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2025 Hiring Pause

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Re: 2025 Hiring Pause

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I've worked for both big R1 Universities as well as top-tier independent research institutes. I ran computing facilities that supported bioinformatics facilities, and spent my day interacting with both research leaders (PIs/faculty) and administration. I don't believe point #1 - I have been involved in shared governance bodies as a student and staff, and at least where I've spent time, these bodies are strong. For po…

For #2, are you saying the administration doesn’t hold the purse strings? Why the resistance to the top-down approach? Nobody resists if it means more resources; and faster procurement of resources. Instead it seems researchers are forced to navigate politics and raise funding. Or do you mean that each department has its own IT department and it’s resisting consolidation? For #3: It’s not about resources but about ho…

For #2, yes - the administration doesn't hold the purse strings. Each PI gets their own grants, and thus can control how much of the money is spent, barring overhead. I had to make a value proposition for the PIs to explain to them why they couldn't afford NOT to modernize their data storage. Unfortunately, it's cheaper to go to Staples and buy a USB drive than it is to pay for properly archived storage.

The resistance to the top down approach was, to me, misunderstanding the risks of storing their data outside of a safe place, and a fear of losing control of their data.

The last institute I worked at was focused on basic biomedical research - dead ends were what we chased all day!

Re: 2025 Hiring Pause

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post #164
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This seems like a low-value comment without some data. For example, can you identify the specific jobs which you consider resort-like and how much of the growth they contribute to?

Start with the personal butlers and beach chair attendants at all the big R1 universities. Those positions should go.

Which universities have those?

Re: 2025 Hiring Pause

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Start with the personal butlers and beach chair attendants at all the big R1 universities. Those positions should go.

Which universities have those?

None, I was being sarcastic. :) The idea that Universities are resorts is laughable if you've spent time working at one.
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