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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Walk me through your day in the life working at J-PAL.

The schedule of the day is different for different employees at J-PAL. For me, as a supervisor, the schools in which I had to do supervision would be conveyed to me a day prior. Per day I would visit two schools. I had two surveyors to manage. My task was to convey the schedule to the surveyors a...
Day in the Life Research Philanthropy Supervisor Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Poverty J-PAL
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Was it difficult to manage your work-life balance as a supervisor working at J-PAL?

With great power comes great responsibility! I had to put in nearly 12 hours a day for this job(Often if schools were far apart, plenty of time was spent on the commute.). You do not get free time; you need to make time for the things which are important to you. You will have to prioritize and gi...
Research Work-Life Balance Philanthropy Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Poverty J-PAL
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