2/ Clear solutions? Those depend on the problem, but can include:
a) Pushing back on everyday requests, challenging their value and pointing out the cost (to you and the organisation)
a) Pushing back on everyday requests, challenging their value and pointing out the cost (to you and the organisation)
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c) Lobbying funders. Why should they fund private sector companies that fleece universities?
Perhaps most importantly, we need to get out of this state of learned helplessness. Solutions don't always come from other people.