BERKELEY'S NEWS • OCTOBER 01, 2023
The Academic Senate
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Editorials
MARCH 15, 2019
Stop glorifying UC Berkeley’s workaholic stress culture
A recent tweet criticizing a UC Berkeley electrical engineering and computer sciences professor’s proposed 80-hour weekly academic workload has outraged many community members. But this incident is symptomatic of a larger issue: the toxic work culture on this campus. UC Berkeley is often stereotyped as the “workaholic” UC campus, and it’s time for the community to acknowledge how harmful that title really is.
Editorials
MARCH 15, 2019
Stop glorifying UC Berkeley’s workaholic stress culture
A recent tweet criticizing a UC Berkeley electrical engineering and computer sciences professor’s proposed 80-hour weekly academic workload has outraged many community members. But this incident is symptomatic of a larger issue: the toxic work culture on this campus. UC Berkeley is often stereotyped as the “workaholic” UC campus, and it’s time for the community to acknowledge how harmful that title really is.
