As a recent PhD graduate and looking for a job, I’ve become really demoralized lately as I’ve been applying for jobs with minimal success and at the same time watching this political crisis unfold. I’ve had positions slip away due to funding uncertainty. I’ve been seeing countless budget cuts, layoffs, hiring freezes, and students getting deported.
On r/PhD and r/postdoc we’ve been sharing our struggles a lot. But I want to ask the professors, How are you holding up? Really?
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Poorly.
Well until yesterday I was thinking retirement might be an option….
Lost over $2M in potential grant funding from the US Dept of Ed after the competitions were cancelled yesterday. This did not happen under Trump 1.0 So, I would say, my seatbelt is tightly strapped and retirement has been postponed until the orange gibbon and his concubines depart. Also the administrative pressure to maintain or increase student enrollment in our programs and courses at the minimum expected numbers will definitely increase.
Yeah pretty shitty