Tip-flation, having to tip at places that regularly you wouldn’t. What is your experience on this? I think it’s getting out of control. Should you have to tip for takeout?
a super talented scientist in lab just left to take a position in industry because there was no mechanism for the University to pay him at a competitive rate despite our best efforts - and funding - to do so. I have no idea how we're supposed to compete.
Nature can teach us a lot about navigating the workplace.
Reject new projects like a deciduous tree: “Conditions are unfavorable for me to accommodate additional photosynthesis, so I will be dormant for the winter.”