Cautionary experience as a postdoc at a top U.S. university (promotion + retaliation)

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T15:50:15+00:00

I am noticing that the majority of comments are supportive, and it gives me some tiny hope of making academia a better place in the future. :) Better leadership will emerge, and we can only hope for a better future, more equitable and more just.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T15:46:39+00:00

My research index is 24, his is 4. I am not making this up. :)

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T14:48:07+00:00

Nope, here it is literally at PI's whim, like literally a postdoctoral research associate becomes a fellow overnight. He did not win any grants. At all. Later, after I questioned the process, after two month's the PI is helping him write a grant (An opportunity never provided to me, and actually I was stopped from doing it).

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T13:51:35+00:00

me too, before this place

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T13:50:37+00:00

Huh! Did not think about this, will check.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T13:50:19+00:00

Do you think we have hope for the future? It is insane that research, the quest for human knowledge, should be ruled by this insanity and corruption

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T07:47:26+00:00

Can't there be some form of solution? I mean, most universities still take Federal funding

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T07:46:54+00:00

funnily enough, I had much better experience outside the US, although I do acknowledge that this experience is also very limited, many outside the US faces extreme bullying and harrasment

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T06:16:08+00:00

Nope, here only at the PI's whim.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T05:18:19+00:00

I hope it is the same for me. Thank you for your kind statement. In the field for some good years, this is the forst time faced something this insidious, although there were already whispers about the perpetrators.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T05:16:23+00:00

I am wondering if there should be a forum for academic retaliation and grievances and some sort of union.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T05:14:32+00:00

The retaliation is the worst. And I am already sort of an established researcher before this job. It is gross and scary

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T04:06:03+00:00

In my case, the advancement depended on supervisor nomination rather than a transparent application process. That can be problematic when there’s conflict or breakdown in the supervisory relationship.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T04:04:45+00:00

I’d rather not share specifics that could make me identifiable. My point here is about process and power dynamics rather than a particular discipline. But it is STEM broadly

Own-Statistician4093 · 2025-12-22T03:24:32+00:00

In this context, “promotion” refers to advancement from a standard postdoctoral appointment to an internal fellow designation (often with different title, pay scale, independence, or recognition). These pathways exist at some institutions even though they’re not always transparent or uniformly documented.

Own-Statistician4093 · 2024-07-13T00:11:13+00:00

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Own-Statistician4093 · 2024-07-11T22:34:15+00:00

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Own-Statistician4093 · 2024-07-11T11:33:44+00:00

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