Academia's culture of overwork almost broke me

Academic Writing Amplified - Apple Podcasts

The podcast for academic womxn who want to write and publish more while rejecting the culture of overwork in academia. ... me to the career (really, vocation) in ...

Why Are Successful Scientists Leaving Academia Mid-Career?

An increasing number of successful mid-career scientists grapple with the difficult decision to leave academia for greener pastures, with almost ...

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Working with my brain and not ...

... overwork and burnout which had driven me to chronic depression. To ... Using Pomodoro timers to break my work into 25-minute chunks interspersed ...

Collective academic overwork and survivor guilt are a labor issue

... broken academic position. "If I (realistically) stay in academia ... Certainly, I wouldn't classify myself as being over-worked. There ...

Critiquing the culture of unpaid and underpaid work in academia

This exchange struck a nerve with me, and I responded on Twitter, something I very rarely do. I took issue with the assumption that all alt- ...

Death of a Soul (on Campus) - The Professor Is In

The culture is one of cocooning and compulsive overwork, and ... work, and almost a decade later, I am enjoying myself. But my thesis ...

How to Find Focused Writing Time and Prevent Burnout

Dr Cathy Mazak talks about how to write more by working less, the benefits of writing in community, and why the academic culture of overwork needs to ...

How Broken Is Academia? - by Jesse Adams - Persuasion

The very most rigorous scholarly research tends to be pretty damn boring and incremental and hard to promote. Almost all actual progress gets inched out ...

Academia is BROKEN. The systemic issues we can't ignore - YouTube

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The Culture of Overwork - ELGL

I found myself wondering how a 40 hours work week and reasonable ... nearly twice the normal rate), depression, a vanishing libido, and ...

Silent But Not Alone: Enduring A Hostile Academic Culture

Attending college had meant more to me than I could put into words. It meant escaping an abusive family who had refused to provide for me. It ...

How to Handle Stress, Anxiety, and Overwhelm in Academia

To stand in power and say no, I'm actually not going to do it the overwork-and-burnout way. I'm going to do academia in a way that makes me more ...

The “Elon Musk syndrome" | YouAlberta

I call it the "Elon Musk syndrome." Our culture glamourizes overwork to the point of exhaustion, and we all need to rethink that.

Is it true that PhD students suffer academia's notorious culture of ...

I expected my professors and mentor to do their job and assist me. But why would I expect anyone to appreciate my efforts? Overwork? Again no ...

Academia is Cushy - Sociology Job Market Rumors

I'm an AP at an R1, and did other kinds of work before going into academia. ... work culture encourages it. To the person who would bet their career on my ...

Academic hustle culture: why are we glorifying burnout and overwork?

While the language of the "hustle" isn't part of academia, we're no strangers to the culture of overwork and the dangers of burnout.

Working on the Weekends - an Academic Necessity? - The Gradient

I have seen so many threads recently bemoaning the working culture in academia, and I fully agree with many things. ... A striking fact to me was ...

Working Class in Academia - The Uncertain World

And also, let's be honest, those academic pedigrees unfairly advantaged me in getting my job at Bristol. ... If you are going to work those ...

What Would Happen If We Slowed Down? - Cal Newport

Therefore, a person wanting to progress their career in academia must work just as hard as they physically can, not to improve their output, but ...

5 Reasons To Ditch Academia Forever This Summer

I listened quietly as he told me all of this. When he finished, I asked him what he was going to do next. I'm not sure but I kind of feel relieved.