my contract got terminated pretty much the moment I told my advisor I wanted to look for a position as assistant professor That is outrageous. I've never hear

my contract got terminated pretty much the moment I told my advisor I wanted to look for a position as assistant professor That is outrageous. I've never heard a case of this happening, everyone I know has had supervisors that did their best to make their postdocs succeed. (It seems it's even in your self-interest as a faculty, since screwing up-and-coming people over isn't going to lead to many collaborative opportunities in the future.) Some people are just 1st class assholes, I guess, and you find them in all disciplines.