tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post672855747498895020..comments2024-03-27T20:42:17.293-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Interesting new Website...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-26344424766777256182017-05-17T21:58:36.730-07:002017-05-17T21:58:36.730-07:00May 17, 2017 at 1:04 AM
Dude you are soo crazy an...May 17, 2017 at 1:04 AM<br /><br />Dude you are soo crazy and full of it is not even funny how just effing wrong you are about.....Portland, it actually sucks and that is DEFINITELY CONFIRMED TRUE. Man you look like a fool saying Portland does not suck. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-73717292865372619692017-05-17T18:42:32.657-07:002017-05-17T18:42:32.657-07:00I just pray you don't own guns. Maybe we'l...I just pray you don't own guns. Maybe we'll get lucky that you've already been adjudicated mentally ill.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-31187226524050607012017-05-17T01:04:08.756-07:002017-05-17T01:04:08.756-07:00In reference to the above comment:
- Los Alamos s...In reference to the above comment:<br /><br />- Los Alamos sucks TRUE<br />- San Francisco sucks TRUE<br />- New York sucks TRUE<br />- Boston sucks TRUE<br />- Seattle sucks TRUE<br />- Portland (second hand) sucks NOT TRUE BUT WHATEVER<br />- People with beards suck DEFINITELY TRUE<br />- scientists suck TRUE <br />- engineers suck VERY TRUE<br />- people who ride bikes suck TOTALLY TRUE <br />- people who attend operas, they all suck... HELL YES THIS IS TRUE<br /> <br />YEP, AND THEY'RE BITCHES TOO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-85000059239618419482017-05-13T16:04:47.197-07:002017-05-13T16:04:47.197-07:00Wow. Los Alamos sucks, San Francisco sucks, New Y...Wow. Los Alamos sucks, San Francisco sucks, New York, Boston, Seattle, Portland (second hand) all suck, people with beards suck, scientists, engineers, people who ride bikes, people who attend operas, they all suck... Perhaps, just food for thought, it is YOU who suck, and not the whole rest of the universe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-13297624825890692202017-05-13T11:40:23.490-07:002017-05-13T11:40:23.490-07:00Yep, corporate psychologists agree that institutio...Yep, corporate psychologists agree that institutions are smart. Much smarter than the employees that work there. If everyone at LANL went home, the buildings would still be "smarter than everyone." You are such an uneducated jerk. Please go away.<br /><br />May 12, 2017 at 5:38 PM<br /><br />No, you idiot I am trying to insult the arrogant people at LANL, I am not saying the buildings are smart. When I say I hate LANL I don't mean the infrastructure I mean the people, the arrogance, the scientists, the engineers, the PHDs, the people with masters degrees, the nerds, the geeks, the disgusting people with beards, the overpaid , people that think about how atoms move and that such things are soooo great, the jerks that go cycling along the road like they own it, the people that go hiking and brag about the peaks they climb, the boring souls going on about art markets in Santa Fe or how they saw such and such Opera, the arrogant letters to the editors talking about more money for local schools. What gets me is that after screw up upon screw up and having your own Director tell you that you are buttheads you still go on proudly with your lives and think so highly of yourselves. Don't you people care that the entire world hates you, wants the place closed down and looks down on you? You people have no sense of shame, no sense of self awareness, no sense of reflection. You just brushed Nanos off like he was nothing, who does that, and what kind of so called person can deny their true nature. The whole town sucks to hell, and it is those Goddam people. Sartre said "Hell is other people", but he never meet the people of Los Alamos. There are a few other places that are worse hell holes than Los Alamos like San Fransisco (the worse pit in the universe), New York, Boston, Seattle, and from what I hear Portland, that are filled with arrogant people that think "education" is soooo important. <br /><br />"You are such an uneducated jerk."<br /><br />And this is exactly why the place is so bad. If you are not "Educated" you are jerk. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-3821051952003012542017-05-13T07:32:20.756-07:002017-05-13T07:32:20.756-07:00"LANL is just a horrible place to work. "..."LANL is just a horrible place to work. "<br /><br />Than why do some many people want to work at LANL, why do we still have people transfer from LLNL and Sandia? I suspect that you are rather bitter about they way you have been treated by LANL and you have projected this on everyone and everything at LANL. Perhaps you have been treated unfairly and you have a legitimate reason to be upset however that that does not mean the majority of the people have. It may also be possible that that you have been treated very fairly but you simply will not take responsibility for your own actions or failings. Either way you have now justification or facts to back your claim that LANL is a horrible place to work. Just some food for thought you might want to consider. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-48748659578751052622017-05-12T17:38:39.911-07:002017-05-12T17:38:39.911-07:00Yes, LANL is so much smarter than everyone.
May ...Yes, LANL is so much smarter than everyone. <br /><br />May 12, 2017 at 3:53 PM<br /><br />Yep, corporate psychologists agree that institutions are smart. Much smarter than the employees that work there. If everyone at LANL went home, the buildings would still be "smarter than everyone." You are such an uneducated jerk. Please go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-13444370504269459072017-05-12T15:53:48.049-07:002017-05-12T15:53:48.049-07:00Yes, LANL is so much smarter than everyone. That i...Yes, LANL is so much smarter than everyone. That is part of it. Many never embraced change, they just fight it all the way because they know better than all....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-13573652540538199112017-05-12T15:51:44.388-07:002017-05-12T15:51:44.388-07:00LANL is just a horrible place to work. Change the ...LANL is just a horrible place to work. Change the management, same result. Why? Everyone loves to sit around and discuss instead of actually doing anything. This is not the whole of LANL but it is a VERY large part. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-81361606767880830712017-05-11T07:37:24.446-07:002017-05-11T07:37:24.446-07:00It's a little known or appreciated fact that o...It's a little known or appreciated fact that only a minority of LANL employees hate "this particular, incompetent bunch." The majority dislike but tolerate them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-1152642364701684842017-05-10T22:41:56.011-07:002017-05-10T22:41:56.011-07:00The workforce at LANL doesn't hate management ...The workforce at LANL doesn't hate management as a concept, just this particular, incompetent bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-41904799133202225422017-05-10T19:16:36.321-07:002017-05-10T19:16:36.321-07:00I assume you are including all the "innocent&...I assume you are including all the "innocent" non-management working stiffs. If so I agree. The swamp nourishes all kinds of noxious creatures, including the management-haters here. Draining the swamp would rid us of these vermin too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-34846341806000999012017-05-10T18:43:24.194-07:002017-05-10T18:43:24.194-07:00Which begs the question: why would anyone choose t...Which begs the question: why would anyone choose to work in a swamp?<br /><br />May 10, 2017 at 1:39 PM<br /><br />That is an easy one, some creatures can only work in swamps, they die in non-swamp environments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-37744971368379127102017-05-10T13:39:03.423-07:002017-05-10T13:39:03.423-07:00Which begs the question: why would anyone choose t...Which begs the question: why would anyone choose to work in a swamp?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-79897653452875314542017-05-09T23:03:43.420-07:002017-05-09T23:03:43.420-07:00I think his point is well taken here: blaming ever...I think his point is well taken here: blaming everything on Bechtel may be expedient, but doesn't get to the root of the problem. If you don't drain the swamp and only change business cards for middle to upper management, expect the same results under the new contractor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-89191469330136986602017-05-09T20:10:33.233-07:002017-05-09T20:10:33.233-07:0011:39 AM.
Brandt is LANL homegrown. My mistake. ...11:39 AM.<br /><br />Brandt is LANL homegrown. My mistake. The other 3 are not. Thanks for admitting you lied when you said all ADs but one are LANL homegrown.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-59656619043003143462017-05-09T00:15:38.625-07:002017-05-09T00:15:38.625-07:00is LANL home-grown, but a lot of the reason is the... is LANL home-grown, but a lot of the reason is their sucking up to Bechtel from the beginning, since they got a bonus from participating in the bid process from the start.<br /><br />May 8, 2017 at 5:49 PM<br /><br />I think this is the key to the problem. I saw a large number of managers coming in and saying "we are corporate now so the rules of game and goals are no longer the same", some took as a license to be corrupt under the false pretense that all things corporate are corrupt. It is like the watched Wolf of Wall street and said this is how we can now act. I have heard many times that the corruption could be justified because this is just the way of world, right and wrong or illusions or just "world views" or that there are many opportunities in this environment and that they would have to be fools not to take advantage of it. I do blame Bechtel to some extent because they either gave the hint that this is the way things should run or let the natives go crazy. Bechtel does have a reputation as being very sleazy in in how the operate in this may have trickled down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-43355942442010240282017-05-08T17:49:33.194-07:002017-05-08T17:49:33.194-07:00Agreed that a lot of the "messed up" is ...Agreed that a lot of the "messed up" is LANL home-grown, but a lot of the reason is their sucking up to Bechtel from the beginning, since they got a bonus from participating in the bid process from the start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-21763533386288286072017-05-08T11:39:34.178-07:002017-05-08T11:39:34.178-07:00Lansing isn't LANL home-grown. Neither is Cabb...Lansing isn't LANL home-grown. Neither is Cabbil. Why, Brandt isn't LANL home-grown either. Oh my, Watts isn't home-grown too.<br /><br />Why did you make the false claim that all LANL PADs and ADs (with one exception) are LANL home-grown? Did some Rechtel person tell you this or did you make it up all on your own?<br /><br />May 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM<br /><br />Someone needs to go take a calm down pill.<br />Brandt has been at LANL at least since the 1980's and Lansing and Cabbil are hires that were not from Bechtel. <br />If you are going to continue to insist on some alternative reality where all that is wrong with LANL is the fault of Bechtel, go find some reason other than this. Deal with the facts that nearly all of LANL management is UC, and most of that is home-grown.<br /><br />Agree that the place is badly messed up, but don't blame this on those that were not in charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-52732417197195307702017-05-08T06:05:15.149-07:002017-05-08T06:05:15.149-07:00May 7, 2017 at 9:37 PM
Current LLNL employment st...May 7, 2017 at 9:37 PM<br /><br />Current LLNL employment statistics as of May 1, 2017 from HR website:<br /><br />5,838 - LLNS Career Indefinite<br />48 - LLNS Flex Term<br />318 - LLNS Non-Career<br />246 - LLNS Postdoc<br />508 - Supplemental Labor Contractor<br /><br />Total LLNS 6,450 at LLNL, so you are correct, but I still standby the assessment that substantially less than 60 are directly tied to LLC industrial partner firms - I'd say its in single digits. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-18993549043308574922017-05-07T21:37:27.229-07:002017-05-07T21:37:27.229-07:00There are barely 6000 employees at LLNL these days...There are barely 6000 employees at LLNL these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-45603414258862326482017-05-07T20:41:15.704-07:002017-05-07T20:41:15.704-07:00May 7, 2017 at 1:04 PM
Well at LLNL you could cou...May 7, 2017 at 1:04 PM<br /><br />Well at LLNL you could count on two hands the number of actual transferees from the industrial partners - most were in Operations & Business, and most are long gone. While Tom Gioconda (Dep Dir) is a Bechtel guy, none of the current PADs or ADs have any ties to the industrial partners. For example at transition the O&B PAD and Facilities & Infrastructure AD and Deputy were all from industrial partners. All are gone. O&B PAD Martinez is a long time LLNL employee (ran the Pu facility) while his deputy came from UCOP, the F&I AD is now also a long time LLNL employee, same in HR. <br /><br />I would put it at 99% of the LLNL employee immediately after contract change in 2007 were the same and not associated with an industrial partner. Today its significantly less... with 7000 LLNS employees at LLNL, I'm pretty sure that there are not 70 from LLC industrial partners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-27436393183281054972017-05-07T20:20:21.519-07:002017-05-07T20:20:21.519-07:00My favorite question to ask, How many people worki...My favorite question to ask, How many people working at the lab were at the lab before the contract change or are hires not associated with the industry partners? 80%, 90%, 98%?<br /><br />May 7, 2017 at 1:04 PM<br /><br />Well that is another way of asking, what fraction of lab employees came to the labs from the industrial partners after the transition? It's probably not a huge number. But, take that number and multiply it by 2*pi to find the fraction of the payroll spent on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-47364779633947282462017-05-07T13:11:28.952-07:002017-05-07T13:11:28.952-07:004:33am,
You want to give the list of PADs and AD...4:33am, <br /><br />You want to give the list of PADs and ADs who are homegrown. The ratio is like 6 to 1. Get below that to the division and group leaders (middle management) and it grows to about 25 to 1. This is more of the same, life was perfect before..... but really same players, same crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-67610522721853243372017-05-07T13:04:28.074-07:002017-05-07T13:04:28.074-07:00My favorite question to ask, How many people worki...My favorite question to ask, How many people working at the lab were at the lab before the contract change or are hires not associated with the industry partners? 80%, 90%, 98%? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com