How to cope with a problematic PhD supervisor

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I wish I had seen this earlier, I was working on a pharmacology PhD & opted out in favor of a professional doctorate, I turned tail and went to nurse anesthetist school instead of following through with the pharmacology PhD, and earned a DNAP, (doctor of nurse anesthesia practice) instead, it was a much better experience, the faculty was extremely helpful and our work and research was very specific, tangible & very hands on This also satisfied several things: my curiosity & interest in pharmacology, allowed me to legally apply my knowledge & training in relation to pharmacology, earning a very sought after hard skill and a very well paying profession Looking back, I don’t know what I was thinking, trying to get a PhD, when a professional doctorate actually allows one to use/apply what they’ve learned rather than being limited to just a researcher I’d recommend anyone in a technical field to opt for a professional doctorate over a PhD, it pays dividends in more than one way Lastly, some PhD supervisors, I feel would benefit from a freshman level management course, it could be business, HR, operations or logistics mgmt, they all operate off of the same relative principles, managing and moving people around & basics of communication in the professional setting, I feel a mandatory course in principles of supervision should be a pre requisite for a PhD supervisor I recommend books by the late Eli Goldratt, also a PhD, his continuous process improvement theories can be applied to any professional, academic or industrial setting
Comment from : Lemurai

Thank for your good advice The fact of the matter is the PhD students are powerless before their supervisors and supervisors are members of a fraternity meaning supervisors in a university brhave solidarity with the other supervisors Reporting a supervisor to a university board makes matters worse for the student, changing from one supervisor to another in the same university does not work well The situation is much worse if the student is of a different race than the supervisor This is a difficult situation, I am in that situation
Comment from : Tacoma Worm

Unfurtunately, even though I demostrated the disconnection between my research and supervisors, and made a complaint with our coordinator The response ended in asking me to quit to the University It is very sad
Comment from : Adriana Meneses

The supervisor I had was jealous of me, was chair of the group and lied to me about my project Some students in the group were spreading rumours about me that I wasn't working much, when I was working more than 12 hrs at the least While the university was offering alternatives after I filed resignation, I was exhausted by all the lies, games and politics The science was least of my problems Peer review from my experience is pretty much "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" No wonder phd output in science is mostly same-old same-old So many phds are given out for sticking around Sorry about the rant!
Comment from : Setting Sun

Some good tips here Something that is quite common and was not mentioned in the video is the problem of "clueless supervisor" brbrThis is a supervisor that was lucky to receive a research grant through some collaboration and chooses their research domain based on what is hot these days rather than what they are interested in/are knowable about If you are a novice researcher and new to a research topic, it can take months (in my case years) to realise that your supervisor is clueless, and that their advise regarding anything technical is mostly misleading than helpfulbrbrIf this happen to you, you're not alone
Comment from : SaliExplore

I got stuck in a Korean lab In our lab, professor is making competition btw Korean students and foreigners, whoever wins will have the first authorship of papers, and mostly Koreans win At the same time he told me that his requirement for graduation is having at least 5 first author paper After three years, still I could not even publish one paper I am really worried about my situation The topic of my thesis also has not been fixed yet This the forth time I am starting a new project in the hope of finishing it and publishing my own paper Here, every things are for koreans Papers are for koreans Business meetings are for koreans, incentives are for koreans International conferences are for koreans Even lunchs and dinners are for koreans Can you believe it? In a lab with 23 students, they only order lunch and dinner for 18 korean students, not for 5 foreigners I got really exhausted I wish I could find another phd position or a job in another country
Comment from : MUSOFIR MOTORS

Hi James, This video is very helpful and save many PhD students life
Comment from : Yagna Jadeja

Hi thanks a lot of sharing I’m curious what kind of work your supervisor can assign you? In my case, my supervisor let me do the work that is not related with research at all
Comment from : honghua li

“Speak up early” this was my mistake 😞 be careful guys!brbrbrI was yelled & offended by my supervisor 😔
Comment from : G Aldossari

Very clear presentation delivery and lots of relatable anecdotes I wish I had all of these videos before I started! Invaluable information
Comment from : NeuroApe

I faced the last problem with my advisor, years of this treatment has ruined my self-esteem, self confidence and made me full of self-doubt That person completely ruined my mind despite of me publishing in the conferences he wants me to I am now in my last year, and he wants me to do another project before defending my thesis I luckily got a mentor on my internship who gives me useful feedback on my work, encourages me and appreciates my hard work Yet, my advisor's poor treatment of me in front of my mentor messed me up I am left with no energy to even take care of myself and struggling with day-to-day routine At current stage, the only option is to move forward and get it done (hopefully) I dread before every meeting and try to avoid any possible encounter with him
Comment from : LifeReflections

I was so lucky because my PhD supervisors were very nice and supportive Thanks God!
Comment from : LEARN WITH PANDA

Thanks for sharing There is generally a lack of governance for phd programs The supervisors have too much power over the students The strategies for a year-1 phd candidate cannot be the same as a year-5, because the opportunity cost to quit differ significantly
Comment from : Steven H