GoKawiilNature advice column addresses disabled PhD student facing lab overwork demands
A reader writing to Nature's career advice column describes working in a North American lab where students routinely log 50-60 hours a week, sometimes 12-16 hours daily, with no compensatory time off. The student, who has an undisclosed fluctuating disability, says requests for rest or time off have been denied and is asking whether to disclose their condition to their principal investigator before seeking formal accommodations through the university.