Agreed! My job as a nOOb is to sit back and watch. Inevitably if I share my opinion I get told how I didn't understand the history, the full picture, etc. Sit back and listen!
True. I would say that you should try to speak up when you have something important to say, but don't take it too hard if few people take you seriously. Ditto if speaking while female, regardless of rank.
Yep, could be guilty of SWF, but I sense a hidden question. Did you get jumped on, only to find that Senior Faculty Mentor did not back up the value of your opinion? That could be a different issue.
I was advised to listen for a year unless a question was directed at me and then ask a mentor what the heck is going on. Every department has its History of Hidden Agendas.
Another reason to remain silent: if you have a good idea that requires actual action, often you are "volunteered" to take that action. As a n00b, you don't need more work thrown on your plate. So stay quiet and take notes.
Some of the faculty in my department think you can speak up any time about anything, but I know better than that! There is actually a senior faculty member who made a comment once implying it is not safe to speak up too much when you are untenured. I thought his perspective was interesting compared to all the others who are clueless.
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Why would anybody want to work at a place where they can't even voice their opinion at a meeting?
Thank God, my colleagues are all normal people, so such weird rules are not necessary at my university.
Agreed! My job as a nOOb is to sit back and watch. Inevitably if I share my opinion I get told how I didn't understand the history, the full picture, etc. Sit back and listen!
Fucek snroeiur faculty. They are fiuclen cockenbagges.
True. I would say that you should try to speak up when you have something important to say, but don't take it too hard if few people take you seriously. Ditto if speaking while female, regardless of rank.
Yep, could be guilty of SWF, but I sense a hidden question. Did you get jumped on, only to find that Senior Faculty Mentor did not back up the value of your opinion? That could be a different issue.
I was advised to listen for a year unless a question was directed at me and then ask a mentor what the heck is going on. Every department has its History of Hidden Agendas.
Another reason to remain silent: if you have a good idea that requires actual action, often you are "volunteered" to take that action. As a n00b, you don't need more work thrown on your plate. So stay quiet and take notes.
Interesting. I'm not particularly good at not speaking up, once I've gotten "comfortable"...
Some of the faculty in my department think you can speak up any time about anything, but I know better than that! There is actually a senior faculty member who made a comment once implying it is not safe to speak up too much when you are untenured. I thought his perspective was interesting compared to all the others who are clueless.
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