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Asked by anon-376299 on 24 Nov 2023.
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Jonathan Allen answered on 24 Nov 2023:
While I enjoy meetings where I am working in teams and having discussions with other scientists to find answers to tricky problems, there are other meetings that I have to do that are not as interesting because they are more about ‘business’ than ‘science’. So, if I had the choice, I would get rid of those so I can spend more time on the science!
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Ian McKinley answered on 25 Nov 2023:
My job is a lot of fun, but sometimes it is very busy – when I need to work 7 days a week – and other times it is quiet, when I am maybe working only a few days each month. It would be nice if it was evened out a bit. This also applies to travel – I do a lot of work in Japan, but it would be nice if I could do everything in a couple of well spaced trips instead of crazy times when I have to go to Tokyo maybe 3 times within 4 or 5 months.
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Amy Stockwell answered on 25 Nov 2023:
The balance. Most of my work is really interesting and the people I work with are lovely.
But sometimes my projects don’t go according to plan and I end up trying to do too many things at once. i then get confused between projects, make silly mistakes and get very frustrated. -
Octavia Brayley answered on 27 Nov 2023:
Most researchers work in a lab group where everyone is working on different sub-projects, but they have a similar overall goal. For example, you might work in an animal behaviour group where everyone works on animal behaviour, but maybe each one looks at a different animal. My lab group is just me and my supervisor/boss! So this gets a little boring and lonely at times. So I think I’d have a few more people in my group so we can bounce ideas off each other.
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Ollie Thomas answered on 28 Nov 2023:
For me it would be job security, which means knowing that in 2 or 5 or 10 years you will have a job. In university research you often only know you have a job for the next year or two and then it is uncertain beyond that so it can be hard to settle down so I would like to change this.
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Andrew Lyon answered on 29 Nov 2023:
I’m really happy in my job, I’m lucky that I normally have a good work / life balance and there are always opportunities to learn new things and get involved with a lot of different tasks and projects.
In terms of things I would change, I often travel around the UK for meetings and it’s usually a challenge with the rail network so a more streamlined and reliable service would be great.
Also some meetings aren’t as productive as they could be, fortunately not very many these days but I’d still like fewer!
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