that I deal with on a daily basis

But entry level medical positions means nurses right?

You're not talking doctors/surgeons?

in my particular job position it means Lab Assistants

Ah

they show up for work after receiving the position with almost no understanding of the rules and regulations of working in a Lab Environment and I have to spend months training them before I can even allow them to do their job

I've complained about it so much to my supervisors but nothing has changed and I'm starting to receive subtle warnings that I should stop complaining or my career might be in danger

its absolutely terrifying

Is that university admissions or employment discrimination? Those are two very different beasts

university admissions is what I'm arguing is nonserious

I have no idea, I don't handle job placement

the hospital management does

from what I can tell its gender discrimination though

its pandemic throughout the STEM community

Yeah, when they did gender blind hiring for government jobs in Australia they found they hired more men. Then they stopped doing that because it didn't have the result they wanted (sexist bastards)

And yeah

I used to work in computer science

It's pretty accepted that, in part due to government pressure to have women in the company, women are just going to be hired a lot more than men

But that doesn't really cause anyone danger, just a little bit of grief

And even then, most places do actually make sure that the girl can code

so far, after assuming my position, I have received 8 new Lab Assistants to fill my department

7 have been female

and 3 have quit when they decided the work was too hard

I'm actually running short one position right now because I want to finish training what I've got and hopefully get a fully functional lab running before I have to tran yet another applicant

Oh, then you actually don't know whether the problem is that the people from the hiring pool are just largely female and the problem is on that end, or whether the company is doing bullshit

I don't

2 of those 7 have actually be qualified for the position, as in they don't require a buttload of basic lab training

including the one male

One possibility there, though I'm not sure how likely this is, is that it is the hiring pool and that is due to the gender self-sorting of university students amoung the disciplines. Women who do go into stem are weighted towards bio/chem.

but 7/8 seems more than that would skew it

Like, reasonably for bio students only, but not chem

this is purely personal speculation on my part, but I think that the lab technician career path is falling very badly out of favor

its an extremely vital job, that all hospitals needs, but its not 'cool'

so its possible they are abandoning ship when they see the reality of the career

Hrm. Does it pay well, should I have trained towards lab tech instead of compsci?

in my particular location it pays better than any job that doesn't require a full medical degree (doctors/surgeons)

just above x-ray techs and anesthesiaologists

but it still requires you to go through the gauntlet that is pre-med and then a bit further?

well yeah

you can't work in a hospital if you haven't had at least 4 years in college in your field

Tbh, that shit is rough. I'm not surprised those willing to go through it want to go all the way to doctor/anesthesiaologist