Message from @Maxthx
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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
Either that or dental hygenist
I love my job, I don't have to deal with a single patient ever
its heavenly
Hahaha, yeah. That makes a lot of sense
"give me your blood. Blood doesn't talk"
Or I should say, "his blood", because otherwise that would imply dealing directly with idiots