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user-inactivated  ·  1393 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 3, 2020

    This is why so much actual progress in academic situations is accomplished by walking up to someone unannounced and asking them for a decision or approval face to face - it knocks them out of their academic register and forces them into a managerial fight-or-flight situation.

This is how I handle the academics I work with, if I need their sign-off or a decision I just go to their office. If I email anything, they will either take weeks to respond or flat out ignore it. They don't appreciate me always dropping by but I always say "it's better than being ignored and having to clean up the mess you made by ignoring me".

Edit: My experience is that of administration of course, but your words certainly echoed that experience for me.