When you accepted an interdisciplinary appointment, you did understand you had to fully satisfy the disciplinary expectations of each discipline involved, yes?
When I was Chair, I had to review the student evaluations for undergrad courses taught by PhD candidates. Some of the students’ comments were so offensive, I began telling Instructors not to read their evaluations. No employer gets to require you to read anonymous insults.
Just because we won’t tell you how much money you’ll have or how many faculty lines you’ll have doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to plan for the future. Just make sure not to go over budget and cover all your department’s instructions needs.
Our new faculty recruitment strategy is to recruit liberal faculty from red states who are OK with taking a pay cut in terms of real disposable income and willing to pay more in taxes to escape their red state oppression.