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Post by getout on Dec 17, 2015 22:14:10 GMT -5
Y'all need to get out more! I know many places where faculty (not just APs) share offices. It isn't the norm, but it does happen. Graduate students are largely buffered from the reality of the modern University and the sort of idealistic world of writing and research that you engage in as a PhD candidate. Faculty in many places are treated as cogs in a machine who in the eyes of the administration are little more than employees they must manage. If the administration can get away with cutting costs by pairing faculty up/cutting phone lines/limiting copying pages/or any other means of penny pinching, then they do at many Universities. This isn't true for most (notice I say "most") R1 universities, but most of you will not end up in R1 schools. There just aren't enough of those position to go around. In short, unless you are a star, you may want to consider a serious lowering of your expectations. While R1's may consider your requests for startup funds, new furniture, fresh paint, computer packages, and an array of comforts, many schools will simply laugh these requests off as unreasonable and out of the norm. Indeed, I know of someone who went to a school and got startup funds (~$3,000) for the first time in the school's history of his department. Which isnt to say you shouldn't try. Im just saying, be prepared!
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Post by no. on Dec 21, 2015 6:54:52 GMT -5
I am at a regional directive, and it is subpar in most of the usual ways--teaching and service are heavy, low pay, undesirable region, etc. But we have our own offices. I am sorry for the AP who has to share an office. That would make it difficult for anyone to do their work.
Things I wished I had considered: Flexible avenues outside of academe, and location. Location beats everything at this point. We end up "stationed" wherever, most of us for mediocre pay.
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Post by Collegial on Oct 26, 2018 16:15:25 GMT -5
Collegiality! Bar none the most important thing to me besides the other things that have been mentioned. You will work with this set of people for (potentially) the rest of your life. Do they get along with each other? Do you get along with them? This is a very important piece of the equation. Sociology salaries are not that great anyway, but being in a happy office environment where you have friends and everyone gets along will make you be happy to go there everyday!
Just my two cents after being in a couple of departments that had internal fights, and now being in a department that has great colleagues.
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Post by Location on Oct 12, 2019 18:09:12 GMT -5
Location is important! If you are an urbanite, a rural job may be miserable. School districts, weather, cost of living, culture and so on may matter to many applicants, and it can be hard to remember that in the rush to get a job.
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Post by zasdera on Feb 14, 2022 7:12:36 GMT -5
So, for me, amongst all things that should be considered when looking or applying for a job, the company's history and values matter the most. Search whether the company has been in the news for legal or financial troubles. Check whether the company is expanding or downsizing and how often the company has laid off employees. Anyway, these are my tips, and I hope you find them helpful. And, by the way, if you by any chance have an upcoming phone interview, here are some excellent tips jobsandcareer.tips/phone-interview-tips/ you could use.
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Post by industry jobs on Feb 14, 2022 11:08:20 GMT -5
industry jobs look far better than low paying & bad location TT jobs. if you really want to be a professor maybe that is okay with you. but after seeing options outside academia, it's easy for me to either pick a good TT job if I get one or just work in industry. so many more options outside academia.
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Post by bureaucracy on Jan 19, 2023 22:46:33 GMT -5
How incompetent and aggressive is the bureaucracy? Hard to learn from the outside, but it really matters.
I know one very elite school where this is one big reason people are miserable.
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