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> that is essentially just contract work and not steady employment, That's not true, the university pays you salary. Depending on details you may be able to in
by EvgeniyZh 2y ago
> that is essentially just contract work and not steady employment,
That's not true, the university pays you salary. Depending on details you may be able to increase your salary using grants, but you won't lose your salary if you don't. And when you hit tenure it is very hard to fire you
- graycat 2y agoTenure or not, the university doesn't have to have the salary keep up with inflation. Really, bottom line, a prof has to continue to please their department colleagues, chair, and dean.
- EvgeniyZh 2y agoEven in US public universities have salary scales that are indexed. Moving to a different place while keeping tenure is possible too. Anyway I don't see how it's different from any other job, including the fact that having good relationships with colleagues is not a bad idea anyway.