tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post3481966552544372128..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: The Division of Medicinal Chemistry Wants to Change Its NameChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-84877295725910939962013-08-13T08:47:32.519-04:002013-08-13T08:47:32.519-04:00I was going to make a comment that the leadership ...I was going to make a comment that the leadership are out of touch with the places that produce jobs for their members, but looking at the officers of MEDI, there are a lot of people from industrial research labs who should know better.<br /><br />http://www.acsmedchem.org/people.html<br /><br />This is completely different than what I am used to with POLY/PMSE. Empathy doesn't usually come with tenure.Polychemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318163213252728838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-71190252440395292932013-08-13T08:34:32.884-04:002013-08-13T08:34:32.884-04:00The problem is that their funding depends on the n...The problem is that their funding depends on the number of section members - thus their measures of success depend on the member count.<br /><br />How could they measure (much less influence) happiness or employment? They could help give access to training, but if there aren't any jobs, well... People don't want to start businesses, because they take immense amounts of work, have lots of risk, and aren't likely to reward the people who actually make an idea happen in any proportion to those who funded it (people value justice more than money, and even though some money is better than none, some money and not enough justice is worth less to most than no money and sufficient justice). They can't make Sanofi (or anyone else) decide to hire more people, because they don't get enough from who they have now (and can't imagine firing themselves for that inability). So I'm not sure what they could or should do. The things that would likely make MEDI members happy (respect by their bosses and the public for what they do, meaningful work) seem to conflict with the things that make pharma want to employ them.<br /><br />Changing the division name, however, is loony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-36920319428499455242013-08-12T21:10:35.029-04:002013-08-12T21:10:35.029-04:00Has anyone noticed that DoDD is pronounced "d...Has anyone noticed that DoDD is pronounced "dud"?somedudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-40284728478527674552013-08-12T18:26:21.987-04:002013-08-12T18:26:21.987-04:00If they want to do their members and themselves a ...If they want to do their members and themselves a favor, they should rename themselves to the Division of Structure Activity Relationships. Maybe then it would be easier for a laid off medicinal chemist to be considered "experienced" for an essentially a SAR job in consumer products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-34450203619597932922013-08-12T18:08:59.479-04:002013-08-12T18:08:59.479-04:00Talk about rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic....Talk about rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. I'd love to hear why I should be attracted to med chem given the job outlook. What I would like to hear even more is why the only metric for success for the ACS is membership numbers? If people aren't entering the field because of a lack of jobs why should we be working to lure them in against their best interests?<br /><br />Better metrics for success might be current members' ability to find employment or job satisfaction. I shouldn't be surprised to find that both of those could be inversely related to number of members in the current climate.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-8188954398312628102013-08-12T17:35:57.415-04:002013-08-12T17:35:57.415-04:00At least when Analytical wanted to change it's...At least when Analytical wanted to change it's name i saw the point. This is... delusional?bad wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-7905475451542860672013-08-12T16:17:46.736-04:002013-08-12T16:17:46.736-04:00Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
(Love, a card-car...Nero fiddled while Rome burned.<br /><br />(Love, a card-carrying long-term member of MEDI and ORGN who joined during undergrad)See Arr Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464185815368499346noreply@blogger.com