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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This all depends *a lot* on the supervisor. I hope one day when I supervise others they feel comfortable giving me feedback.
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Having said that, I also hope to have covered my job's basics! And set expectations / duties to expect from me.
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Exactly, but giving you feedback is their duty to many extents. E.g., everybody in lab should be expected to give feedback to manuscripts.
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Or give feedback to presentations, etc. But not expected, i.e., not obligated for manage you, the PI. It's not their duty to manage you.
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If you ignore them and don't reply to your students' emails that's your mistake and not their fault for not reminding you.
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I agree it's not the students "fault", but there's a lot of grey area between crap advisor and pretty good but busy/aloof one.
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But that's the PI's job to manage that and their own time not the students. If you expect your students to have email you reminders that's
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far from healthy as it's not their duty.
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