Timeline for How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
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| Aug 23 at 17:32 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @Trunk That's the wise advise in the case... Still, the suggestion was meant to communicate to the PhD student that the Supervisor/University system is not there to ''serve them research ideas" until one is to their liking -but also to give to the PhD student the chance to commit to something the student is enthusiastic about. | |
| Aug 23 at 17:27 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @einpoklum Apologies. My post just elaborated on one scenario. | |
| Aug 23 at 10:49 | comment | added | fdcpp | you are the map, you are the compass, not the captain of the ship this is beautiful and what I would hope is the standard framing that every academic supervisor puts themselves in. | |
| Aug 22 at 18:59 | comment | added | einpoklum | @AlecosPapadopoulos: On the contrary, I'm saying, semi-tongue-in-cheek, that perhaps OP has the "reactionary personality". | |
| Aug 22 at 15:12 | comment | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | @einpoklum So if I understand correctly "reactionary personalities" to you are those people that stand up for their rights, and not those people that demand that the world adjust fully to their idiosyncrasies. Ok. | |
| Aug 22 at 10:53 | comment | added | user104446 | This is a more thoughtful answer. You seem to cast doubt on the idea that fault is entirely on the PhD's side and you hedge against potential inadequate supervision on the part of OP . . . or that OP is too dictatorial in his management - thereby provoking rebellion by the PhD who is keen to assert their own perspective ? Yet I am not sure that a demand for a project idea - which the supervisor will then cut the balls off - would be a good idea. Better to let the PhD solve small problems cropping up (as he should be doing anyhow) as both parties start to blend minds on the overall plan. | |
| Aug 22 at 10:51 | comment | added | einpoklum | "Reactionary personalities are amongst the most difficult to work with." <- It's quite possible that the Ph.D. candidate is thinking the same thing about OP. "In businesses we usually just fire them" <- Or perhaps one could say, "in business, we have to form unions to stand up against them and avoid getting fired." | |
| Aug 22 at 8:55 | history | edited | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 22 at 8:50 | history | answered | Alecos Papadopoulos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |