Timeline for Can a school make a grad student TA if the student was promised an RA by admissions?
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| Jan 4, 2023 at 17:00 | comment | added | user158559 | This sort of bait and switch is also common in industry when the newly hired employee is less experienced. They are less likely to be assertive. The emotional manipulation part is also common including the tropes "every company does it" and "being a team player/paying your dues". The way to fix it is to move on to another organization so that they suffer some pain for their actions. That also lets others in the same situation know that there IS a solution. | |
| Jan 3, 2023 at 22:47 | comment | added | Dan Romik | My concern is that the whole concept of being a "team player" is a way of subtly (or not so subtly) pressuring people into accepting various types of abuse by their employers and being made to do things that they should not be required to do. See the other discussion I linked to. So when you say 'Being seen as a "team player" can lead to other opportunities as time goes on', although I'm sure you mean well, you unfortunately reinforce that unhealthy notion. | |
| Jan 3, 2023 at 21:36 | comment | added | Buffy | @DanRomik, note, please, that I was answering the question asked. "Should a school..." is a different question. | |
| Jan 3, 2023 at 21:08 | comment | added | aquaticapetheory | I have no issue with teaching assistantships. I assume you knew going into the fellowship that you would be TA'ing. My issue is that students appear to be getting promises of full coverage via research assistantship then having additional duties sprung on them after they have made a commitment to the school and other trains have sailed. | |
| Jan 3, 2023 at 20:23 | comment | added | Dan Romik | Ah yes, the good old "team player" fallacy/emotional manipulation technique... | |
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| Jan 3, 2023 at 15:51 | history | answered | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |