Re:Scientists at top US nuclear lab poached by China
by rbanffy on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:04AM
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A couple alternatives come to mind on this:
1- don't hire the best talent if they come from a country perceived as hostile
2- make a better offer from them to stay in the US
3- make them actually want to remain in the US despite the better financial and personal rewards of going back home
Option 1 is clearly difficult to shape into something palatable (or legal), 2 seems doable with adequate funding (and other scientists would welcome a pay raise for themselves as well). Option 3 would be tricky - the US has some attractives, but has a lot of drawbacks for anyone who hasn't grown up there.
Headline makes it sound like it wasn't Chineses scientists going home.
Interesting article, but basically a 2019-2020 story.
1- don't hire the best talent if they come from a country perceived as hostile
2- make a better offer from them to stay in the US
3- make them actually want to remain in the US despite the better financial and personal rewards of going back home
Option 1 is clearly difficult to shape into something palatable (or legal), 2 seems doable with adequate funding (and other scientists would welcome a pay raise for themselves as well). Option 3 would be tricky - the US has some attractives, but has a lot of drawbacks for anyone who hasn't grown up there.
Maybe a combo of 2 and 3 could work best.