Um, yeah. Presumably you have similar privacy rules there as here, though? If a new student comes to me as their tutor and wants to change subject, then if the bureaucracy (places, qualifications) works, they can, and noone will tell their parents if they don't; indeed, I'm specifically not allowed to give a student's parent information about them (any more than I would give it to random member of the public).

Academia is also a pretty cushy berth once tenure is attained

You're not a tenured academic, are you?

Of the hundreds of stories I’ve posted on Forbes.com, none has generated a greater number of comments than my write-up last year of Careercast.com’s list of least stressful jobs. I started my piece by describing the life of a typical university professor, which CareerCast ranked as the least stressful job in America. I said it was nearly devoid of pressure and full of long breaks from the grind. Professors get vacations at Christmas and over the summer and they don’t spend too many hours in the classroom, I wrote. I based my claims on an interview with CareerCast publisher Tony Lee, a conference with my editor and anecdotal evidence from several tenured professors I happen to know. What I didn’t do was interview dozens of professors to check my claims. The comments wound up doing that for me.

I got such a startling number—569—that I wound up writing an addendum pointing out that many professors find their jobs extremely stressful.

You're not a tenured academic, are you?

FWIW, I've not known a single faculty member in STEM who worked less than a 50 hour week-- year round, with about three weeks off (total) during that year. Sounds like working to me.

Tenure-track, my work week was more like what Med students expect during residency. 70hr+. So sure, it felt 'nice' to get tenure and revert back to a mere 50-60. Sure.

IN industry, DH works less than that and earns twice as much.

I think it depends on the school and the discipline.

Agreed but I don't think 50-60 hour weeks are especially onerous.