Why do PIs say no to students working during grad studies?

The main reason why PIs tend to frown upon outside jobs - they take time and mental energy, and most PIs will expect you to commit as much as you can of both.

Why don't PIs hire technicians in place of grad students (PhDs)?

The government gives PIs money so they can educate students and build out a strong research community. PIs like generating a lot of articles ...

Do professors (PI) only care about the work being done by graduate ...

Answer: The answer is no, if they are real professors, they care for their students, and their real calling is in teaching, they will and ...

Does your department allow graduate students to have outside ...

So tending bar (as one student did) could be looked down on, while project-related work could escape scrutiny... not that the grad students had ...

What do you do with graduate students who don't want to work, sit ...

I have a biomedical lab. There are graduate students who don't do their work. Instead, both of them spend most of their time talking (not about ...

Grad school: all work and no play? - GradLife McGill

I think the best answer is that it depends on the supervisor. All these internal dilemmas are also endeavors in themselves. I sometimes, ...

PI doesn't think I'm excited about work, gave me ~5 weeks to change ...

A first year student (who is older and non-traditional like me) said New-Professor is looking for three grad students, and while his work is ...

breaks/vacation as a grad student? - College Confidential Forums

Some sadistic PIs will expect their students to work like a horse. some cool PIs will just generally be relaxed about your schedule as long as ...

How to succeed in PhD program lab rotations

What are huge red flags? I'd worry about any lab where two or more students independently corroborate a toxic or abusive work culture. Avoid labs with no ...

Responding (or not) to prospective students - Small Pond Science

If you apply to a graduate program without schmoozing with the professor you want to work with, then your application is pretty much guaranteed ...

Choosing a Thesis Lab

Most PIs want graduate students in their lab because graduate students do much of the research that gets done at this institution. Find PIs who are working in ...

Pointers for New Graduate Students - Bitesize Bio

Depending on your PI, it is not uncommon that stretches of time will pass where you do not have access to an advisor. They might be traveling or ...

Graduate student workers still struggle without benefits and a living ...

Graduate students are turning to unions to fight for protections and discourage the exploitation of their work. by Jenn Fang August 19th, ...

Taking vacations as a Ph.D. student

D. student. I asked five PIs I know about Ph.D. students taking time off for vacations during their studies. It is entirely a nonrandom ...

How I decided to be the first graduate student in a lab

For a lot of graduate students this can be a really great opportunity. However, if you like working with little interruption, it may be tough ...

Suppose a grad student, for whatever reason, doesn't want their ...

How does the PI and the University meet those deliverables if students own the outcome. Bursaries, research cost, stipends etc are often (not in ...

Why and How These Graduate Students Side Hustle

Through them, I work as community assistant, so I get to not only socialize with people that are also going to my graduate school, but I also ...

Graduate Abuse | Science | AAAS

Many department have no specific policies in place to deal with faculty members about such issues, for one thing. An abusive lab environment can ...

Professionalization tips for grad students? - The Philosophers' Cocoon

I know graduate students are in a very rough position. And as I said, I do my best to not hold anything of this against them. But it is also ...

I switched research groups - and lived to tell the tale - ECR Community

But for the overwhelming majority of grad students, that's not how things work out. ... Anna Goldstein is a graduate student in Chemistry at UC ...