• Question: whats the worst thing about your job?

    Asked by anon-197811 to Sonal, Rosanna, Matthew, Marleen, Dan, Atreya on 4 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-197619.
    • Photo: Sonal Bhadane

      Sonal Bhadane answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I wouldn’t say the worst thing but there have been a few challenging moments in my job.
      Especially when I began treating Cancer patients as a radiation therapist, I was treating young children. It was particularly challenging to explain what they are going through and what to expect, especially to their parents.
      Children are a lot more inquisitive and I found it challenging to answer their questions about cancer and the process of radiation therapy as a treatment.

    • Photo: Matthew Selwood

      Matthew Selwood answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      Office emails. Definitely office emails! I get so many emails every day that are really dull, don’t affect me and I just don’t care about – yet I still need to read them just in case it is important! Rather frustrating when I am trying to work and do cool things.

    • Photo: Marleen Wilde

      Marleen Wilde answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Sometimes, both teaching and research has deadlines and demands at the same time, and it’s difficult to prioritise and get everything done on time. And there is a lot of boring administrative paperwork that doesn’t seem to have any purpose but needs doing nonetheless.

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