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They’re almost 50 and don’t have a full time job with pension. That is not a good position to be in unless you come from money, are married to someone who does,
by barry-cotter 7y ago
They’re almost 50 and don’t have a full time job with pension. That is not a good position to be in unless you come from money, are married to someone who does, or has a solid professional career or gold plated benefits and a permanent job.
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- WWWWH 7y agoI don't know the specific detail of OP's position, but (all?) post-docs in the UK are members of the same pension scheme as all other academics in their institution. Your fundamental point is quite right--short-term contracts are a lousy and difficult game to play into middle-age.
- lonelappde 7y agoThey have a government pension. They spent 30 years "working" on their research interest instead of at the beck of bosses and clients. Even if they spend retirement stuck as a grocery clerk, they'll have a better life (more funded free time to pursue their personal interests) than almost everyone.
- sadfklsjlkjwt 7y agoWill the job of grocery clerk exist in 20 years?
- cedex12 7y agoresearch interests ≠ personal interests, necessarily.
- rusticpenn 7y agoResearch is not very different from work actually. You always work on the basis of market demand (In this case, the funding organisations)