PhD supervisors: If you've been sitting on a student's writing for more than a month you need to email them to tell them what's happening.
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There are serious reasons a PI (or anybody) might neither need a reminder nor have the time, life is complex and managing your supervisor in
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my opinion can cause undue friction.
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Which is probably not a good thing to do when they are the person with the single most influence on your qualification and career
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I don't why any student would think they need to manage their PI unless their PI was so hopeless... trying to undermine a PI is not ideal.
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Not sure how universal one can be in these discussions; depends a lot on what sort of working relationships have been established.
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I certainly welcome team reminding me if I forget/am late doing stuff [which does happen
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That still doesn't mean it's not your job to provide adequate communication & feedback
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Sure, never said anything different.
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Isn't there a set of duties and responsibilities you both agree with? You can/should hold each other to that.
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In my case it is even written down, including their responsibility to give timely feedback. I think it's normal and healthy to remind them.
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You think it's normal and healthy for a student to manage their supervisor?
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Absolutely; it's essential. It is (or should be) normal in any kind of subordinate-superior position. Normal part of worklife?
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Not normal to do your boss's job. Let me put it this way, if you tried that in many labs I've worked in you'll get your role politely but
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sturnely re-explained to you. If you keep at it, you might even get asked to leave. Seen it first hand enough times.
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That's fucked up, imo.
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Surely students have rights and supervisors are to be held to agreed upon expectations? I'm not cattle.
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