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~~jwb~~ · 09-04-2021, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jadis

Yeah it's hard not to despise the idea of this place. But personally I'm in the world's most fragile glasshouse when it comes to accepting jobs in places I despise, so can't judge anyone else on this account.

where is that and what's the job?

jadis · 09-04-2021, 06:43 PM

It’s an academic job in a country famous for using its one LGBT-friendly metropolis to shield itself from criticism over being a literal apartheid state.

One thing I realized during the pandemic is that in the long term I’d much rather teach high school and live in Montreal than have something resembling an “academic career” and live in a place where I feel like ****.

adidasss · 09-04-2021, 07:03 PM

Israel?

jadis · 09-04-2021, 07:11 PM

Commenting any further doesn't align with my wellness plan.

adidasss · 09-04-2021, 07:22 PM

In that case, you do keep some weird hours.

Anyway, if you're not happy, move dude. I'd imagine people in academia have plenty of choices. Working in oil and gas, I kinda don't. Also, I'm from Eastern Europe so my university degree is basically toilet paper. Definitely not a wide range of employment options. :/

The Batlord · 09-04-2021, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

In that case, you do keep some weird hours.

Anyway, if you're not happy, move dude. I'd imagine people in academia have plenty of choices. Working in oil and gas, I kinda don't. Also, I'm from Eastern Europe so my university degree is basically toilet paper. Definitely not a wide range of employment options. :/

The enemy is amongst us!

adidasss · 09-04-2021, 08:08 PM

You're just finding this out?

Anyway, now they're making a push towards clean(er) energy, not because anyone believes it's "the right thing to do" but because oil is gonna run out and you gotta keep the profit coming for the shareholders! Go green!

jadis · 09-04-2021, 08:10 PM

In the humanities the situation's not great to put it mildly. If you have a PhD from a good university you can usually find adjunct (i.e. temporary & precarious) work if you apply to a thousand different places.

I once thought this lifestyle held a certain romance but after 2 years away, 1.5 of which coincided with you know what, all I want is to get back home, whatever employment situation awaits me (or rather my partner, whose "turn" to work it would be by then).

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In that case, you do keep some weird hours

It was always bad with me, but between lockdowns, no gym and zoom classes, things got absurd. I manage to roll back to human hours for like two days and then it's back to vampire

On the bright side, triple-vaxxed.

WWWP · 09-04-2021, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

I hear Kabul is really booming

Seriously? No one?

~~jwb~~ · 09-04-2021, 09:50 PM

Nice pun boomer

09-04-2021, 07:03 PM	#75763 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Israel? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

09-04-2021, 07:22 PM	#75765 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	In that case, you do keep some weird hours. Anyway, if you're not happy, move dude. I'd imagine people in academia have plenty of choices. Working in oil and gas, I kinda don't. Also, I'm from Eastern Europe so my university degree is basically toilet paper. Definitely not a wide range of employment options. :/ __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

09-04-2021, 08:08 PM	#75767 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	You're just finding this out? Anyway, now they're making a push towards clean(er) energy, not because anyone believes it's "the right thing to do" but because oil is gonna run out and you gotta keep the profit coming for the shareholders! Go green! __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

09-04-2021, 06:43 PM	#75762 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,232	It’s an academic job in a country famous for using its one LGBT-friendly metropolis to shield itself from criticism over being a literal apartheid state. One thing I realized during the pandemic is that in the long term I’d much rather teach high school and live in Montreal than have something resembling an “academic career” and live in a place where I feel like ****.

09-04-2021, 07:11 PM	#75764 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,232	Commenting any further doesn't align with my wellness plan.

09-04-2021, 09:50 PM	#75770 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Nice pun boomer