When I've spoken about my job at the one (Thai) restaurant where I work now to my one (art school) colleague who wears (women's) clothes and my one friend who dates drummers, I point out how disagreements get handled and stuff gets smoothed over, even if there's a disagreement with the boss.
Like, there's correction, but also understanding that I'm a good employee and do my job, and everything is fine, which is simply not the case with higher education.
"You produce value, and they know it," my one (art school) colleague was like,
And, my one friend who dates drummers pointed out that it's the opposite of higher education teaching and research jobs, where output and results are nebulous and can be twisted so people who are in power who dislike you can smear you and take away your job under false pretenses, even if you're a stellar teacher and researcher.
"Yeah, this is like actual work," my one (art school) colleague was like.
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