> Unfortunately, I think this is a systemic issue that is not easy to solve.
It's incredibly easy to solve. Quit your PhD and encourage others to do so as well. You're being used.
It's incredibly easy to solve. Quit your PhD and encourage others to do so as well. You're being used.
I then spent some time in the Swiss system as a postdoc... night and day! I went from the "American Riviera" (UCSB) to the "Swiss Riviera" (EPFL), and so living costs were about the same. But PhD students were paid more than twice what I was paid in the US.
Also much less teaching at EPFL, but that was probably due to differences in the "type" of institution.
(And what is a riviera?!)