Disadvantages of Adjunct Life
Prophet of the Apocalypse, Inc.
As an adjunct professor, you are a prophet of the apocalypse. You're doomed to roam the land, teaching the same courses, semester after semester, with no hope of ever escaping the cycle of adjunct hell.
Who Can't Teach Adjuncts is a support group for adjuncts who've given up hope.
Who Can Teach Adjuncts is a group of adjuncts who've managed to adapt to the system, for better or worse.
But don't just take our word for it. Here are some statistics on the disadvantages of adjunct life:
1. Low payadjuncts make less than 50% of the national average salary.
2. Unpredictable schedulesYou'll never know when or if you'll work next semester.
3. No job securityYou can be fired at any moment, with no warning.
4. No benefitsYou're on your own, buddy.
5. No tenureYou're not even a real professor.
6. Overworked and underpaidYou'll be teaching 4-6 courses a semester, with no support.
7. No officeYou'll have to teach in a cramped, windowless room with a used copier that's held together with duct tape.
8. No respectStudents will treat you like you're just a grad student.
9. No retirementYou'll be teaching forever, or until you're too old and grey.
10. No vacation daysYou're on call 24/7, 365.
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