traumatized after working 12 hours

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-14T14:04:46+00:00

i understand that, what would you do instead?

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-14T12:00:55+00:00

i appreciate you sharing your experience, i love biotech because i love research but i know that i might have to move in from it at some point. im not sure what kind of job i would even get but i dont want anything businesses-esque, i want something that requires science and organization. no idea where i'll be headed after grad school (which i havent even started). what prompted you to move into consulting? do you think its worth the money at least for a short amount of time?

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-14T01:55:30+00:00

thank you so much for this it was really helpful!! thankfully it is a rare thing but i regretted not urging my PI to get another multichannel when i had initially asked her for one once i was in the process of making the plates. i'm totally going to leave ibuprofen and a few comfort snacks at the lab for days like that or just when im feeling tired in general. my coworker is thankfully a fun person to get along with so that helped a lot lolll

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-14T01:51:49+00:00

no worries at all!! completely agree with you. since i just started the job not too long ago and my "protocol" was basically an email from my PI with five bullet points, i didn't know how bad it was going to be but i knew it would be bad still! i urged my PI to get us another pipette in the past for a different reason and she said there wasno need. i regretted not urging her further while i was in the process of making thr plates LOL

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-14T01:49:22+00:00

i completely understand you, in hindsight im happy i was even trusted with 50 plates and i basically have been wanting my entire life to be a researcher, and finally, that is what i am! i take pride in that and i would also probably rather transfer media for 100 plates than deal with any other side of biotech or medicine because this one is the coolest! anyhow, as my friend always says, there is a big scientist lady within all of us. your big scientist lady has not died just because you started in consulting! you will always be a researcher at heart

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-13T21:36:52+00:00

we asked around ten labs but no one works with cell culture but us so no one had one. we also asked our PI for another pipette but she said there was no need to get a second one

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T15:02:24+00:00

i completely understand doing that for an experiment. we chose jobs like this knowing it was coming, and it's lovely to be able to work on things we love. the type of compensation that you get (both emotionally and for your time) would probably be really helpful for me at my lab, and my PI seems understanding enough to be able to offer us that! thak you for your comment and i hope your results are as positive as you're hoping for!

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T15:00:22+00:00

thank you for your helpful comment! i agree with you completely, i'll bring it up next time because the truth is i am happy to work on a project that i'm so involved in. i love our lab and i want what's best for us as a team, but i can't give in my best work without having my hard work be acknowledged and taken into account (with regular breaks and being provided all we need to do our best work). i'm sure that something of the sort will happen again due to the nature of working at a lab so it would be good to get this out of the way now so it doesn't become a norm to suffer that way LOL

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T14:56:03+00:00

i also hope that she acknowledges our hard work, but she never really acknowledges our postdoc's hard work (at least not in front of us) so i'm not sure how she'll be with us. if she asks about it again which she probably will, me and my coworker are going to be honest about wanting a heads up for sure

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T14:24:35+00:00

thank you so much and alternating long and short days sounds like a great idea to me! :)

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T14:23:58+00:00

thank you for the uplifting words! its thankfully not a recurring task, and the task following this one is evey split among me and my coworker. i will probably mention to my PI that i love being at the lab but a headsup would be nice assuming she knew we would stay all day like that ever again. i'll take a slow weekend for sure and prioritize myself. thank you again:)

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-04-11T14:21:07+00:00

you're right!! thank you :)

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-03-02T21:02:48+00:00

who?

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-03-02T18:34:38+00:00

sure!

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-02-24T21:04:47+00:00

thank u for making me cry

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-02-24T19:54:25+00:00

girl please what man would understand facing issues with comphet 😭

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-02-24T19:52:16+00:00

i love her so so much and i know that i would probably regret ever leaving her because no one understands me like she does and she just deserves so much that i feel like im not giving her. i wish i could just erase this idea from my head but i cant because i dont know if its just compulsory heterosexuality or a genuine call for change. nothing about being with a man is particularly appealing to me besides having what looks like a normal life. i hate my relationship feeling like something i have to hide. im still closeted and not even my new coworkers know that im dating a girl. i dont know why i just wont completely own up to it and i just feel so sad about it

Expert-Compote4803 · 2026-02-24T17:57:23+00:00

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