No one should be surprised when PhDs leave academe due to lack of jobs. Over past decade non-casual academic positions have grown by ~900 per year (excl. 2018), HDR completions by ~9,600 per year. Some disciplines haven't grown at all for teaching staff #phdchat #highered (1/n) Public data does not show RO positions by discipline (ROs have grown by ~3,300 to ~19,000 from 2010 to 2020). Adding RO and "no info" staff and apportioning them to each field according to teaching staff improves the situation somewhat, but not by much (2/n)