1/ Small point in a big crisis but I'm *very* grateful to @biozentrum @UniBasel for giving postdocs access to Zoom Pro. Far as I can tell, this is not the norm!
But I'd be mortified to have to beg a collaborator, PI, or media contact to set up a Zoom every time I have a meeting.
2/ As post-docs we are working towards independent research - & that should include being able to schedule our own meetings in this social-distant time. It's infantilizing to not trust your post-docs to use Zoom 'properly'.
3/ (And even worse if the calculation was we're 'not worth the money' - postdocs are often the workhorses of research!)
So Unis, why leave postdocs out of Zoom Pro?
It's a small thing, but small things go a long way to making your staff (& they are staff!) feel valued!
(Clearly this message does not apply if you're the one university in the world who hasn't signed a Pro contract with Zoom in the current crisis.)
(And just to clarify for those not in academia - currently most universities have signed up to provide Zoom Pro to principle investigators (PIs) - leaders of labs/groups. AFAIK few have extended that privilege to post-docs, so their meetings end abruptly after 40 mins)
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