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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248); color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px">Dear MIT Postdocs,</span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" style="display:block; height:8px; color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"></span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"></span></p>
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<span class="" style="color:rgb(55,56,58); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif">We need </span><strong>2 minutes</strong><span class="" style="color:rgb(55,56,58); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif"> of your time to help us make a good case
for a </span><strong>postdoc salary increase</strong><span class="" style="color:rgb(55,56,58); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif">!</span></div>
In preparation for a meeting with Vice President of Research (VPR) Maria Zuber, the PDA would like to evaluate
<strong>your financial situation at MIT</strong>.<br style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">
<span style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">In brief, the rising cost of living in the Boston/Cambridge area currently does not align with the salary/compensation/stipend
increase. </span>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">To have solid grounds for our discussion with the VPR, we need to evaluate the current situation of the postdocs at MIT and
we are grateful to all of you for completing this survey! </span></p>
<p><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" style="display:block; height:8px; color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">The link is:
<a href="https://forms.gle/M7qsckmctnkCDhJQ8">https://forms.gle/M7qsckmctnkCDhJQ8</a><br>
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<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">For any queries reach out to
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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: THIS SURVEY IS COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL NOT BE STORED ANYWHERE!!</span></font></span></p>
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Best regards,</span></font><br style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">
<span style="color:rgb(29,28,29); font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; font-size:15px; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">Your MIT PDA</span><span class="c-message__edited_label" dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px; white-space:nowrap; font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"> </span>
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