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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

see that scares me. i work in the way fraud describes, every day. (no way its 80 hrs though!) but i want the life of a 40 hr workweek...

--strawberries



Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 7/31/2007 2:01 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

fraud, in denim has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

There's nothing wrong with taking time off, or with people who choose to not work 80 hours a week (Lord know that I don't work 80 hours a week!), I just don't see where all the people who I hear going on and on about how much they have to work are.



Posted by fraud, in denim to academicsecret at 7/30/2007 8:29 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

Poppy Red has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

I'm probably going to rock the boat a little here... eek! Ok, I'm a grad student and I work a LOT; I've never thought about how many hours a week, but I don't have much in the way of hobbies or pleasure reading. And I really, really hate it when people don't follow through on what they're supposed to do. However, I guess I don't see why we should be wishing that people would work 80 hours a week. If it's just about pointing out the hypocrisy of people saying they work that much and not actually doing it, then fine, I'm on board. But why should we disparage people for enjoying their lives with scrapbooking or whatnot, if they can find the time? I think people should work hard, definitely, but do we have to want everyone to be in the office 80 hours a week? What's the point, if you'd rather go swimming with your family?



Posted by Poppy Red to academicsecret at 7/30/2007 5:33 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

wow. what a great advertisement for taking a position at less demanding institution.

People in my department-- particularly the assistants-- are ALWAYS working. If it's not "publish or perish" it's academic service or community engagement. We DREAM about having the time to be engaged TEACHERS (ostensibly the job we were hired to do).

I can't imagine having the time to scrapbook or take a guilt-free day trip anywhere... even during the summer months. I don't think that I am in the minority in my department. We, the workhorses, number far more than a "handful."



Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 7/27/2007 8:15 PM

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fraud has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

Oh, I know. I was agreeing with you. :) I guess I just got too wound up to make that clear.



Posted by fraud to academicsecret at 7/27/2007 3:59 PM

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Apricot has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

Fraud, I think we're agreeing. I basically said the same thing you did. There's a handful of people who work their butts off, but most people don't.



Posted by Apricot to academicsecret at 7/27/2007 5:00 AM

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fraud, in denim has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

I think it's all a farce, Apricot. The average academic does not work these 80 hour weeks that they brag about. I thought that about Iowa, too. I drove through it years ago and saw not one stalk of corn. Of course it wasn't the right season, but I labeled it a farce and have never let that go.

My view, Anon (and I have to give my partner credit for this because it probably wouldn't be my view if we weren't wedded to one another, but I've adopted it as my own), is that wherever you end up, you work your behind off so that you could get tenure at any of the places that actually give tenure to assistants.

I'm not at a highly ranked school, but I'm not really relaxing or taking it easy. I'm working like I would have had I gotten a job at a top-ten department. That way I'm almost assured tenure here, but I'm also allowing myself to get recruited to one of those top schools later in my career.

That said, I probably sleep better than I would have had I gotten a job at a top school. :)



Posted by fraud, in denim to academicsecret at 7/24/2007 9:01 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

I have been thinking about this alot lately as i begin my faculty search. Is it better to be a small fish in a big pond where you are scared of being looked down upon if you don't get that first R01, or better to be a medium to bigger fish in a small pond where expectations might not be as great and you can relax a little bit during your first few years as a PI? I guess just getting an offer somewhere would be nice but I am not sure which place I would rather that offer come from.



Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 7/24/2007 3:13 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

Apricot has left a new comment on your post "twenty-four/seven academics":

For what it's worth, I'm a grad student in a department rated #1 in the country, and only a handful of people here work 80 hour-week, either. But those people? Holy crap, do they work.



Posted by Apricot to academicsecret at 7/23/2007 8:07 PM

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All Blog Spots has left a new comment on your post "Is the glass half-full, or half-empty?":

nice blog



Posted by All Blog Spots to academicsecret at 7/04/2007 10:24 PM

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Julep has left a new comment on your post "Is the glass half-full, or half-empty?":

I dunno about those fools but it feels half full to me because I've accomplished about half of what I had wanted to accomplish by this point in the summer. ARGH!



Posted by Julep to academicsecret at 7/02/2007 2:03 PM