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Appachai posted:I have to interview someone who has worked in QA QC for theranos for 5 years tomorrow. wtf is this hiring manager thinking They might be a state's witness.
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Aaaaaaand my lab is out of underpads, glass slides, and disposable microtome blades, as well as not having any hot water on either of our floors in our new lab space. Brand new lab space. Literally do not get how this lab's managers can think they're competent when they can't even order basic supplies in a timely fashion. 
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Appachai posted:I have to interview someone who has worked in QA QC for theranos for 5 years tomorrow. wtf is this hiring manager thinking "So I see on your resume you did nothing for 5 years" Edit: actually that plays better if they were in the compliance office.
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Mar 23, 2017 16:17
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I knew someone that left off her time at theranos specifically so she wouldn't get asked any questions. :/
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Johnny Truant posted:Aaaaaaand my lab is out of underpads, glass slides, and disposable microtome blades, as well as not having any hot water on either of our floors in our new lab space. Brand new lab space. Don't get me wrong, they are probably incompetent. But purchasing and/or facilities may share the blame. It can take a month to get supplies when we go through purchasing. As opposed to going to a vendor and purchasing directly. Which they don't like because...???
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Our gloves are constantly on backorder and we can't get safety glasses for some reason either, so we rush order some from another place and pay out the rear end. In dumb new lab news, our lab is also fairly new. We have three sinks. They are all touch activated and turn off on a timer. Which is about 5-12 seconds. So good loving luck washing anything or filling up flasks. No one in the lab was consulted on layout or design or we would have pushed for foot pedals and faucets with detachable sprayers.
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Mar 23, 2017 19:02
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Development posted:I knew someone that left off her time at theranos specifically so she wouldn't get asked any questions. :/ To be fair, the whole theranos story is a combination of actual really bad decisions on the PR/Regulatatory/Transcperancy, but the technology itself is kind of amazing Have you guys actually seen the video of the full modular theranos apparatus she showed at the big Diagnostic Conference, it's a loving marvel of micro-engineering, they show it opened up in process of multiple samples and diagnostic tests. Here is the full length video, good bits start at 9:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6JRG733ReQ&t=1542s
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Dante Logos posted:Don't get me wrong, they are probably incompetent. But purchasing and/or facilities may share the blame. It can take a month to get supplies when we go through purchasing. As opposed to going to a vendor and purchasing directly. Which they don't like because...??? Oh I know about our purchasing and distribution woes. I put together a comprehensive inventory of what we had before our move, then a fellow coworker put together an inventory order the first full week we were in the lab. Now it is the third full week, and our inventory order got put in... at the end of last week. Not to mention it has to go through our "lab supervisor" because they need to get their fingers in literally everything. Which means that order probably didn't get approved until... yesterday, if we're lucky? And our "lab supervisor" is going on vacation next week I believe, and when they're gone there's literally no way for us to get any purchases approved. At all. Phosphene posted:In dumb new lab news, our lab is also fairly new. We have three sinks. They are all touch activated and turn off on a timer. Which is about 5-12 seconds. So good loving luck washing anything or filling up flasks. No one in the lab was consulted on layout or design or we would have pushed for foot pedals and faucets with detachable sprayers. Do you work in my laboratory!? We have two sinks(one a sterile sink so I guess it doesn't count), and three brand new grossing stations. The water pressure at the sinks is embarrassing, and we have no detachable sprayers. The water pressure at the grossing stations is about 2x too strong, and while it has detachable sprayers, they are composed of probably 3mm thick durable plastic, and therefore have MAYBE a swivel range of 20 degrees. It basically means if you use it, you're soaking the entire posterior portion of the station. What gets me is that our "lab supervisor" and my direct supervisor, who have both worked in surgical pathology labs, helped design our entire lab. And now that we've been here for three weeks the shininess has worn off, and I'm left thinking "who the gently caress thought <insert any number of things> was a good idea!"
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vivisectvnv posted:To be fair, the whole theranos story is a combination of actual really bad decisions on the PR/Regulatatory/Transcperancy, but the technology itself is kind of amazing Are you referring to the micro testing technology that turned out to be fake and fraudulent?
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I still get a kick out of them getting a 483 for creating/signing a document at the time the FDA investigator requested it. Also, they got cited for an unvalidated Excel spreadsheet. I loving hate when my old employer is right about something. 
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Sorry guys, the interview is actually next week.
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Good luck, see you next week! I interviewed a new candidate but she's actually qualified from a competitor, she just didn't want to relocate.
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Mar 29, 2017 08:02
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rofl The restrooms will be unlocked from 8:00AM – 6:00PM (Monday –Friday) on that date indefinitely. For your labs that occupy building x please send out separate emails for the male lab occupants and another separate email for the and female lab occupants. We would like to prevent male lab members from having the code for the women’s restroom and we would like for the female lab member to not have the access code to enter the men’s restroom. this is ridiculous
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Mar 29, 2017 21:21
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Development posted:rofl Are you in North Carolina or something?
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Mar 29, 2017 21:35
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Why would they feel the need to do this? It's apparently a concern about something after hours...
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Mar 29, 2017 21:55
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Discendo Vox posted:Why would they feel the need to do this? It's apparently a concern about something after hours... His building is probably right next to the Natatorium.
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Mar 29, 2017 22:01
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There's a mice infestation under the vending machines at work. The night shift guy claims a mouse climbed onto one of the lab desks. We got stray cats out back, maybe we can put them to use.
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Mar 29, 2017 23:16
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Start doing research on mice! 
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Mar 29, 2017 23:18
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WHMIS 2015 completed. All necessary EH&S training done save for the special lab course, which must be done in person (enroled for next week). All this in lead up to a major audit coming next month--joy! 
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One of ortho's freezers in our large freezer room failed, and was dripping some nice looking fluids this morning, then according to my coworker, the fridge door popped open. ...because it's held shut with duct tape. 
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You should avoid sticking your hand in a sonicator, right?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:You should avoid sticking your hand in a sonicator, right? Sonicating water bath? Not a big deal.
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Okay... new symbol I haven't seen before in the deadliest sign I've seen so far in my campus walks. 4, 4, 3, okay. Got that. SA = Simple Asphyxiant. (AKA they have nitrogen lines.) CRY = Cryogenic W = Water Reactive What's the OA? Is it the same as OX? (Oxidizing Agent?) Sounds right, but I can't find that descriptor in any of the NFPA 704 docs. (Not shown: They ran out of space and there's a "WARNING: GENOTOXIC COMPOUNDS" sign on the wooden part of the door underneath it.)
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Organic acids?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:You should avoid sticking your hand in a sonicator, right? You can see all the dead skin cells coming off if you do. Pretty cool. I also clean my wedding ring in ours.
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Soopafly posted:You can see all the dead skin cells coming off if you do. Pretty cool. I also clean my wedding ring in ours. Jewelry stores do the same! If yours has stones in it you should take it in regularly and they'll do inspections and make sure they're in there good.
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Hmm I have an interview for a pharma company to go and work in Switzerland. Could be an opportunity to distance myself from this Brexit business. Also I love skiing.
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Until recently my company had a branch in Basel, CH that I got to visit last year. Absolutely beautiful town. As an American I'd move there pretty quickly given the chance.
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Yeah, I've been interested in moving out of the UK for a while. Only negatives I can see are that it's a contract job (I have a permanent one at the moment) and it's a big company so I would be more of a cog in the machine than I am now. On the other hand, big pay rise, Switzerland.
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How easy is it to jump industries in chemistry? I've been a process chemist in a pharma CRO going on 5 years now. There are job postings that match my current job spot-on except they will have specific things like : Qualifications: -Emulsion polymers/polymerization -Solution polymerization/solvent exchange -Minimum 3 years of industrial experience with scale-up of polymerizations from lab to pilot to production; First one I have no experience with, the other two I have done just not with polymers. It seems like something that could be easily learned with some diligence. I ask because most of the process chemist jobs in my region are typically polymer or petrochemical. And from my experience thus far I wouldn't mind leaving pharma...
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carnassials posted:How easy is it to jump industries in chemistry? I've been a process chemist in a pharma CRO going on 5 years now. There are job postings that match my current job spot-on except they will have specific things like : Just apply. Highlight your strengths and go in thinking the job posting is probably their cream the pants level of match candidate who doesn't exist. I went from food processing to computer hardware manufacturing and it wasn't rough at all.
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I now have the new PhD (who does not get GMP) in one ear talking my ear off about my qNMR presentation and how its necessary to run every 2D NMR experiment on things we are verifying structures for. Meanwhile, in the other ear the new scientist (Who does get GMP) is utterly confused by COSY spectra. The two guys who have been here for 10+ years are out the rest of the week, so I have to deal with new PhD and new scientist while my boss is trapped in meeting hell with customers. Also the temp in another group (who I like) told me that he 'fixed' a micro-pipette by hitting it on the table, and yes, I'm in charge of the pipettes. Oh and I have to some get work done while dealing with all this poo poo.
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knox_harrington posted:Hmm I have an interview for a pharma company to go and work in Switzerland. Could be an opportunity to distance myself from this Brexit business. Also I love skiing. I've been to Switzerland to visit one of our CMOs an hour out of Geneva. Coming from NJ it's pretty sweet walking out of a plant and be surrounded by beautiful mountain scenery. We also just had a guy uproot his entire family to move out there to help build a plant for another company. I'm amazed the dude was willing to move 3 elementary school aged kids to a foreign country where they don't speak the language.
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I would have given a lot to move there within our company, but they didn't have any openings for calibration. Now I'm in Utah which is totally the same thing as Switzerland
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I have finally come full circle, while dealing with a new hire today I was annoyed about how starry eyed and excited about science they are. Then I remembered that I used to be that way but now this is just a 9-5 where I come in and science is just my job.
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Our record for breaking someone's spirit is 2 months. Poor guy went from starry eyed to bitter and jaded so fast. Dumping someone right into a pilot plant filled with 20+ year union lifers wasn't the best idea...
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Hotel Kpro posted:I would have given a lot to move there within our company, but they didn't have any openings for calibration. Now I'm in Utah which is totally the same thing as Switzerland Ha I have a second interview so have to get my rear end over there next week. It's also on my mind that if I get an offer things will move pretty fast and moving country / getting a home, bank account and all that poo poo needs to be thought out properly!
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Development posted:rofl For some reason the men's restroom near the the QA lab at our place keeps getting trashed. Or at least, that's what the two male QA techs tell me. They've had to lock it permanently a few times in the 3 years I've worked there. I'm glad it didn't get that bad lol. Sundae posted:Okay... new symbol I haven't seen before in the deadliest sign I've seen so far in my campus walks. Isn't this the old HazCom format? This is what we've been trained on at our plant:  Man, for working at a small food plant, we sure don't have to deal with half the crap I see in this thread. Makes me ok staying at my <$20/hr job for a little while longer lol.
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