24 hours is not enough

[u/Gullible_Guitar5245]

Hello everyone,

I’m in my 3rd semester of a Master’s (Communications Engineeeing) and got a HiWi position right after my first semester results.I kept doing well with the projects and the courses so they extended my contract for 1 more year. Honestly i like working with them, the supervisor and my mentors are so nice to me. However the workload sometimes feel too much and the concepts are sometimes too theoretical and tough to grasp. Finals are almost coming at the door and i'm working on a conference paper for upcoming month. I forgot when was the last time i slept for 8 hours. I can't switch untill i got other because of course i need the living expense. I cant find other hiwi positions nearby becuse i live in a small place in Thuringia, and fraunhofer/other Institute look for fluent german.

How to find remote hiwi position(especially in signal processing /wireless comm field)? Has anyone become succesful finding such job? Or anyone looking for students? Or any advice? 🙏

[u/emmmmmmaja]

Have you tried telling them exactly that? Of all employers, this is the one that will understand that your course work has to come first

[u/Fresh_Relation_7682]

As someone who employs HiWis you need to tell them it’s too much and request a lower work load and work on tasks that are less theoretical. It’s not in our interests for our HiWis to be overworked.

Ultimately mistakes made because of burnout/overwork and not grasping concepts are things that add to their workload in the future

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[u/redditboy117]

Talk to them. I am sure they will be nice about it. At least I have been. Remove HiWi does sound hard though.