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Buzz Clik

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3. Slave labor, Gracie?

Reply to Cicada (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:20 AM

Sep 2016

But a small bump in NSF and NIH funding can pick up this extra cost.

Right. No sweat. Double the cost of a post doc, add in the fringes and indirect costs, and try to squeeze all of that into a $100K per year and still have money available for the actual research. Good call.

The bottom line is at least 50% of the post docs in the system will be instantly unemployed.

Shall we go after medical residents next? Are you willing to foot the bill for quadrupled "labor" costs during your next hospital visit? "Slave labor." Damn, I love socialists!

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University of Illinois increasing salaries to avoid overtime [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2016 OP

Same thing is happening nation wide, including in your home state. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #1

Maybe slave labor isn't fair Cicada Sep 2016 #2

Slave labor, Gracie? Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #3

Someone with an IQ of 150 working 60 hours per week to improve our world deserves $100000 per year Cicada Sep 2016 #4

Yeah. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #5

Some people think raising minimum wages kills jobs, some don't. Cicada Sep 2016 #6