Question pretty much says it all, I left my Postdoc after a year (I had an option to stay another year) but instead I took an offer at a near by non-profit research institute. It was an offer where I thought I had an opportunity to grow and develop a new program in my speciality and I was itching to be done being a Postdoc in a pretty hierarchical, but prestigious organization. It’s been a year into this new position and I’m realizing I made a mistake. My colleagues/mentors at the new place are not as methodology rigorous and I feel little support in making the impact I wanted to in my career (the other position I had access to a lot of senior researchers). I could stick it out, but it’ll be very much all on me and I’ll likely be fighting against systems, lack of content expertise and poorer methods. It’s beyond frustrating and I feel kinda crazy a lot of the time. A lot of my colleagues are also pretty toxic and I feel pretty unhappy. Basically all my friends and family tell me I should quit because they can tell this job is effecting my mental health. The problem is by taking this job I feel much less qualified to apply for other jobs that I felt competitive for last year. I really wish I would have stayed as a Postdoc as I feel like I would have a lot of options now. What do I do? Try to get another Postdoc? Quit, take a break and get into a new field? Has anyone had luck quitting a faculty position and taking a new Postdoc? I’ll also pretty burned out now.
I see my options as:
1) try to stay and make it work on my own, 2) quit and apply for new jobs or new research postdocs 3) apply for new research and faculty positions. I may have an option to return to position where I did graduate school training and I know it’s a very supportive environment although not a perfect match research wise.
Submitted October 01, 2022 at 02:39AM by kjsalaham
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