Thursday, May 22, 2008
Typical ULM Sleight-of-Hand
Typical ULM sleight-of-hand, divide and conquer strategy. "Aren't we great guys, we're laying off less FTEs than everyone thought!" I guess they hope the FTEs will get some sort of relief now that their chances of not being laid off have improved (and hopefully, they won't care about the Flex Terms, who they've now pitted them against. " Hey, it's a dog eat dog world"). As for the Flex Terms, I reckon ULM justifies it with "too bad for them, they knew what they were getting into when they accepted that status, and we need a body count." As for the statements about future ISPs not being necessary? Complete BS in my opinion. I think that they hide behind weasel words like "given the information I have now" and "what we might expect." If reduced budget comes in later, or even if they just feel like canning a few more people, I predict that they will cop out with "budget picture changed" or "work needs have changed,", or better yet with "management and transition costs were higher than expected," or "it's not our fault." All those excuses worked before and they weren't held accountable for being either dishonest or incompetent. Why not use them again? I can just hear SH, LLNS minister of propaganda, explaining it to the media with a completely straight and innocent face. All the while, ULM (and SH) will be collecting their large checks and fat bonuses. Welcome to corporate America.
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I was very sad to hear of all those people some of witch I knew and worked with for years let go. They all are good hard working individuals. But I was very shocked and stunned to hear about Mike Springer a quiet hard working dedicated worker who I know knows more about facilities then any one person at the Lab. Why Why Why-!! Some one should be ashamed not protecting such a valuable employee who ever made that decision, it was the wrong one to all my co workers God bless and I hope all the best in these worst of times. And as for Mike Springer I don't know how some of these people can look at them self's in the mirror and not get sick.
Sounds like your Mike Springer is a John Galt.
I think that the new contractor and Lab management both knew how far off the bid was on the contract. Think about it the Lab has been around for years didn't they have a clue what it cost to run each year. Not to mention that they knew what state and local taxes would now be coming because of the change. Also didn't they get a clue from LANL. Do you really think a company that was off by 280 million dollars on a bid should be anywhere near a Top Secret Weapons Lab? I think I also remember early of before all this started that the transition would not cause any layoffs. The new contractor and Lab Management are full of crap.
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