tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post3173837863774185764..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Anyone ever heard of pharma chemists demonstrating or organizing? Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-47577391038944068642018-05-01T09:53:44.143-04:002018-05-01T09:53:44.143-04:00KT, I worked at a CRO a few years ago and heard of...KT, I worked at a CRO a few years ago and heard of a few QC guys who were previously pilot plant operators and eventually left for greener pastures at "bigger" industrial companies as scientists and maybe around 3-5 years ago. Perhaps it's few and far between, but has happened at least a few times in the past decade at one, smallish CRO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-42546789696046455392018-04-30T14:02:10.299-04:002018-04-30T14:02:10.299-04:00Probably not unheard of an ungrad with a BS in Che...Probably not unheard of an ungrad with a BS in Chemistry becoming a security guard due to lack of good chem jobs....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-73214838644791633922018-04-30T13:16:01.622-04:002018-04-30T13:16:01.622-04:00This is a product of well-meaning do-gooders pushi...This is a product of well-meaning do-gooders pushing everyone into college. QC and lab technician jobs used to be a reward for a good plant floor employee, and $14 an hour would have been a raise for such a person. Today, technician jobs are mind-numbing drudgery for people with 4-year degrees who belong in real scientist jobs, and are probably more apt to make mistakes because they're bored silly. You're probably better off using your B.S. in chemistry to get some entry-level office job in a cubicle farm.<br /><br />Additionally, the guy on the plant floor is now stuck in a dead-end job with no future, when he once could have aspired to promotion to the QC lab. I've known some very good older chemists who started in non-professional positions, got promoted to lab technician, and then full scientist - a former secretary, a former security guard, and plenty of former plant workers. This path to advancement is pretty much gone now.KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-13777724948181070802018-04-27T21:18:23.649-04:002018-04-27T21:18:23.649-04:00Would be nice to form a union for QC chemists. The...Would be nice to form a union for QC chemists. There are a lot of us and $14/hr out of college is not acceptable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-64854281180395354612018-04-27T14:08:13.250-04:002018-04-27T14:08:13.250-04:00There was a letter from more than two hundred biot...There was a letter from more than two hundred biotech and pharma executives protesting the travel ban after it was announced.<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28267733Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-32817893596470878672018-04-27T08:56:46.522-04:002018-04-27T08:56:46.522-04:00When I arrived where I am (not pharma, but related...When I arrived where I am (not pharma, but related), the employees were considering organizing but didn't (and had been considering it earlier); the early 90's were not a good time for my company (there was significant internal dissatisfaction, and people were concerned about our business status).<br /><br />The problem for pharma is that the 80's were a pretty good time, I think; the early 90's was when outsourcing started to rear its head, and trying to unionize when outsourcing is an alternative would probably be/would have been difficult. Maybe the 70's?Hapnoreply@blogger.com