Look at this dude's face when he's listening to her. Get real. I'm sorry you didn't get the job but either two things are going on here. You either didn't get the job cuz you went to this dude or you didn't get the job cuz you work for this dude
This dude is absolutely psychotic. He doesn't know what he's doing. He has other people do it for him and then when they can't provide something as stupid as the stuff that he wants he gets angry. He rehires employees that he already fired just to fire him. Again. This is how crazy he is. Not to mention he's scamming everybody who comes to him
You also have to be contributing enough to be IN that positive social circle and not believe that being in that circle will fix all of the problems you have
Academia is for those who always want to remain poor, middle class, don't care about career growth, willing to work like masons, and still willing to write bullshit , asshole useless projects which dont add values to anybody life.
The even sadder thing is that even after tenure is awarded, even after a full professorship is attained, university administration can make your life miserable, as I can attest. As far as I can see, there is no control over university administration. Litigation is not the answer, because that can blackball you. The only solution is to walk completely or to start a second career while employed as a professor so that salary no longer matters.
What the fuck. It’s our job to shop job titles on top of waiting longer to start working, and being over-qualified? “Too much jargon on your resume”??? Wtf we’re smarter than the people hiring? This is so stupid what a bogus report. Talent acquisition specialists are under qualified to recognize quality? Just wow
I had a two similar situations for me in my PhD programs. First I was at a Top 40 school in the south. At this institution they still required cumes or written qualifiers. On one test in particular I scored a 76/100. Which for a graduate score is not bad, on a 15pt scale its a B and on a 10pts scale, a C. I failed that test. I failed the test because out of the other 15 ppl I was testing with, so many scored high enough to skew the bell curve such that the minimum passing was an 80/100. So they HAD to fail people. There were 4 failing grades and of them mine was the highest. The next closest score to mine was 63 if I remember correctly. So I was being graded against my peers rather than on my own merits. I then decided to return to my undergrad alma mater and try to pursue a different branch of the same PhD. My PI had an off the wall idea for me to try, and I thought it sounding interesting. At this point I had already been a grad student for 4yrs and wanted to get my work done as efficiently, precisely and expediently as possible. So I dove head first into my project. Now, fast forward almost 3yrs and while I had been reading articles to use as references, as my project was on the downward slope to completion, I was actively looking for articles to use in my dissertation. What I found was not only was there a group in China that had performed and developed the EXACT method and device that I had been working on, but they had a patent...on both...IN THE USA!!! My professor either did not do his due diligence or he read about this work and forgotten that he had. In either case I would have had to go back to square one and at that point I did not think I could do 4 more years after the 7 I had already done. So I stopped.
Why to apply for jobs you are overqualified? Should I apply to jobs that match the qualification. My problem is that I move countries and continents every 2 years. Ok for academia, not good for business.
It is so shocking to me that the most basic of understanding about stress, how to detect you are experiencing it, and how deal with it, is blatantly absent from modern science. Everybody knows by now that washing your hands before an operation will avoid infections, and yet nothing is known about what to do about emotions. Astonishing.
I so much empathize. It took me 8 years between Ph.D. and tenure-track job. Now I am preparing to retire after 26 years of service. Looking back I so much wonder whether it was worth it. After having spent so many endless hours doing mindless admin and answering pointless emails, and so little doing what I was meant to do, namely research and teaching, I feel that it is time to go. Yes, it can be a very toxic environment, even if you are lucky enough to land a job in a half-decent place. Hard to get in, hard to move, and hard to leave. Go and do a job that makes a lot of money. You may hate it, but you will be making a lot of money and you can retire early.
I am like her. I have been looking for an MSL but cannot get a single interview because of lack of sales experience. I worked in retail when i was a teen but that wasnt exactly the same.
I've finished phd and 2 years inti postdoc. Tr3ated like a paper mill and never a discussion about whats my future ljke. The worst feeling is when ur PI is not an expert in the field and gives stupid corrections to your manuscript. I am waiting to out of thus S**hole asap
It’s a CULT especially when your supervisor is narcissist and play a victim like whatever you did is for your degree and has zero benefits to them. So it’s your PhD (meaning I’ve got mine not my biz anymore 😊)
OMG Amanda looks like she’s about to burst into tears after only the 1st minute. All I can say, as someone who got out just over 11 years ago, is that it does get better. You do stop guilt-tripping yourself. You do start to heal and take better care of yourself. You do start to learn that it’s possible to have a normal, happy satisfying experience in your workplace. You also find that businesses are happy to hire smart, motivated, productive people. They also pay better salaries
This is interesting to hear others experiences. In my case the advisor does not supply basic laboratory supplies and the other faculty on my graduate committe did not belive me about this. I used some alternate materials because I didnt have basic things like solvents. My advisor has also told me many times not to talk ask other lab groups outside their lab for supplies and not to discuss experiments. There is also a lot of screaming, tantrums and nasty personal remarks and never looking at my data or advising my experiments. and nobody will believe me. The university instrument room has been packed up for over a year for a planned move to another builfinh and I cant use them to do my experiments. Its costing me a lot of time and money to hang around waiting to see if these will ever be functional again. Meanwile I apply for jobs for over a year but cant find any
Just went through three rounds of interviews earlier this year...4 hours, 7 leaders...all supposedly liked me (according to HR). Was hopeful and then got a rejection. Saw that they reposted that same job for the last 5 months...it's as if they're just collecting data and keeping busy.
They 100% do it just for collecting data. Use a different email, lie a bit on your resume and say you are really good at this one particular thing and that you actually live a city over. Strangely your email starts getting ads about job postings in that city, your LinkedIn gets messages from recruiters saying you live in that city(despite your profile stating otherwise), and if you sign in with that email you get ads based on that specific market you said you were skilled in
Are you filming from Warsaw ? Shouldn't we research company before applying ? I have applied to a few payday loan companies 🤮 They know how to hide their business behind dreamy slogans.
Thank you Isaiah. Cheeky Scientist has been very helpful. Although, I am still searching for an Industry job. I hope to get it using your instructions.
I was hospitalized for 2 days at the end of my PhD program, the Chair of my Department did not hire me back as an adjunct professor after I graduated despite that fact that my SPOT evaluations were best in department just b/c she didn't care for me much, and I struggled to even get a job after I completed 4 of the longest years of my life. Academia stinks. Period.
Maybe your next manager is AI bot, who knows... CEO thinks that everything can done by bots, but she wants to put up human face when dealing with customers. There can be all kinds of scenarios with AI.
I have only a bachelors degree but I wanted to pursue academia for my love of philosophy. Looks like that’s going down the drain. I would not be able to stand for that kind of verbal abuse, I would end up killing somebody. Also… I’m new to the academic jargon like PI. What does that term stand for?
