 60.00 My director does a great job encouraging work-life balance, but the field does not and sometimes makes it impossible to actually have it!
346 2 5 1 4 1 2 36 14.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 60.00 40.00 Bigger departments tend to demand more out of you, but pay is often better.
Smaller schools/departments, pay less but also expect you to perform more to cover the gaps that they can't hire others for. However, there is usually less pressure because the focus on winning isn't as extreme as in the power conferences.
347 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 4.00 1.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 50.00 45.00
348 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.75 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 55.00 55.00
349 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
350 2 5 2 4 5 2 32 10.00 1.00 2.78 3.00 2 2 5 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 48.00 48.00
351 2 5 3 4 1 2 31 8.00 1.00 3.44 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 60.00 60.00 I'm looking to change careers. This is exhausting. There is too much asked of us. And the pay makes this unreasonable for me long term. I will never be able to pay off my grad school loans for the degree I was required to have for this job.
352 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 50.00 40.00 Collectively, the work-life balance is one that people will always strive to balance in a way that gives to all aspects of life, however, I wish the athletic department heads and higher-ups would reward those accordingly for the rigerous work in the trenches such as keeping football players eligible academically.
353 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 8.00 1.00 3.00 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 40.00 40.00
354 2 5 1 3 2 1 30 6.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 50.00 50.00
355 2 3 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 2.00 3.33 3.20 4 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 50.00 50.00 There are very high demands in this field.
356 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 3.00 1.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
357 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 1.00 1.00 3.00 2.40 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 2 50.00 50.00
358 2 5 3 4 2 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.11 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 40.00 40.00
359 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
360 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.44 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 3 1 2 55.00 40.00
361 2 5 1 3 2 2 34 3.00 2.00 2.56 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 2 40.00
362 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 1.00 2.89 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 4
363 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 3.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 40.00 Not able to use PTO or sick days.
364 2 5 1 4 2 1 27 5.00 1.00 3.22 3.20 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 50.00 45.00
365 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 13.00 2.00 3.56 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 75.00 25.00
366 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 7.00 2.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 60.00 37.00
367 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 1.00 3.22 2.80 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 50.00 40.00
368 2 5 2 4 5 2 26 3.00 1.00 2.67 3.20 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 40.00 40.00
369 1 3 1 4 1 2 36 18.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 50.00 50.00
370 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 2 2 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
371 1 3 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 15.00 12.00 Understaffed doin multiple peoples jobs.
372 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 3.00 1.00 2.89 3.80 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 60.00
373 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 8.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 4 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 80.00 60.00
374 2 5 1 4 1 2 21 1.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 15.00 8.00
375 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 7.00 2.00 3.33 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 4 1500.00 900.00
376 2 5 1 4 1 1 25 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 4 960.00 800.00
377 2 3 3 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 1 4 50.00 40.00
378 2 5 2 4 5 2 29 10.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 60.00 40.00
379 2 7 1 4 1 1 26 5.00 1.00 3.11 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 1 3 8.00 8.00
380 1 5 1 4 2 49 5.00 2.00 3.33 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 100.00 100.00
381 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 5.00 2.00 2.22 1.80 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 70.00 40.00
382 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.44 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 3 55.00 45.00
383 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.22 3.40 4 3 4 1 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 60.00 40.00
384 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.56 2.20 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 42.00 37.50
385 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 8.00 1.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 2 3 4 1 4 60.00 40.00 I think the overall stress we all feel weighs very heavy on us and being short-staffed. I think a lot athletic departments forget about the facilities/event management departments. Not knowing just how much we put into everything and how that co
elates into how much we work. In some instances, I'll work for almost a month straight without a full day off from work.
I also think that when the facilities/event management department are combined into one department, that can become very overwhelming. Having to just deal with events in season is one thing, add in the pressures of having to do facility projects and maintaining your facilities with your coaches can be challenging and extremely stressful.
For my hours worked, I put my approximate hours per week.
386 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 50.00 40.00
387 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 2.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 55.00 45.00 Lack of weekends off and not getting paid for hours worked are my two biggest pet peeves.
388 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 40.00 40.00
389 2 4 1 4 1 2 26 1.00 1.00 2.78 2.00 2 1 2 1 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00 Wish there are more opportunities to promote within intercollegiate athletics
390 2 5 1 4 1 1 26 5.00 3.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 0.00 3380.00
391 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 50.00 20.00 My boss does a great job of offering more than enough time off during the off season because we work so much during season.
392 2 5 2 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 2.33 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
393 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 It is fully dependent on each department. Event management does not lend itself to work life balance in any degree.
394 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 3.33 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 1050.00 1050.00 I am a graduate student who works for out athletic department, I don't have an in and out of season because I cover all 23 of our sports, managing our work study event staff, managing our officials, schedules, etc. So on average I work anywhere from 50 hours to 80 hours in one week. I do receive free housing but my stipend for the year is only $8,000 from August 1 to July 31. I live with other assistant coaches, so we have similar schedules but all of us are in the same situation where we are working countless hours throughout the week while also being full time graduate students.
395 2 3 4 1 1 28 4.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 190.00 110.00 Breakfast or nourishment supplied.
Tuition Assistance
Suggestion Box
Volunteering Opportunities/Community Service
Opportunities to travel with teams
396 2 5 2 4 5 2 47 1.00 3.00 2.33 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 100.00 20.00
397 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 7.00 2.00 3.00 3.40 2 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 40.00
398 1 5 1 4 3 2 35 7.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 40.00
399 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 9.00 1.00 2.50 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 80.00 50.00
400 2 5 1 4 1 1 23 2.00 1.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 60.00 45.00 Working in college athletics is practically a 24/7, 365 day job depending on what department you work in.
401 1 3 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.80 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 1 1 4 50.00 30.00 A lot of Athletics is a 24/7 time commitment especially at smaller schools so it often gets overwhelming trying to balance work and non work activities because work takes up a lot of time especially on weekends where most would get the chance to relax and be away from work whereas most in athletics have to work through the weekend.
402 1 5 1 4 5 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.22 3.00 4 2 3 1 5 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 40.00 40.00
403 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 8.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 50.00 If you are not an administrator you basically don't get much of a home life
404 1 3 1 4 2 2 32 7.00 2.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 3 5 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 55.00 45.00
405 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 2.00 2.89 2.40 4 1 1 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 4 1300.00 800.00 No
406 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 70.00 60.00 nothing is that serious and you have to make time for yourself. athletics can chew you up and spit you out. it is important to take care of yourself.
407 1 5 1 4 2 2 46 28.00 1.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 4 69.00 48.00 Smaller schools have less staff to cover areas than bigger institutions and less pay. Larger institution expectations are starting to filter down to smaller institutions, but staffing numbers and salary increases are not. More people will start to be burned out with these demands and leave the industry. Student-athletes are always around and needing services, especially football and basketball and other sports are starting to follow suit. Lastly, the equipment room staffs are usually the smallest in increasingly expanding departments, leaving less personal time than ever.
408 1 5 1 3 2 2 29 4.00 3.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 40.00
409 1 5 1 4 5 2 34 6.00 1.00 3.22 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 50.00 40.00
410 1 5 1 4 2 2 35 8.00 1.00 2.44 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 45.00 45.00
411 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 55.00 40.00 When your job requires you to cover multiple sports throughout all the athletic seasons (fall, winter, spring) it makes it very difficult to find a work-life balance. We don't really have any down time from August through May and it feels like there is an expectation that you have to work all the time to be in this field and to be successful. I often wonder how my schedule will have to change when I have a family. I don't think I can maintain my cu
ent number of hours and odd work schedule once I have children.
412 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.44 3.40 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 70.00 35.00 I began working in athletics because it didn't feel like a job. When I am performing tasks that feel like a job, I notice my work-life balance more than when I'm loving what I'm doing at work.
413 1 2 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00 Hours are long and demanding. Not a great culture of teamwork or fellowship. Wish we had more staff appreciation or social events. Wish I could couple that with better compensation or vacation. My girlfriend works at a tech company and earns about 30% above average while my position earns about 30% below.
Overall Athletics is fun but the hours aren't great and compensation is poor.
414 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 60.00 35.00 A lot of the work life balance pertains to my financial status. I'm underpaid and overworked, which makes it hard to stay financially smart. I'd like a part time job but it's hard to find a flexible enough one.
415 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.50 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 55.00 45.00 You never win. It's all about sacrifice and you should feel proud to make that sacrifice.
416 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.89 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 55.00 40.00 The number given for hours I work is per week. It is long hours and takes up a lot of energy but I am still young and un-ma
ied so it works for me. No two days are the same and that is what I love most about working in intercollegiate athletics.
417 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 1.00 3.33 3.00 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 50.00 40.00 Often work weekends and holidays
418 1 3 1 4 5 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.44 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 50.00 50.00
419 2 5 1 3 2 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2000.00 320.00
420 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 7.00 1.00 1.89 2.80 4 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 50.00 40.00
421 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 1.00 1.67 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 55.00 40.00
422 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00
423 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 2.00 2.00 1.78 1.20 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 45.00 45.00
424 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.22 3.00 4 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 45.00 38.00 There's always time. You just have to find it.
425 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 1.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 50.00 35.00
426 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 60.00 60.00
427 1 8 1 4 1 1 46 13.00 1.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 1900.00 0.00 Intercollegiate athletics is a 24/7 industry now. With social media, and year-round recruiting for all sports, it will consume you unless you "choose" to take advantage of the benefits your school provides for you. You need to take those vacations and sick days and work from home when you need to, or just not come in when you get that
eak in the schedule between sports and not feel guilty about it. I just finished reading a book called "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg McKeown and I highly recommend it to all who work in Intercollegiate Athletics if you are seeking a way to find that delineation between "giving 110 percent" and "stopping to smell the roses." Thank you for letting me be a part of this survey and I hope see your published results at some point.
428 2 5 1 4 2 2 48 16.00 1.00 3.11 3.40 4 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 40.00 40.00 There are a lot of things that coaches/SA's consider emergencies that really aren't. The old saying holds true: your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part.
429 2 3 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 2.00 2.33 1.40 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 40.00 40.00
430 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.11 2.60 3 4 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 48.00 40.00
431 2 4 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.33 3.00 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 44.00 40.00 As a young single female, I don't have family restraints or obligations but I do lose some social time.
432 1 5 1 4 5 2 34 4.00 1.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 Work life balance is talked about a lot, but very little is actually done to allow for it to happen
433 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 7.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 1200.00 700.00
434 1 5 1 4 2 2 40 6.00 2.00 2.89 2.80 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 45.00 45.00 Due to the around-the-clock nature of working with student-athletes it is imperative that employees create a work-life balance. Often times you do not leave the job at work. There are many sleepless nights wo
ying about a student's progress, eligibility, or general well-being. Student-athletes need positive examples of healthy adults to help shape their work ideology.
435 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 65.00 45.00 During season, you work 7 days a week.
436 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 2.50 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 4 50.00 40.00 I'm new to the business but was a student intern for two years before this. I've worked on staff since June. I make a considerable effort to not work too much, but some of these questions are difficult to answer because it all depends on the week. And a lot of other people work a lot more than me.
437 1 5 1 4 5 2 20 3.00 2.00 2.56 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 60.00 30.00 N/A
438 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 1.00 3.00 2.33 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 50.00 50.00
439 2 5 1 4 2 2 33 5.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
440 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 5 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 40.00
441 1 4 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 1.00 3.11 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 45.00 40.00
442 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 60.00 50.00
443 2 3 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 2.00 2.11 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
444 2 5 1 3 2 2 29 6.00 1.00 2.33 1.60 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 The only reason I am tired so much is because I am expecting- not because of Athletics. :)
445 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 5.00 2.00 1.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 40.00 40.00 I refuse to live my job. They don't pay me enough for additional time or energy
446 1 5 4 2 2 59 10.00 1.00 3.22 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 60.00 60.00
447 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 4.00 2.00 2.67 2.20 4 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 3 2 50.00 40.00
448 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
449 2 3 2 4 5 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 1000.00 700.00 I strongly believe that a lot of Head Coaches in this industry do not believe in work-life balance. I do notice that those that don't care for are typically single or divorced with no family. Therefore they think everyone should constantly be in the office and not at home. I've even been told after inquiring about work-life balance that I was in the wrong profession.
450 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 1.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4
451 1 5 1 4 5 1 24 3.00 1.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 4 75.00 55.00 No regard for fair compensation for hours worked. Putting in close to 80 hour weeks in season. When addressing the issue the response was "Welcome to College Athletics." No overtime or comp time, no work life balance. Burnt out and helpless.
452 2 5 1 4 2 2 36 8.00 3.00 2.89 3.00 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 45.00 45.00
453 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.89 1.40 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 45.00 40.00 I do not feel a strain in work-life balance and the only reason it may skew towards hectic now is because of planning a wedding for Octobe
454 1 7 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 40.00 40.00 In season, you hardly have the time/energy to do things before/after work. Out of season, you have too much time to perform tasks in normal hours.
455 2 5 1 4 2 2 41 10.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
456 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 70.00 45.00
457 2 7 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 2.00 3.89 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 55.00 55.00 I feel that I am able to work these hours and pursue a career in Athletics because of the people I work with and my passion for working with student-athletes. If I did not love what I was doing, this job with these hours (no compensatory time or overtime pay on a minimal salary) would be very difficult.
458 1 7 1 4 1 1 25 4.00 2.00 3.67 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 70.00 48.00 It is something that you constantly feel like you have to work on on a daily basis. I am constantly thinking about my life-work balance and the feeling is that work needs to win out in that battle.
459 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 10.00 1.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 100.00 70.00
460 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 7.00 3.00 3.44 3.80 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 80.00 20.00
461 1 7 1 4 5 2 29 5.00 1.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 50.00
462 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 3.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 56.00 35.00
463 1 4 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 1.00 3.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 75.00 55.00
464 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 5.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 55.00 40.00
465 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 1.00 3.25 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 40.00
466 1 5 1 4 1 1 30 6.00 2.00 2.11 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 90.00 60.00 Work-life balance is a personal endeavor. I find it hard to quanity a certain amount of time that would be execptable for work-life balance. The equation most looked at is the life side. I believe our society is hyper-sentitive to the idea we need to have 50/50 balance.
The equation will always equal 100 for any individual. If its 50 + 50 = 100; that works for some people. Just because the equation goes 60/40 or 70/30 doesn't mean the equation is out of balance.
The main question of this whole topic is what value(s) does the individual have. With that data, we might be able to find trends within the values which could explain why/how people choose to live there life a certain way.
467 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 1050.00 825.00
468 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.89 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 70.00 50.00 I am cu
ently working towards my Doctorate of Education in Kinesiology Online. I am in my 3rd year out of 4 and working on my dissertation.
469 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 1.00 2.00 2.22 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 60.00 60.00
470 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 80.00 60.00
471 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 50.00 40.00 As an Athletic Trainer, it is very hard to have much of a social life to build relationships due to work commitments.
472 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 500.00 300.00
473 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 1500.00 880.00 Lol, what is balance?
474 1 5 1 4 1 2 39 7.00 2.00 2.11 3.60 4 2 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 924.00 1400.00
475 1 5 1 4 2 2 31 8.00 2.00 3.33 4.60 5 5 4 5 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 65.00 70.00 Respect for Athletic trainers, administration almost always doesn't respect our time or personal life. All they care about is making coaches happy, no one else. I bet we are the lowest paid in the department also but work pretty close to the most hours.
476 2 4 1 3 2 2 30 8.00 1.00 3.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 75.00 50.00
477 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 1.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 75.00 40.00
478 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 6.00 1.00 3.00 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 60.00 40.00
479 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 1.00 2.00 2.78 3.40 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 70.00 20.00
480 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 7.00 1.00 4.00 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 60.00
481 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 3.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 60.00 25.00 Change of athletic schedules makes it difficult to make plans because we as athletic trainers have to be willing and ready to adapt to anything and everything. Also, while my department does a decent job of allowing us compensatory time off, I still work a majority of weekends in season (which is over half the year since there are 3 athletic trainers for 450+ athletes).
482 1 3 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.56 3.80 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 40.00
483 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 1.00 2.44 3.00 2 2 3 3 5 3 3 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 625.00 120.00
484 2 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.33 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 60.00 50.00 I think my decisions will change once my husband and I start a family of our own
485 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 3.00 2.56 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 50.00 30.00
486 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 3.00 2.11 3.00 4 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 40.00 35.00
487 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 65.00 40.00
488 2 3 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 50.00 50.00 The amount of hours we work do not co
elate with out pay. People wonder why we get burned out it because of our work load and the compensation we receive. It's unethical.
489 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 6.00 2.00 3.67 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 900.00 700.00
490 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 75.00 60.00 75/ week and 60/week above
491 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 2.00 3.56 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 75.00 50.00
492 2 5 1 4 2 2 43 4.00 3.00 3.33 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 60.00 30.00 You will continue to burn out staff at small institutions with unrealistic demands.
493 1 7 1 4 1 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 60.00 45.00 Find a balance, keep the balance and use your time wisely to get things done in a timely manner. Rest when you can and stay longer when its needed.
494 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 1.00 2.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 750.00 In season, I'm very busy with work. Out of season, it's less
495 2 5 2 4 5 2 26 3.00 3.00 3.11 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 4 50.00 20.00
496 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 1.00 3.33 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 2 4 75.00 53.00
497 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2600.00 320.00 You are expected to have no life. Coaches control everything. They can change practice anytime and at any point in the day. You are called at any hour of the day and expected to up at tend to your team (Hospital, suicide, etc). There is no way for me to have children and be an athletic trainer at the division 1 level.
498 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.11 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 970.00 1000.00
499 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 1.00 3.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 11.00 5.00
500 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 3.00 2.00 3.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 1000.00 1000.00
501 2 5 1 4 1 1 23 2.00 2.00 2.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 1500.00 1290.00 We are expected to work for however many hours the team needs me and are only paid for twenty hours in total. I am required to "volunteer" the remainder of my time. This is unacceptable and one of the main reasons I will not be continuing in Athletics or athletic training after this contract ends.
502 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 3.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 55.00 25.00
503 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 1.00 3.00 2.44 3.60 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 40.00 30.00
504 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.88 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 65.00 40.00
505 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 65.00 50.00
506 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.56 3.40 2 2 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 60.00 40.00 No
507 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 4.00 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1080.00 2800.00
508 2 5 1 4 1 2 45 15.00 1.00 3.44 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
509 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 60.00 40.00 Work life balance in athletics stems from administration understanding each positions requirements and need for time off. It is also beneficial to have employees within the system who are willing to help one another out.
510 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 40.00
511 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 0.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 45.00 30.00 Very difficult to find time for any social activities or time to see family/partner.
512 1 5 1 4 1 2 33 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 60.00 20.00
513 2 4 2 4 5 2 24 3.00 3.00 3.11 3.80 4 5 4 1 5 4 4 4 2 1 3 3 4 3 65.00 50.00
514 1 5 1 4 5 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.33 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 60.00 50.00
515 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.11 3.20 2 3 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 50.00 40.00
516 2 5 3 4 1 2 27 4.00 1.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 5 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 1 4 80.00 80.00
517 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 8.00 3.00 3.00 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 55.00 40.00
518 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.50 2.00 3.33 4.20 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 50.00 35.00
519 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 2.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 40.00 40.00
520 1 5 1 3 2 2 36 12.00 3.00 2.67 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 91.00 50.00 If done right you should be able to make up time that you spend your family in the off season and summers that you don't have in season.
521 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 8.00 2.00 3.67 3.00 2 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 1500.00 1500.00
522 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 11.00 1.00 2.38 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1480.00 1420.00 during the football season, makes it incredibly difficult to find time for family, days off, doctor appointments, from August to September, i worked 34 days straight, 8 - 18 hours a day, sometimes i would only get 2 hours of sleep between shifts, and i would have to sleep in the office. i also apparently do most of the people jobs pertaining to event management. if we have soccer, cross country and football all in the same weekend, i post a 28 hour work shift in two days.
523 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 8.00 2.00 3.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 4 65.00 45.00
524 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 10.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 55.00 55.00 The work seems to not be lessened no matter what size staff/department. In my experience everyone is overworked
*Note to explain off-season hours - I don't have an offseason - events all 12 months
525 1 5 1 4 5 2 33 3.00 2.00 3.22 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 50.00 40.00
526 1 5 1 3 2 2 34 5.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 1900.00 480.00
527 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 50.00 40.00 In addition to work I am pursuing a masters degree in Sport Management. Class work contributes greatly to the stress I feel towards work
528 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 480.00 280.00 have to take days off or you get burnt out.
enjoy vacations
529 2 5 1 4 1 1 24 6.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 1 70.00 50.00
530 1 5 1 4 1 2 48 25.00 1.00 2.50 2.80 3 1 4 2 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 1300.00 210.00
531 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 3.00 2.56 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 65.00 25.00
532 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 9.00 1.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 65.00 50.00 I am what people consider as a lower level position but I still wish that I was compensated for all of the extra work that I do. Being an equipment manager isn't as simple as people think it is, you wear many hats and cover everyone's back but often it goes unappreciated. I work both Football and Baseball seasons, and nearly all of those seasons I work 7 days a week. I love my job but I find myself envying those who only work 5 days a week and are guaranteed 2 days off a week. I can't remember the last time that I had 2 days off from work in a row. Athletics is a business where the Head Coaches dictate the lives of all their employees and if they decide to practice on a Sunday night, we as employees are required to be there no matter what. I may be young in this business, but I have missed more major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) than I can count.
533 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.20 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 50.00 40.00 My position is an athletics position, but my office is housed in the registrar's office, and I've found that my biggest problem is with the registrar's instead of with athletics staff
534 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.22 3.80 4 2 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 4
535 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 13.00 9.00
536 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.44 2.60 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 2 50.00 50.00 I think in athletics it is expected (understanding of the career) that our work-life balance is something that will be out of balance.
537 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.50 1.00 2.56 1.40 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 55.00 35.00 Work-life balance as it pertains to working in intercollegiate athletics can be very stressful for folks, as I've seen it first hand. It doesn't necessarily affect me all too much because of my social circumstances; single, 26, no children.
I do however often make mental note about situations related to work that would be quite an inconvenience if I did have a family or a spouse.
Great study, I am eager to see the final paper that is released. Please alert me when that happens:
[email protected] 538 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 45.00 40.00
539 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 50.00 40.00
540 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.22 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 450.00 300.00
541 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 400.00 250.00 Almost impossible to have a healthy work/life balance while working in college athletics
542 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 3.00 3.44 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 50.00 20.00
543 1 5 1 4 1 2 38 7.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 40.00 15.00
544 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.13 3.80 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 65.00 50.00
545 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 7.00 2.00 2.89 3.00 4 1 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 1 3 40.00 40.00 I left my previous position as a strength and conditioning coach and took a position as an academic advisor (at a pay cut) in order to have more work/life balance. I went from working 70-80 hours a week along with traveling in the fall to working 40 hours a week with no travel.
546 1 5 1 4 2 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.20 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 60.00 40.00
547 2 3 2 4 5 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.44 2.80 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 8.00 6.00 Athletic Academic Counselors should be paid more for all they do, especially at smaller institutions where they wear multiple hats.
548 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 7.00 2.00 2.44 3.00 3 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 45.00 45.00
549 2 5 3 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 1500.00 By license and trade I am an athletic trainer which is extremely high stress and time consuming. So simply checking grades, monitoring study hall hours, checking schedule eligibility, and refe
ing athletes to tutoring is not very high stress. I feel confident and relaxed at this job. I want to get back to athletic training, I need more stimulus than this job offers.
550 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 2 50.00 50.00 On call 24/7- No such thing as a real vacation
551 2 5 1 4 2 2 21 1.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 2 4 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 1 50.00 50.00
552 2 5 1 4 5 2 34 11.00 2.00 2.00 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 38.00 37.00
553 2 5 1 4 2 2 31 6.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 50.00 45.00
554 1 3 1 4 5 2 31 1.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
555 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 50.00 40.00 The financial restraints, specifically in academics in athletic departments can effect advisors and learning specialist to not feel fulfillment and/or recognition.
556 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.89 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 45.00 45.00 Might be interesting to know if there are differeneces in thoughts/perceived feelings about work-life balance based on salarary/earnings. For example, I feel like I do a lot in my cu
ent position that keeps me here after 5pm and on the weekends, but my earnings are fairly low. This realization is frustrating, and impacts my overall feelings about my position. Might be easier to justify late nights and weekends if I was being compensated accordinly.
Also, as a young professional in athletics, I have been told many times that I need to put in this extra time in order to "make my way up." This idea puts pressure on me to continue working hours beyond the 40-hour work week.
557 2 5 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 60.00 40.00
558 2 3 1 4 1 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 72.00 50.00
559 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 1000.00 600.00 I have no life balance whatsoever. My job monopolizes my life, isolating me from friends, family and fun. I have a dog that I wo
y about constantly because I do not have the time I wish I had to spend with him. This profession is under appreciated and paid like slaves.
560 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 90.00 60.00 No
561 1 5 1 4 2 2 24 2.00 3.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 65.00 65.00
562 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 It's important to make it a priority, but always easier said than done. If it can wait until tomo
ow and isn't pressing, I try to let it wait and get home to see my husband. Work-life balance is important for me and I find myself being run down and burnt out if I don't make it a priority and stick to it as much as I can!
563 1 5 1 4 1 2 37 15.00 2.00 2.33 1.80 2 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 80.00 70.00
564 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 9.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 4 70.00 70.00 I need a new job!
565 2 5 1 4 5 2 40 17.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 60.00 30.00
566 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00 Working in athletics is a tough position- most days the benefits outweigh the downfalls but I am consistently wo
ied about my co-workers and their ability to achieve work/life balance. It is a constant struggle for me personally and I frequently feel anxious and/or guilty when I take time for myself during times I would normally be at work.
567 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 60.00 50.00
568 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 10.00 1.00 2.56 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 3 90.00 75.00 Administration typically does not understand our role in athletics nor our job as a whole. They are quick to hire other positions that do not directly affect student-athlete care and constantly overlook the needs of more positions and pay for the sports medicine departments.
569 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 3.00 1.00 2.89 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 3 60.00 40.00
570 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 8.00 1.00 2.56 1.60 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 55.00 40.00
571 1 5 1 4 1 2 36 15.00 3.00 2.67 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 70.00 40.00
572 2 5 1 4 1 2 36 14.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 65.00 50.00
573 2 5 1 4 3 2 36 9.00 3.00 2.44 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 45.00 40.00 It is what you make of it, especially when you are not afraid to say no to something or someone.
574 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 9.00 1.00 2.11 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 70.00 15.00
575 1 5 1 4 1 2 33 6.00 3.00 2.11 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 50.00 15.00
576 2 5 1 3 2 2 31 4.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 70.00 50.00 With expecting my first child, I will say the cu
ent University I am employed through has been very accommodating to my doctor's appointments and upcoming maternity leave. I don't know if I could say the same for the last institution I worked at.
While my job does consume much of my time, I believe it is all in how you and your significant other balance it out. I am very fortunate to have a husband who understand what I do and knows the demands of my job. We simply make it work.
577 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 8.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 50.00
578 2 7 1 4 5 2 30 9.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 1 4 70.00 40.00
579 1 5 1 4 2 2 39 16.00 2.00 2.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 12.00 8.00 Have a work life balance is very hard in collegiate athletics because you are at the mercy of the coaches schedule, as much as administrators try to emphasize coaches to think about the athletic training staff this still does not happen. I have missed many family events because practice has been changed from the originally scheduled times. Makes it very tough to have a family!!!
580 1 5 1 4 2 2 35 13.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 90.00 60.00
581 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 9.00 2.00 2.33 3.00 3 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 70.00 45.00 Geographic distance from cu
ent employer to majority of family (500 miles) can often make it difficult to see and physically be present for family functions, events, major holidays.
582 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 1.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 70.00 70.00
583 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 1.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 It is hard to manage.
584 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 3.00 3.44 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 80.00 60.00
585 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 3.00 3.11 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 800.00 1200.00
586 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 60.00
587 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 4.00 3.00 2.89 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 50.00 30.00
588 2 5 3 4 1 2 35 11.00 3.00 3.11 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 I don't keep track of the hours I work. I know as of last year though I went from a 12 month contract to a 10 month contract. I had June and July off which was nice and I felt energized through preseason football but into Oct. I am back feeling worn-out.
589 1 2 4 1 2 42 15.00 1.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 70.00 60.00
590 1 5 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 13.00 13.00
591 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 When schools only hire part time it makes it more difficult to have a life work balance since I have to supplement my income with another job so you end up working for a significant amount of hours in a week and it's hard to have time putting all your hard work and energy in one job and instead have to have a focus on two or three different things.
592 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 2.00 2.67 3.20 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 52.00 40.00 N/A
593 1 4 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 4.00 4.60 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 40.00
594 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 2.00 2.00 3.67 4.60 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 80.00 60.00
595 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 3.00 1.00 2.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 1 2 70.00 60.00
596 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 3.00 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 14.00 12.00
597 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 700.00 700.00
598 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 5.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 50.00 I don't have an out of season.. I work with many teams and always have teams in or out of season.
599 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 1.00 3.44 1.60 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 65.00 60.00
600 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 10.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 80.00 60.00
601 1 3 1 4 2 2 29 2.00 2.00 2.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 50.00 30.00
602 2 5 1 4 5 2 30 8.50 1.00 3.00 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 55.00 If we got paid overtime the lifestyle would be a little less stressful, overtime would be games and weekends that you work
603 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 6.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 100.00 70.00
604 1 5 1 4 1 1 29 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 2 1 4 70.00 80.00 na
605 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 3.00 2.00 2.11 2.80 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1000.00 1000.00
606 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 8.00 1.00 2.11 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 60.00 60.00 No
607 1 3 1 4 1 1 32 10.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 70.00 50.00
608 1 5 1 4 5 2 30 6.00 3.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 60.00 60.00
609 1 5 1 4 1 2 37 4.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 80.00 60.00
610 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 1.00 3.44 4.20 5 3 5 3 5 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 75.00 60.00 I believe that those in administrative roles within the athletic department do not understand the physical, emotional and time demands of jobs that lower level coaches and support staff within the athletic department hold. However, I find working with student-athletes extremely rewarding even though my managers don't really understand what I do or how it affects my life outside of work.
611 2 5 1 4 2 2 32 7.50 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 55.00 40.00 For Strength & Conditioning Coaches, there is no "off-season." Our summer hours, since we are on the quarter system, run from June 15th - August 1st, and we have slightly reduced hours during that time. Approximately 5am- 1pm (40 hours a week). This small window of time is when we try to take a family vacation.
612 2 5 4 2 2 27 6.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 52.00 46.00
613 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 4.00 2.00 3.11 3.40 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 50.00 50.00
614 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 3.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 50.00 50.00
615 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 70.00 70.00 Nearly impossible to achieve at the D-1 level
616 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 0.50 3.00 2.11 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 30.00 30.00 My position is part-time
617 2 5 1 4 3 2 33 12.00 1.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 60.00 55.00 There is a lack of management and leadership skills from individual departments, my experience is in Sports Performance/Strength and Conditioning. The overall athletic department does an OK job at work life balance, but the department imposed policies and culture often go against the Athletic department culture to have a better quality of life and work life balance.
618 1 5 1 4 3 2 32 3.00 2.00 3.22 3.80 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 50.00 60.00
619 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 5 2 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 55.00 55.00
620 1 7 1 4 1 2 27 9.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 1600.00 240.00 Having a good relationship with other department helps make your work life more enjoyable. The stresses aren't so bad when you have a good support system around you and make yourself open to help those around you and vice versa.
621 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 3.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 4 200.00 150.00 What is life outside of work and school???
622 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 3 80.00 40.00 It is a way of life. Have to balance. Heavy during season times, but easy during non-season. Balances out when looking at it full picture.
The hours in season response is per week multiplied by 3-4 month seasons.
623 1 5 1 4 1 2 42 21.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 70.00 55.00 Its not getting any better, the demands are getting worse. Recruiting is year round and coaches working with players in off season just adds to that time. There is no down time at all in the year.
624 1 7 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 896.00 768.00
625 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 70.00 40.00
626 1 5 1 4 1 2 33 15.00 1.00 3.67 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 75.00 60.00
627 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 3.00 2.67 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 700.00 500.00
628 1 5 1 4 1 2 33 10.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 70.00 60.00
629 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 7.00 2.00 2.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 1100.00 1100.00 In regards to the previous 2 questions, my in-season is 4 months and out of season is the rest of the year. I believe I have a good work-life balance. I work long, hard hours in season but get enough time off out of season to feel rested and rejuvenated. I do not feel burned out nor do I believe that I will burn out. Also, the questions concerning athletic department stakeholders are unclear. I do not work or interact on a regular basis with donors, if that's what you mean by stakeholders. I answered based on the definition of stakeholders being coaches, administration, coworkers.
630 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 4 45.00 40.00 I have now worked in DI and DIII athletics and although I had more duties
esponsibilities at the DIII level I feel that I had a better work-life balance. This could have been due to the culture of DIII institutions and the unrealistic expectations of DI. Since my transition back to DI I have struggled with this expectation that we are paying you (but not really compensating you) to be here
esponsible for everything that goes on with this specific team.
I also feel that work-life balance is what you make it. As a professional you have to be willing to stay no or have a discussion with coaches/staff/department about what is realistic for you and for them and commit to it. That is one area that I feel many of my colleagues, especially young ATs struggle.
631 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 8.00 1.00 3.11 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 75.00 45.00 More life, less work.
632 1 4 1 4 5 2 28 3.00 3.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 50.00 50.00 Most of the pressure here comes from Administrators promising heaven and Earth to coaches and players and wearing their AT's thin without the faintest knowledge of what our job actually entails and the physical and mental strain of both roles.
633 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 3.00 3.67 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 60.00 Small staff no in/out of season. I fill two positions not just one.
634 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 2 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 70.00 50.00 Right now I feel some of my answers are towards the frustrated side simply because I am in the middle off Fall season where I work 7 days a week and have been doing so for 2 months now. As Fall season ends it lightens up some. But in general I don't think its very healthy to go 24/7 for months and then compensate saying next month you get days off and 40-50hr week then back to 24/7.
635 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 3.00 2.67 2.60 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 50.00 36.00 It can be a lot but if you love what you do, you make it happen. Even if the compensation isn't anything special.
636 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 42.00 40.00 Our contracts are roughly only 30% paid for through athletic departments, majority is paid from the school of medicine at the university which allows us what I believe are better work-life balance. Teaching does take up a larger part of the responsibilities which wasn't really addressed in these questions. But yeah teaching and precepting students definitely add to the work stress. Overall though by not being hired by or under the athletic department has been a huge advantage at my workplace.
637 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 3.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 62.00 40.00 A few things to add: With the previous athletic departments I worked in, as an athletic trainer, we worked 7 days a week. Team "off days" were often during the school week, and were filled with patient appointments, meetings, and administrative work. Often times coaches were able to take that day completely off, but the department expectation was for us to be present and working, taking care of the student-athletes. Additionally, with respect to the hours during and out of season, the average hours per week during season is 65, NOT INCLUDING travel time with the team to and from contests; The hours per week out of season are still 40, due to the department expectation for us to "be here".
Something that often gets overlooked when discussing "work-life balance" is the challenge for young professionals who are single to have time to find a potential spouse. Research often addresses the "family strain", which can apply to immediate spouse and children, as well as parents and extended family. However, the time and "life" strain often make it very difficult to find time for oneself to even think about finding a spouse and many do not have work schedules conducive to this life opportunity.
638 1 4 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 3.00 2.56 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 1 3 3 1 4 3 4 1 3 60.00 40.00 There is no set schedule, so you can never plan ahead for activities with family and friends. Bad compensation in terms of pay, but great benefits.
639 1 5 1 4 2 2 56 14.00 2.00 2.56 4.60 5 5 5 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 50.00 No
640 2 5 1 4 3 2 40 17.00 2.00 2.67 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 2 1 1 60.00 40.00 There is still a non-malicious dis-respect/ignorance of athletic training. I had hoped that as the future administrators and coaches I attended undergrad with matured in their jobs they would have an understanding of athletic training and this has not seemed to be the case.
641 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 12.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 45.00
642 2 5 1 4 2 2 33 5.00 2.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 55.00 40.00
643 2 5 1 4 5 2 33 11.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 3 3 4 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 65.00 40.00
644 2 5 2 4 2 2 33 4.00 3.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 4 57.00 57.00 1) regarding your survey, it is unclear if some of the questions are pertaining to my general personality traits and characteristics, versus how I act/characteristics at work. Also, I have no idea what an athletic department stakeholder is. You should clarify these questions better.
2) Thankfully, at my school regardless of whether we are in or out of season, my boss typically schedules 1 day off/week for each AT. Our schedules are always flexible as there are only 4 of us, but he also allows us to swap shifts or change our times in the AT based on personal needs so long as every sport and the ATR gets appropriate coverage. That plays a HUGE role in work-life balance.
3) You could inquire about summer commitments and hours, and how that helps recharge an AT's energy for the school year. For instance, we have very limited hours during the summer, but don't have to take vacation for these hours. It's seen as compensation for the time we put in during the school year.
645 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 11.00 2.00 3.56 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 60.00 45.00
646 2 4 1 4 2 2 30 12.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 60.00 30.00
647 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 9.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 4 70.00 50.00
648 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 7.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 50.00
649 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 2.00 3.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 60.00 50.00 There has to be protocols put in place to protect athletic trainers from burn out. We are overworked and under appreciated.
650 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 3.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00 The hardest part is that my family and friends don’t understand the demands of my job. They don’t understand that I can’t just take a day off when I want. The job is emotionally and physically draining, but I love it
651 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 3.00 3.56 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 60.00 0.00 I hate to put it this way, but it typically feels like an uphill climb where we can take 2 steps forward, sometimes even 3, but eventually get shoved a few steps back.
652 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 6.00 2.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 1 4 60.00 40.00 My significant other also works in collegiate athletics. I think this contributes to some reduction in relationship stress, as we both understand the demands of working for these institutions.
653 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 3.67 3.20 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 65.00 45.00
654 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 6.00 3.00 2.78 2.80 4 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 4 70.00 40.00
655 1 5 1 4 1 2 47 10.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 55.00 45.00 hours are very restrictive to developing new friendships or relationships and doing things like attending church or studies
656 1 5 1 4 2 2 43 10.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 4 60.00 40.00 the NCAA and athletic departments continue to allow coaches to influence very poor decisions
657 2 5 1 4 5 2 34 10.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
658 2 5 1 4 2 2 33 6.00 1.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 5 2 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 80.00 60.00 Work/life balance in intercollegiate athletics is a challenge but what makes it worse is the lack of compensatory pay and time off (when out of season) that plagues our profession. Working 80+ hours a week and struggling to make rent every month puts more strain on the lack of work/life balance.
659 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 11.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 1 4 70.00 50.00
660 2 5 1 4 2 2 32 7.00 3.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 55.00 40.00
661 1 3 1 4 2 2 32 9.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 70.00 60.00 The discontinuation of the FLSA (Fair Labor Standard Act) really hurt athletic trainers.
Need better and fair compensation for the amount of work that we do and the demands we have to meet.
662 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 7.00 1.00 2.33 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 3 60.00 35.00
663 1 3 1 4 1 2 32 3.00 1.00 2.56 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 12.00 8.00 College sports are becoming more and more demanding. Putting in hours during off season is almost the same amount of hours you put in the in season.
664 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 9.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 1836.00 1250.00 There is no work-life balance when full- time staff member numbers are low for the Athletic Training department. Also, during the season there is no set number for the time we spend working.
665 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 1960.00 1120.00
666 2 5 1 4 5 2 31 9.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 50.00 37.50
667 2 2 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 2.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 1140.00 840.00
668 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 55.00 40.00
669 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 3.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 85.00 70.00 Most of my work-life balance issues pertain around poor communication. Coaches and administrators generally do not communicate in a timely manner which forces those who work for them to have to make a mad dash to get ready on short notice or not have the ability to take advantage of an off day.
670 1 5 1 4 3 2 30 6.00 1.00 2.50 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 3 80.00 50.00
671 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 70.00 50.00
672 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 4.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 65.00 50.00
673 2 2 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 9.00 7.00
674 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 2.00 3.33 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 60.00 60.00 I think that it is important to have a work life balance however I feel that everyone does it in their own way. For me I am single, have no children and how I balance is when I have down time I just use it to recharge on my own. Not everyone needs to be extremely social to have a balance I think that is a misconception at times.
675 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 2.44 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 70.00 40.00 no
676 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 2.00 3.78 4.60 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 90.00 60.00
677 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 3.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 4 55.00 30.00
678 1 2 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 2.00 2.38 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 80.00 40.00
679 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 80.00 60.00
680 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 75.00 40.00 n/a
681 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.50 2.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 60.00 40.00
682 2 2 1 4 2 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.11 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 55.00 40.00
683 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 50.00
684 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 60.00 45.00 Better be ok with long hours
685 1 5 1 4 2 2 28 3.00 3.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 60.00 50.00 The NATA and NCAA need to make a video explaining what ATs do, how/why they are important to athletic departments, and what would happen if ATs were not present. There are secretaries that work less hours than we do and make more money at my institution. There are concussion videos, sickle cell videos, drug videos, that everyone must watch. It's time the administration get educated on the value of Athletic Trainers, our needs, our concerns, and the epidemic that is cu
ently plaguing the profession. The NATA and NCAA have a duty to start this conversation and it is unbelievably sad that this has not been done.
686 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 1 4 80.00 50.00
687 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 7.00 1.00 2.67 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 64.00 30.00
688 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 70.00 50.00 Changes in work schedule without adequate advance notice make it hard to plan for family leisure activities.
689 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 2.00 2.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 10.00 8.00
690 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.44 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
691 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.56 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 80.00 50.00 It's rough.
692 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 50.00 80.00 I feel like I'm drowning in an understaffed D1 university.
693 2 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.33 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 65.00 45.00
694 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.67 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 80.00 80.00
695 2 2 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 12870.00 4800.00 It's hard to maintain work like balance due to conflicting schedules between athletics and non athletic activities in life. But it starts from administration and trickles down. As long as people support each other and there are enough hands to spread the work load it makes it more tolerable and bearable.
696 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 3.00 2.56 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 65.00 40.00 No
697 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 12.00 10.00 Cu
ently issues within staff between those with family/children and those without pertaining to importance or value of a specific persons work-life balance... specifically those with families and children should be a priority to work less when they can over those with no children or family
698 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 75.00 60.00 My schedule is completely dependent on practice schedules and student-athlete class schedules and I have no control over my actually hours spent at work su
ound those schedules.
699 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 1.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 500.00 1760.00
700 2 3 1 4 5 2 26 6.00 1.00 3.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1911.00 1300.00 Work life balance seems to barely exist in collegiate athletics. Sometimes I feel like athletics waits for no one and expects you to always be willing to sacrifice your personal wants and dreams for the greater good of the department. Family emergencies, personal plans, social life, mental health, and sometimes physical health seem to be second. I don't think it happens maliciously but the perceptions of an employee who may request or ask for some better way to work throughout the day or season may feel peer pressure not to just based on the culture of athletics. I feel like many people love the intercollegiate setting but get burned out just based on the workload and the overwhelming feeling of repeating the same work weeks, without a
eak, week in and week out. It takes special, motivated, and hardworking people to work in intercollegiate athletics but I think depending on the type of staff/ faculty that is present will dictate how well the work-life balance is perceived. I think that occasionally people forget that we are all human beings, working in life together to help one another. There is more to life than the next practice, next basketball game , and next winter conditioning session. I believe that if you have administration that truly values the well being of their employees they will find a way to ensure the work-life experience for their employees are met. It is different for every employee and every institution but there are mandates for the athletes to have a specific days off and a specific amount of hours spent with or without their sport but for some employees there are no days off.
701 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 1.00 2.78 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 13.00 9.00
702 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 3.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 I do not have an in and out of season. I am contracted for 10 months, August 1 to May 31, and assist all sports through out that time. I work Monday through Saturday and usually have Sundays off. From Monday to Sunday I work an average of 50-55 hours per week
703 2 5 2 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 1 4 10.00 9.00
704 2 5 1 4 1 1 25 4.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 80.00 65.00
705 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 1700.00 1000.00
706 2 7 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 5 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 1175.00 850.00 For people that live in a different state or several states away from family and friends, the balance is especially difficult during holidays because you never know about your time off until right before or the travel is too expensive to make the trip worth it.
707 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.78 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 75.00 40.00
708 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 65.00 50.00
709 1 4 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 5 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 65.00 50.00
710 1 5 1 4 2 2 45 10.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 70.00 40.00
711 1 5 1 4 2 2 43 9.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 The college athletics "machine" continues to consume more and more time and money. I don't see this changing, on the contrary it will likely get worse.
712 2 5 1 4 1 2 37 13.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 80.00 60.00
713 2 7 1 4 1 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00
714 2 5 1 4 1 2 34 9.00 3.00 2.22 3.75 4 2 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 3 55.00 25.00 My boss/Head AT is great at letting us balance out work with sickness/dr. appointments, family events so long as practice is covered. But the demands of the coaching staff and athletic department keep increasing with no limit.
715 1 5 1 4 3 2 34 11.00 2.00 2.11 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 55.00 45.00
716 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 11.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 80.00 70.00 Time demands on those working at the higher levels have in teased in the decade I've worked in the D1 level. The rules that the NCAA has created has not helped as much as they thought in my opinion. It is a business driven by wins and losses
717 2 5 2 4 2 2 32 3.00 3.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 3 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 50.00 20.00 Very hard to find during the school year.
718 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 7.00 1.00 2.22 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 75.00 60.00
719 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 55.00 45.00
720 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 85.00 55.00 Without my faith, there would be no balance. I would have burned out a on year 2 if I didn't believe there was a higher purpose to it all.
721 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 7.00 2.00 3.56 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 65.00 45.00
722 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 2.00 3.00 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 60.00 35.00
723 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 9.00 2.00 3.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 65.00 45.00 While I seem to get better at maintaining and finding work-life balance as I get older, and have the support of my direct boss (head athletic trainer), there is a pervasive mindset in upper management/athletic director that work-life balance doesn't matter, because "this is what we signed up for" as athletic trainers. It's frustrating to feel little support and care about my longevity, knowing that my concerns are met with "well we will just find someone else" or "they should be thankful they even have a job." I haven't even been in the profession 10 years and am feeling the effects of burnout! I enjoy my role in this profession but am already considering other options because of the toll the traditional setting is taking on my body and life. That makes me sad.
724 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 8.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 58.00 47.00 Some universities seem to do a good job of trying to balance out the work life balance during the summer. This has changed a bit as summer demands on collegiate student athletes continue to increase. I am lucky enough to work at a university that tried to allow a more flexible schedule in the summer- it is still tough to get a significant time off.
725 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.50 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 70.00 45.00
726 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 900.00 600.00 Support staffs at smaller institutions are ALWAYS under staffed and underpaid. The coaches and administrators make all of the money and support staff is expected to work 7 days per week with minimal compensation, this is the reason for so much burn out and turn over. Why should coaches make 6 or 7 figure salaries while support staff only makes 30-40k?
727 1 4 2 1 30 6.00 2.00 2.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 4 280.00 200.00
728 1 3 1 4 5 2 30 4.00 3.00 2.33 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 55.00 40.00
729 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 70.00 50.00 There is no such thing as work-life balance in collegiate athletic training. It is more like work/life integration.
730 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.33 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 600.00 450.00
731 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 400.00 50.00 At the Power 5 level there seemed to be a greater ability for work-life balance in full time staff, but because I was a graduate assistant my "off" time was dedicated to school work. At the FCS level, we are so understaffed a majority of our athletic trainers do not have an off season. We travel year round or provide coverage for other sports outside of our main sport. If we have any off time it may be one month where we have down time, but we are never really off of work. In addition to our work as athletic trainers, a majority of us attempt to fill other voids within the athletic department such as nutrition counseling, mental health counseling, medical billing and insurance, and other aspects that the FBS level has specifically hired separate individuals for those positions. Taking on all of the additional roles are what removes the desire to complete our actual work.
732 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 2.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 1 2 60.00 40.00
733 2 2 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 1.00 2.67 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 75.00 50.00
734 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.20 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 65.00 30.00 It is my belief that the athletic training profession is over-worked and underpaid across the board in intercollegiate athletics. I understand that coaches have more pressure and exposure, but athletic trainers often put in similar amounts of time, are subject to coach's change of schedule at all times (usually at the last minute), are often "on call" 24 hours per day, and are normally paid 25% or less of what the coach is. This dynamic is sometimes frustrating, especially when athletic administration doesn't realize or support what the sports medicine staff is doing.
735 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00 Seems almost impossible to have a healthy work-life balance especially when your department is understaffed.
736 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.60 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 65.00 55.00
737 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.22 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 55.00 40.00
738 2 4 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 40.00
739 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 3 5 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 85.00 65.00
740 2 3 1 4 1 2 28 8.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 4 60.00 50.00
741 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 70.00 50.00
742 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 1.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 72.00 45.00 Working within athletics is a demanding job. Most people who work in athletics truly love their job or else they wouldn't do it. However, it would be nice to be compensated out of season for all the extra time we put in during season. For different people, that may mean monitary compensation while others would prefer time off. Either way, there should be some kind of compensation or at least an acknowledgement of all the hours, time, and commitment put into doing a job well done.
743 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 60.00 55.00
744 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 13.00 9.00
745 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.33 2.00 2 3 1 3 1 2 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 3 80.00 40.00 HIGHER PAY
746 2 5 1 4 1 1 27 4.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 1 4 65.00 40.00
747 2 5 1 4 1 1 27 5.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 13.00 7.00 I work 6 days a week with one day off that is usually when I have to cram in laundry, cleaning, and me time but I am usually on my work cell answering emails and talking with athletes, team docs, and our AT staff.
For the question about hours in season do you work I wasn’t sure if you meant total or per day. I usually work 8-13 per day in season and 7-10 per day out of season. I am rarely out of season though because I have fall, winter, and spring sport assignments.
748 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 7.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 90.00 70.00
749 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 65.00 40.00
750 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 3.00 2.00 2.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 9.00 7.50
751 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 55.00 40.00
752 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 2.00 2.78 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 13.00 7.00
753 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 60.00 50.00 your questions about "hours worked" is too vague, do you mean per day/week/total?
754 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 3.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 80.00 40.00
755 2 5 2 4 5 2 26 5.00 3.00 2.33 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 55.00 37.50
756 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 3.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 500.00 Working in this particular D3, it appears that excess work and sport coverage is placed on and expected of the Assistant Athletic Trainers in particular.
757 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 75.00 50.00
758 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 3
759 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 4 65.00 50.00 Flexible schedule makes working the same amount of hours more tolerable.
760 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 65.00 45.00
761 2 5 1 4 1 1 25 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 70.00 50.00
762 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.75 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 70.00 40.00
763 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 55.00 40.00
764 2 5 2 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 65.00 45.00
765 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 48.00 40.00 The seemingly necessary 24/7 accessibility of collegiate athletic trainers is probably one of the biggest contributors to work-life balance issues.
766 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 60.00 45.00 Weekend requirements make it difficult to get out of town or to get a day off in-season. The work week is an endless circle which can be mentally draining.
767 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.56 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 70.00 70.00
768 1 7 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.44 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 65.00 50.00 Compensation is a major reason why I do not fully enjoy my work. I feel my time as well as my coworkers is undervalued.
769 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 2 4 80.00 60.00 Better planning and scheduling on a weekly and monthly basis.
770 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.78 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 4 3 1 2 1680.00 960.00
771 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 Culture of work-life balance needs to shift. ATs need to be supportive of each other focusing on their home life in order for coaches/admin to also support that need.
772 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.20 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 75.00 55.00
773 2 7 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 3.00 2.56 2.60 4 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 55.00 40.00 No
774 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 3.00 3.11 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 45.00
775 2 5 1 4 5 24 2.50 3.00 3.44 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 65.00 65.00 Location plays a factor in the work life balance I believe
776 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 3.00 2.56 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 50.00 30.00
777 1 5 1 4 2 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 500.00 200.00
778 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 90.00 60.00
779 1 5 1 4 1 2 49 17.00 1.00 3.00 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 75.00 50.00
780 2 5 1 4 1 43 18.00 1.00 2.22 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 1 4 1 1 2 65.00 40.00
781 2 5 1 4 1 2 37 14.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 60.00 40.00
782 2 5 2 4 2 2 34 4.00 2.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 70.00 35.00
783 2 5 1 4 5 2 30 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 55.00 40.00
784 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 1.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 60.00 50.00 It doesn't exist.
785 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 90.00 60.00
786 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 768.00 768.00 In my line of work it is very hard to obtain an acceptable work-life balance. However, there are things that could be done on behalf of the school to help, but the school is hesitant. It would typically require additional positions which I know are not easy to add based on salary, but even part-time, contract, or internships would go a long way.
787 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 70.00 55.00
788 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 1.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 60.00 50.00 NA
789 1 5 1 4 2 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.33 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00 Need more positions to lessen the administrative/oversight work load. We cu
ently have three full time athletic trainers for 18 sports at a Division 1 school.
790 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 80.00 50.00
791 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 3.00 2.00 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 80.00 80.00 I cu
ently cover men's soccer, women's basketball, men's lacrosse, tennis, and cheerleading at a DII university. We are severely under staffed.
792 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 75.00 60.00 My schedule depends on that of the team I work with, and the student athlete's class schedules. I do not have much (if any) control over my schedule.
793 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 3.00 2.78 4.20 5 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 50.00 50.00
794 1 5 2 4 1 2 27 3.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 60.00 30.00 It is sometimes hard to have ho
ies/interests/friendships/time to date working in this setting because of the variability in schedule and amount of time that is needed to spend at work.
795 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 70.00 50.00
796 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.56 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 75.00 50.00
797 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 2 50.00 40.00
798 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 2 1 4 55.00 45.00 I believe that should I get ma
ied and decide to have kids that I would leave the collegiate setting, I cannot see myself raising kids and having this hectic work schedule - with many hours and all the traveling.
799 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 1.00 3.00 2.89 3.20 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 1 4 50.00 40.00
800 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.22 3.20 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 80.00 50.00
801 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.56 2.60 4 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 45.00 40.00 My department is very accommodating when I need to take time off in order to take care of family emergencies or my own health.
802 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 1.00 3.33 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00
803 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.44 2.20 2 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 1 3 70.00 40.00
804 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 12.00 10.00
805 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.44 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 80.00 50.00 No
806 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.50 3.00 3.11 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 560.00 0.00 no
807 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.44 2.40 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 35.00 35.00
808 2 5 1 4 1 1 41 15.00 1.00 2.78 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 1000.00 500.00
809 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.50 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 55.00 40.00
810 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 2 55.00 55.00 Just as the athletes are limited in the amount of hours they put towards their sport in and out of season, athletic department staff should be allowed a limit as well.
811 1 5 1 4 2 2 29 5.00 3.00 3.22 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 50.00 I'm in season from mid August tho the following May
812 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 10.00 7.00
813 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 55.00
814 2 2 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 1.00 2.44 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 50.00 35.00
815 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 4 2 4 2 5 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 2 4 55.00 40.00
816 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 8.00 3.00 3.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 75.00 55.00
817 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 7.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 80.00 60.00 I would venture to say there is little balance. A majority of time is work or thinking or talking about work. Little time to disconnect. Even when I attempt to leave after an 9-10hr day my boss often makes me feel guilty.
818 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 1.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 2700.00 350.00
819 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 9.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 4 4 1 4 12.00 10.00 No, but your hours in season and out of season is ho
endously confusing. Does it mean per day or per week or the ENTIRE season?
820 1 5 1 4 2 2 33 9.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 50.00 40.00
821 2 7 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 70.00 50.00
822 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 60.00 35.00
823 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 90.00 50.00 It is becoming almost impossible. I can't continue to work such a stressful time demanding job for so little in return. My personal life is suffering
824 2 3 2 4 5 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 60.00 40.00 Nope
825 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 5.00 1.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 70.00 55.00
826 2 5 1 4 2 2 35 7.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 4 70.00 45.00
827 2 7 1 4 1 2 31 6.00 3.00 2.78 3.40 2 4 4 2 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 40.00 40.00
828 1 5 2 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 50.00
829 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 80.00 55.00 Demands too high causing high stress and low quality of life
830 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 7.00 1.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 80.00 60.00
831 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.11 4.00 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 65.00 50.00
832 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 300.00 60.00
833 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 1000.00 850.00
834 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 4 65.00 20.00
835 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.89 4.40 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 50.00 50.00
836 2 7 1 4 1 2 45 10.00 2.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 70.00 55.00
837 2 7 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 2.00 2.22 3.20 4 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 1 1 2 2000.00 1800.00 I think to be an athletic trainer it requires sacrifice, but we do this job because it is rewarding and amazing! it takes work to be a great athletic trainer and it also takes work to have a family at the same time, if you aren't willing to work at it then it won't work.
838 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 7.00 3.00 2.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 4 600.00 500.00
839 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 4.00 2.00 2.56 2.40 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 48.00 42.00
840 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 5.00 2.00 3.33 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 4 75.00 60.00
841 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 6.00 3.00 2.56 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 45.00 45.00 Assistants have excess work placed on them versus what head athletic trainer does; in season through 3 season working with different teams; practices ranging all day from 8 am- 9 pm
842 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
843 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 75.00 50.00
844 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 70.00 60.00
845 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 3.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 4 4 720.00 650.00
846 2 3 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 75.00 55.00 university athletics does not care about work life balance. period.
847 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 1 3 9.00 8.00 I hate my boss. I believe he basically wants us to live in the training room but I think you can have a life outside of work. He doesn't agree. Very old-school.
848 2 8 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 800.00 800.00
849 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.22 4.20 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 63.00 50.00 I would ask how many weekends you have off out of the 52 year calendar period, because weekends matter to people when they live far away from family and I don't really ever get weekends off except for christmas and summers.
850 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 9.00 2.00 2.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 4 80.00 60.00
851 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 4.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 12.00 6.00 Increase the value of a strength coach both tangibly and intangibly
852 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 35.00 20.00
853 1 5 1 3 2 2 29 8.00 3.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 75.00 75.00
854 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 2.00 3.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 675.00 675.00 What's a work life balance? People don't understand our jobs and they continue to ask for more and more and more. We're already giving everything up and it's not enough.
855 2 5 1 4 1 1 28 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 40.00
856 1 2 1 4 2 35 4.00 3.00 2.11 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
857 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 2.89 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 43.00 43.00
858 2 4 1 4 1 2 29 9.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3000.00 3000.00
859 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.63 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 65.00 55.00
860 2 4 1 4 1 2 27 3.00 2.00 2.50 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 60.00 0.00
861 2 5 2 4 5 2 31 6.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1000.00 1000.00 Choices
862 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.50 1.00 3.22 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 50.00 50.00
863 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 2.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 50.00 40.00 The double standard continues with respect to work/life balance in athletics. Departments encourage it, but only after you've worked a 12-hour day or put in some weekend hours.
864 1 3 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.33 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 45.00 45.00
865 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 1.00 1.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 44.00 44.00 Always seems to be more that can be done in academics...pressure to work more even though I am limited to a 40 hour week as an intern. Not sure if my frustration is with my specific department or the field of academics/athletics as a whole!
866 2 3 2 4 1 2 31 4.00 2.00 3.89 1.20 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 15.00 12.00
867 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 65.00 55.00 the 9 month recruiting cycle is an interesting component. My internal competitiveness forces myself to log long hours on the road & definitely takes away from my family side.
868 1 4 2 4 1 2 41 17.00 1.00 2.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 70.00 30.00
869 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.33 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 55.00 45.00
870 2 4 2 4 1 2 26 5.00 3.00 3.22 1.80 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 60.00 20.00
871 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.50 2.00 2.44 3.40 3 3 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 60.00 60.00
872 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.56 1.80 2 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 65.00 45.00
873 1 7 1 4 1 1 30 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 4
874 2 5 1 4 1 2 42 14.00 1.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 50.00 40.00
875 2 5 1 4 2 2 31 1.00 2.00 2.67 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 2 3 1 2 45.00 35.00
876 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 1.00 2.00 1.67 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
877 2 3 1 4 1 2 32 7.00 2.00 2.22 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 40.00 40.00 There is an understanding that within intercollegiate athletics there is a possibly that you will be working unconventional hours/days especially in season. However, I think that it is important to note that it is strongly encouraged that employees take vacation and personal time throughout the year to prevent burn out etc.
878 2 3 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 1.00 2.11 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 55.00 40.00 It's a sacrifice. You have to be willing to move anywhere to get the jobs that you want and move up quickly. A lot of bigger programs don't necessarily pay well because there is a high demand to work there, so you are working a lot of hours for not a whole lot of pay.
879 1 8 1 4 5 1 27 2.00 3.00 2.44 2.80 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 35.00 30.00 I feel that I got really lucky in my athletic department in that I have some really great colleagues to work with. It makes it really easy to want to come to work every day.
880 2 5 1 4 1 1 26 2.00 1.00 3.67 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 42.00 40.00 Often overwhelming to keep up with day-to-day tasks. Definitely never a dull moment.
881 2 5 1 4 2 2 54 15.00 1.00 2.56 3.60 3 3 4 3 5 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
882 2 5 1 4 1 2 43 18.00 3.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 50.00 40.00 I am never "out of season." As the admin for the whole athletic department, even in the summer I work overtime for sports camps.
883 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 10.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 N/A
884 2 5 1 1 2 2 28 6.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
885 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 1.00 1.00 2.78 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 0.00 0.00 I work in two departments, so my schedule is not based on athletics, it is based on accounting.
886 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 2.00 1.67 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 40.00 40.00 I hate working in Athletics, which is why I found a new job and put in my two weeks last Friday
887 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 1.00 2.22 2.40 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
888 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 6.00 1.00 2.67 1.20 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 37.50 37.50 NA
889 1 2 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 2.00 2.67 2.40 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
890 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.44 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 40.00 0.00 I also am working to get my MBA part time at my university as well.
891 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 2.67 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 45.00 40.00
892 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 1.00 2.33 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 2
893 2 5 1 4 1 2 38 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 4 3 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 10.00 10.00 "On average, how many hours do you work in/out of season?"
Not sure if you mean hours per day, per week, or the estimated total for the whole season? So that answer is my average per day.
894 2 5 1 4 5 2 32 2.00 1.00 3.11 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 75.00 40.00 There is no work-life balance working in intercollegiate athletics.
895 1 7 1 4 5 1 26 3.00 1.00 3.22 3.00 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 50.00 40.00 On site psychological services would be nice.
896 1 4 1 4 1 2 25 1.00 2.00 3.44 3.20 4 2 1 4 5 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 50.00 50.00
897 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 1.00 3.44 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 50.00 50.00
898 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 10.00 1.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 60.00 45.00
899 2 7 3 4 1 2 30 7.00 1.00 3.22 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 47.00 40.00
900 2 5 1 4 5 2 30 6.00 1.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 45.00 45.00
901 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 1.00 2.56 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 1 4 50.00 50.00
902 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 5.00 1.00 2.44 1.60 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 45.00 45.00
903 1 5 1 4 5 2 30 5.00 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
904 1 5 1 3 2 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 1 2 44.00 44.00 Often feel underappreciated and under-compensated for the amount of work that we do. And even though we gain comp time for overtime, I often feel guilty for taking time off.
905 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 10.00 8.00
906 1 3 1 4 5 2 27 1.00 2.00 3.67 3.20 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 70.00 60.00
907 2 5 1 4 5 2 29 5.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 60.00 40.00
908 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.44 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 4 60.00 50.00
909 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 775.00 400.00 Working in academics in athletics definitely does have more hours than a typical 9-5 and does involve night/weekend work, however it is not as strenuous as other positions (i.e. events, facilities, etc). I do feel that at both places I have worked that non-ma
ied employees without children are taken advantage of as they are perceived to have fewer familial requirements. I would like to point out that my number of hours worked in season co
esponds to each semester (16 weeks per semester), and out of season is during the semester (a little under 3 months).
910 1 5 1 4 5 2 38 1.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 1 1 4 60.00 60.00
911 1 4 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 40.00
912 2 5 2 4 5 2 24 2.50 2.00 2.33 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 55.00 45.00 Having a director that supports their staff when they leave the office is great, however the expectation is that when you are in the office you are getting work done. This helps create a better work-life balance than at the other institutions I have worked at.
913 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 2.00 2.78 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 45.00 40.00
914 2 5 1 3 2 2 28 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.80 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 45.00 40.00
915 2 3 1 4 1 2 25 7.00 2.00 3.22 3.60 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 50.00 50.00 Because there really is no "9 to 5" in college athletics, it often feels as if employees are working around the clock no matter what time it is and attempts to shut out work prove unsuccessful.
916 2 3 1 1 1 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.44 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2
917 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 2.00 2.00 2.78 2.80 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 50.00
918 1 5 1 4 2 2 31 13.00 1.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 55.00 48.00 Total hours worked fluctuates considerably. There is no real "in-season vs out-of-season" in academics. My peak programming months can see hours from 60-90/week. Rarely are there work weeks that hit just 40 hours. Each year it is considerably more difficult to find substantial time for vacations. Burn-out is generally seen as inevitable.
919 2 5 1 4 1 1 26 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 50.00 40.00
920 1 8 1 4 2 2 32 3.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 65.00 65.00
921 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 60.00 50.00
922 1 5 1 4 5 2 30 6.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 4 50.00 40.00 Our office is understaffed, underpaid, and overworked.
923 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 4.00 1.00 2.67 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 45.00 35.00
924 2 3 3 4 5 2 28 6.00 1.00 2.67 3.00 4 2 3 2 4 1 3 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 50.00 50.00
925 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 9.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 50.00 50.00
926 1 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 1.00 3.44 3.80 5 5 2 2 5 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 50.00 50.00
927 2 7 1 4 5 2 31 7.00 2.00 2.67 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 45.00 45.00
928 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.78 2.60 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 45.00 45.00
929 2 5 2 4 5 2 33 6.00 1.00 2.44 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 50.00 40.00
930 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 1.00 2.33 2.00 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 1 40.00 40.00
931 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 55.00 40.00
932 2 3 2 4 2 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 60.00 50.00
933 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 3.50 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 55.00 45.00 expected to work nights and weekends with no overtime pay
934 2 7 1 4 1 2 26 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 60.00 60.00
935 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 5.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 675.00 675.00
936 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 40.00 40.00
937 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 3.78 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I feel like working in academics provides you the best balance of work/home life.
938 2 5 1 3 2 2 31 6.00 2.00 3.22 1.40 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 50.00 40.00 Turning off your cell phone after work and making personal plans well in advance is key!
939 2 7 1 4 2 2 29 2.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00
940 2 3 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 60.00 50.00 As an advisor, you are usually pulled to do a lot more things outside of your job description.
941 2 5 1 3 2 2 34 6.00 2.00 2.33 4.60 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 60.00 40.00 I am cu
ently making an active effort to work only about 9 hours a day, but I feel like an odd man out as my coworkers stay here much longer than I do, and I feel that my supervisor resents the fact that I leave at a halfway decent time. Yet she doesn't realize that I do work once I've gone home and had dinner with my family. I don't think I can spend much longer working in college athletics, as much as I love the students, due to the demands and expectations, especially once I start a family in a couple months. I'm having a baby in a month, and am dreading the thought of coming back to an environment that drains me so emotionally and mentally.
942 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 18.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 95.00 75.00 Athletic Departments should invest in more personnel so that employees don't get burned out.
943 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 5.00 1.00 2.56 3.20 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 45.00 45.00
944 1 5 1 1 2 2 47 9.00 1.00 1.89 2.60 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 43.00 40.00
945 1 5 1 1 2 2 30 3.00 2.00 2.56 4.40 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 55.00 40.00
946 2 3 1 1 2 1 32 9.00 2.00 3.67 4.40 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 55.00 40.00 It seems that it is frowned upon for tending to your family. The concern is more of how will your work get done rather than your well-being.
947 1 3 1 1 2 1 36 10.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 55.00 40.00 Work-life balance is a stated goal of our AD.
948 1 5 1 1 2 2 37 5.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 2 4 50.00 45.00
949 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 10.00 1.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 70.00 50.00
950 1 5 1 1 2 2 47 18.00 3.00 2.22 3.40 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 3 40.00 40.00 Last October I was switched from salaried to hourly. I now work less Athletic events because they have no interest in paying for me to work. The previous 17 years I was free and was at all basketball games and most volleyball matches.
951 2 5 1 1 2 1 35 10.00 1.00 2.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
952 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 3.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 92.00 79.00
953 1 5 1 1 2 2 45 18.00 2.00 2.89 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 1200.00 900.00
954 2 5 1 1 2 2 30 9.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 68.00 45.00 Childcare, paid maternity/paternity (not FMLA), respected time-off, healthy near-by lunch choices (preferably on-site), more family-friendly environments at athletic evens for those working.
955 1 5 1 1 2 1 32 9.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 60.00 40.00 With cu
ent expectations being so high, I don't see there ever being a true "work-life balance"
956 2 5 1 1 2 2 39 16.00 1.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 70.00 50.00
957 1 5 1 1 2 2 33 4.00 1.00 3.44 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 4 80.00 60.00 Over worked and under paid
958 2 5 1 1 2 2 51 20.00 3.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 60.00 40.00
959 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 12.00 3.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00 If my wife wasn't so supportive of my career there is no way I'd be able to do this job effectively.
960 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 12.00 2.00 2.56 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1100.00 600.00 I would like to see more family-related activities out of season to allow staff and family members to interact and have an enjoyable time. I would also like to have the ability to use my comp time on a more flexible basis, especially during out of season.
961 2 5 1 1 2 2 33 5.00 2.00 2.67 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
962 2 5 1 1 2 2 39 11.00 3.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 45.00 40.00 Harder for mothers and women in general. Daily responsibilities, e
ands and chores that cant get done on weekends bc we have games and practices then get pushed to to mornings before going to work and can cause unintentional stress, tardiness and fatigue. Difficult to hire help as salary doesn't allow with children and other home owning responsibilities.
963 1 5 1 1 2 2 26 5.00 3.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 4 65.00 65.00 It sucks.
964 1 5 1 1 2 2 27 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 55.00 55.00
965 1 5 1 1 2 2 42 20.00 1.00 2.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 60.00 50.00
966 1 5 1 1 2 2 38 16.00 2.00 2.44 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 70.00 50.00
967 1 4 1 1 2 2 47 20.00 2.00 2.78 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 60.00 60.00 The NCAA is powerless when it comes to increased staffing which is extremely concerning. Ultimately the pressure falls on the athletic trainers to make medical decisions which affects student athletes. The appropriate medical coverage document by the NATA should be enforced by the NCCA and followed by member institutions!!!!!
968 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 11.00 1.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 1 3 2 4 4 60.00 60.00 Athletics inte
upts my church attendance. Coaches don't care.
969 2 5 1 1 3 2 36 13.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 80.00 50.00
970 1 5 1 1 2 1 36 13.00 2.00 3.11 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 4 4 60.00 40.00
971 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 11.00 1.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 12.00 8.00
972 1 4 1 1 2 2 45 11.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 72.00 60.00 In season it is hard at time to say that we work too many hours when the coaches in the respective sport work about the same or more. I understand that work responsibilities are different, but if you are part of a team and everyone else is putting in the same amount of hours it is hard to complain. Sometimes, it truly is the demand of the sport, and i do not know if you can change it.
973 1 5 1 1 2 2 40 18.00 2.00 2.22 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 55.00 38.00 NCAA should roll back men's basketball summer rules; no basketball workouts.
974 1 5 1 4 5 2 39 15.00 1.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 40.00 40.00
975 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 14.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 45.00
976 1 5 1 1 2 2 47 14.00 2.00 2.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 10.00 8.00
977 1 5 1 1 2 2 37 11.00 3.00 2.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 60.00 40.00 The previous questions I answered in hours per week.
While working in intercollegiate athletics is demanding and requires me to work nights and weekend, I believe that my work-life balance is also affected by not being able to set my hours. They are set by my boss (Head ATC) and if I was able to determine the hours, I would have better work/life balance. Not saying there would be less coverage or less treatment, but I would schedule it differently so that my staff had more time off. For example, I wouldn't have myself, an assistant and a GA come in on Sunday at 12 for a football practice (running and walk-thru) that begins at 5. I would still open the ATR at 8am during the week, but I would stagger our staff of 4 to allow some of us to come later.
978 1 5 1 1 2 2 28 6.00 1.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 50.00
979 2 5 1 1 2 2 26 6.00 2.00 2.56 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 75.00 55.00 Finding a happy medium is hard especially when you leave work and your job doesnt stop because Athletes, coaches, co-workers, or athletic department staff is texting/calling you about issues or concerns.
980 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 13.00 2.00 3.00 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 4 50.00 25.00 The amount of athletes we see continues to increase as time passes. With no increase in help, time becomes very limited and hours are increased on everyone just to meet the demand. There are times where it feels you aren't really doing much good to the athlete because you are just rolling the masses in and out as fast as possible just to be able to see everyone. that also reduces home time with family and contributes greatly to burnout and also interpersonal relationships with co-workers due to everyone's stress level.
981 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 9.00 3.00 2.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 1 4
982 1 5 1 1 5 2 26 1.00 3.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 4 40.00 40.00 The biggest thing that I have issues with when working at the college level is scheduling. We make the coaches put a schedule in an online calendar so that we as an athletic training staff know whats going on but once they get into practices/games, they never use the schedule and/or will change last minute. And when they change, we have to adjust what we are doing. So it can be quite frustrating.
983 2 5 1 1 2 2 38 8.00 3.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 1 4 70.00 40.00 It's near impossible to have balance when you have a boss with high expectations and no reality of work life balance.
984 1 5 1 1 5 1 37 17.00 1.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 80.00 60.00 It needs to be addressed.
985 1 5 1 1 2 2 27 3.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 75.00 40.00
986 1 5 1 1 2 2 30 4.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 4 4 70.00 30.00 Intercollegiate athletics is a demanding field-emotionally, physically and timely. By adequately staffing athletic training departments, in terms of a minimum number of staff per total sports, cu
ent staff members would not feel as burnt out and their passion for work would improve. Additionally, compensation for the amount of time that is put into the job is not sufficient. There is no work life balance in college athletics-ITS ALL WORK!
987 1 5 1 1 2 2 29 1.00 2.00 2.56 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 4 60.00 45.00
988 1 5 1 1 2 2 38 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 75.00 60.00
989 2 5 1 1 2 2 36 1.00 1.00 2.56 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 There is a whole Work Life Balance Department at the University where I work. There is amazing trainings and also lots available for the worker.
990 1 5 1 1 2 1 38 15.00 3.00 2.89 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 40.00
991 2 5 1 1 3 1 50 3.00 2.00 3.67 2.20 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 50.00 50.00
992 2 5 1 1 2 2 44 1.00 2.00 3.56 2.40 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 37.50
993 2 5 1 1 5 2 31 3.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 50.00 50.00
994 1 3 1 1 2 2 36 7.00 1.00 3.78 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 60.00
995 1 5 1 1 2 2 55 24.00 1.00 2.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 40.00 40.00 It has turned into 100% business over the past 10-15 years. Those in service rolls are underpaid, but young people are always attracted to this "sexy" industry. The burnout rate is high because they quickly learn they are being used so coaches can make 6-7 figures!
996 2 5 1 1 2 2 26 5.00 1.00 2.78 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 45.00 50.00
997 2 5 1 1 2 2 31 7.00 2.00 2.44 3.00 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 40.00 40.00 For years I was full time athletics and resonated with many of the questions of putting in extra hours and working hard. We had a report line change, where we report outside of athletics. That helped
ing a lot of balance, as well as me starting a family, it has forced me to step away more. My job is about 50% athletics now.
998 2 5 1 1 2 2 31 10.00 1.00 3.56 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 60.00 40.00 My husband and I both work in athletics, have a 2 year old son and are expecting #2 in less than a month... so my work life balance is super overwhelming at the moment and got increasingly harder when we had children. I find it very hard to not feel guilty in both aspects of life. Leaving just one kid for events on nights & weekends on top of the weekly grind and travel has started to have me panicked.
999 2 5 1 1 2 2 48 7.00 1.00 2.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
1000 2 5 1 1 2 2 29 1.00 1.00 1.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 46.00 40.00
1001 1 5 1 1 2 2 48 23.00 2.00 1.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 45.00 40.00
1002 2 5 1 1 2 2 31 6.00 1.00 3.56 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 65.00 55.00 There is no real off season for sports performance coaches. We need more time off. If we work the weekends we need a day off during the week. Working 6-7 days per week for months upon months is exhausting and causes burn out. It is hard on family life, and finding day care open at extreme hours is difficult. It causes one to consider whether or not it is worth working considering our compensation is low in comparison to the price of housing in the Bay Area.
1003 2 5 1 1 1 2 35 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 4
1004 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 13.00 2.00 2.00 3.20 2 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 65.00 50.00
1005 1 5 1 1 2 1 55 3.00 1.00 2.56 2.40 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 12.00 8.00
1006 2 5 3 1 2 2 32 6.50 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 30.00 20.00
1007 2 5 1 1 2 2 43 6.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 30.00 20.00 The evening games and road trips are the most challenging part of the job.
1008 2 5 1 1 3 2 47 2.00 1.00 2.33 3.00 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2
1009 2 5 1 1 2 2 37 15.00 1.00 1.78 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 50.00 40.00
1010 1 8 1 1 2 2 35 3.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 5 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 1 4 70.00 60.00
1011 2 5 1 1 5 2 42 5.00 1.00 2.78 3.20 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 1 3 3 1 2 56.00 5.00
1012 1 3 1 1 2 2 33 1.00 1.00 3.22 3.00 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 1 3 55.00 40.00
1013 1 5 1 1 2 2 46 19.00 3.00 2.44 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 50.00 36.00 My cu
ent position is much more family friendly than my last. Previous position was a clinic-based with outreach to an NAIA University. Cu
ent position offers more autonomy in my daily work and administrative support for ATs is very strong.
1014 2 5 1 1 2 2 40 12.00 1.00 2.78 1.20 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 30.00 30.00
1015 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 1.00 2.00 2.44 1.60 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 I am an instructor first, so work-life balance stems around my teaching, not my coaching. I am a volunteer assistant, so I am only working with the team when my schedule allows. Most of my answers relate to the combination of teaching and coaching in relation to my family life, so its hard to differentiate when answering some of the questions.
1016 1 5 1 1 2 2 61 5.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 82.00 50.00 Love my job and what I do. The hours and lack of days off can be physically draining which effects mental status.
1017 1 3 1 1 1 2 37 15.00 1.00 2.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 70.00 50.00
1018 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 5.00 1.00 2.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
1019 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 9.00 3.00 3.44 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 65.00 45.00 No
1020 2 5 1 1 2 2 37 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.60 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 4 800.00 700.00 Athletic departments need to hire more people and the staff that work in athletic departments need to have a mentality of helping each other not finding ways to always say "no".
1021 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 6.00 3.00 2.44 3.40 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 50.00 40.00
1022 1 5 1 1 2 2 30 9.00 1.00 2.67 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 70.00 45.00
1023 1 5 1 1 2 2 52 32.00 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 4 70.00 56.00
1024 2 5 1 1 3 1 35 1.00 3.00 2.67 2.20 4 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3
1025 2 5 1 1 3 2 36 3.00 2.00 2.67 2.20 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 660.00 480.00 Allowing my kids to access my office or area of work. I can work while they are finishing homework is a HUGE plus.
1026 1 5 1 1 3 2 45 22.00 1.00 2.89 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
1027 1 5 1 1 2 2 44 25.00 1.00 2.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 4 80.00 60.00
1028 1 7 1 1 2 1 35 7.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 500.00 120.00 One of the most frustrating things about working with an athletics department is that everything is about the bottom line. There is zero opportunity for me to get a raise that would compensate me appropriately for the quality, and quantity, of work I have put in over the last 7 years. Compound that with the ever increasing demand, and work load, it can be very taxing on every facet of your life.
1029 1 5 1 1 2 2 51 14.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 45.00 40.00
1030 1 5 1 1 2 2 38 5.00 2.00 1.56 1.60 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 55.00 40.00 I think balance is the wrong word. I prefer harmony. Balance infers 50/50 and it is never 50/50. Harmony e
s and flows. Sometimes it's a number of hours and events, sometimes it the summer. It varies and understanding and expecting that change helps--I think. Ha. Good luck.
1031 2 5 1 1 2 2 42 18.00 3.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 50.00
1032 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 10.00 3.00 3.44 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 65.00 50.00
1033 1 5 1 1 2 2 41 15.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1034 1 5 1 1 2 2 37 5.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 50.00 40.00 I work in outdoor education, which has the impression that it is under appreciated with resources from the university. Hard when work and ho
ies are so closely related.
1035 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 10.00 2.00 2.33 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 1 1 65.00 35.00 I am very fortunate to be in the position I am in. I have worked for 3 different athletic departments and each sports medicine department I worked for made work-life balance a priority. Understanding the nature of the athletic training profession and the tendency for burn out.
1036 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 12.00 2.00 3.78 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 60.00 37.50 For the availability of benefits, the paternity leave is included under the FMLA category. I have also worked 4 additional years as a student when I was in college (DII) at a different institution.
I have a 3 1/2 month old who is helping me to prioritize but I have already had him at my office for more hours than I would like due to time constraints on tasks at work.
1037 1 5 1 1 2 2 55 7.00 2.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 4 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 70.00 40.00
1038 2 5 1 1 2 2 40 20.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 50.00 50.00
1039 1 5 1 1 2 2 33 10.00 3.00 2.44 1.80 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 640.00 640.00
1040 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 12.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 55.00 35.00
1041 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 13.00 2.00 2.67 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 4 55.00 45.00 Getting into intercollegiate athletics, you have to accept that you are not going to have a "normal" life. I am very supported by my department and my team in allowing me to have my child around, at practice, during treatments, in order to fill my roles both as an AT and as a mother. As my daughter is getting older, I am concerned about my ability to give her a childhood in which SHE comes first, and not second to the demands of my job.
1042 2 5 1 1 2 2 36 15.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 68.00 55.00 I feel that the work-life balance comes from the top, as far as supervisors. That we, as athletic trainers do a poor job of working efficiently and covering the necessary coverage obligations that make it easier for staff to have a life outside of their job. I cu
ently work in a position were I am underpaid and my skill set in under utilized. I have been discriminated against based on gender on positions, titles changes, as well as pay raises. I feel that if I am ever in a director role I will make sure to maintain a staff that has adequate work-life balance and that the responsibilities of each staff member will be congruent with their every changing skill set.
1043 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 14.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 60.00 35.00 n/a
1044 2 7 2 1 5 2 38 12.00 1.00 3.25 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 65.00 45.00
1045 1 7 1 1 2 2 35 12.00 1.00 2.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1400.00 1400.00 As an Athletic Trainer for Football, the demands for student athletes seem to be increasing. Even though the NCAA is working on autonomy for student athletes I feel there could be more. Mandatory month off of competition etc.
1046 1 5 1 1 2 2 26 2.00 2.00 1.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 70.00 40.00 Higher positions take advantage of lower level employees
1047 2 5 1 1 2 2 37 14.00 3.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 85.00 65.00 It all depends on the coaches that I work with. If they treat me as part of the team/staff i feel better about the season and all of the demands. If the coaching staff treats me like an outsider and makes communication hard, the season is harder to deal with
1048 1 5 1 1 2 2 39 15.00 1.00 3.22 4.40 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 60.00 60.00
1049 2 5 1 1 2 2 31 8.00 2.00 2.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00 You have to make the balance or it won't happen.
1050 1 5 1 1 2 1 36 8.50 1.00 3.00 2.00 2 2 4 1 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
1051 1 5 1 1 3 2 55 26.00 2.00 2.33 3.20 4 4 1 2 5 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 80.00 30.00
1052 2 5 1 1 2 2 29 5.00 2.00 2.67 2.80 2 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 45.00 40.00 My experience working at 2 institutions has been dramatically different. I feel as though I would have answered many of those work-life
urnout questions differently at my former place of work. I believe office culture has a lot to do with the pressure I felt to have or not have a work life balance. I also think maturing in the position has helped me become more confident about actually having a balance. When you are new to a position or place of work, you want to be seen as a "yes" person and a worker. Now that I feel confident people know that I am good at my job, I am able to manage my outside life better.
1053 2 3 1 1 5 2 27 4.50 2.00 2.67 1.80 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00 Working on a doctorate degree as well as trying to balance work and home life
1054 1 3 1 1 1 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 443.00 43.00 none
1055 2 5 2 1 2 2 39 16.00 2.00 2.89 3.20 4 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 40.00 35.00 Feel underappreciated for the pay I receive. I should be making about $15-20K more per year but I take off work around 3:15pm 3 days per week to get my kids. I still work from home at night most nights so the trade off isn't that great of a trade off to me.
1056 1 5 1 1 2 2 38 16.00 3.00 3.11 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 55.00 40.00 Establishing good relationships with the coaches you work with can help significantly with work-life balance, especially with regard to scheduling and off days.
1057 1 5 1 1 2 2 40 19.00 3.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 45.00
1058 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 9.00 2.00 3.44 4.50 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 45.00 40.00
1059 2 3 1 1 2 2 35 12.00 3.00 3.11 3.80 4 2 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 65.00 50.00 n/a
1060 1 5 1 1 2 2 34 8.00 2.00 2.67 4.60 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00
1061 2 5 1 1 2 2 39 12.00 1.00 2.78 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00 It isn't easy.
1062 2 5 1 1 2 2 38 15.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 70.00 45.00 Though it is stressful and, at times, all-consuming, there are many benefits to working in athletics such as unique travel experiences, family-friendly environment and flexible schedules.
1063 1 5 1 1 2 2 41 20.00 3.00 2.78 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 4 70.00 40.00
1064 1 5 1 1 2 2 41 19.00 3.00 3.11 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 4 1 4 4 70.00 50.00 I hate my job and regret choosing this career path on a daily basis.
1065 1 5 1 1 2 2 37 13.00 2.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 80.00 60.00
1066 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 15.00 2.00 2.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 1 3 55.00 45.00
1067 1 5 1 1 5 2 34 10.00 1.00 1.89 2.80 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 64.00 45.00
1068 1 5 1 1 2 2 26 3.00 1.00 2.56 2.20 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 50.00 40.00
1069 2 5 1 1 2 2 32 10.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 1 3 70.00 40.00
1070 1 5 1 1 2 2 30 9.00 2.00 2.22 3.00 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 80.00 50.00
1071 1 5 1 1 2 2 43 13.00 1.00 2.11 2.80 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 50.00 40.00 I feel that I have a great work/life balance with the teams I work with and associated flexibility accorded by their respective schedules as well as the amount of staff available within our Sports Med dept.
1072 1 4 1 1 2 2 61 35.00 2.00 2.78 3.80 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 75.00 50.00 Things happen in cycles and phases... send this questionnaire to me in late may or June and I probably have some different answers... There is great Joy in the days where it's "All Dad All Day" and might be why I like to vacation out of the country with my family... I don't have a problem putting work behind me at times but there are times when it need to be a focus and I am thankful that my family seems to understand..... I also am lucky enough to have those around me who do feel the same way... and occasionally together we adjust practice times to allow staff members to attend a family "event" (My daughter is playing Volleyball in the state tournament Thursday and we have adjust practice so that I may attend)...
Best wishes for getting data.
1073 1 2 1 1 2 2 42 10.00 3.00 2.33 3.40 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 600.00 0.00
1074 1 3 1 1 2 2 31 9.00 2.00 2.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 65.00 45.00
1075 1 5 1 1 2 2 50 17.00 2.00 2.22 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3
1076 1 5 1 1 2 2 42 22.00 1.00 1.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 500.00 300.00 Everyone always needs more staff and more help, but we seldom get it!!!
1077 1 5 1 1 2 2 32 7.00 1.00 3.44 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 55.00 40.00
1078 2 5 1 1 2 2 28 5.00 2.00 3.44 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 60.00 40.00 leave for child birth is completely unreasonable. I gave birth last November and the way maternity leave was handled was awful. Male colleagues who welcomed babies in our dept were treated even worse, getting only a few days away from work and told that they would get a flexible schedule (ie; part time, etc) and this was not followed through.
1079 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 13.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 75.00 50.00 It can be fun, rewarding, and worth while working with athletes. However as the NCAA allows for increased practice/contact hours the demands are becoming near impossible to keep up. Many departments are understaffed, therefore we are often times having to ca
y the workload of 2-3 people.
1080 1 5 1 1 2 2 33 10.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 55.00 45.00
1081 1 5 1 1 2 2 38 15.00 1.00 2.00 4.60 5 4 5 5 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 85.00 70.00 Having a partner and a boss understanding of my work and importance of family has really helped maintain a positive balance between work and home.
1082 1 8 1 1 2 2 35 12.00 1.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 4 75.00 60.00 It's extremely difficult to be a complete father and be involved in your children's activities not only at night and weekends in season but most frustratingly out of season which isn't fair to them or our spouses.
1083 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 12.00 3.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00 I am a mother of 2 children ages 4 & 1. My husband also works in college athletics (not in athletic training). I changed positions when we started a family to work at a D3 school with an ATP as an athletic traine
preceptor so my schedule was more manageable and family friendly. My husband continues to work at a D1 power 5 conference school with very demanding hours and lots of travel and therefore I am my children's primary caregiver. I'm not taking anything away from how hard men work in the AT field or how important fathers are to their children, but as a mother and a woman I feel a tremendous strain to give my all to my own children and spouse as well as to my students and athletes. There are many days when I need to leave work to pick up my children and must leave work tasks unfinished. There are also times I sacrifice time with my children to either catch up on work or do something extra for my athletes outside of work hours. I think the pressure placed on women to be a "good mom" is nearly impossible to reconcile with the pervasive attitude towards female athletic trainers that "this is what you signed up for". I have lasted 12 years in this profession with a ma
iage and 2 children but I think when my kids get school age and begin their own activities that I will no longer be willing to sacrifice the time spent with them to care for and teach other people's children.
1084 1 5 1 1 2 2 33 7.00 1.00 2.33 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 60.00 35.00
1085 2 4 1 1 2 2 30 6.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 1440.00 960.00
1086 1 5 1 1 2 1 47 24.00 1.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 1 4 70.00 50.00
1087 1 5 1 1 2 2 46 20.00 1.00 2.89 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 90.00 65.00 It's impossible to do everything you want to do with your family and still be the athletic trainer you feel your team needs you to be. One side will always suffer to some degree. The "balance" is which side suffers at what time.
1088 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 10.00 2.00 2.67 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 2 4 80.00 80.00
1089 2 5 1 1 2 2 31 6.00 2.00 3.22 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 70.00 40.00 If Athletics had night time daycare it would make everything much easier!
1090 2 5 1 1 2 1 38 16.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 45.00 37.50 I have a 2 year old son and this has been my hardest year. As he is getting older and demanding more of my time I am finding it much harder to find a work/life balance.
1091 2 5 1 1 3 2 37 6.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 900.00 2000.00
1092 1 5 1 1 2 2 36 6.00 1.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 60.00 40.00
1093 1 5 1 1 2 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 60.00 45.00
1094 2 5 1 1 2 2 35 13.00 3.00 1.89 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1600.00 400.00 I have learned to schedule work hours that benefit me. Example work 8 hours a day and schedule shorter days if possible. Sometimes a I work 10 hour days therefore the next day I may only work 7 to balance it out. When I am at work I am at work when I am at home I am at home
1095 1 5 1 1 2 2 47 18.00 2.00 2.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 75.00 50.00
1096 1 5 1 1 2 2 28 8.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 50.00
1097 2 5 1 1 2 2 46 2.00 3.00 1.56 2.40 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 25.00 25.00 I have chosen to work part time in order to keep the balance between lmy home life and my work life and it works very well. When I worked full-time it was much more difficult
1098 1 5 1 1 2 2 55 8.00 3.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 75.00 20.00 To some extent I knew that this is what was about. Always taxing and rewarding at the same time.
1099 2 5 1 1 2 2 36 11.00 1.00 3.22 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 65.00 55.00 no
1100 2 5 1 1 2 2 38 16.00 3.00 2.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 600.00 240.00 As an ATC we work Holidays with no extra pay, the hours depend on if games are away or home.
1101 1 5 1 1 2 2 31 8.00 3.00 2.44 3.40 4 2 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 62.50 50.00
1102 2 5 1 1 2 2 35 5.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 60.00 40.00 The most important aspect of work-life balance is having leadership that supports it and demonstrates it. Both of these (support and demonstration) allow employees to fill empowered to create balance for themselves.
1103 2 5 1 1 2 2 38 5.00 1.00 2.11 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 90.00 40.00
1104 2 5 1 2 1 46 6.00 1.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 45.00 45.00 The work is seasonal so there are gaps like July where vacation / family time can be experienced
1105 2 5 1 1 1 2 32 10.00 1.00 3.67 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 50.00 50.00
1106 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.56 3.20 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 45.00 35.00
1107 2 5 1 1 3 2 42 13.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 4 60.00 60.00
1108 2 5 1 1 2 2 40 12.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 50.00 50.00 It does not matter if you are single, ma
ied, with children, or without, it is a demanding business and it seems that you are expected to drop everything and be available whenever needed, whether by text, phone, email, or in person. If you are not, then you are perceived as not committed to the job and the "stakeholders" will move on to the next person who is willing or has the time to drop everything for them. I think this is what leads to such high burn out and high stress levels. Federal labor laws and employee protections very loosely apply.
1109 1 5 1 1 2 2 35 4.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 65.00 50.00 work-life balance, LOL
1110 1 5 1 1 2 2 41 4.00 2.00 2.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 40.00 40.00 My young children are the main cause for stress and issues. I feel like my job is a great fit with flexible hours. I believe that the work-life balance will only improve as my children become more self sufficient.
1111 2 5 1 1 2 2 30 5.00 2.00 2.56 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
1112 1 5 1 1 2 2 41 6.00 2.00 2.78 3.20 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 40.00 40.00
1113 2 5 1 1 2 2 42 9.00 2.00 2.22 1.80 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 45.00 40.00
1114 1 5 1 1 2 2 40 15.00 2.00 3.22 2.20 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 50.00 50.00 This job is a great one. The stress that comes with it is based on the Leadership you have at your University. Good leadership can make it so you don't burn out and you enjoy your work. Social Media and reality based entertainment has changed the way college sports works. The two roads a University can take are very different in doing what is best for all involved.
1115 1 5 1 1 2 2 43 9.00 2.00 2.78 2.20 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
1116 1 5 1 2 2 2 61 25.00 1.00 2.44 4.20 5 4 3 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00 The work requires day, night and weekend hours. Also, the most difficult aspects are last-minute requests and schedule changes, usually by basketball and football coaches.
1117 1 5 1 5 2 2 50 10.00 1.00 2.89 3.00 4 3 3 2 3 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 50.00 40.00
1118 2 5 1 4 1 2 57 31.00 1.00 2.89 3.40 4 2 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 50.00 40.00
1119 2 8 1 2 5 1 57 5.00 1.00 2.22 3.20 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 60.00 40.00 You must have passion for your work and an positive attitude toward life.
1120 1 5 3 2 2 2 58 12.00 1.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 55.00 45.00 Culture of work all the time or they will get someone who will is throughout
1121 2 5 1 2 2 1 58 8.00 2.00 2.67 2.20 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 35.00 20.00
1122 1 5 1 4 2 2 58 37.00 1.00 2.78 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 60.00 40.00 It is very hard to have work-life balance working in intercollegiate athletics. Number of sports and duties su
ounding those sports continue to expand, while budgets tighten.
1123 1 5 1 5 2 1 56 33.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 60.00 30.00 we are driven to do what we do and most of us do not make what we should.
1124 1 5 1 2 2 2 73 48.00 1.00 2.00 1.80 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 45.00 40.00
1125 2 8 2 3 2 67 10.00 2.00 3.89 1.80 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 40.00 40.00
1126 2 3 1 2 3 2 51 17.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 50.00 401.00
1127 2 5 1 2 2 1 58 9.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 5 4 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 45.00 45.00 Intercollegiate athletics never has a "down" time.
1128 2 5 1 2 2 1 68 13.00 1.00 1.89 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 29.00 29.00 My position is part-time, 29 hrs. or less per week. No benefits, except Worker's Compensation. Retired from full-time position at Virginia Tech and landed this awesome job. Summer 2015 my Mother became quite ill from a bad gall bladder. I had to be off from work a lot that summer, and my time away was never questioned. Athletics here at VT is very accommodating for fulfilling work-life balances.
1129 2 5 3 2 2 2 62 20.00 1.00 2.56 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 1776.00 1776.00
1130 2 5 1 5 2 2 40 16.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 700.00 500.00
1131 2 7 1 4 1 2 50 27.00 2.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 45.00 40.00
1132 1 5 1 5 2 2 59 9.00 2.00 3.67 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 40.00
1133 1 5 1 5 2 1 50 10.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 60.00 40.00 Outside of "normal" working hours adds much to the balance issue. To get things done, you need to be there during 8-5 but the coaching aspect goes well beyond that and adds at least an additional 4 hours per day or 15+ hours per week.
1134 2 5 1 1 5 2 51 5.00 3.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 40.00 40.00
1135 2 5 1 1 2 2 41 1.00 3.00 1.89 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 40.00 40.00
1136 2 5 1 2 2 2 62 43.00 1.00 1.33 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 47.00 37.50
1137 2 5 1 2 2 2 55 23.00 1.00 3.11 3.80 4 2 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 2 40.00 40.00 Honestly though, there are probably more rewards than downfalls, but still stressful.
1138 2 5 1 2 2 1 57 30.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 50.00 40.00 No.
1139 2 5 1 2 2 2 66 14.00 2.00 1.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1140 2 5 1 2 2 1 53 4.00 1.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 4 47.00 47.00
1141 2 5 1 2 3 2 55 20.00 2.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 no
1142 1 5 1 2 2 1 49 20.00 1.00 2.67 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 50.00 35.00
1143 2 5 1 4 2 2 56 15.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2
1144 1 2 1 4 1 2 55 29.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 65.00 50.00
1145 1 5 1 2 2 2 62 9.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 4 2 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 4 1 4
1146 2 5 1 2 1 2 57 10.00 2.00 2.44 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00
1147 1 5 1 2 2 2 54 15.00 1.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 60.00 60.00
1148 2 5 1 5 2 2 45 20.00 1.00 1.78 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 40.00 40.00
1149 2 5 1 5 2 1 57 32.00 1.00 3.00 2.20 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 1 2 50.00 30.00
1150 2 5 1 2 2 1 52 6.00 2.00 2.89 2.20 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 2000.00 2000.00 It seems the department is very top heavy with administrators who push paper but don't actually do any work which means the work gets "dumped" on the staff.
1151 2 3 1 5 2 61 10.00 1.00 3.33 2.80 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2088.00 2088.00
1152 2 5 1 4 2 2 61 10.00 2.00 3.33 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 55.00 3.00
1153 2 5 1 2 3 2 58 3.00 1.00 2.44 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00
1154 1 5 1 2 2 1 62 1.00 2.00 2.56 1.80 2 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 3 45.00 40.00 Expanded Flex time
1155 1 5 1 2 2 2 53 7.00 2.00 3.78 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 70.00 45.00 under staffed with expectations that are above , budget and schedule and windows to preform duties in a fair manor.
1156 1 5 3 2 2 2 64 20.00 1.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 50.00 40.00
1157 2 5 1 2 2 1 54 16.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 61.00 50.00 You must love your job or the athletes or you would not do it just for money.
1158 2 5 1 5 1 2 71 30.00 1.00 2.78 4.40 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 2400.00 2400.00 The lack of equanimity in treatment of support staff borders on being inhumane. Wage disparity is monumental. And women administrators do not advocate for their support staff choosing to exercise sycophantic allegiance to the AD and his coterie. Nepotism reigns and favoritism is more the rule than the exception. Coaches have free rein and abuse the system at every given chance.
1159 2 5 1 2 2 2 46 0.50 2.00 3.00 2.40 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 41.00
1160 1 5 1 4 3 2 51 27.00 2.00 2.67 4.60 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 80.00 50.00 It's getting worse, no off seasons. They are constantly doing something off season conditioning, spring ball, summer workouts
1161 1 5 1 2 2 1 55 29.00 1.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 4 3 3 4 60.00 45.00 The respect for my position is lacking. Anything the higher ups do not want to do or look after falls on us. So do their great ideas that take immense effort to pull off.
1162 1 5 1 1 2 2 49 22.00 1.00 2.78 1.80 1 1 1 1 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 50.00 45.00
1163 1 5 1 4 1 1 57 32.00 2.00 2.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
1164 1 5 1 2 3 2 58 16.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 75.00 60.00
1165 1 3 1 2 2 1 56 1.00 2.00 2.33 3.00 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 45.00 40.00
1166 2 5 1 5 3 2 50 1.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 60.00 50.00 It is definitely a struggle with a family, especially in a divorced scenario.
1167 2 5 1 2 2 2 49 3.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 48.00 10.00 The 2 listed above is actually 1 college and 1 high school. I was a high school coach for 25 years.
The difference is 3 times as many hours. And much less organization at the college level. My personal experience anyway.
1168 2 2 1 2 5 1 62 10.00 3.00 4.00 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 60.00
1169 1 5 1 2 2 1 52 17.00 1.00 2.78 2.40 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 8.00 40.00
1170 2 5 1 2 2 2 57 5.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 55.00 45.00
1171 2 5 1 5 3 2 48 10.00 2.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 40.00 40.00
1172 2 5 1 2 2 2 54 31.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 47.00 40.00
1173 2 5 1 2 2 2 54 5.00 1.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 50.00 40.00 I LOVE WORKING IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS!
1174 2 7 1 2 2 2 43 20.00 1.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2200.00 420.00
1175 1 5 1 2 2 2 68 35.00 2.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 800.00 500.00 Must enjoy you work as an athletic trainer. The rewards of helping athletes return to participation are strong.
1176 2 5 1 4 1 1 62 38.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 60.00 30.00
1177 1 5 1 2 2 2 61 38.00 1.00 2.56 3.40 4 2 2 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 50.00 30.00
1178 1 5 1 2 2 2 52 27.00 2.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 50.00
1179 2 5 2 4 2 1 45 23.00 1.00 2.22 2.60 4 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 70.00 60.00
1180 1 5 5 1 48 25.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 84.00 62.00
1181 2 5 1 2 3 2 63 24.00 1.00 2.67 2.40 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 45.00 40.00 Monthly salaried employees are asked to work many hours with no additional pay causing many of them to have to have a second job outside of athletics to help with the cost of living.
1182 2 5 1 2 2 1 54 0.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 Just started: In week three so questions were hard to answer.
1183 2 5 1 2 2 1 58 14.00 3.00 3.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 50.00 60.00 I do not see much of a work-life balance among my colleagues
1184 2 5 1 2 2 2 45 1.00 2.00 2.56 1.80 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 45.00 Some of my co-workers have young children and I can see how the job can interfere with family life during the season. I also can understand why some co-workers my age have younger children, due to getting to a higher position and putting in the hours at an earlier age.
1185 1 5 1 1 2 2 51 22.00 3.00 1.78 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 40.00 40.00
1186 1 5 1 1 2 2 59 36.00 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 40.00
1187 1 5 1 2 2 2 54 27.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 55.00 40.00
1188 1 5 1 2 2 68 27.00 2.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 the lack of additional resources and manpower in my department has always made it very difficult to meet the demands of 18 teams. with the addition of another full time or twp part time workers to share the load it would possibly free up some of my time to allow me to spend more personal time and allow me to "recharge" to be more effective my work situation and more importantly spend more quality time with my family . . the stress of this has wore deeply on my relationships at home. especially with my wife.
1189 2 5 2 4 2 2 56 30.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 2193.00 2193.00 I am obviously a long-timer...still work for approx. 15 Olympic sports.
1190 2 5 1 2 2 2 47 12.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 30.00 30.00
1191 2 5 1 5 3 2 41 1.00 2.00 2.00 1.40 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 37.50 37.50 I'm paid hourly. Work-life balance is relatively easy to achieve when over-time is not expected nor encouraged. However, sometimes emotional strains from personal relationships make it difficult to be happy, energized, engaged, and enthusiastic at work.
1192 2 5 1 4 1 1 64 5.00 2.00 2.44 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 20.00 0.00 I am a part-time employee
1193 2 5 1 2 3 2 50 6.00 2.00 2.11 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00 My balance is much different with cu
ent job as I am in Student Success rather than the athletic department. Prior employment was very exhausting and my answers would have been completely opposite of my answers today. Been at new position for 6 months. I also do not have family that I need to balance work with.
1194 2 5 1 5 2 2 52 26.00 2.00 2.67 2.00 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1
1195 2 5 1 4 1 2 56 29.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 60.00 40.00 coaches are permitted to change practice times/dates at any time with no regard for support staff schedules.
1196 2 5 2 4 2 1 54 30.00 2.00 2.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 40.00
1197 1 5 1 2 2 2 58 35.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1198 2 5 1 1 2 2 48 23.00 1.00 2.44 3.20 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 65.00 50.00
1199 2 5 1 1 2 2 43 19.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 60.00 40.00 Part of it really depends on the head coach and their take on family and work life balance. I am very fortunate to have a head coach that understands the importance of having both a successful career and a successful family life
1200 1 5 1 2 2 2 59 35.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 70.00 40.00
1201 1 5 1 2 2 2 53 31.00 2.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 70.00 60.00
1202 2 5 1 1 2 2 34 11.00 2.00 2.11 3.00 4 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 60.00 40.00
1203 2 5 1 1 2 2 46 22.00 1.00 2.33 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 70.00 60.00
1204 1 5 1 4 2 2 65 41.00 1.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 50.00 40.00
1205 2 5 1 1 2 2 49 25.00 1.00 2.44 3.00 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 45.00 45.00
1206 1 5 1 1 2 2 51 23.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 60.00 45.00
1207 2 5 1 5 2 2 49 20.00 3.00 3.22 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 25.00 20.00 Can't find a full time AT job, have to supplement with another part-time job.
1208 1 5 1 5 2 1 57 33.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 60.00 40.00 DI has silly expectations for little pay
1209 1 5 1 5 2 2 53 28.00 1.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 70.00 55.00 There has constantly been an increase of time required for work by coaches and athletes wants.
1210 2 5 2 1 5 1 43 15.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 40.00 40.00 there's never enough time in the day.
1211 1 5 1 2 2 2 47 26.00 2.00 2.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 70.00 50.00
1212 2 5 2 4 1 1 55 30.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 50.00
1213 2 5 1 2 2 1 64 3.00 2.00 2.11 1.80 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 40.00
1214 2 5 1 2 5 2 64 12.00 2.00 2.22 3.60 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 3
1215 2 5 1 2 2 2 61 14.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 2 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 My position is non-exempt. However, I was told when I began that job that I would have to work some overtime, but that I would get comp time rather than overtime pay. That has enabled me to have some flexibility with my hours to continue doing some activities I enjoy as ho
ies during work hours, like a couple of hours once a month. I see the long hours that athletic trainers put in and do not envy their work hours!
1216 2 5 1 5 2 1 55 8.00 2.00 2.22 2.20 2 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
1217 2 4 1 2 2 1 51 7.00 2.00 1.89 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 40.00 35.00
1218 2 5 1 1 2 2 45 20.00 1.00 3.67 3.60 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 43.00 37.00 It can be hard to balance child schedule with work during football season, I find myself working earlier to leave earlier to get child to athletic events that he is involved in.
1219 2 5 1 2 2 1 61 10.00 2.00 2.78 2.80 4 2 1 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 60.00 40.00 The sometime sudden and often distu
ing change in team staff are very hard.
1220 2 5 1 2 3 1 57 31.00 3.00 1.22 2.40 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 30.00 10.00 no
1221 2 5 1 2 2 55 36.00 1.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 40.00 40.00
1222 2 2 1 4 2 2 69 31.00 1.00 2.25 1.60 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00 It takes a special and extraordinary person to work in the Athletic Department (Football). You have to be able to work with all kinds of personalities and not take everything personally. I started with Coach McCartney, then Neuheisel, then Barnett, then Hawkins, then Em
ee and now MacIntyre. I am fortunate to last this long and stay in one department (Football). I enjoy what I am doing and working with the Football Staff.
1223 2 5 1 2 3 2 66 21.00 2.00 2.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00 In my earlier years of working on campus I did experience the stress of work/family. My life situation is different now and my work is different and not stressful.
1224 2 5 1 2 2 1 63 20.00 2.00 1.89 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 600.00 1480.00
1225 2 8 1 2 2 1 57 11.00 2.00 2.33 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
1226 2 7 1 5 2 1 55 20.00 3.00 2.44 1.80 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2
1227 2 5 1 2 2 1 54 7.00 1.00 2.00 1.80 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 47.00 40.00
1228 2 5 1 2 2 2 53 15.00 2.00 3.11 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 8.00 8.00 I am an hourly employee and am not allowed to work overtime. Sometimes I get frustrated with the amount of work I have and not being able to work overtime to complete it. I always feel like I am behind the "8 ball".
1229 2 4 1 2 2 2 51 1.00 3.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 40.00 40.00
1230 2 5 1 5 2 2 44 10.00 2.00 2.33 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 40.00 40.00
1231 2 5 1 2 3 2 64 25.00 1.00 2.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 3 2 4 1 40.00 35.00 I am entering my final two years of work. I am finding it harder and harder to get excited about my job. Until this past year, I had loved my job and all it entailed. Now I am constantly thinking of my retirement date and wondering if I will make it. When my children were smaller, as a divorced, single parent, I could not find time to do everything. But now that I am alone, I am finding it easier and easier to get my chores at home done and find leisure time for myself.
1232 2 5 1 2 3 2 64 0.00 1.00 3.00 3.40 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1233 2 5 1 2 2 1 59 18.00 3.00 2.11 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
1234 2 5 1 2 2 2 59 34.00 1.00 2.11 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 50.00 45.00
1235 2 5 1 2 2 2 59 14.00 1.00 2.44 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 2 55.00 45.00 Working in athletics is challenging, demanding and can be exhausting, but the interaction with the coaches and athletes is the payoff. There is the excitement of game days, the anticipation of season beginning and ending and the ups and downs with the season itself. It is wearing on the body and
ain, but worth it all and I cannot imagine myself in any other work environment.
1236 2 5 1 4 1 1 58 34.00 1.00 2.89 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 9.00 9.00 I am 12-15 months from retiring. My answers would be much different if I had to continue much longer in this work force. I consider myself to be lucky to be this close to getting out. Things have certainly changed in 34 years and not always for the better.
1237 2 5 1 5 2 1 53 14.00 2.00 2.33 3.00 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 425.00 380.00
1238 2 5 1 2 2 2 45 1.00 2.00 2.78 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 3 40.00 40.00
1239 2 5 1 2 2 1 50 14.00 1.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 52.00 52.00
1240 2 5 1 1 2 2 60 12.00 1.00 3.33 4.40 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 65.00 40.00 I understand the hours needed for the Athletics but the office I work in we are all year round (Sport camps and clinics- all year round with the greatest impact in the summer). We keep getting more work added to our workload and no extra help. I feel like I am doing HR work and I do not work for the HR department.
1241 2 5 1 2 1 1 61 4.00 2.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
1242 2 5 1 2 2 1 53 13.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 In my line of work, I work with a lot of different personalities... All coaches have different work-ethics and personalities. My job is never boring!
1243 2 5 1 1 2 2 37 8.00 1.00 1.89 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1244 2 5 1 2 2 2 67 20.00 2.00 2.33 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 40.00 40.00 An intercollegiate athletics department is only as good as it's administration starting with the athletic director. I have worked for 2 in my 20 years here. One retired in 2010 and still continues to be on campus by teaching and stays involved with the coaches and student-athletes showing caring for everyone he encounters. In his 7 years here, the second AD has lost some major staff due to the direction the department is now headed in - at last count it was over 80 - to say there is no moral in the department now is an understatement!
1245 2 5 1 2 2 2 56 6.00 1.00 2.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 40.00 40.00
1246 2 5 1 4 2 1 66 25.00 1.00 2.44 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 6.00 3.00
1247 2 5 1 5 2 2 52 11.00 1.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 50.00 40.00
1248 2 5 1 5 2 2 43 8.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 1 4 50.00 50.00 I have become very discouraged by the phrase "Athletics is not a job; its' a lifestyle." That implies that it is my life and is expected to be my whole life. While that may work if I was a 25 year old man, I am not. As a strong employee, but also a wife and mom, the expectation that my job is more important than the people in my life is where I believe the source of any job exhaustion begins.
1249 1 5 1 5 2 2 65 8.00 3.00 2.22 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 500.00 20.00 I'm retired. The job I do is a supplemental position (neither part-time nor full time). I receive a stipend. I enjoy my job with working young people. I meet with athletes during study table sessions, monitor their academic course work and mentor them with strategies for improving their study habits and grades. At this time my work-life balance is pretty much under my control and at my discretion.
1250 2 5 1 5 2 1 52 25.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 55.00 55.00
1251 1 5 1 5 2 1 51 12.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 40.00 40.00
1252 1 3 1 2 1 2 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 45.00
1253 2 3 1 2 1 2 9.00 1.00 2.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 60.00 60.00
1254 2 5 1 4 1 2 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.20 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 40.00 40.00
1255 2 5 1 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 70.00 40.00
1256 2 4 1 4 5 2 6.00 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 4 3 4 4 60.00 50.00
1257 2 5 1 2 5 2 22.00 1.00 2.22 2.40 3 2 2 2 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 50.00 40.00 It should be a "given" that some times and schedules require more hours, which in my case are compensated for by having time off at later dates of my choosing. I have an awesome job with awesome coaches and am working well past the "usual" retirement age, and I'm very happy that I'm still here! In addition, like most surveys, there are answers that don't give a chance for explanation or should perhaps be an N/A response, and that opportunity isn't available.
1258 1 5 1 1 2 2 39 13.00 1.00 2.33 4.20 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 55.00 45.00 It's tough to keep the work-life balance with college athletics since the events are in the evenings and on the weekends. A lot of times I have friends leaving work early during the week to pick up their kids, go to happy hour, or dinner with friends/family. With their careers they are able to finish their work later in the evening since it's e-mails or other related projects they can do from a computer or home.
1259 1 5 1 1 2 2 10.00 3.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 85.00 40.00 The demands and expectations continue to increase, the staffing stays the same. That combined with student that have underdeveloped coping mechanisms is making it harder and harder to have a life and family outside of work. As the profession evolves we need to make sure our (the profession as a whole) aspirations do not create a work na
ative that can not be delivered on. Cu
ently I wo
y our professional drive to evolve is creating an unsustainable environment for everyone that falls outside of the DI and professional setting.
1260 1 5 1 1 2 2 10.00 3.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 65.00 30.00 As is the case with athletic training in most places. I feel we are alway under staffed and challenged to provide equal care across athletics to in season or out of season athletes. Also, under compensated for the amount of work, and time it takes to provide quality care to student athletes at a small liberal arts college.
1261 1 5 1 1 2 2 7.00 2.00 3.33 3.40 4 4 2 2 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 55.00 40.00 winning helps. family feel at work is a helpful coping emchanism when missing out on personal/family events
1262 1 8 1 4 2 2 1.50 3.00 3.56 4.00 4 4 5 2 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 55.00 30.00 Working in athletics you know going into it you may work weird/long hours depending on your position and school size.
1263 2 5 1 1 2 2 8.00 1.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 75.00 40.00
1264 2 5 1 4 2 2 46 23.00 1.00 2.89 2.40 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00
1265 1 8 1 2 2 1 2.00 2.44 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2
1266 1 5 1 1 2 2 33 8.00 2.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 1 4 65.00 45.00
1267 1 5 1 4 5 2 8.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 60.00
1268 2 5 1 4 1 1 41 20.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 60.00 50.00
1269 2 5 1 4 5 2 3.00 1.00 2.78 2.75 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 60.00 50.00 If you love what you do, the hours, long nights, and sacrifices are worth it.
To have a good work life balance you have to make time for your family and not be afraid to take time off to spend time with your loved ones.
1270 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 70.00 60.00
1271 1 5 1 1 2 2 11.00 2.00 2.33 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 3 2 2 4 1 2 1 4 70.00 40.00
1272 2 5 1 2 2 1 60 1.00 2.56 1.60 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2200.00 2200.00 Not myself but many other areas work a huge number of hours on a weekly basis including weekends: Sports Communications, Promotions, Event Management, Trainers, coaches, those directly related to a sport. I've been in HR for 27 years. The survey question about number of years wouldn't accept 27...haha
1273 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 10.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 85.00 60.00
1274 1 5 1 3 2 2 12.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
1275 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 2.00 3.00 3.67 3.20 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
1276 1 5 1 5 2 2 25.00 2.00 2.11 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
1277 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 4.00 2.00 2.56 2.40 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 80.00 50.00 I am cu
ently single but imagine that some of my answers would change as I look to start a family.
Those hours of work are per week.
1278 2 2 2 63 5.00 2.00 3.11 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 11.00 7.00
1279 1 5 1 2 2 2 10.00 1.00 2.44 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 45.00 40.00
1280 1 4 1 4 1 2 32.00 2.00 3.11 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 75.00 45.00
1281 1 5 1 1 2 2 6.00 3.00 3.11 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 3200.00 500.00
1282 1 5 1 4 1 2 15.00 2.00 3.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 65.00 50.00 It is getting worse before it will ever get better.
1283 1 4 1 2 14.00 2.00 2.22 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 70.00 40.00
1284 2 5 1 1 2 2 15.00 1.00 3.33 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 55.00 45.00
1285 1 5 1 4 5 2 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 60.00 35.00
1286 1 8 3 1 2 2 8.00 1.00 2.11 2.60 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 40.00 40.00
1287 1 5 1 4 1 2 17.00 1.00 3.88 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 50.00
1288 1 5 1 5 2 2 15.00 2.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 40.00 40.00
1289 1 5 1 1 2 2 20.00 1.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 60.00 60.00
1290 2 3 1 4 1 2 2.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 50.00
1291 1 5 1 1 3 2 27.00 1.00 3.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 80.00 60.00 the work is the work...
1292 1 3 1 4 2 2 38 6.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 5 4 4 5 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 65.00 50.00 Id would be nice to work in an environment that valued you from a compensation standpoint. Globally my department in undervalued with respect to the job we do, the hours we work, and the people we have to deal with on a daily basis. in the case here to get a mediocre salary I have to work 2 jobs. Im also an adjunct professor.
1293 1 3 1 5 2 2 12.00 2.00 3.44 3.40 4 4 2 2 5 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 50.00 40.00
1294 1 5 1 2 2 3.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 5 4 4 2 5 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 80.00 80.00 Love my jo
1295 1 4 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 3.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 70.00 55.00
1296 1 5 1 5 2 2 8.00 2.00 3.89 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 60.00
1297 2 5 1 1 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00
1299 2 5 1 4 1 2 3.00 3.00 3.22 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 65.00 40.00
1300 1 4 1 4 2 2 25 3.00 2.00 3.78 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 50.00 30.00 Cu
ently as part time employee but the amount of work I am responsible for does not come close to being a part time employee.
1301 1 3 1 2 2 2 45 24.00 2.00 2.44 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 12.00 6.00
1303 2 2 2 2 3.00 1.00 2.56 1.60 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 3 1 2 40.00 40.00
1305 2 5 3 4 1 2 1.00 2.00 2.56 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
1306 1 5 1 1 2 2 13.00 2.00 3.33 4.60 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 60.00 50.00 I've experienced 6 seasons in Division 1 and 7 seasons in Division 3 athletics. There scale of work-life balance in Division 1 is far from equal.
1307 2 7 1 4 5 2 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 60.00 45.00
1308 2 3 1 1 2 2 11.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
1310 1 5 1 4 5 2 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
1311 1 3 1 2 2 2 10.00 2.00 2.67 3.00 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 2600.00 600.00 Need more balance with life.
Should not have to sit in the office all day when work can get done at home on the computer.
Recruiting is different but shouldn’t have to be in the office for a log period of time in this profession.
1312 1 3 3 4 1 1 1.00 2.00 2.22 2.40 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00 N/a
1313 1 3 1 2 5 2 10.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 90.00 55.00
1314 1 2 1 4 1 2 4.00 3.00 2.11 2.20 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 40.00 15.00
1315 1 5 1 3 2 2 2.00 3.11 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
1316 1 5 1 4 2 2 2.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 4 4 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 60.00 40.00
1317 1 5 1 4 1 2 3.00 3.00 2.67 3.40 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1000.00 1000.00
1318 1 5 1 4 2 2 17.00 1.00 3.38 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 2 4 70.00 60.00
1319 1 5 1 4 5 2 5.00 3.00 3.11 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 4 65.00 35.00
1320 1 5 1 4 1 1 7.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 4 I am paid below minimum wage based on my salary and the hours we work.
1321 1 5 1 4 1 2 0.00 2.00 3.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 60.00 30.00
1322 1 5 1 1 2 2 11.00 2.00 2.78 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 2 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 15.00 10.00
1323 1 5 1 1 2 2 17.00 3.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 85.00 25.00
1324 1 5 1 2 2 2 30.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 100.00 80.00
1325 1 5 1 1 2 2 17.00 1.00 3.44 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 70.00 40.00 You have to incorporate your family into your work, and it's possible in our profession. I don't get quantity of time so I do my best to get quality of time.
1326 1 5 9.00 2.00 2.33 1.80 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 11.00 40.00
1327 2 5 1 4 1 2 4.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 60.00 30.00
1328 1 5 1 4 5 2 6.00 3.00 3.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 70.00 50.00
1329 2 3 4 1 4.00 2.00 2.78 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 1 3
1330 1 5 1 4 1 2 1.00 1.00 2.22 1.80 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 200.00 100.00
1331 1 5 1 2 2 1 30.00 3.00 2.89 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 65.00 40.00 We try to adjust as best we can. I was fortunate that while my sons were playing High School Sports that I was able to work with others so I could attend many of the events.
1332 1 3 1 1 2 2 13.00 1.00 2.89 1.20 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 80.00 50.00
1333 8 1 1 1 2 35 13.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 9600.00 9600.00
1334 1 4 1 4 1 2 3.00 2.00 2.56 2.40 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 60.00 50.00
1335 1 5 1 4 2 2 10.00 2.00 3.89 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 75.00 50.00
1336 1 5 1 1 2 2 20.00 1.00 3.00 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 2 4 4 1 2 4 4 2 4 70.00 50.00
1337 1 5 1 4 1 2 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 55.00 40.00 Some departments I have worked for in the past do a good job in the summer providing half-days on Fridays or other perks to allow for more time away from work. The biggest strain in athletics is working gamedays. You lose time with your family and friends, and those hours add on to the already 40+ hours you have worked that week.
1338 1 5 1 2 2 2 30.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 65.00 55.00
1339 1 5 1 4 5 2 11.00 2.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 60.00 50.00
1340 1 5 2 4 1 2 2.00 2.00 2.56 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 280.00
1341 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.56 3.20 5 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 60.00 60.00
1342 1 5 1 2 2 2 15.00 1.00 3.63 4.00 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 70.00 55.00 Communication is the key to making it all work at home and work.
1343 1 3 1 5 2 2 25.00 1.00 3.11 3.80 5 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 3
1344 1 5 1 2 2 2 6.00 3.00 3.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 65.00 60.00
1345 1 5 1 4 1 2 2.00 1.00 2.44 1.20 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 40.00 40.00
1346 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 8.00 1.00 2.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 65.00 60.00
1347 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 3.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 60.00 40.00
1348 2 2 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 1.00 3.22 3.60 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 800.00 800.00
1349 2 5 1 3 2 2 30 7.00 3.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 55.00 55.00 Being an expecting mom in athletics is incredibly daunting. I often wonder how I'm going to manage that. But thankfully I have an incredibly supportive, loving and understanding husband that routinely steps up and in when needed. Also, his job and the company he works with is flexible and supportive of the work I do. He also works from home so that helps with maintaining a home as well. If I didn't have this I would've been out a long time ago.
1350 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 6.00 1.00 2.78 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 4 70.00 70.00 My work-life balance is a choice. I choose to work the hours I do to get the job done. It's just a part of this career and lifestyle. My athletic department offers the best benefits and time off.
1351 2 8 1 4 2 2 31 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 50.00
1352 2 5 1 4 2 2 34 11.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 60.00 40.00
1353 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 3.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 30.00 30.00 NCAA Compliance is different than some jobs in the athletic department. With the ticket office, game ops, and athletic marketing, they spend more time away from home due to games on top of a normal workday.
1354 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00
1355 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 5.00 3.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 60.00 30.00
1356 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.78 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 14.00 10.00
1357 2 5 1 3 2 2 35 1.00 1.00 2.78 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 1400.00 1280.00
1358 2 5 1 4 2 2 33 10.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 40.00
1359 2 5 1 3 2 2 32 6.00 1.00 1.89 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 60.00 40.00
1360 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.67 3.20 4 3 2 2 5 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 65.00 52.00 It's heavily influenced by expectations of your direct report.
1361 2 5 1 3 2 2 27 6.00 3.00 2.78 3.60 2 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
1362 2 5 1 3 2 2 30 7.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00 Sometimes a flexible schedule is "offered" but not really honored, or it is only offered for a week or two until you get back on a normal schedule.
1363 2 5 1 3 2 2 31 10.00 2.00 2.33 3.80 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
1364 2 5 1 3 2 2 29 4.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 90.00 70.00 work-life balance doesn't exist in athletics.
1365 2 2 1 3 2 2 32 5.00 1.00 2.56 2.20 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 50.00 40.00
1366 1 5 1 3 5 2 27 3.00 2.00 3.11 3.40 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 55.00 50.00 The balance is easier on people who work in compliance as we have more set schedules, depending on the number of those in the compliance department. However in smaller departments, compliance individuals are asked to do more, which leads to more stress and less work/life balance.
1367 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 3.33 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 900.00 900.00 It is a fun environment. Some weeks are very stressful other weeks not so much.
1368 2 5 1 3 2 2 29 6.00 2.00 2.33 2.20 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 75.00 20.00
1369 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.44 3.40 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 48.00 55.00 Balance will not exist, it's about prioritizing and using your time wisely
1370 2 5 1 3 2 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 50.00 30.00
1371 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 6.50 2.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2000.00 630.00
1372 1 5 1 3 2 2 32 4.00 1.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 65.00 45.00 Job satisfaction, motivation and work ethic are strongly influenced by supervisors and leadership. The job role may be ideal but with poor leadership, drive and desire recedes dramatically
1373 2 5 1 3 2 2 33 11.00 1.00 2.78 3.00 4 2 2 2 5 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 1 2 55.00 40.00 I realize the long hours come with the te
itory and they bother me less than they bother my significant other. This is not an ideal position for any one with kids (especially women) which I think I'll soon be finding out!
1374 1 5 1 3 2 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 70.00 40.00 my position also covers facilities and game operations. that is a draining position for me. I answered most questions as they relate to sports performance.
1375 1 5 1 4 2 2 29 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 90.00 70.00
1376 2 3 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 1.00 2.00 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 55.00 45.00 Personally, I think it is the responsibility of the employee to ensure they are selfish about their own well-being in work, personal, spiritual, physical, and mental arenas. I do not rely on my job to be a signal that I need rest or a
eak but rather I listen to my mind, my body, and my spirit.
1377 1 5 1 3 2 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.67 2.60 2 3 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 50.00 40.00
1378 2 4 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 55.00 45.00
1379 2 5 1 3 2 2 30 5.00 1.00 3.56 1.60 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 50.00 40.00 Our culture encourages a work/life balance
1380 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 1.00 1.00 2.56 2.60 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 70.00 50.00 I have worked in professional sports previously and much prefer intercollegiate athletics to the pros. I feel more valued, am given more responsible and genuinely enjoy coming to work more than I ever did in professional sports.
1381 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 2.75 3.60 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 60.00 50.00
1382 1 4 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 3.00 1.89 3.60 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 350.00
1383 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.00 3.60 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 70.00 50.00
1384 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 10.00 2.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 70.00 75.00
1385 2 3 1 3 5 2 30 6.00 2.00 2.33 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
1386 2 5 1 3 2 2 30 6.00 2.00 3.44 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 70.00 50.00 More flexibility in between practice schedules, more options to work from home when possible
1387 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 3.00 3.00 2.44 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 60.00 30.00
1388 2 5 1 4 5 2 33 1.00 1.00 2.44 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
1389 1 5 1 3 2 2 29 5.00 2.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 55.00 55.00
1390 2 5 3 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 3.22 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 75.00 60.00
1391 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 8.00 2.00 2.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 50.00
1392 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 1.00 2.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 65.00 45.00 We all make choices. The "Being busy is best" culture is hard to fight.
1393 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 1.00 3.00 2.67 3.80 2 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2
1394 2 8 1 4 5 2 31 6.00 2.00 2.75 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 it can be exhausting when you are in the middle of a long season, but everyone who gets into college athletics knows that this is what it takes. You learn how to balance the work-life balance as you gain experience.
1395 2 5 1 3 2 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 65.00 45.00
1396 1 5 1 3 2 2 32 10.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 5 4 4 2 5 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
1397 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 4 4 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 60.00 60.00 I know burnout is really common in compliance. A lot of people don't realize the time demands going in. However, if you know what you're getting into, I believe it's a lot easier to manage because your expectations are realistic.
1398 1 5 1 3 2 2 30 5.00 2.00 3.22 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 60.00 50.00
1399 2 5 2 4 1 2 32 11.00 3.00 3.22 3.60 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 90.00 70.00
1400 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.40 4 4 2 2 5 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 60.00 35.00
1401 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.33 1.80 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 50.00 40.00 Sports happen on holidays & weekends, meaning you may not always get to be with family for all of these, but it's what you sign up for by working in this industry.
1402 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.78 1.60 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 40.00 40.00
1403 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 3.00 1.00 3.67 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 65.00 50.00 Being a female is definitely tougher than I believe it is for my male counterparts. As a recently ma
ied woman, I know that should I decide to start a family, there's a chance I would not be able to keep my job.
1404 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 2.00 2.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 50.00 40.00 I
1405 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1100.00 50.00
1406 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 2.00 3.00 1.67 1.80 1 1 1 1 5 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 500.00 200.00 Nah
1407 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 1.00 2.22 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 40.00
1408 2 7 2 4 5 2 37 12.00 1.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 60.00 50.00
1409 2 5 2 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 55.00 40.00
1410 2 5 2 4 2 2 30 9.00 1.00 2.67 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 4 75.00 60.00
1411 1 3 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 2.00 2.86 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 80.00 70.00
1412 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 3.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 1 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 80.00 70.00
1413 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 5.00 2.00 3.44 4.00 4 3 5 3 5 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 60.00 32.00
1414 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.33 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 4 60.00 40.00
1415 1 5 1 4 5 2 33 8.00 3.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2400.00 160.00 A strong suggestion for the NCAA to allow within the rules for more paid positions in athletics to better provide intercollegiate programs with more staff members to handle the workload.
1416 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 0.00 1.00 1.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 50.00 0.00
1417 2 5 1 4 2 2 31 7.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 55.00 40.00 It is incredibly challenging in-season to balance work/life in addition to new regulations adopted by the University in accordance with overtime requirements that can make it difficult to do the job in the requisite time.
1418 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 1 2 60.00 30.00
1419 2 5 1 4 2 2 24 4.00 3.00 3.33 1.60 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 65.00 45.00 You have to be passionate about collegiate athletics to be a part of them. It requires a lot of time, energy and dedication. At the beginning of my career I had a burning passion for what I did, but as time went on and I had more personal obligations, I became very burned out. I tried speaking to my boss about feeling overwhelmed but "that's the job" and you need to love it.
I recently accepted another position and will be leaving collegiate athletics next week.
1420 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 2.00 1.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2
1421 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 3.00 3.11 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 1 4 60.00 30.00
1422 2 5 1 4 5 2 20 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 50.00 30.00
1423 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 55.00 45.00
1424 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 1.00 2.56 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2000.00 560.00 Right now I am an intern so I do not get paid for working 40 hours a week. To make money I have another job. With both jobs it is very challenging to balance my work and life with the little energy I have.
1425 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 1.00 3.22 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 1 4 65.00 45.00 Intercollegiate athletics is more of a life style than a career. I've seen many people who cannot handle the demands of the field. Those folks seem to fade away quickly and find work elsewhere.
1426 1 5 1 4 3 2 38 1.00 1.00 2.22 3.60 2 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 4 40.00 40.00
1427 1 5 1 4 1 1 23 2.00 2.00 2.11 3.00 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 30.00 30.00
1428 2 3 1 4 2 2 31 1.00 1.00 1.44 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
1429 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 7.00 3.00 3.33 2.00 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 3 42.00 40.00
1430 1 5 1 4 1 2 37 13.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 55.00 50.00
1431 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 8.00 3.00 3.67 3.80 4 4 5 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 30.00
1432 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 9.00 2.00 2.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 1 4 85.00 72.00 Under staffing is becoming a big problem by the day.
1433 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 3.00 2.78 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 3 70.00 50.00
1434 1 5 1 4 2 2 34 13.00 3.00 2.89 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 1 4 55.00 20.00
1435 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 1800.00 1200.00
1436 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 4.00 3.00 3.44 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 65.00 50.00
1437 1 5 1 4 2 2 55 12.00 3.00 2.44 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
1438 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 2.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00
1439 1 3 1 4 1 2 44 5.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 3 2 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 50.00
1440 1 5 1 4 5 2 32 9.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 800.00 120.00 As a member of a support staff we are often neglected when it comes to traditional benefits of days off. If we work with multiple teams if their off days do not match together we are often working weeks straight. A long with this demands from multiple teams and the same time often pull us in multiple directions and coaches will tend to not understand our split responsibilities. We deal with the "me first" mentality of every program/coach/athlete with little respect for other duties we may have to fulfill.
1441 2 5 2 4 2 2 50 14.00 3.00 2.33 3.00 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 50.00 50.00 I think that as your partner understands the expectations of the job then there are not any issues.
1442 1 5 2 4 1 1 48 24.00 1.00 2.22 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 60.00 35.00
1443 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 7.00 3.00 3.11 2.60 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 4 2 3 4
1444 1 5 1 4 1 2 34 4.00 1.00 2.89 3.00 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 3
1445 1 5 1 4 2 2 39 12.00 1.00 2.33 3.40 4 2 5 2 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 45.00 40.00
1446 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.33 1.60 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 45.00 40.00
1447 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 4.00 2.00 2.67 3.20 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 1200.00 900.00 Institution-provided benefits (comp time, shift differential, health insurance, tuition reimbursement, etc) is the biggest motivator for me to stay within collegiate athletics (or specifically, working at a state-controlled entity).
1448 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 65.00 50.00
1449 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 5.00 2.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 480.00 250.00 It comes in waves. Some weeks are 80 hour weeks, others are 25. But most of the time the work is not very strenuous so it is not too bad.
1450 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.33 4.00 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 65.00 50.00 There is not much work-life balance in college athletics. There is a lot of weekend and weeknight time involved which can put a strain on relationships.
1451 2 5 2 4 2 2 36 7.00 1.00 3.56 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 60.00 40.00 It is very challenging to have any sort of a personal life outside work and when you do get free time you are constantly getting phone-calls, texts or emails. You never stop working, even when you are off site.
1452 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 6.00 2.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 2 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 4 60.00 45.00
1453 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 1.00 3.33 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 80.00 50.00
1454 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 60.00 35.00
1455 2 5 1 4 5 2 30 7.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 50.00
1456 2 5 2 4 5 2 31 7.00 1.00 3.00 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 55.00 35.00 For the two questions phrased "how many hours do you work in/out of season," these don't make sense for an administrator to answer. For a coach it works, but not admin. Our season is from mid-August-May, realistically. Our "off-season" is maybe June/July.
For the year 2015-2016, I documented my hours every single day that I worked. Averages per week are below:
July: 49.5 hours/week
August: 60 hours/week
September: 65 hours/week
October: 55 hours/week
November: 50 hours/week
December: 42 hours/week
January: 48 hours/week
Fe
uary: 41 hours/week
March: 45 hours/week
April: 37 hours/week
May: 48.5 hours/week
June: 41 hours/week
1457 1 5 1 4 5 2 28 5.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 65.00 40.00
1458 2 5 1 4 5 2 37 11.00 1.00 3.44 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 60.00 60.00 More is always better in athletics-more reps, more work, more effort, more time. The tricky part is negotiating this as an adult post-athletics, when more isn't always better. It goes against everything that we believe and have been told.
For the question above: how many hour work in season: confusing question. How many hours per week do I work in season? I'm always in season because i work with all teams. so approximately 60 hours/week annually averaged out
1459 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 1.00 2.67 2.40 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00 I don't mind the weekends and evenings, but I hate it when tournaments and events get scheduled on holiday long weekends.
1460 1 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 1.00 2.44 2.00 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 55.00 45.00
1461 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 10.00 8.00
1462 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.33 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 60.00 45.00
1463 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 2 4 70.00 50.00
1464 2 5 1 4 1 2 34 4.00 1.00 3.33 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 60.00 40.00
1465 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 6.00 2.00 3.56 3.20 4 2 5 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 50.00 40.00 On average, I work 45-50 hours a week in season and 35-40 hours a week out of season. I wasn't really sure if you meant a total or just per week.
1466 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.56 4.00 4 3 5 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 65.00 40.00
1467 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 7.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 65.00 40.00
1468 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 6.00 2.00 2.67 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 60.00 40.00
1469 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.56 2.80 4 3 1 1 5 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 4 2000.00 120.00 It is a passion not a job. No idea how many hours I work in season- I never want to calculate that
1470 1 5 2 4 1 2 34 7.00 2.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 50.00 50.00 N/A
1471 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 1.00 2.56 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 45.00 45.00
1472 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 80.00 80.00 Find a fiance with similar goals, motivation, and drive. They relate, and it doesn't become 'work' to make time for each other.
1473 1 4 1 4 1 2 30 5.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 1 4 13.00 13.00
1474 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 1.00 2.00 3.80 4 4 3 3 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 55.00 40.00
1475 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 6.00 1.00 3.11 4.40 4 5 5 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 75.00 55.00
1476 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 1.00 3.44 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 1400.00 1000.00
1477 2 5 1 4 2 2 37 3.00 2.00 2.56 2.60 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 15.00 5.00 I am a part-time employee
1478 2 5 1 4 2 2 28 4.00 1.00 3.11 4.20 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 40.00 Being a female in Athletics can be trying - especially in regards to working with football
1479 1 5 1 4 5 2 39 16.00 2.00 2.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 70.00 60.00 The toughest part other than strictly the time demands, is that for my position, I cant even dictate my own schedule. I am at the mercy of coaches. Coaches can change practice times when ever they want. Also, there are multiple coaches for sports, and any one of them can run a practice or an individual, meanwhile, I have to be at all of them.
1480 2 5 1 4 1 2 30 6.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 55.00 45.00 I strive to create an environment for my staff that is work-life balance focused. I just started at a new position, and have eliminated some of the travel requirements that have been imposed by the former head athletic trainer. I am also very flexible with my staff's schedules- for example, if they have an early morning practice, I expect that the leave early that day...if they work all weekend, I expect that they take some time off during the week, etc.
1481 2 5 1 4 5 1 31 9.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 3 70.00 55.00 The question on hours you work was confusing. I posted hours per week.
1482 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 2.63 4.40 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00
1483 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 5.00 2.00 2.22 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 50.00 40.00
1484 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 0.50 1.00 2.78 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 45.00
1485 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 6.00 1.00 2.44 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 60.00 45.00
1486 1 5 1 4 2 2 37 14.00 1.00 2.25 3.20 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 55.00 40.00
1487 1 5 1 4 5 2 24 1.00 3.00 3.44 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 850.00 500.00 Being able to maintain a healthy relationship with loved ones while being fully committed to your football program is a very delicate situation to manage. If they understand and support what you are doing, it makes life much easier to achieve success.
1488 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 7.00 2.00 2.89 2.60 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 40.00 Find a balance between the 2. Or you won't love your work. It'll feel more like a job.
1489 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 1.00 4.00 4.60 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 100.00 70.00
1490 1 4 1 4 1 2 25 6.00 1.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 85.00 45.00 Having a career in intercollegiate athletics, the work-life balance is not always "balanced" because of the time demands and travel of the job. However, I knew what I signed up for when getting into this career and I love what I do.
1491 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 7.00 2.00 2.56 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3
1492 1 5 1 4 1 2 46 26.00 1.00 2.78 3.20 4 3 4 1 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 55.00 45.00
1493 2 5 1 4 2 2 26 2.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 50.00 30.00 Personal Vacation Travel can be difficult due to exhaustion from team travel.
1494 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 1.00 1.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
1495 2 5 4 1 2 29 9.00 2.00 2.56 2.80 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 75.00 60.00
1496 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 11.00 1.00 3.67 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 60.00 50.00 I understand that working in a collegiate athletic department is it's own kind of beast. It's hard for the typical 8am-5pm person to understand the demands and last-minute requests from our boss. Therefore, making it hard for myself personally to have a social life. I would like to date at some point in my life, and it's hard to get to know someone when you are constantly having to reschedule or show up late. It just makes them feel like I don't value them or want to see them. Also, I do wish that some head coaches would understand having boundaries with their staff. Sometimes, their staff members get into work at 8am or 9am and then aren't able to leave for another 12 hours. Whereas many head coaches think that because they're the boss or they have a child, they can just come in whenever they want. And yea sure they can, but it's really draining on those of us who have already been in the office for 3-4 hours prior to them showing up. Many head coaches also don't understand what all goes into making something happen. They just think..."oh hey let's do this" which is always a very last minute request. But they don't understand that there's so many pieces/people that go into making their request happen. It is just frustrating sometimes.
1497 2 3 3 4 1 2 34 8.00 2.00 2.22 3.60 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 10.00 4.00 It is necessary for the ones that do not take any
eaks. Burnout is inevitable.
1498 2 5 1 4 3 2 31 7.00 1.00 2.56 1.40 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2
1499 2 3 1 4 1 2 30 6.00 1.00 2.22 1.80 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 60.00 40.00
1500 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 5.00 1.00 2.78 3.60 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 1 3 60.00 40.00
1501 2 5 2 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1502 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 1.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 65.00 40.00
1503 1 5 2 4 1 2 26 6.00 1.00 2.44 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 40.00 40.00
1504 1 5 1 4 1 2 23 5.00 1.00 2.89 3.80 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 4 65.00 45.00
1505 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 2.00 1.00 2.67 4.00 5 3 4 3 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 1000000.00 500000.00
1506 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 1.00 3.00 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 65.00 40.00
1507 2 3 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 10.00 8.00 N/A
1508 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 6.00 2.00 3.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 72.00 50.00
1509 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 1.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 6.00
1510 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 65.00 40.00 The traditional 9-5 go to work, then have leisure time does not apply to working in intercollegiate athletics. If you have that mentality or expectation, you should not be working in intercollegiate athletics. I disagree with the term 'work-life balance', because I think, in intercollegiate athletics, your work blends with your social life, and the trick is not to balance the two, but to integrate them.
1511 2 5 1 4 2 2 37 13.00 1.00 3.44 3.60 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 70.00 45.00
1512 1 5 1 4 2 2 43 18.00 2.00 2.33 3.40 4 2 4 2 5 4 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 600.00 480.00
1513 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 1 3 2 4 45.00 35.00
1514 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 2.00 2.00 2.67 3.00 4 2 4 1 4 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 50.00 30.00 More time to myself, working from home more
1515 2 5 1 4 1 2 37 11.00 2.00 2.11 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 60.00 35.00
1516 2 5 2 4 5 2 27 3.00 3.00 3.11 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 45.00 Work life balance is something that each individual needs to take responsibility for even though it is a systemic problem throughout athletic departments in intercollegiate athletics. When boundaries are not set from the beginning or unrealistic expectations are made, everyone involved suffers from athletic directors, coaches, administrative staff, to the student athlete. Long hours are expected and is a known part of the job, but self care should be taken seriously by individuals.
1517 1 5 1 4 1 1 45 10.00 2.00 2.56 4.40 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 1 3
1518 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 8.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 1 3 4 2 3 60.00 40.00 If your spouse isn't bought-in to athletics or you don't make time outside of your work duties for your spouse, you'll have a very hard ma
iage. You also need to learn to stand your ground when it comes to the amount of hours you worked based on your pay.
1519 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 1.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 550.00 350.00 Sometimes it is tough to separate work from personal life. I have to be careful not to let work items, drama, conversations, etc. take over in conversations I have with my boyfriend or friends over dinner or on weekends. It's really important to shut your work
ain off when you leave campus and enjoy the life outside of work, but it's difficult to do when different situations arise and when we work so many nights and weekends.
1520 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 40.00
1521 1 5 1 4 2 1 26 4.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 4 3 2 4 60.00 42.00 I would add greater compensation to accommodate for the extra hours worked.
1522 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 10.00 1.00 3.67 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
1523 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 1.00 2.78 3.00 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 60.00 45.00 It is definitely a grind, but the rewards outweigh the negatives and I wouldn’t trade what I do for anything.
1524 1 7 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 60.00 60.00 My hours that are listed above are per week.
60 h
wk
1525 2 5 1 4 5 1 36 5.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
1526 1 5 1 4 1 1 28 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 35.00 I work at a mid-major school, and general well-being and affection of the administration towards employees is very low. There is extremely high turnover of employees here and the general perception is negative towards administration. I have made it here as long as I have because I love the work that I do on a daily basis. I just dislike when I am pulled in a million different directions, which happens far too often.
1527 2 4 1 4 1 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 4 60.00 40.00
1528 1 3 1 4 1 2 31 7.00 2.00 2.89 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 50.00 No
1529 2 5 1 4 5 2 31 3.00 2.00 2.56 2.00 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 1 60.00 40.00 I have only been with my cu
ent University for 2.5 months (off-season). My results may change after getting a full picture of the department. I based my answered on previous experiences and cu
ent experience.
1530 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 4 60.00 30.00
1531 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 3.00 3.67 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 60.00 40.00 Although my answers may reflect that my job strains me, I enjoy my job and being in an environment where I can impact the lives of young individuals and I also I recognize that this is the life-style of athletics and that I have the free will to change my path if I so choose.
1532 2 4 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.67 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 4 50.00 45.00
1533 1 5 1 4 2 2 33 15.00 1.00 3.56 2.60 4 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 No.
1534 2 5 1 4 2 2 39 12.00 1.00 2.22 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 65.00 40.00
1535 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.22 2.80 2 2 2 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 60.00 60.00
1536 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.56 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 70.00 40.00
1537 1 5 1 4 1 2 38 16.00 1.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 16.00 10.00 It is impossible to have a normal life with a family and kids.
1538 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 9.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 70.00 40.00 At times it is very frustrating but most of the time is rewarding seeing student athletes succeed in what they want. I have seen three different athletic departments and have learned from only one of them what it means to put the student athletes first.
1539 1 5 2 4 5 2 41 17.00 1.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 11.00 9.00
1540 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.22 3.20 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 75.00 50.00
1541 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.67 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 55.00 40.00 The work-life balance will vary at each school. I have worked at both a P5 and a mid-major school. Each one has its pros and cons of work. I feel smaller schools tend to work more, but tend to have have better relationships with co-workers compared to larger schools. Larger schools have larger staffs and have larger goals. The people seem to care more about the success of their work than the success of developing relationships.
1542 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.22 3.20 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 50.00 35.00 Obviously, some times of year are much more stressful than others. However, the summers are much more laid back and easier to a
ive late, leave early, or take days off.
1543 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 4 65.00 40.00
1544 1 5 1 4 2 2 39 17.00 2.00 2.89 3.40 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1545 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 4 60.00 40.00
1546 2 5 1 4 2 2 37 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 1 4
1547 1 5 1 4 1 2 36 11.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 2 1 3 60.00 45.00
1548 1 5 1 4 5 2 28 9.00 1.00 1.89 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 60.00 37.00 In season is extremely demanding with long hours. In my opinion, one must take advantage of off-seasons (which are becoming shorter and shorter) to avoid burnout.
1549 1 5 1 4 2 2 27 8.00 2.00 2.11 3.00 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 12.00 7.00
1550 1 5 1 4 1 29 6.00 1.00 2.75 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 60.00 55.00
1551 1 5 1 4 5 1 26 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 75.00 55.00 The travel can be daunting, as it's often another city with a ton of stuff packed into a short trip, hu
y up and go type trips
1552 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 1.00 3.00 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 75.00 50.00
1553 1 8 1 4 2 2 25 5.00 2.00 3.89 3.80 4 4 4 2 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 50.00 N/A
1554 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.78 3.40 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 65.00 45.00
1555 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 3.11 3.60 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 65.00 45.00
1556 2 5 1 4 2 2 33 2.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 52.00 42.00
1557 2 5 1 4 5 2 33 2.00 1.00 2.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 2 850.00 480.00 compensatory time off for game day work activities
1558 1 5 1 4 5 2 31 10.00 1.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4
1559 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 60.00 40.00 Culture and leadership make an impact on the perception of working in intercollegiate athletics. The desire to work the demanding hours and needs depends on the staff around you.
1560 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 8.00 3.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 80.00 40.00 More full-time assistance in my sport so that the responsibilities of 6 sports aren't reliant on one full-time person
1561 1 5 1 4 2 2 52 21.00 2.00 2.78 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 40.00 It has been an awesome career for me and my family. It can be challenging at times, but the payoffs are certainly worth it. You have to set healthy boundaries in this career and be assertive in communicating what you are willing and not willing to do.
1562 2 5 1 4 2 2 32 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.40 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 48.00 30.00 In my particular role, work-life balance is a personal responsibility. I don't feel as though my superiors expect me to work more than I can handle so when I do spend more time during the academic year at work, it's because it's fulfilling for me to work in this way knowing that the summer will be lighter and a time to refresh. I know this is a place of privilege given my position and educational level and I know that many of my athletic department colleagues grind because they are expected to.
1563 2 5 1 4 2 2 34 2.00 2.00 2.78 3.00 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 The nights and weekends are what interfere most with work/life balance
1564 2 5 1 4 2 2 35 7.00 2.00 1.78 3.40 4 2 3 3 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 60.00 40.00
1565 1 4 1 4 2 2 28 3.00 2.00 2.44 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 4 3 1 2 3 48.00
1566 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 15.00 2.00 3.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 60.00 40.00
1567 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 55.00 45.00
1568 2 5 1 4 5 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 47.00 40.00
1569 1 5 1 4 2 2 24 1.50 3.00 2.56 2.20 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 1 2 50.00 40.00 I think intercollegiate athletics is a great career and I always wanted to work at an institution. Though sometimes the hours are long or you may have to do events, the perks of the job make it worth it and also the connectedness and pride you receive from it make it worth it. Being able to take off early when needed makes up for having to stay late a few times a week for a game, and I feel accomplished when I finish everything knowing that I am helping athletes.
1570 2 7 1 4 2 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 37.50 37.50
1571 1 5 1 4 1 2 36 19.00 2.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 3 2 4 3 1 4 80.00 50.00
1572 2 5 2 4 5 2 22 2.00 3.00 3.44 4.00 5 4 5 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4
1573 2 5 1 4 1 2 55 15.00 1.00 2.22 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 45.00 55.00
1574 2 3 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.80 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 55.00 40.00
1575 1 5 1 4 1 2 37 11.00 2.00 3.33 4.40 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 55.00 45.00
1576 2 3 2 4 1 2 24 6.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 1 3 4 1 4 40.00 40.00 n/a
1577 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 60.00 40.00
1578 1 5 1 4 1 2 34 11.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 70.00 55.00 you must be intentional and making yourself find time for you and your family.
1579 2 4 2 4 1 2 30 6.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 14.00 10.00
1580 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 10.00 2.00 3.22 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 75.00 40.00
1581 1 3 1 4 2 2 34 10.00 2.00 3.22 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 60.00 45.00
1582 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 8.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 70.00 50.00 Not enough support staff in department make my job much harder than it should be.
1583 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 3.00 1.89 2.00 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 800.00 800.00
1584 1 5 1 4 2 2 29 1.50 2.00 2.44 3.60 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2100.00 480.00 It is hard during the season because of all the things we are trying to accomplish. At the end of the year, it is necessary to work this hard.
1585 1 5 1 4 2 2 31 10.00 3.00 3.78 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 80.00 50.00
1586 1 5 1 4 5 1 29 10.00 3.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 60.00 45.00 Resources/pay do not match expectations/demand.
1587 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.33 4.00 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 70.00 40.00 The understanding of coaches and admin to time and work it takes to run a communications department. Have 12 sports per athletics communications staff member is too high.
1588 1 5 1 4 1 2 35 12.00 3.00 2.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 55.00 30.00 My cu
ent boss has been phenomenal in trying to lay the groundwork for me to have some work-life balance at all. It's gotten a lot better in the last year or two. This will always be a hard line of work to have balance in, but I see too many schools where they might give lip service to the idea of balance, but they burn out and abuse good workers and good people. One other qualifier in my case above compared to some other answers is that my "in-season" time is from September to May. A coach may be in season for 3-5 months, I'm in season for 9.
1589 1 5 1 4 2 2 31 5.00 2.00 2.33 2.40 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
1590 2 5 1 4 1 2 37 13.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 60.00 45.00 There is no such thing as a balance between the two when you work in intercollegiate athletics. Specifically, in my opinion and from my experience, women will sacrifice something in their personal life to be successful in their career.
1591 2 5 1 4 1 2 33 11.00 1.00 3.33 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 3 50.00 40.00 It's gotten progressively better for me - not sure if that's because I've gotten older and better at saying no, or if it's because I've also progressively moved to better resourced institutions. Could be a combination of both.
1592 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 7.00 2.00 3.89 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 70.00 55.00
1593 1 5 1 4 1 1 34 12.00 1.00 2.78 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 60.00 40.00
1594 2 5 1 4 2 2 31 8.00 2.00 2.56 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 50.00 50.00
1595 1 5 1 4 2 2 39 10.00 1.00 2.89 3.20 3 3 2 3 5 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 1 3 700.00 600.00 If it's important to you, you will find the time.
1596 2 4 1 4 2 2 33 12.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 1 80.00 50.00 It is never work life balance... in athletics it is work life integration. Their will never be an equal balance but you need to find what works best for you and/or your family.
1597 2 5 2 4 5 2 43 17.00 1.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 50.00 50.00
1598 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 10.00 1.00 2.44 2.00 2 1 2 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 55.00 45.00 If you remain intentional about allocating time and mental capacity for both, it is possible to maintain an appropriate balance a majority of the time. Being overly ambitious with work can lead to imbalance between work and life, which for many completely negates the effectiveness of their work ambition.
1599 2 5 3 4 5 1 31 7.00 1.00 2.78 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 60.00
1600 1 5 1 4 5 2 45 20.00 2.00 3.44 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 55.00 55.00
1601 2 5 2 4 1 2 40 15.00 1.00 3.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 65.00 55.00
1602 2 5 1 4 1 2 42 4.00 1.00 2.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 4 650.00 650.00
1603 2 5 1 4 2 2 32 5.00 2.00 1.89 3.40 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 40.00 40.00
1604 1 5 1 4 5 2 33 5.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 70.00 30.00 Hours worked in the above question are per week
1605 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 2.00 2.89 4.80 5 5 5 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 80.00 50.00
1606 2 5 1 4 5 2 31 5.00 2.00 2.50 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 50.00 40.00 I am new to my position so I haven't hit the high number of overtime hours yet. I see many of my co-workers struggle around me with balancing work and home. Many don't take care of themselves, and their families complain of never seeing them. I love working in collegiate athletics, but I also believe family is first, and so is your health. Hopefully I can maintain a good balance once I have a family some day, and hopefully my work allows me to do that.
1607 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 7.00 1.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 14.00 10.00
1608 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 1.00 2.44 3.40 4 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 55.00 45.00 It can be challenging, but I find it truly depends on which sports you oversee. If you have a sport with 10-12 home matches like soccer, then it can be challenging, but you can find balance. If you have a sport like baseball with 30-35 home matches, then it can be daunting. The stress becomes even greater when you have multiple sports within a season since they can be playing on the same weekend or alternating weekends and then you truly do not get more than 1 day off at a time. Careful planning can help alleviate some of the stress, but not always. I can often take a Monday off after a long weekend with events, but my wife still has to go to work on Monday mornings so it doesn't really help having that day off. If departments could make it easier to avoid weekend events that are necessary, then it could mean more meaningful days off. We often have to come in to meet visiting teams or oversee an out of season "game" which could be done without us being there and could go a long way to helping balance work and life.
1609 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 2.22 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 50.00 40.00
1610 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.44 2.80 4 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 45.00 45.00
1611 2 5 1 4 1 1 27 3.00 1.00 3.00 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 2 2 4 3 1 3
1612 2 5 1 4 1 2 36 10.00 2.00 3.11 3.00 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
1613 2 5 1 4 1 2 38 7.00 1.00 2.33 2.40 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 46.00 44.00 The pay disparity between low- and mid-level employees and high-level employees makes it much harder to justify sacrifices one has to make, especially considering those employees who are more highly compensated can somewhat afford (monetarily) to farm out some general life responsibilities.
1614 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 1400.00 1200.00 It is a challenge!
1615 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 3.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 10.00 9.00 It can be grueling but very rewarding.
1616 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 2.00 2.00 2.44 2.20 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2100.00 300.00
1617 1 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 2.00 2.78 2.20 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 Sometimes it is challenging, but for someone who is young and has no real family responsibilities, I don't mind having to work weekends/nights/etc. I still have ample time to have a social life and enjoy being with my friends and family.
1618 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 1.50 2.00 2.25 2.20 2 1 3 1 4 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 45.00 38.00 I'm cu
ently working towards getting my masters degree.
1619 2 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 2.00 2.44 1.80 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 878.00 1400.00
1620 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 0.25 2.00 2.33 1.80 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 3 720.00 600.00
1621 2 5 1 4 1 2 37 13.00 1.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 60.00 40.00
1622 1 5 1 4 5 2 30 11.00 1.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 4
1623 1 5 1 4 2 2 36 10.00 2.00 3.11 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 65.00 50.00 It's college athletics, there is no work/life balance. You do this until you burn out and you work for a PR/Marketing firm.
1624 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 4.00 1.00 2.63 3.20 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 48.00 40.00
1625 2 3 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 2.00 2.11 3.20 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 60.00 60.00
1626 2 5 1 4 2 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.60 2 3 4 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 40.00 40.00 I think it's important that you set boundaries for yourself and the people you are working with understand those boundaries. I tell my coaches if it's urgent, text me. But I don't check email when I leave the office unless I'm expecting something. That balance has worked well because my coaches know I'm there if they need me, but they also respect my time with my family and away from the office. If you don't set boundaries for yourself, no one else will. (classic millennial thinking)
1627 2 4 1 4 1 2 30 2.50 2.00 3.00 1.60 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 4 2 40.00 40.00 My working hours are limited because I was switched to an hourly employee due to the federal law that was suppose go into effect last December. Our institution and athletic department did not strive to reach the minimum salary for exempted employees therefore a lot of individuals including coaches are non-exempt and essentially should accrue overtime however that is not in any budgets.
1628 1 3 1 4 1 2 30 3.00 1.00 2.44 2.20 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 55.00
1629 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.67 3.00 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 1 40.00 40.00
1630 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 0.10 3.00 2.44 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 40.00 40.00
1631 2 3 1 4 1 2 22 1.00 2.00 3.11 1.40 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 50.00 50.00
1632 2 5 1 4 5 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.89 4.40 5 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 50.00 40.00
1633 2 2 1 4 1 2 25 1.00 2.00 2.22 2.20 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 50.00 50.00
1634 2 4 1 4 2 2 29 6.00 2.00 2.22 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 40.00 40.00
1635 2 2 1 4 1 2 26 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
1636 1 5 1 4 1 2 34 2.00 2.00 2.67 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
1637 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 4.00 1.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 65.00 40.00 No
1638 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 2.89 1.20 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 2 1 3 50.00 40.00
1639 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 3.00 2.00 1.56 2.80 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 50.00 40.00
1640 1 5 1 4 5 2 27 6.00 2.00 3.44 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 60.00 35.00
1641 2 5 1 4 2 2 27 6.00 3.00 3.67 4.00 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 30.00 20.00 I also work a job during the day in addition to coaching
1642 1 2 1 4 1 2 38 4.00 2.00 2.78 1.20 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 75.00 50.00 If you're not prepared to put work first, family second, don't enter college athletics.
1643 1 5 1 4 2 2 40 20.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 70.00 40.00
1644 1 5 1 4 5 2 32 10.00 2.00 3.44 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 75.00 60.00
1645 2 3 1 4 1 42 20.00 1.00 3.44 2.60 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 70.00 40.00
1646 1 3 1 4 2 2 31 10.00 2.00 3.56 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 I've come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as work-life balance when it comes to athletics. However, it's what we sign up for...so I don't complain. Often work and life are mixed anyway...we're at work so often that our families become our co-workers and mix with our actual families into one big group.
On average, how many hours do you work in season? Please enter numerically
ANSWER: 55-60/week (August 1 - May 31)
On average, how many hours do you work out of season? Please enter numerically
ANSWER: 45/week (June 1 - July 31)
...those two questions were confusing. How do you define "in-season" and "out of season?"
1647 2 3 1 4 1 2 39 11.00 2.00 2.78 3.40 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 55.00 45.00
1648 1 5 1 4 1 2 34 9.00 2.00 3.56 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 50.00 37.00 Help!
1649 2 1 4 5 2 34 5.00 3.00 2.67 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 55.00 35.00
1650 2 5 2 4 2 2 35 10.00 1.00 3.44 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 60.00 In order to do our jobs well, not much can be changed to make it better, unless you eliminate recruiting and team building and meetings.
1651 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 7.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 10.00 9.00
1652 1 8 1 4 2 2 44 20.00 1.00 3.22 4.80 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 70.00 60.00
1653 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 14.00 3.00 3.78 4.40 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 70.00 45.00 no time, no money
1654 1 5 1 4 2 2 50 9.00 2.00 2.89 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 80.00 60.00 expectations are continually growing, while the commensurate compensation is not, it is just assumed that we put in the extra time because of our commitment to our athletes..it would be nice for that to be recognized via better salaries &/or more benefits
onuses
1655 1 5 1 4 2 2 41 18.00 1.00 2.44 3.20 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 48.00 40.00 It is more of a lifestyle than a job.
1656 2 5 1 4 1 2 44 22.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 80.00 60.00
1657 2 5 1 4 5 2 31 9.00 1.00 2.78 4.40 5 4 5 3 5 1 4 4 2 3 2 2 4 3 70.00 40.00 Schedule changes depending on the season and the sport you work with. Working overtime and weekends is the established norm.
1658 1 5 1 4 2 2 39 7.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 5 4 4 4 5 2 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 55.00 30.00
1659 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 14.00 1.00 3.22 3.80 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 80.00 20.00
1660 2 5 2 4 5 2 37 15.00 3.00 3.78 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 50.00
1661 2 5 2 4 5 2 39 18.00 2.00 2.44 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 12.00 8.00
1662 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 7.00 2.00 2.56 3.40 4 2 3 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 60.00 40.00 I think it is all about balance and how you can manage things. When you work in college athletics, its a lifestyle you chose. You if want to work 40hours/week, than you should be in college athletics. As a volleyball coach, there are 4 months out of the year that I don't have any flexibility, but the other 8 months out of the year it is really nice to have flexibility.
1663 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 12.00 12.00
1664 1 5 1 4 5 2 46 23.00 1.00 3.22 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 70.00 60.00
1665 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 1.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 60.00 50.00
1666 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 6.00 1.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
1667 1 5 1 4 1 2 45 8.00 2.00 2.89 4.40 5 5 5 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 65.00 65.00 Coaches go hard (long hours, no real weekends) during the season, but then have some random '
eaks' for a month once or twice each year. For me, the summer
eaks turn into working camps which is just as busy as the regular season. I tend to find a few weeks in December (and parts of May) when I can be with family and relatively away from work.
1668 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 4.00 3.00 3.56 4.20 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 65.00 50.00 Recruiting is so demanding. Depending on the school you are at, the amount of time you spend traveling/on the phone/in visits is very tiring. Recruiting for such a large team like track and field is very hard too. Especially because each program I have worked for is understaffed.
As the season starts and you see the kids often, they tend to need you more. The texts, office visits, and requests can be overwhelming. It seems like there is never a time you can disconnect from the kids. Kids are also less self-reliant these days too so they don't often know the boundaries when it comes to giving their coach a little time. It is a very hard balance. When I do disconnect on a weekend I feel guilty when I come back and see that I have missed something or not answered a question for a kid who "needed me".
I also feel that as a young female coach, I need to work harder, longer, and more than guys in the athletic department just to show that I am capable and good at my job too. I feel like it has always been harder to earn the respect of a good worker in a male dominant athletic department that it might be in another work-force.
1669 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 8.00 3.00 3.00 4.80 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 1 4 60.00 25.00
1670 2 5 1 4 2 2 44 19.00 1.00 3.33 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 4 80.00 50.00
1671 2 5 2 4 5 1 31 8.00 2.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 80.00 45.00 If you have a boss that understands during the off season university academic
eaks it is a time you should regain your work life balance I think it is manageable, but if you are required to work the same hours during university holidays or during off season then it is really really difficult.
1672 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 9.00 1.00 3.25 3.20 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 70.00 60.00
1673 2 5 2 4 2 1 43 15.00 1.00 2.67 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 4
1674 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 1.00 3.33 4.00 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 70.00 40.00 Time on the road/time spent away from family
1675 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 2.00 3.11 4.80 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 3 1500.00 500.00
1676 1 5 1 4 5 2 38 10.00 2.00 3.22 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 800.00 1500.00
1677 2 5 1 4 1 2 35 10.00 2.00 2.89 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 80.00 65.00
1678 2 5 1 4 5 2 31 9.00 2.00 2.56 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 1 1 2 60.00 30.00 In season can be tough but the out of season makes up for it.
1679 2 5 2 4 2 2 31 10.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 70.00 50.00 Coaches should never have to report their vacation time. There is no place to add in their overtime - it is not just a job in the office, it is at home, on the road, every weekend... always something
1680 2 2 1 4 1 2 29 8.00 1.00 2.44 1.80 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 40.00 30.00
1681 1 5 1 4 2 2 35 12.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 5 4 2 2 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 100.00 65.00
1682 1 5 1 4 2 2 32 5.00 1.00 3.22 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 65.00 60.00 To be successful in recruiting of student athletes there is no balance
1683 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 7.00 2.00 3.00 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 65.00 60.00 The ability to take personal time and the motto that you don't need to be in the office all the time is very helpful. I have been kicked out of the office before by my boss on a nice day because everything will not ever get done. Having a boss who values balance helps our staff.
1684 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 1.00 3.00 4.20 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 60.00 45.00
1685 2 5 1 4 2 2 26 5.00 3.00 2.33 3.80 4 4 2 4 5 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 65.00 35.00
1686 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.56 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 55.00 45.00
1687 1 5 1 4 1 2 31 9.00 2.00 3.56 4.20 5 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 12.00 10.00
1688 1 5 1 4 2 1 52 19.00 1.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 70.00 55.00 The coaching profession requires a certain skill set and mental disposition. Just like not everyone can be a surgeon, not everyone can be a intercollegiate coach.
1689 1 5 1 4 5 2 36 14.00 2.00 3.22 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 3 4 75.00 60.00
1690 2 5 1 4 1 2 31 7.00 3.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1500.00 100.00
1691 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 3.00 3.00 3.44 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 72.00 30.00 I am able to work as much as I do because I am single and have no dependents waiting for me at home. If a spouse or family was put into the mix it would make things more difficult. Its even difficult to have a dog as a dependent with this job. Due to the hours put in and required travel.
1692 2 5 1 4 5 2 28 6.00 2.00 3.22 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 1 4 2 3 4 80.00 60.00 Very difficult to find time to meet anyone to start a family. I was fortunate enough to find someone. Now the problem is being able to consider starting a family but not having a schedule that would allow the ability to have a child/afford daycare for that many hours a day. I took my position knowing that the Head Athletic Trainer was a female with a child. She now has 3 children and I see how she balances her work-life balance but I do not wish to make the same sacrifices that she has to make. She also has a husband with a more flexible work schedule that allows for it. My future husband has just as busy of a schedule as I do. Also, the traveling for 5 days in a row does not allow for me to have a child and leave him/her for that many days in a row overnight. My family is not local so I can maybe go and visit them 1-2x per year. I have also missed Thanksgiving for 4 years. Also, for 4 years I have only had 4 days off around Christmas time and therefore have not been able to spend Christmas with family for any length of time. Last year I had to decide to not go home for Christmas due to expensive flights, limited time off, and exhaustion from work. I cu
ently plan to leave the collegiate setting at the end of the academic year and potentially the profession as well.
1693 1 5 1 4 1 2 37 9.00 2.00 2.44 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 60.00 35.00
1694 1 5 1 4 5 2 22 3.00 1.00 2.67 2.60 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 45.00 40.00
1695 2 5 1 4 1 2 38 16.00 2.00 2.89 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 85.00 60.00 7 of last 9 years --working on a staff with 2 less employees takes a toll. Depending upon one's sport coached department individuals seem not to be willing to help or help alleviate the extra duties. NCAA regulations have also made more work for those coaches. As long as outcomes for team championships don't change then their is no relief for those coaches that continue to give their all to keep their teams successful...leads to serious burnout and the end of some coaches careers or the love of the sport.
1696 1 5 1 4 1 1 25 3.00 2.00 3.11 4.00 4 3 5 3 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 2 4 60.00 50.00
1697 1 5 1 4 2 2 46 16.00 1.00 2.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 60.00 60.00 Very difficult to balance things when you have both fall & spring inseason teams. I have tried to rely more on our paid "Coaching Assistants" but still feel guilty not being around for things.
1698 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 3.11 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 45.00
1699 2 4 1 4 1 2 27 3.00 1.00 2.11 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 270.00 240.00
1700 1 5 1 4 5 2 40 10.00 2.00 3.33 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 1 4 60.00 45.00 I feel the last year or two has gotten much worse. Expectations are way out of line. Teams and schedules are soo spread out.
1701 2 5 3 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 3.44 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 70.00 55.00 My answer to the hours worked in season and out of season pertain to per week. There are frequently no off days because the days that we could be off, is when the rest of the world is working and still requesting things from us. Generally with travel as well it is hard to clock hours per week because I am always 'on the clock' while traveling with my team.
1702 1 5 1 4 1 2 34 12.00 1.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 76.00 64.00 coaches are becoming more administrators and paper pushers instead of having the ability to coach. Because of the recruiting and team commitments, most coaches spend too much time in the office, with the team or recruits, or coaching and not enough time with their families. While student-athletes call for a school-athletics balance, the same pleasantries don't seem to extend to coaches.
1703 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 65.00 45.00 As an unma
ied assistant coach I am able to immerse myself in my cu
ent coaching job. I am nervous to get ma
ied as I am unsure of how much time I will be able to commit to being the best husband I can and should be. Cu
ently during season I work 9am-8pm on most nights and then I am gone every Saturday from November-March. My out of season work schedule helps make up for the time I spend working during season but I still put in 40+ hours a week in out of season.
1704 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 3.00 3.00 3.22 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 18.00 3.00 I'm not a full time coach, and it is very difficult to balance my full time day job with being a coach
1705 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.56 3.00 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 75.00 40.00 It is tough but this is what we signed up for. The thrills of a season and that winning feeling make the job worth it and the sacrifice of the free time. moving 10+ hours away from family and friends to 2 states where I knew 0 people is totally worth it if you know you made a difference and winning a lot helps.
1706 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 3.00 2.67 2.40 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 50.00 80.00
1707 1 7 3 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4 4 4 3 5 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 2 4 70.00 40.00
1708 1 5 1 4 1 2 35 12.00 3.00 2.22 1.40 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 40.00 25.00 no
1709 1 5 1 4 5 2 34 6.00 3.00 1.78 2.60 4 1 2 2 4 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 45.00 15.00
1710 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 1.89 2.00 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 70.00 40.00
1711 2 5 2 4 5 2 27 6.00 2.00 3.67 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 80.00 60.00
1712 2 5 1 4 2 1 25 1.00 3.00 2.78 4.60 5 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 70.00 40.00
1713 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 2.56 2.20 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 50.00 50.00
1714 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 2.00 2.00 3.22 4.60 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
1715 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 3.00 2.44 1.60 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 36.00 25.00
1716 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 7.00 3.00 2.56 3.80 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 50.00 10.00
1717 2 5 2 4 1 2 30 9.00 2.00 3.33 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 70.00 50.00
1718 1 5 1 4 1 2 30 8.00 3.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 13.00 8.00 No
1719 2 5 1 4 1 1 25 2.00 2.00 3.56 3.00 4 3 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 70.00 55.00
1720 2 5 2 4 5 2 27 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.60 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 55.00 37.00
1721 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 1.00 3.00 3.33 2.40 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 12.00 8.00
1722 2 5 1 4 5 2 26 3.00 2.00 4.00 4.60 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 78.00 40.00 I think most sports feel that during season they do not have time for much. That they are constantly busy with season and there isn't much time for anything else. Season is draining and hard in itself especially depending on your record and how your team responds.
1723 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.78 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1724 1 5 1 4 2 2 33 13.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 55.00 35.00 Difficult to put your finger on this but I will try to define it. You do a job many people would love to have. But many people misunderstand the drawbacks of coaching and minimize your complaints about your job because you "love what you do." While that is true and I most often feel lucky, I also experience plenty of frustration and stress.
1725 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 4.00 2.00 2.33 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 40.00 40.00 I am very lucky to work within an athletic department that encourages a work-life balance while also pursuing excellence in athletics
1726 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 3.00 2.00 2.89 3.00 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 70.00 45.00 As a young female with family in a different part of the country it's easy to put more time into work with not a lot of other obligations or distractions. The head coach does an amazing job of balancing life and work and allows his assistants to do the same. If we have matches over the weekend sometimes we work a few hours at home.
1727 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.22 1.80 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 50.00 40.00 Not at this time
1728 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.33 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 12.00 8.00 It is made well-known before anyone enters the intercollegiate athletics field, in a coaching role, that your hours are plentiful and demanding. I don't believe it should be a shock to anyone in the field.
1729 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 1.00 3.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 I am a part-time coach and also a part-time dental hygienist.
1730 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 2.00 2.00 2.33 2.80 4 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 60.00 50.00
1731 1 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 2.56 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 52.00 40.00
1732 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.40 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 4 80.00 35.00
1733 2 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 70.00 30.00
1734 1 5 1 4 1 2 26 5.00 3.00 2.33 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 4.00 2.00
1735 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 3.00 3.89 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 60.00 12.00 I've had multiple relationships end because of the hours and strain this job puts on my personal life
1736 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 3.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 72.00 60.00
1737 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 3.00 2.56 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 1500.00 100.00
1738 2 5 1 4 1 2 28 7.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 50.00 40.00
1739 1 5 1 4 2 2 30 8.00 3.00 3.67 4.60 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 70.00 40.00 Time spent at meets on weekend and travel time is considered part of the 40hr work week. Most meets last 10-12 hours not including travel time.
50% of contract is in Academic Advising, 50% is in Athletics. This should mean 20hrs in athletics but that is never the case due to meets and daily practices.
1740 2 5 1 4 2 2 26 4.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1320.00 840.00 I believe that if you work with coworkers that make work enjoyable, it is worth being tired and spread thin. I believe that if your coworkers are impossible to work with, the emotional exhaustion is enough to want to find a new career.
1741 1 7 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.67 2.80 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 70.00 40.00 We make below minimum wage in most states
1742 2 5 1 4 2 2 29 8.00 3.00 2.33 3.60 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 55.00 35.00
1743 2 5 1 4 2 1 26 4.00 2.00 3.11 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 60.00 47.00
1744 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 50.00 50.00 I find that some weeks are slower than others. Having a flexible schedule helps when working long hours. While holding other game admin responsibilities, I often will take off earlier later in the week when I have put in long hours and feel accomplished.
1745 2 5 1 4 1 2 34 10.00 1.00 2.78 3.60 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 60.00 40.00
1746 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 4.00 2.00 2.11 2.60 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 50.00 40.00 There are peaks and valleys in seasons where there can be multiple sports overlapping that demand a lot of time, but there is also the spring and summer where there are less events going on to relax and get time away from the office.
1747 2 5 1 4 2 2 30 6.00 1.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 65.00 55.00 In the sport of swimming, the difference between in season and out of season has become negligible. There are 4 weeks a year where I am not working well over 40 hours per week, with the remainder of the year working 55+ minimum. There are only 6-7 weeks per year where I am not expected to work on weekends.
1748 1 5 1 4 1 1 25 3.00 2.00 3.22 1.60 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 70.00 70.00
1749 1 5 1 4 2 2 26 2.00 3.00 2.56 2.80 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 1000.00 300.00
1750 2 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.56 1.80 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 60.00 40.00
1751 1 5 1 4 5 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 1 4 70.00 50.00
1752 1 5 1 4 1 2 27 5.00 2.00 2.11 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 60.00 30.00
1753 2 5 1 4 1 2 23 2.00 3.00 2.56 3.40 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 1 2 2 3 65.00 40.00
1754 1 5 1 4 3 2 47 25.00 1.00 1.44 2.40 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 60.00 60.00
1755 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 5.00 2.00 2.78 2.00 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 50.00 50.00 cOMPENSATION FOR STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING IS NOT A FAIR RELATIONSHIP. wE ARE NOT GIVEN CONTRACTS FOR OUR SERVICES AND HAVE TO SOMETIMES RELY ON KIDS TO DO THINGS WITHOUT US BEING AROUND (EAT PROPERLY ETC). i ENJOY THE KIDS WHO i WORK WITH AND ITS ABOUT GETTING RESPECT AND BUY IN FROM OUR ATHLETES HOWEVER YOU CANT REACH EVERY KID. mORE NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON hEAD cOACHING STAFF AND THEIR RESPONCIBILITES TO LEAD A PROGRAM AND APPLY APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
iF THERE IS ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD CHANGE IT SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE GIVEN CONTRACTS NOT A YEAR TO REAR BASIS. AND WE SHOULD BE PAID APPROPRIATELY, WE ARE HERE LONGER AND OUR SCHEDULE IS BASED ON WHAT THE COACHES WANT WHICH SOMETIMES IS NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR NOT JUST US BUT ALSO FOR THE PLAYERS AS WELL.
1756 1 5 1 4 1 2 33 10.00 1.00 2.67 3.40 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 50.00 40.00
1757 1 5 3 4 1 2 23 3.00 3.00 2.56 3.00 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3
1758 1 5 1 4 1 2 44 22.00 2.00 2.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 60.00 35.00 I hope our athletics director and university president sees the results of this survey.
1759 1 5 1 4 1 2 35 10.00 3.00 2.56 3.00 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 50.00
1760 2 5 1 4 1 1 30 6.00 2.00 2.56 4.20 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 40.00
1761 2 5 1 4 1 2 22 4.00 3.00 2.78 4.80 5 5 5 4 5 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 168.00 168.00
1762 2 5 1 4 1 2 25 2.00 1.00 3.00 3.80 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 65.00 50.00
1763 2 5 2 4 5 2 33 10.00 2.00 2.56 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 60.00 40.00
1764 1 5 1 4 5 2 25 5.00 1.00 2.33 3.60 4 3 2 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 60.00 45.00
1765 2 5 1 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 75.00 45.00
1766 2 5 2 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 2.67 3.60 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 9.50 8.00
1767 2 5 1 4 1 2 29 4.00 2.00 3.00 2.40 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 60.00 40.00
1768 2 3 1 4 5 2 27 1.00 2.00 2.89 3.60 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 420.00 240.00 We work about 10 hours/ day in the off season about 6 days a week
in season i would say about 14+ hours/ day about 6 days a week.
1769 2 5 3 4 1 2 24 3.00 2.00 3.33 3.40 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 2 3 4 4 350.00 290.00 I do feel guilty when I am not doing anything at my home to better my team or myself as a coach. You want the team to succeed and it is hard to separate home and work. It is riding arollercoaster of emotions through good
ad workouts, practices, and games.
1770 1 5 1 4 3 2 45 15.00 2.00 2.89 2.60 2 4 4 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 70.00 60.00 I love my job and love working more than not working. But I would probably feel different if I had a family.
1771 2 5 2 4 1 2 26 4.00 2.00 3.33 4.00 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 65.00 55.00
1772 2 5 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 2.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 90.00 70.00
1773 1 5 1 4 1 2 32 10.00 2.00 3.00 3.20 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 600.00 600.00
1774 2 5 2 4 5 2 26 4.00 3.00 3.67 5.00 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 65.00 45.00
1775 2 5 2 4 5 2 27 1.50 2.00 3.56 4.20 4 3 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 90.00 55.00 No.
1776 2 5 1 4 1 2 34 10.00 2.00 1.89 3.20 2 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 800.00 1120.00
1777 1 5 1 4 5 2 23 2.00 2.00 3.33 4.20 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 8400.00 5600.00 There is always going to be an imbalance when working in athletics, it's basically part of the job description. However, there seem to be very limited regulations/guidelines to help to provide staffs with healthier work-life balances. By that I mean it is virtually completely up to the head coach to decide when you must work and when you get a day off. The athletes must have one day a week off during the season, but there are no requirements for the coaching staffs. This isn't a complaint, rather an observation as I believe the well-being of assistant coaches is often overlooked.
1778 1 5 1 4 1 2 24 4.00 2.00 3.22 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 55.00 35.00
1779 2 5 1 4 1 2 26 3.50 2.00 2.56 2.80 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 55.00 40.00
1780 2 5 2 4 1 2 28 6.00 2.00 2.78 4.40 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 14.00 10.00 It's really hard to feel like I'm fulfilling my own interests or going out with friends or seeing my family when I'm putting in 14 hour days, calling recruits after I've left the office, and spending all my weekend (Friday afternoon to Monday at 2 AM) traveling for competition and competing. I LOVE my job and wouldn't trade it for the world, but at some point you have to make sacrifices to be successful as a coach (especially an assistant coach).
1781 2 5 1 4 5 2 25 2.00 2.00 2.33 4.40 4 4 5 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 54.00 42.00 Other than within my own staff (head coach down to the volunteers), the athletic department does not understand each sport and each sport's needs and/or schedule. We are often called to early meetings as well as late meetings and every time in between despite having a set early morning practice schedule and weekend races. They also REALLY do not support each program and their staff financially - some barely have enough to pay rent, but really the coaches are what holds the athletics department together. We should be supported more, in many ways.
1782 1 5 1 4 1 2 28 4.00 2.00 2.78 3.60 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 40.00 40.00
1783 1 5 1 4 5 2 26 2.00 3.00 2.78 4.00 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 50.00 20.00
1784 1 5 1 4 1 2 29 7.00 2.00 3.22 4.60 5 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 4 80.00 65.00
1785 1 5 1 4 2 2 35 11.00 2.00 2.67 4.20 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 4 2 3 2 2 1 4 60.00 35.00 I feel like there is a distinct co
elation between time committed to working in intercollegiate athletics and success of the program. I feel like the actual coaching has become a small part of the job, with administrative tasks taking up more and more time. The recruiting is the biggest never ending time commitment where to be a successful program is where a lot of extra hours go. I see people that have better work life balances with family, but lack...