Earlier today, Director George Miller issued a statement to employees regarding the workforce restructuring process.The following is his message:
Today we will begin the next step in the workforce restructuring process that will result in the notification and release of flexible term and supplemental labor employees. Dedicated people who have contributed to this institution will be leaving. I want to personally thank them all for their contributions and wish them well in their future endeavors – we will truly miss them.
These changes, while particularly difficult, are part of the steps we are taking to position the Laboratory for the future and ensure our continuing ability to contribute to the solution of the country’s and the world’s most challenging problems. I will be holding an all-hands meeting on Jan. 17 to further discuss my vision of the future, the strategies that will help us accomplish that vision and my perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing the Laboratory in the coming year. In addition, I will discuss the allocation of the federal budget to the Department of Energy’s individual sites and my decisions on further workforce restructuring and the compensation increase program.
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George: We couldn't get enough term employees to leave so now we have to up the quantity of FTE's that will be let go in April. We're 100 term employees short from meeting our goal.
I'm sorry I have to put you through this but the budget is tighter than we thought, so we need deeper cuts across the board, except management.
They are vital to the success of the lab. have a great day. You're my family.
Anyone else find it disturbing that we never saw the 3161 comments? Guess we'll only get the results next Thursday when they reveal the site-specific plan.
My bet is George is going to keep the raise package for LLNS and announce a SSP needing about 400 volunteers.
I haven't noticed anyone giving the terms a choice in the matter.
Remember: terms and SLO's address this year's budget, whereas savings from releasing career employees don't really show up until next year because of the severance pay.
The hard question is what does FY09's budget look like?
LLNL 3161 Comments ??
Where the heck are they? It's been months and we were promised this before people were thrown out the gate. As you can see, we have been told another lie.
Draft Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Workforce Restructuring Plan and Press Release
The below draft plan is available for public comment through November 5, 2007. The draft plan will be finalized at the end of the stakeholder comment period.
October 22, 2007 Press Release
Draft Workforce Restructuring Plan - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - FY 2008
Comments on the draft plan should be directed to:
Homer Williamson,
Contracting Officer,
NNSA Livermore Site Office,
P.O. Box 808, L-293,
Livermore, CA 94550;
by e-mail: homer.williamson@oak.doe.gov;
or by fax to (925) 423-7668.
January 7, 2008 8:29 PM
I suspect that we will see unannouced RIF's for the next two years as happened in Berkeley. After two years things will start to stablilize but they will never be the same and the fear factor of not having a job tomorrow will always be there. It's a dog eat dog world. Welcome to privitization and the wool they pulled over the tax payers eyes.
Section II. A. “Stakeholder Input” of the draft says they’ll post the draft for 7 a day comment period, analyze the comments, change the draft in light of comments, IF APPROVED, submit the final plan to DOE & NSSA, transmit the approved plan to Congress, distribute the approved Plan and post it on the LSO Site Office website.
Section II. C. 2. “Communications” only says they’ll tell the employees before releasing any info to the media.
I’d love to see the comments but I can’t find a promise to post them? I don’t think we’ll ever see them.
I propose that instead, we run for another 8 months, then shut the place down. If congress wants it back up and running, they can fix the mess at that time.
Sometimes it takes a full crisis before people act accordingly.