Thread by @DisInHigherEd

Anonymous A2: I don’t, but I am starting to notice that my ability to work is more impaired than I thought (I don’t seem to be able to work a full 8 hours, usually ends up being 4-5 max most days.) I don’t even know how I would go about getting accommodations as a

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postdoc though, since we’re in a weird grey area as trainees but no longer students, technically employees of the medical center but funded by NIH. Also internalized ableism means that my brain goes straight to “get your shit together and try harder” instead of acknowledging
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that maybe I could use some support. I feel really conflicted about remaining in academia but the ability to have SO much more control over my schedule and ability to be flexible in when I work is invaluable to me. I don’t know how I managed a very inflexible 8-5pm clinical
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position last year.

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