• fossilesqueOP
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    1 year ago

    The answer is a whimper and muffled sound vaguely reminiscent of a “yes.”

  • average650@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I can only speak for myself, but no. An appropriate amount was asked of me, and I probably ask for less from my students. I worked ~40 hours a week, plus maybe a couple crunches a year.

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      Like most things in academia, this varies widely depending on your advisor. In my time in grad school (physics), my advisor was very fair with my time and my workload was similar to my current workload in industry. However, most of my fellow grad students at my institution that I interacted with had significantly higher workloads and were often working late and on weekends.

      When I was visiting grad schools during the admissions process, this was something that I always asked current grad students about, as it was very important to me to find an advisor that allowed a good work/life balance. It is also something I advise undergrads interested in grad school to consider.

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        Very fair. While I would say most of my fellow students had reasonable work loads, there were certainly exceptions.And I’ve heard horror stories.

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      I think it depends heavily not just on the PI and student, but the field of study and department as well.

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        Very true for the field of study. In Biology, there is a very different way of managing projects and students depending on whether you work in Molecular & Cellular Biology, or rather in Ecology & Evolution. I’m in the latter, and while it’s not without problem, it’s the land of fluffy bears compared to what some of my university friends who worked in cellular biology…