“I'm earning less that I did when I was 14 at McDonalds”, says PhD candidate Alexandra Paton. #RaiseTheStipend www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... - ThreadSky

arc-tracker.bsky.social • 55 days ago

“I'm earning less that I did when I was 14 at McDonalds”, says PhD candidate Alexandra Paton.

#RaiseTheStipend

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-17/phd-enrolment-decline-australia-universities/104824352

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thinkscritically.bsky.social•54 days ago

Choose another discipline (fellow Doctorate).

archyjanef.bsky.social•54 days ago

It’s designed for end on when you finish a degree at 21/22 when you are still likely living at home,a share house and have no responsibilities, not for adults. Like to see how many take >4 years to finish, or even finish because of this

sadie728.bsky.social•54 days ago

Lots of part-time teaching jobs in the US don’t deduct social security tax either, leaving workers vulnerable if they become disabled or ill. They don’t qualify for SSDI.

Same reason why “no tax on tips” is a shitty deal. There’s no safety net for those who don’t pay into it.

evoneuro.bsky.social•54 days ago

Not only do the stipends suck, job options when they graduate are not great and many researchers in the sciences take on way too many PhD students in Australia (and elsewhere). Lack of jobs post-PhD is the primary reason I do not like to take on many PhD students myself.

krbit.bsky.social•54 days ago

Yet we in America will be okay with a baseball player being paid over nine hundred MILLION dollars to play a GAME for fifteen years.

biaggios.bsky.social•54 days ago

Generating about $400mm in income tax revenue.

krbit.bsky.social•54 days ago

Wherein said tax revenue will be nullified by loopholes used by the uberwealthy.

biaggios.bsky.social•54 days ago

That is income tax - it goes straight into government coffers. Many top athletes pay 40% of their salary to federal taxes alone. They can have some avoidance through tax credits or deductions like anybody else but most of the avoidance comes from management after that money has been invested.

krbit.bsky.social•54 days ago

It goes into the government coffers AFTER said taxes were prepared by a highly qualified CPA. Then it's submitted to the IRS.

biaggios.bsky.social•54 days ago

They get $ pulled from every paycheck (some players have posted pics of their paystubs online). CPAs obviously work on their annual returns.

sanmarcos.bsky.social•54 days ago

I remember when I was a working grad student wondering where my next meal was coming from. There was always some angel to help.

arc-tracker.bsky.social•55 days ago

“Education Minister @jasonclaremp.bsky.social didn't rule out implementing that particular recommendation in the future."

"we are continuing to consider the other recommendations of the [Universities] Accord," he said.”

Glad to see that paying more than Maccas hasn’t been ruled out🙄🤯

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