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How is it exploitation? These people are students who are compensated while learning -- they're not full time staff. They get a degree at the end.
by dantheman 7y ago
How is it exploitation? These people are students who are compensated while learning -- they're not full time staff. They get a degree at the end.
- saagarjha 7y agoMany of these students are paid part-time to do essentially full-time jobs, and often find it difficult or even impossible take up outside employment.
- refurb 7y agoThese graduate students are TAing labs. It's nowhere near a full time job.
- saagarjha 7y agoYou often end up doing 30-40 hours of work, but are only paid for 20.
- refurb 7y agoI guess experiences vary. It was definitely a part time job when I did it.
- kortilla 7y agoPerhaps due to incompetence. Better to take longer and get it done rather than get fired I suppose. When I was a TA 20 hours of work was the most it took (and it was frequently less).
- saagarjha 7y agoIt's good to see that your graduate school experience worked for you, but I would suggest you talk to the TAs striking before labelling them as lazy and unfit.