Life of a scientist
In the previous pages of this report, we focused
on the performance of Manaaki Whenua as a company. Here we take a look
at what the information might mean for an average scientist .
Each scientist has a personal impact on our business performance, our
environmental footprint and our company culture.
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On average, in 2003/04, working as
a scientist for Manaaki Whenua meant:
- working 1530 hours, including spending 15 days in the field
and 5 days overseas on work-related activities
- producing work with a value of $234,000
- publishing 2 scientific papers and 0.8 contract reports, and
presenting research results at 2 conferences
- supervising a university student in post-graduate research
every two years
- spending 19 days on annual leave and taking 5 days sick leave
- completing 20 hours training
- travelling 4600 km by air and 2300 km by road for work activities
in New Zealand
- flying 13,300 km to overseas destinations to work or liaise
with colleagues
- completing their 12th year working for Manaaki Whenua
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- using 8200 kilowatt-hours of energy for heating, lighting and
operating equipment
- producing 4.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide through travel and energy
use
- receiving total remuneration of up to 14% above the science
sector median, though this was still up to 8% below the general
market
- sharing in the company’s 2003/04 financial performance
with a $770 bonus and a 1.0% base salary increase
- receiving company contributions of $94 towards health care and
$1,560 to retirement savings
- doing over 5 hours per week of personal exercise
- using 5 gigabytes of computer disk space
- obtaining new science and computing equipment worth $6,800
- accessing journals and bibliographic databases, at a cost of
$2,300
- using 5700 sheets (30 kg) of A4 paper, 150 envelopes, 6 pens,
8 pencils, 50 paperclips
- drinking 2 kg of coffee beans recycling 70 kg of paper and disposing
of 60 kg solid waste
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