Want to quit PhD, supervisor just expanded her maternity leave for 3 more months
Less than 1 year ago I moved to a new city to embark in a PhD (hybrid company-university) after having worked as a technician for some years. I was pretty motivated
Things started to go downhill quickly. The new company wasn't as I imagined and I kept comparing to my previous job which I loved and had an amazing and friendly atmosphere. That plus the fact that I haven't quite adapted to the new place and I'm finding it hard to make friends
My supervisor told me short after I joined she was 8 months old pregnant and left 6 months ago. She was supposed to come back on Juny where I would talk face to face with her but I just received a msg this morning she ain't coming back until September
I was hoping to schedule a regular meeting and tell her I was leaving, but my only chance rn is only via Zoom call or asking her to meet in person which would be odd
any suggestions on how to approach this?
PD: there is obv more stuff that happened to me personally and that "helped" things go wrong (breakup etc) but I really like the scientific project I'm in which is a shame. Also my room rent expires in 3 weeks I was hoping to match that date and leave at the same time