Kman980

B.S. Chemistry. QC Lab Tech who daydreams of robbing armored cars and drinking Coronas on the beach with Latino Whoors.

Member Since 12/27/2015

  • Kman980 9 years ago on All The Symptoms And Cures For The Postgrad Blues

    I approved a reaction completion that hadn’t occurred for a product we were producing on contract for pfizer. The batch was worth 750k. I made the mistake Sunday morning. It wasn’t discovered until monday morning after the operators had proceeded a couple more steps. It was April 20th 2015. I was smoking a bowl to celebrate when a coworker in the R&D department who has my back text me to let me know I fucked up. I put my chillum down and puked in the sink. I had only been with the company for 10 months. I was sure I was fired for the mistake and if not, I was going to fail the drug test. Thankfully, the process chemist was able to take the reaction back a couple steps and salvage the batch. Turned out to only be a 40k dollar mistake after raw materials, yield loss, and production time. (I work for a pharmaceutical manufacturer and the only drug test I’ve taken is the initial screening. This company produces a shitload of controlled stimulants and wouldn’t exist without their production.)
    I spent 6 of the best years of my life in college and have only been out for 2. Found this article comforting as I’ve experienced everything in it. I love this site because it reminds me I’m not the only one dealing with this shit.

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