(2/7).....making you share authorship, stealing your authorship, inappropriate authorship position, unreal deadlines, poor salary, long working hours, threatening a job loss, visa cancellation or a bad reco-letter, etc.
(6/7) If we together could inspire toxic PIs or anyone else to be compassionate towards students, PhDs, or ECRs so that would be a great success in academia!
1/13 As an early career researcher, I find my life is a balancing act of managing family and professional expectations in a competitive world, which is stressful as there is a fear of failure.
2/13 Being a researcher, it is assumed that we are patient & tough to handle the pressure coming from different directions, which can be true for some but not for majority of researchers. Being able to do what we love after many scarifies & hard work can be satisfying......
.......but also stressful, maybe not in the beginning but as we move forward as a researcher.
3/13 As we move from Ph.D. to postdoc, and from postdoc to a faculty position our responsibilities change, from being a team member to a team leader, the level of stress increases.