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That is precisely why tenure is important: you can think without time pressures.
by pfortuny 5y ago
That is precisely why tenure is important: you can think without time pressures.
- j7ake 5y agoHaving tenure does not mean you do not have time pressure. You still have students and postdocs under you and you still need to win grants to do research and pay salaries. You are constantly under evaluation whether you have tenure or not.
- burntoutfire 5y ago> You are constantly under evaluation whether you have tenure or not. And what happens if you're poorly evaluated? They can't fire you anyway. Will they move you to a boiler room as a punishment?
- austinjp 5y agoPresumably this depends on the country and the institution, but you certainly could be "overlooked" and end up with work that is tedious and unlikely to garner plaudits. I'm sure that after a while this could lead to something approximating firing, being "asked to move on" or similar.
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- jcelerier 5y agoAhah what. All my tenured professors had constant time pressures.
- inglor_cz 5y agoOr without political pressures. Provided that you get tenure in the first place.
- austinjp 5y agoPresumably this depends on country and institution - probably on discipline too - but every tenured academic I know works horrendously hard. Nothing lasts longer than the cash from the last funding cycle. The job becomes more and more bureaucratic and mired in red-tape. The time-pressures might often be measured in years, but they are definitely present.