Two topics: Canadian Salaries and the OKC Bombing
Joe Dynlacht (Joe.Dynlacht@CCLINK.NET.uokhsc.edu)
Tue, 25 Apr 95 13:42:16 CST
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
1. Bombing in Oklahoma City----Thanks for your support
I would like to thank the many individuals who called or e-mailed to
communicate their concern, thoughts, and support in the wake of last
week's tragedy in Oklahoma City. Everyone I know was directly or
indirectly affected by the bombing, and the community will obviously
never be the same. I know one of the injured individuals, and I
believe he is recovering. Others obviously were not so lucky. One of
the residents that I teach could have been a casualty, but he chose to
go to the Federal Building to get a social security card for his child
at 9AM the day before the explosion. Stories like this are a dime a
dozen. As a non-native Okie, I was proud to see how everyone pulled
together. One of the sights I am sure you did not see on your news
telecasts was the crowds of people lining up at Walmart and Sam's
Club, absolutely stripping the shelves and purchasing needed items to
be delivered to the survivors and the rescue workers.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (which has at least
3 subscribers to this Cytometry network, probably more) is about 1.2
miles from the Federal Building. We felt the force of the blast here.
It felt as though someone drove a car through the wall of my lab. To
my knowledge, nobody was physically injured at the Health Sciences
Center, though our teaching and VA hospitals sustained damage to the
exterior of the buildings in the form of several cracked windows. On
the mental side of things, the numerous bomb threats we received last
week has made many suspicious and nervous. We can only hope that some
good will come from all of this.
2. Canadian Salary Structure for flow cytometry folks--Is there one?
I initially requested information pertaining to flow cytometry
operators' or "managers'" salaries for the purpose of justifying
future salary increases here for my personnel. I thought this
endeavor would be useful to others as well, and so I posted the
tabulated data, since many contributors requested it. As I indicated,
I intend on posting retabulated salary data at the end of May, which
will consist of the old previously tabulated data from last month and
about 10 pieces of new data I have received since then.
So why am I posting a message now?
Up to this point, I have received information only from those who work
in, or operate facilities in the United States. However, I recently
was contacted by an individual working in Canada. This individual has
asked me to extend an invitation to other Canadian labs to contribute
to this study, in hopes of establishing some kind of guideline. I am
more than happy to do so. Canadians, please answer the call of your
countryman! Info on identity and salary will be kept confidential,
but please identify your geographical location (province would
probably work OK), years experience, and whether you are associated
with a university, medical school, or company. List salaries as
either US or CAN (preferably CAN). I will post the results along with
the US data at the end of May.
Sincerely,
Joe Dynlacht, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core Lab
joe-dynlacht@uokhsc.edu
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