Juggling With Eggs

It’s no suprise that those who are in paid employment to help this country reach Net Zero by 2050 are overworked and underpaid given their qualifications, experience and importance of the work they do.

Talented young graduates and post docs are being exploited by our government that is not even paying lip service to the threats of climate breakdown.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/15/shortage-of-experts-and-low-pay-major-barriers-to-uks-net-zero-future

Shortage of experts and low pay ‘major barriers to UK’s net zero future’

Lack of funding and staff limit climate sector’s impact on conservation and net zero efforts, say workers

The Guardian
Aug 15, 2023 at 7:26amWeb
Show threadJuggling With EggsAug 15, 2023

Being underpaid continues long after their first decade in employment - I have witnessed it first hand.

You may argue this is just what modern working life has become for most people, but there is a fundamental choice for those with a talent for science/maths…get paid handsomely in the City/petrochemical industry or stick to your morals in academia, councils, public sector and be exploited.

We urgently need more scientists than hedgefund managers.