I volunteered a fair bit at my college’s food pantry. The undergrads might grab one or two things. The grad students and the post docs were desperate.
Comment on ripperoni pepperoni
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Postdocs get paid a lot though ours get like $11k a month for math
andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fleur_@hilariouschaos.com 4 weeks ago
You gotta compare this to standard industry pay for this level of education
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The NIH postdoc rate and therefore academic standards in most places for all biomedical postdocs is ~60k. Math is an outlier by a lot.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I guess they have to compete with the financial sector and the likes? Over here, it varies wildly by field and by what you do.