Sandy Saunders
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I’m puzzled about the end-goal for postdoc salaries in academia - are we aiming for industry-level six figures? While higher pay in industry is undeniable, job security there often hinges on fluctuating business needs (I have a lot of friends who were let go for reasons not related to their performance, but rather entire branch was let go), unlike academia’s relative stability. Postdocs in academia tend to have more job security, funded for years within grants and are let go only in exclusive circumstances. If universities want to boost postdoc salaries, more power to them, but if it’s on individual PIs to manage this from multiple grants to fund a single postdoc, it could mean fewer postdoc offers and we are back to square one, having lots of PhDs but not enough research opportunities for sustainable career. 🤷🏻♂️ I’m sorry but it’s pretty hard for individual PI to compete with industry corporation in providing a 6-figure salaries for entry level…













