tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post959576139102813247..comments2023-10-18T08:33:32.948-07:00Comments on Unemployed PhD for hire: Workplace relationsWTF have I done with my life?http://www.blogger.com/profile/12567458532188272050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-41688154745426896302012-08-30T09:14:12.940-07:002012-08-30T09:14:12.940-07:00"And if it's a non-academic one, you now ..."And if it's a non-academic one, you now have to work out how to be a team player and get along with a whole host of new people and different kinds of personalities. While learning the ropes and surviving your intial period of performance evaluation, you also have to work out who are the mean girls, who is the office bully, who is the organiser and who is the prankster."<br /><br />I worked in an academic environment, if it could be called that. Alternative high school. Whew. We had bullies, both students and teachers, who verbally and sexually harassed others daily. Open concept classroom equated to no privacy and lots of noise.<br /><br />School starts this week, and while I have lots of anxiety about not working, I would have more anxiety over returning to a workplace where female teachers display sex toys on official retreats, where teachers call other teachers names, where teachers ostracize other teachers and undermine with administration, where students carry weapons, drugs, seriously bad attitudes, and come to school to recruit prostitutes. <br /><br />I kid you not.pantrypesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456615045393005199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-83190501171848810222012-08-13T04:23:00.815-07:002012-08-13T04:23:00.815-07:00For me the academic thing is easy - you just have ...For me the academic thing is easy - you just have to ask a lot of stock standard questions about someone elses work and then they ramble on for a while and then it's time to get another drink/go to the bathroom/see a paper etc. Terribly dreary, but so is endless team building! Perhaps I am just a misanthrope...WTF have I done with my life?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12567458532188272050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-79922035801179004722012-08-13T04:19:56.061-07:002012-08-13T04:19:56.061-07:00A very big advantage of running your own business!...A very big advantage of running your own business! good luck :)WTF have I done with my life?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12567458532188272050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-75545734797392133282012-08-13T04:19:18.223-07:002012-08-13T04:19:18.223-07:00Yes, I think that now I have put in the effort for...Yes, I think that now I have put in the effort for not much return I will start having a lot of sick grandmothers and other family occaisions when there is an event on... WTF have I done with my life?https://www.blogger.com/profile/12567458532188272050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-22473357947092748212012-08-10T14:55:20.035-07:002012-08-10T14:55:20.035-07:00Ahhh I find socialising outside of the academic wo...Ahhh I find socialising outside of the academic world much easier really since I don't get the sense that the person talking to me is trying to score points off me, find out whether I knew some academic gossip or not..I've found that socialising outside of the academic world is less fraught and less stressful. I prefer it but I also think that move from one to the other is hard, really hard since its a huge shift since its socialising for a different reasons. In the business world its about socialising to build team work while in the academic one its about knocking points of each other.antheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269725364477824869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-72922127314909961252012-08-03T11:30:49.671-07:002012-08-03T11:30:49.671-07:00Ugh socializing has never been a strong point for ...Ugh socializing has never been a strong point for me, so I can totally sympathize! My solution - should I ever leave academia - is to go into consulting. Yes I'll have to socialize with clients and drum up business - but I'll be my only co-worker, and I'm okay socializing with myself. :)Hydro Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10067556046839988891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-84809863250916449262012-08-02T19:11:36.471-07:002012-08-02T19:11:36.471-07:00Yes! I've found that LAP is BIG on social even...Yes! I've found that LAP is BIG on social events and it's difficult for my introverted nature. Hang in there and try to guard your time as much as you can.Kathleen https://www.blogger.com/profile/05479160984254011577noreply@blogger.com