Cost of living is insurmountable - Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Employee Review

Um, you cannot live here unless you are independently wealthy. The salary seems high until you are actually there living paycheck to paycheck, while living in a studio apartment with a microwave. It is demoralizing and unsustainable. The culture is a symptom of the cost of living crisis— despite being pleasant, the faculty are more out of touch than other elite universities and the staff are hostile (often commuting from far reaches and letting the brand go to thier heds). It’s just a school, there are many like it, the students are what make it elite— with extreme competition.