u/Chemical-Box5725

Can't get coauthor approval for revisions

I recently received fairly extensive minor revisions for a manuscript and believe I have been able to address them sufficiently. With three days before the deadline (which was initially four weeks long), I asked for a one week extension so my coauthors could have a proper read and approve my revisions.

A one week extension was granted, leaving eight working days before the deadline. I just emailed out my revised manuscript and reviewer responses to my coauthors. One of them has an out of office saying that he's on holiday for the next two weeks and will not be responding to emails. He is not the PI, but can be a bit prickly and did help write one of the sections that I had to fairly heavily revise. I'm under some pressure from the project PI (who I don't work for any more) to get this published ASAP, although I have not spoken to her about this issue.

Assuming he does not respond until I get back should I:

Option a) Submit anyway - I've already had an extension and eight working days was a reasonable timeframe for me to be operating on. When one goes on holiday then one accepts that some wheels will continue to turn.

Option b) Try to get another extension by explaining to the editor that one week actually wasn't enough.

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u/Chemical-Box5725 — 1 day ago

Salary for Canada Impact+ Postdoc - how to negotiate?

I've been awarded a "Canada Impact+ Postdoc" - details here:

https://nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/canada-impact-research-training-awards-qa

$70k per year would be a fairly significant pay cut relative to my current pay in Europe. It also seems very low compared to USA postdocs.

Does anybody know if it's possible to take the two years of salary and do (say) 18 months on a higher rate? Seems crazy that a government programme like this that aims to recruit "top international research talent" is so poorly paid. I just want to avoid a pay cut by taking this award, I don't want a raise! I'd even take a 10% pay cut! But 25% seems ridiculous.

How should I go about negotiating?

u/Chemical-Box5725 — 1 month ago