<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Michael</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We had one interesting example in our 4 years of existence. One equipment manufacturer, trained one of our experienced staff and after a few months they offered him a very lucrative offer, for a position in their tech center in Europe. We had no means for matching, even coming closer to the terms. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We warned the manufacturer. We couldn't keep the staff member. We parted ways in amicable terms. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Since then, we had a few more staff leaving for better offers for industrial positions especially in Europe. We had a few months of struggle every time. We are trying to benefit from the undergraduate and graduate students studying in these areas. We are trying to keep the pipeline full by training more people as much as we can. We couldn't find any better solution. In our geographical location, we can rarely find trained, qualified tech staff. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Volkan</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Volkan Özgüz<br><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div></font><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Director</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Sabancı University </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nanotechnology Research and Application Center - SUNUM</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Orhanlı, Tuzla, İstanbul 34956</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>Office: 90 216 483 9834</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Fax: 90 216 483 9885<br>Email: <a href="mailto:vozguz@sabanciuniv.edu" target="_blank">vozguz@sabanciuniv.edu</a><br>Web: <a href="http://sunum.sabanciuniv.edu/" target="_blank">http://sunum.sabanciuniv.edu</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Michael Khbeis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khbeis@uw.edu" target="_blank">khbeis@uw.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Lab Managers,<br>
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I am going to venture that, like us, you generally shy away, or are likely prohibited from getting involved with the business affairs of your industrial clients. Recently, we have had an uptick in employee poaching between industrial users and even a few from lab staff. I am curious if you have experienced similar challenges at your sites and what measures, if any, you employ to discourage that from happening.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Dr. Michael Khbeis<br>
Associate Director, Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF)<br>
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)<br>
University of Washington<br>
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