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How I negotiated for an extra week (and a half!) of vacation at my first post-PhD research job
August 08, 2019
My vacation time wasn’t well-defined during my PhD. My first real job after was the complete opposite. It was a major mental adjustment. Keep reading to know what to expect when taking that leap and strategies to get better than the standard deal.
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