Today, I disproved a scientific theory created by my supervisor. He was furious and said that I shouldn't have tried to disprove him. He told me to continue working with his theory and now he threatens to fire me if I publish my work. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after a supervisor, who is a Donald Trump fanatic, kept pestering us with the subject, I decided to debate with him, never swearing or disrespecting him at all. I was fired, presumably for disrespecting a supervisor. FML
Today, I got fired from my job because my boss thinks that me doing everything he says makes me untrustworthy. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me because I'm unproductive, and haven't been doing anything. He doesn't tell me what to do, and expects me to read his mind. When I ask him what he wants me to do, he gets pissed and says that I should already know what to do. FML
Today, my supervisor forced me to bring the image of a failed simulation to the group meeting, because he thought it looked funny. So did the others and it's now going on our webpage. I have to provide a scientific description of how I made a mistake in my code. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, I held a presentation about my masters thesis. Turns out, my professor never ever actually read the drafts I'd given him, but decided to rip me to pieces in front of everyone, saying that the topic isn't worth researching. I've been working on it for six months. FML
Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML
Today, my professor snapped and told me that I know nothing, that everything I've ever learned is wrong, and that all of my former teachers should be shot. FML
Today, my boss tried to fire me for not emailing him a screenshot to prove my email wasn't working. FML
Today, I told my supervisor how awful my coworker was at her job. I then got fired. FML
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Top comments
TheBookWyrm 18
Who cares? Publish it. Scientific advancement is more important than a job, and if you can disprove theories made by older and more experienced scientists, I'm sure you could find work elsewhere. Props for doing that, by the way.
Joshwarrior 39
Publish it, discredit him, and take his job. I understand that respect is important, but you will make a name for yourself if you do, and regret it if you don't. #1 beat me to it haha but plus why would you want to continue working for such an Asshole?
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Comments (85)
bchayes91 9
Publish it!!! Forget your supervisor! Why do you want to waste time working on a theory that you know is wrong??
patrickalamo 48
Publish and parish.
honeymoonroyale 20
Pretty immature move to threaten your job just because he was proven wrong. Publish that shit.
Frungy 9
First, check your work carefully. Better yet have someone else check it (I still regularly discuss my work with colleagues and get feedback before publishing, its a good way to avoid stupid errors or anticipate challenges that you may not think of). You may be making an error and failing to understand, and that's why your prof is losing his cool. I'm just saying that being open to the possibility that you're wrong is a requirement for being a good academic. If your work is right then publish. Theories are designed to be challenged, improved on and act as stepping stones. If your professor can't understand that then you're better off with someone else. If he fires you then shrug it off and find someone else to hire you now that you've got a publication. Oh, and as a helpful hint, if this prof is being unreasonable with you then there's a good chance he's irritated at least one other colleague who'd love to see him taken down a notch or two. Find out who it is and they'll definitely offer you a job or at minimum make enough noise to make it difficult for him to fire you.
shit_fer_luck 8
I agree. Please make sure that your work is solid first. Unfortunately, academia over here in the USA is full of these kinds of egos. I am currently in a position where my professor wants me to replicate a previous graduate student's work and expand it out to other systems to support his current hypothesis. I can't get the damn controls to replicate her results. At this point, I am convinced she made up her data set.
socialproduct 19
Few things in this world are more frustrating than people who can't admit when they're wrong. They miss the opportunity to learn and grow.
Ipsum629 13
publish your work. science needs your brilliance.
MadJessTic 29
Go for it! You might get hired to replace him!
gracehi 33
And you thought it was just religious fanatics blindly clinging to theories that have been proven untrue.
angiee_baybee 15
Sounds like your boss is sippin on some haterade! He just jealous that you did a better job than him.
JPStarre 12
Publish it! For science!