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"demanding"? this is an industry which fires us if we ask for a raise, or hint at collective bargaining, or even if the 'big hit' has just been discovered and r
by theophrastus 11y ago
"demanding"? this is an industry which fires us if we ask for a raise, or hint at collective bargaining, or even if the 'big hit' has just been discovered and research is foolishly seen as unnecessary for a while. this is an industry where foreign work visas are rife, with threats of the jobs being declared 'unnecessary' if extra hours aren't put in (with the poor folks having to return to their original countries). this is the industry which tries to offshore as many aspects of the process as possible. there is no "demanding" anything, unless you already have another situation lined-up; and even then they threaten you with NDAs and non-competition clauses.
- vonmoltke 11y agoI think that was "demanding" in the sense of giving regulatory bodies authority to force things like that.
- theophrastus 11y agoIn the states there really is no active regulatory agency to pursue this; the FDA having been all but gutted, (all the clinical 'safety' research is now done by the applying company itself). One only has examine who are among the largest political donors to both parties to understand why this might be.
- CaptainZapp 11y agothis is the industry which tries to offshore as many aspects of the process as possible And this : http://fortune.com/2013/05/15/dirty-medicine/ http://fortune.com/2013/05/15/dirty-medicine/ Is a very interesting and quite frightening take on the potential consequences of such offshoring.