last week my brother's BOSS asked him for $5,000 to give to his dad for his stepmother funeral.
hand to God. $5,000.
2026-08-20 20:13:31
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Elisa :
I feel like they need to update the tenure clauses. The way some of these professors act lets me know they feel untouchable.
2026-08-21 15:06:50
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Chris :
I'm sorry but this seems a little creepy
Messaging after midnight then again at 5am?
Seems more like a stocker or obsessed partner than a teacher (or whatever)
I think I'd be saving these messages and reporting. It's sad because sometimes people worry about the repercussions from saying something
2026-08-20 20:09:28
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Wayward Archaeo :
Spent my entire career in academia. The problem is disgustingly common.
2026-08-21 19:33:17
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triggeredtreat :
To the Dean, immediately.
2026-08-22 00:31:07
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Lace :
As PhD biomedical scientist, I can tell you this is not at all uncommon, and it can be (and often is) soooo much worse than this... The boundaries are too blurred and the power imbalance is taken advantage of in academia, leaving many of us with very deep scars.
2026-08-21 03:14:50
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kaitlin_in_libraryland :
My best friend went through a nearly identical issue during her doctoral program, it was crazy
2026-08-20 20:40:32
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Bird 🇳🇿 :
Office Manager here.... ewww
2026-08-21 06:02:00
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Kiki Peach :
This is so painfully awkward and super gross
2026-08-21 04:25:18
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LSEaves :
When it got to the part about “failure on both our parts”, I screamed “No!” At the screen.
2026-08-20 21:23:22
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𓆝 :
do you ever advise on personal story's? i'm in crisis with my manager..
2026-08-20 20:02:10
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Levi Azzy Hellhound Chronicles :
tenure should never be a get out of jail card
2026-08-20 20:34:52
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juliepooh :
This is SOOOOO common and it gets worse if you go through a graduate and a doctorate program. It’s so unethical
2026-08-20 20:19:25
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❌Auburn Alsatian❌ :
He was upset he couldn’t weaponize his coercion.
2026-08-20 22:38:51
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Carol :
I didn’t realize high schoolers had “tenure”😳. Wow.
2026-08-21 10:13:02
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Capgar :
My husband had a research advisor as an undergraduate who was in charge of the foreign student visas, and he would put the most vulnerable students in his lab and then threaten their visas if they tried to leave the lab so he would keep his PhD students working on his own research for years and not let them publish enough under their own name in order to graduate. It was awful.
2026-08-20 20:25:52
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Levi :
This was literally an episode of Law and Order. Crazy it happens to her irl
2026-08-21 15:24:48
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Hates Humans | Loves 📚 :
I love these so much, they not only remind others that they're not alone but they do help people stand up for themselves and find their voices so these behaviors don't continue especially with younger people entering the corporate world.
2026-08-20 20:15:39
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~David~ :
It’s sad that these types of people are in charge and hold so much power that people are afraid speak up when they cross the line professionally.
2026-08-20 20:13:31
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Trent :
Respectfully I feel like people milk these “panic attacks” too much. I had one when I was 11 and I took two minutes and kept it pushing. It definitely didn’t take me out for the whole day this is ridiculous
2026-08-21 17:11:58
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curtis.exe :
Sex. He ultimately wanted sex.
2026-08-21 19:20:43
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KatRuna :
I would so go to the dean about this.
2026-08-20 21:43:39
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Luke :
Unfortunately, I witnessed abusive advisors regularly when I was in academia. The bigger they are, the less likely they face any real consequence because they bring in funds to the universities.
2026-08-20 20:20:14
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KellyHoltman :
She clearly had an affair with him.
2026-08-21 00:59:25
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