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Robina Khalid's avatar

My husband lost is tenured professorship when I was 36 weeks pregnant with our surprise 4th baby. The university - which had made some bad real estate deals, because that’s what universities are now, cut departments - because if faculty doesn’t have departments they don’t have tenure anymore. He had spent two decades in academia, and as an economist had been on all their committees to try to help them find other solutions. Late stage capitalism is a hellscape. I so feel for you.

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Johan Gambolputty's avatar

This really resonates. My wife was laid off a week before returning to work from the maternity leave for our 2nd kid. In the period of her unemployment, we had to pay almost 2k a month in private insurance. Not to mention the mental toll this took, and continues to take, on her and our family.

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