• Question: What's the thing you most hate about your job?

    Asked by y7 on 17 Jul 2023.
    • Photo: Blair Johnston

      Blair Johnston answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      I sometimes feel like the input scientists provide is often overlooked which is a bit frustrating. Everyone knows and respects what doctors do in the NHS but very few (including some who work in the NHS) know anything about the work done by scientists in the NHS. I wouldn’t say I hate it but it can be frustrating at times

    • Photo: Cheryl Williams

      Cheryl Williams answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      It can be stressful at times, which I find difficult. I have various coping mechanisms to help me deal with it.

    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      The negative results..or knowing that the experiment has failed…..other than that sometimes I have to teach a lot of students (like 500) and answering loads of queries so that can be difficult at times.

    • Photo: Caroline Addey

      Caroline Addey answered on 18 Jul 2023:

      I’m not sure there is anything I really hate, but I don’t really enjoy doing financial stuff – things like budgeting, ordering things and related admin, as there are lots of rules and regulations and procedures to follow.

    • Photo: Kip Heath

      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      That scientists in the NHS are responsible for 80% of the diagnosis made, but most people don’t know what we do. So hopefully you will help with that and remember that scientists are an incredibly important part of the NHS!

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