Quote from: geo909 on October 28, 2013, 08:05:25 pm
Hi all,
I would really appreciate any advice on my issue below.
I'm a little concerned about something. I have been doing grad school for 5 years
(2 years MSc + currently 3 years PhD ) under the supervision of the same professor,
and have been receiving RA funds from him since the beginning. Now, although I
have been helping him with research, doing reviews, writing papers together etc, etc,
there was never an agreement about how many hours per week I would work.
Furthermore, when I check my account in the employee services website of my
school, I see that I have apparently worked 10 hour per year or something! So, I
guess somebody put the number there randomly. My supervisor has no idea and
told me that he will sign anything.
What should I do with the hours per week thing of my RA letter? Should I put an
estimation of how many hours I'm in school working on my research per week? Mind
that I have been receiving different RA amounts every year, so that may not appear
accurate.
Many thanks in advance.
HR does not care about your RA working hours. Most probably they do not write anything about it in your letter. You only need to have another letter from your supervisor or graduate secretary(best) with some stamping that clearly states your real working hours for RAship.
That's only my opinion.
