tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post1723532039289571821..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: 2014 ACS Salary Survey: employment up, unemployment down, median salaries flatChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-63176450766521061682015-04-23T03:59:18.135-04:002015-04-23T03:59:18.135-04:0035 hours is a standard for government statistics o...35 hours is a standard for government statistics of full time work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-45202028873052659952014-08-06T14:29:36.602-04:002014-08-06T14:29:36.602-04:00PhD's are 50% less likely to be unemployed. Bu...PhD's are 50% less likely to be unemployed. But 75% more likely to be stock in post-doc forever...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-58467969233140084782014-08-04T21:08:16.478-04:002014-08-04T21:08:16.478-04:00At least employment is going in the right directio...At least employment is going in the right direction.Unstable Isotopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-33158848724557180912014-08-04T16:35:12.387-04:002014-08-04T16:35:12.387-04:00How many of those chemists are actually employed t...How many of those chemists are actually employed to do Chemistry? Burger-flippers are employed full-time. As the first poster alludes to, we are also faced with the problem of self-selection. How representative of the actual population of chemists are ACS members? Nick Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-91314645707644060202014-08-04T14:46:30.694-04:002014-08-04T14:46:30.694-04:00Full-time is 35 hrs per week? Why not make it 20 h...Full-time is 35 hrs per week? Why not make it 20 hrs per week and make the numbers look better with 99 % employment for ACS members?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-36961611109553669092014-08-04T14:06:13.693-04:002014-08-04T14:06:13.693-04:00I'm sure this has been mentioned before, I'...I'm sure this has been mentioned before, I'm sure i just haven't read enough of the comments:<br /><br />Considering the number of chemists who have their memberships paid for by their employer, and who wouldn't continue to keep their membership up if unemployed (or start a membership until employed), I wonder how over-ambitious their member survey results are? If I'm broke and unemployed as a new grad, that membership fee might go better to paying my rent instead of getting nice mug every year, at which point i wouldn't be reflected in those results.pbulsinkhttp://twitter.com/pbulsinknoreply@blogger.com