tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post2745620725102843841..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Truth Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-7888365224913973752014-05-14T12:09:32.977-04:002014-05-14T12:09:32.977-04:00When considering this possibility for work/life ba...When considering this possibility for work/life balance, recall these lyrics from a great 80's pop song:<br /><br />"You got no money, and got no car. Then you got no woman, and there you are...."Bring the Moviesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-11079716847189641502014-05-14T11:58:10.092-04:002014-05-14T11:58:10.092-04:00Sometimes I think I would prefer a medium salary a...Sometimes I think I would prefer a medium salary and medium work commitments - what's the point of working to the bone to make money if you're too tired to enjoy outside of work. Especially when it seems unlikely that even with that sacrifice you'll be able to retire before your dotage. If I can't enjoy it now or later what am I doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-21343379533505376292014-05-14T11:50:49.986-04:002014-05-14T11:50:49.986-04:00I suspect that if your company likes doing lots of...I suspect that if your company likes doing lots of meetings, enough so that people can't actually do work, then your company won't be making money for long, and then you won't, either. If such companies do survive for long enough, then our society won't be surviving for long, either.Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-38103307363432671892014-05-14T11:35:59.472-04:002014-05-14T11:35:59.472-04:00Oh, stop whining.
What would you prefer-- a high ...Oh, stop whining.<br /><br />What would you prefer-- a high salary and the requirement that you attend a lot of meetings, or a low salary when you do experiments at the bench all day and don't have to go to many meetings?<br /><br /> Im 50 and in the later category.NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-57886522034848425932014-05-14T11:21:46.814-04:002014-05-14T11:21:46.814-04:00At my work we just got a mandatory departmental me...At my work we just got a mandatory departmental meeting called for next week with no explanation as to the topic. So of course everyone assumed the worst was possible (if somewhat unlikely in giving everyone a week to fret about it). About two hours later they finally realized that not giving any information about the meeting was a really bad idea and put out the agenda that shows it's just a boring update meeting for the quarter. So it's probably mostly for show but still a terrible way to call a meeting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-17453322870747240672014-05-14T09:04:46.152-04:002014-05-14T09:04:46.152-04:00Have you proposed a meeting-reduction meeting?Have you proposed a meeting-reduction meeting?CanChemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-37710824000925179212014-05-13T23:52:45.140-04:002014-05-13T23:52:45.140-04:00I attend many meetings each week and I am fairly c...I attend many meetings each week and I am fairly certain they are all real (otherwise I am suffering from significant quantities of lost time).<br />Questions about their purpose and efficacy are a different matter all together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-82178296036088450912014-05-13T21:47:28.981-04:002014-05-13T21:47:28.981-04:00I try to avoid fake meetings. I'm way too busy...I try to avoid fake meetings. I'm way too busy.Unstable Isotopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-14327192970073846532014-05-13T20:37:54.439-04:002014-05-13T20:37:54.439-04:00A day without a meeting is like ballroom without w...A day without a meeting is like ballroom without women. milkshakenhttp://orgprepdaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com