While I agree in principle, in practice it can be very helpful for short-term positions like postdocs. Of course, you might argue that the very position of a po

While I agree in principle, in practice it can be very helpful for short-term positions like postdocs. Of course, you might argue that the very position of a postdoc and the whole carrot-on-a-string tenure apparatus is exploitative and immoral and… well I wouldn’t disagree :)