In education, though, it would be rather unusual to have had the same job for life - almost all of us come from other backgrounds into academia, often it's school teaching but there are myriad ways....
On 8 November 2011 10:40, David Mattichak
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I come from the hospitality industry, I am originally a chef, and we are supposed to have a good pension set up too (in Australia) but I am not going to rely on it being there to see out my dotage on. It is unfortunate that the pensions that you worked for are under threat but it isn't unique and it's not right either. Everybody has to be able to think more flexibly about their occupation now, jobs for life are a thing of the past for all of us. That would make me all the more inclined as Dave E suggested, to publish under a pseudonym so that I knew that I had something to retire on.
--
Dr. Janet Goodall
Research Fellow
Institute of Education
University of Warwick
