tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post6822421008392442568..comments2024-03-29T09:05:29.819-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: What is Andrew Liveris saying, exactly? Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-83151032240680519582012-12-18T19:23:20.105-05:002012-12-18T19:23:20.105-05:00I'm unconvinced that Dow has ever been averse ...I'm unconvinced that Dow has ever been averse to the government offering them a helping hand. I'd like to think that the C-suite is full of anarchocapitalists, but I've yet to see that be the case. Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-16444950602772170792012-12-18T19:14:48.039-05:002012-12-18T19:14:48.039-05:00I love how Liveris stands in dead opposition to al...I love how Liveris stands in dead opposition to allowing much natural gas to be exported, because he wants the gas to be captive inside North America and drive his costs down the international competition. So for Dow, it's all about free markets and the government never ever "picking winners and losers", until the day protectionism and nationalism are better for the bottom line. Since Liveris is far too smart to be this stupid, I can only assign such cognitive dissonance to complete dishonesty. That's par for the C-suite course, sadly enough.<br /><br />Ogemaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396797613368443908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-41800110008361530382012-12-18T07:56:53.555-05:002012-12-18T07:56:53.555-05:00R&D at Spring House was cut by about 16% I thi...R&D at Spring House was cut by about 16% I think. that does include the India tech center, which was shuttered and also some non tech people but alot of chemists and Phd researchers were cut. Also the move to "newer and more modern facilities" is non-sense. We are moving from a site which provides us with roomy safe working conditions , about half of the site has been updated in the last few years also, to a site which is >20 years old, has substandard labs, meaning less safe, much less storage, etc. There is something afoot with this move or else DOW has completely lost it if they feel this is a good move for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35989451001385426582012-12-18T01:50:43.366-05:002012-12-18T01:50:43.366-05:00I worked for Dow on the solar project and was cut ...I worked for Dow on the solar project and was cut when Dow decided to shift resources to an external firm. I was lucky as there was some effort to find me an internal job but it was not as attractive as just leaving. I was told when I joined the solar project that risk taking was valued at Dow. That was not true and I have heard there is difficulty in finding people to take on challenging projects after what happened in solar. Do not believe what Liveris is saying. They will cut R&D hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-84218407881602810272012-12-17T14:10:10.994-05:002012-12-17T14:10:10.994-05:00I've always considered myself precious, a spec...I've always considered myself precious, a special snowflake.Unstable Isotopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-26928527177773527982012-12-17T13:26:42.022-05:002012-12-17T13:26:42.022-05:00He's doing his best to alleviate the national ...He's doing his best to alleviate the national shortage of technical people he so frequently speaks about.Polychemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318163213252728838noreply@blogger.com