Delete comment from: FemaleScienceProfessor
If a man could have made this request (sans a parental leave request) and not had his offer rescinded, then there is definitely a gender angle to this rejection.
Either way, there is something "off" about the offer being rescinded rather than negotiating the reasonable requests.
Lastly, if I were the applicant and had discussed all these things during the interview process and gotten satisfactory verbal responses, I would ask for them to be written down before accepting the offer.
Probably the take away is that there are so many excellent applicants for every academic job, that employers can do this any time they want and still fill their position with an excellent candidate. It's a seller's market and the law is on their side.
Mar 19, 2014, 11:01:48 AM
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