European Patent Office Kontrovers TV Coverage (English Version)
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2016-03-13 18:23:06 UTC
Modified: 2016-03-13 18:50:53 UTC
One man's story gets told (televised even) so that others won't have to go through what he did (implicating what EPO staff memorably calls 'Gestapo' [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
Summary: A television program which demonstrates the correlation between aggressive EPO management and staff suicides preserved as a cautionary tale
There are two main themes/ways in which EPO management tries to justify its abuses and iron-fisted governance approach (suicides unsurprisingly grew tenfold); one is to say about the employees that they're "well paid" (or something along those lines, as it monetary compensation exempts them from human rights) and the other is all about "results" (which is a basically a lie). ⬆
All other things being equal, one could expect the Portuguese political establishment to support Campinos in his reappointment bid. But what if all other things are no longer equal because the former "asset" has in the meantime become a "liability"?
"The "career scientist" - with PhD and research office by their mid-twenties - follows well oiled tracks and institutional signposts, steering away from controversial or "difficult" subjects."