here is the rock and here is the hard place

and now insert yourself here!
My institutions and my *clients* are ganging up on me. I am tired of being at the mercy of these two opposing forces. It does not seem fair that they are both able to make such demands on the staff and not give a toss about workloads or research ambitions. My institution seems to think that it has the right to not only take huge chunks of outside money but also tell me how to spend the rest they oh so graciously allow for my project. They also give my students covert oppotunity to make descriminatory remarks which I am expected to take lying down. How long can this last?