Oh my word yes. The way University administrators backstab is astonishing. If this was finance bros doing some of the shit I saw I could write it off as "guess the man needs a 5th yacht full of hookers" but in academia? a pittance in funding or 2 extra letters after your name on a door

Yup. I watched a few friends murder themselves to just get a tenure track position. I wanted to go that route but just… not willing to play the game like that.