\'supposed\' to give you a leg up in the next application cycle

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It's not enough for adjuncts to demand fair wages and basic office supplies. Tenured faculty need to stand up for their colleagues. Faculty: stop accepting that your peers get literally 1/10 of your total compensation. Stand up for people who are literally doing the exact same job as you.

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Adjunct professors often don't 'earn enough to eat.' The rest of us need to speak up. | Jonathan Zimmerman

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Andrew AkbashevView Andrew Akbashev’s profile • FollowingScientist (PI) | Creator & Speaker for Academia | Researcher in Electrochemistry / Materials / Microscopy / X-ray science

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To be honest, I would suggest leaving such positions altogether and finding a normal job outside academia. These "adjunk" roles are not worth it. It's like joining a McDonald's Cook team after getting a PhD and complaining that you have to steal burgers from the fridge because otherwise you can't afford a car loan...

Sorry for being a bit harsh, but sometimes the message doesn't come across well without it.

 

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Alaina Talboy, Ph.D.View Alaina Talboy, Ph.D.’s profile (She/Her)AuthorCognitive Scientist | Author | Senior Research Manager

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Dina Stretiner there are tons of reasons why. First and foremost, the culture of PhD programs is that the professor role is the only one PhDs are trained for (even though we know that's not true). If you can't get one right away, being an adjunct is "supposed" to give you a leg up in the next application cycle (even though we know adjuncts are LESS likely to be hired than someone fresh out of a PhD program). Sunk cost fallacy. Etc.

 

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Carmen Branje, PhD out of network3rd+Director of Product Design at Maple & Adjunct Professor at The University of Toronto

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The only solution is to walk away . . .

 

 

 

 

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Jennifer G. Beech, Ph.D.(She/Her) 2nd degree connection2ndInstructional Designer | Technical Writer

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I was an adjunct for 5 years. I also held a full time job while adjuncting. Fellow faculty members gave me crazy looks for doing that. The system is insane. A lot of tenured faculty jobs are just a precarious as adjunct jobs are now.

 

 

 

 

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Neal Matherne(He/Him) out of network3rd+Director Of Education at Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

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Leave full-time adjuncting now.