[Meme] Racing Towards Minimum Wage
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-07-06 01:17:23 UTC
- Modified: 2023-07-06 01:17:23 UTC
Even
as patent examiners.
Summary: The typical EPO salary is being severely lowered; the Office wants to replace suitably-qualified and experienced staff with a bunch of drones (rubber-stamping patent applications) and years ago it was shown that some EPO salaries (for positions in The Hague) were not even enough to pay rent there (for a single person), so maybe the Office wishes to offer bunk beds at the office/barracks
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