I was always told that bacon without nitrates does not shrink. From personal experience, this is true.
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Yes! I say this all the time! I am getting married in May and work with exclusively men. We all went out for lunch last week and I was like phew, bunch of dudes, no wedding talk and I can get a bacon blue cheese burger. NOPE. Only dick who didn't order a salad was me! They're doing juice cleanses and everything too,…
It definitely is. The "turn to get shit on" was also referring on Jezebel's continued coverage of photoshopping, so she seemed to be expanding on the idea that Jezebel "loudly and obnoxiously goes after the fashion industry, those hairy, fat, lame, feminist bitches". Or at least that's how I interpreted it!
I have a friend who works on the editorial side at one of the publications in question (from the previous TR article today) and it's shocking what lengths she'll go to to cape for Richardson (along with her coworkers). She knows I'm a Jez reader, and in other life situations values my no-bullshit input on things, so…
Definitely agree. I guess I'm only pointing out their rationale for rescinding, but I absolutely think they're dicks for doing so at that stage in the game.
It's considered very uncouth to discuss these things during the interview process (I've worked both in academia and I
Finance so I know of what I speak) so that probably wouldn't have happened. As for delaying the start...I changed my mind about how I feel on that. They knew she was completing a postdoc, so they should…
Ah, those were the days....
It doesn't let me edit, but I forgot to mention that it completely depends on the college how many classes she'll be teaching. People at research Us don't really teach that much at first, but they do at the kind of school Nazareth is. They probably will ask for a full load of classes, with several preps mixed in.
A "prep" refers specifically to classes not previously taught, so if you were teaching 5 sections of Philosophy 101, that would count as 1 prep. For research universities, it's common to ask for few to no preps in the first few years to do the work you need to do to reach tenure, but it's unusual to demand this at a…
I somehow forgot to mention the sabbatical, as that's right up there with #4 for huge red flags in my book. I've sort-of re-evaluated my stance on start of academic year, only because they obviously knew she was completing a postdoc during the hiring process. I don't know if I think she deserved having it rescinded,…
We're both well accustomed to negotiating and have done so in our respective careers, but never for anything either of us considered out of bounds and are quite happy with our terms. Telling your employer no more than 3 preps a year as a first time assistant professor? I have a hard time not cocking my head at that…
All good points. I guess, ultimately, I am sympathetic to the college's position, but in no way do I think she really deserved having the offer rescinded. I suspect she probably made a "rookie" mistake and didn't have the best advice for how to handle such a situation. Some of her requests signaled a lack of…
Usually not (maybe somewhere, this could be the case). It would be something entirely from scratch that you, yourself, had not taught before (or haven't in quite some time). This is a request that comes about from very senior, often tenured, full-time professors.
Basically refers to teaching a new class from scratch, meaning you have to do all the legwork and prep behind it, rather than teaching a "new" class from semester to semester, where you'd have a syllabus and course structure (with the material to back it up) largely in place when beginning anew.
Isn't that an odd thing to demand right off the bat? She honestly gives the impression she'd be a difficult colleague to deal with down the road. Also, she said three preps per YEAR, not semester. That's a bit limiting.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if that's the case. I'm getting major anxiety thinking about finally landing a position than having it snatched away....the agony!
I think it was the negotiation re: starting year and limit on preps that gave them pause. For a liberal arts institution, the focus is on teaching, and this strongly suggests a commitment to research instead. These are reasonable things to ask for when applying to a top-tier research position, but not so much if…
I replied to another thread saying much of what I'm about to say, but I'm with you. Negotiable starting year and limit on preps? Not for a liberal arts school. I think it's tacky to rescind an offer, but she definitely raised some red flags they may have made missed during the hiring process. I don't necessarily blame…
I agree with you. As a fledgling academic and someone married to an academic, there were several requests made that would have given a liberal arts college serious pause. Negotiation of starting year and 3 preps being the biggest two that come to mind. Most of the commenters here are unable to make that distinction,…
I think she just "tee-hee"d her and said, "don't worry ma'am"! I would have probably told her OFF, but I was and remain a mouthy woman.