Comments on: Glass Ceiling Persists in the Chemical Industry http://feministchemists.com/2008/11/17/glass-ceiling-persists-in-the-chemical-industry/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:04:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: feministchemists http://feministchemists.com/2008/11/17/glass-ceiling-persists-in-the-chemical-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 feministchemists Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:47:23 +0000 http://feministchemists.com/?p=134#comment-1011 Yes larry p, you make a good point and I have edited the piece to remove that quote. The idea that we need more science graduates doesn’t correlate at all with my observations of out-of-work Ph.D.s Yes larry p, you make a good point and I have edited the piece to remove that quote. The idea that we need more science graduates doesn’t correlate at all with my observations of out-of-work Ph.D.s

]]> By: larry p http://feministchemists.com/2008/11/17/glass-ceiling-persists-in-the-chemical-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 larry p Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:46:02 +0000 http://feministchemists.com/?p=134#comment-1010 Agreed that women should be better represented.<br><br>The more general quote, “U.S. chemical companies need more engineering and science graduates than the country’s universities are turning out” , is pure B.S. I’ve been reading this crap from the Chemical industry for 40 years, but hardly have ever met a chemist who wasn’t under employed. The basic economic lot of chemists has steadily declined for 40 years. If there ever were a real shortage, then people would be making better salaries, in real terms, not worse ones Agreed that women should be better represented.

The more general quote, “U.S. chemical companies need more engineering and science graduates than the country’s universities are turning out” , is pure B.S. I’ve been reading this crap from the Chemical industry for 40 years, but hardly have ever met a chemist who wasn’t under employed. The basic economic lot of chemists has steadily declined for 40 years. If there ever were a real shortage, then people would be making better salaries, in real terms, not worse ones

]]> By: feministchemists http://feministchemists.com/2008/11/17/glass-ceiling-persists-in-the-chemical-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-33 feministchemists Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:47:23 +0000 http://feministchemists.com/?p=134#comment-33 Yes larry p, you make a good point and I have edited the piece to remove that quote. The idea that we need more science graduates doesn’t correlate at all with my observations of out-of-work Ph.D.s Yes larry p, you make a good point and I have edited the piece to remove that quote. The idea that we need more science graduates doesn’t correlate at all with my observations of out-of-work Ph.D.s

]]> By: larry p http://feministchemists.com/2008/11/17/glass-ceiling-persists-in-the-chemical-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-32 larry p Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:46:02 +0000 http://feministchemists.com/?p=134#comment-32 Agreed that women should be better represented.<br><br>The more general quote, “U.S. chemical companies need more engineering and science graduates than the country’s universities are turning out” , is pure B.S. I’ve been reading this crap from the Chemical industry for 40 years, but hardly have ever met a chemist who wasn’t under employed. The basic economic lot of chemists has steadily declined for 40 years. If there ever were a real shortage, then people would be making better salaries, in real terms, not worse ones Agreed that women should be better represented.

The more general quote, “U.S. chemical companies need more engineering and science graduates than the country’s universities are turning out” , is pure B.S. I’ve been reading this crap from the Chemical industry for 40 years, but hardly have ever met a chemist who wasn’t under employed. The basic economic lot of chemists has steadily declined for 40 years. If there ever were a real shortage, then people would be making better salaries, in real terms, not worse ones

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