[lbo-talk] A Glimpse into the Fate of Ph.D's currently

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 11:44:47 PDT 2012


Joann: "Most of academia right now consists of tomato pickers."

[WS:] I disagree. They may be temps with no job security or benefits, but their work is relatively pleasant and has considerable autonomy vis a vis, say that of a K12 teacher. K12 teachers not only work hard but have to take abuse from students, their parents, and administration. And they can be fired when test scores fall below the mark.

Not to mention, of course, people working in retail, where they not only get abuse by customers and bosses, but they have to endure significant physical strain, and have zero job security ans zero autonomy. Retail is the largest employer in the US -larger than any other industry.

Adjuncts and other academic temps do not have it that bad in comparison.

-- Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."



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