Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance.
    • NielsBohron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 years ago

      Or go tenure-track in educational institutions rather than research institutions. I left my PhD program with an “all but dissertation” MS and immediately got a few adjunct jobs teaching at a small private university and a community college. A few years later, I wound up full-time with tenure at the CC, and I couldn’t be happier with the decision to leave research.

    • Bye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 years ago

      100%. It’s absolutely brutal right now. So glad I left academia for industry, they pay you more and you work less. Too bad I did two post docs first. Like, why the hell would I fight and claw for R01s when I could just like, NOT DO THAT.

      total scam.

  • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
    246·
    2 years ago

    That’s also the main reason why men leave academic job. Let’s go guys! We’ve achieved gender parity on something! /s

    (source: man who left academia. All system is toxic)

      • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
        6·
        2 years ago

        Actually, the problem is similar. The currency in academia isn’t revenue or profit, but publications, the incentive structure is pretty much the same, though.