It is amazing to read every ones comments on the propose VSSOP and layoffs as if they are effected by budget problems in Washington. This layoff is about supporting contract 44 which in turn supports complex transformation. I wish some of you would use your brains and go to the LLNL home page. Look in the right top corner and click on contract 44 read through it. Then go to the NNSA home page and click on complex transformation read through it. You'll then find that NNSA plans to cut 20% of the work force at LLNL and close 30% of the buildings that support weapons work. Another report your brains need to read is the Chiles report. Go to the LLNL home page search and type in Chiles report.
When you've finished come back here and summarize what you read.
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I don't know about your Brain, but sometimes mine's kind of bossy - Lori Anderson
OK, my brain read the Chiles Report. I don't understand its relevance to the point made in this post. The report mainly dealt with maintaining a skilled technical workforce at LLNL. It did not seem to encompass a significant reduction in size for the weapons labs. When reduction in size the concern is getting ride of people. There was little in the way of discussion of new areas for the weapons labs (e.g., work for others). Perhaps my brain is missing the point. Perhaps you could ask your brain to elaborate so my poor brain could better understand.
I read the Chiles Report too and it was a worthless piece of information and ancient information to say the least. Where's the 2007 - 2008 information. The stuff that really counts. The information the people want to know. We are tired of not knowing the facts, the lies and deceit. We want to know how many people LLNL is going to release this years, the next year and the following year. We want to know that final number and classifications so we have a chance to find new jobs before dooms day. What's up with the BS-ULM? Just tell us this information in detail, now !!!! Oh, and don't say you don't know becasue we all know that BS just like you knew all this was going to happen before Oct 1st but you BS'd 51% of the people into TCP-1 by not telling the truth. Are you just going to continue to be full of it up to your ears.
For anyone who wants to pick it apart or for what its worth here's what I could find on the
09 budget
Hey 5:08 PM, what's so great about TCP-2? You froze your retirement, so what's keeping you at LLNL?
More time, more money and enjoy watching the TCP-1 people as time goes on understand how they were manipulated wishing now that they've TCP-2. But, don't worry no one made out in this transition except for upper level management. They got fat deals and continue to be praised so for every reduction in force event that takes place..
Anyone notice how George Miller said (in his lab-wide announcement)that the transition plans were announced in September? Is it so easy for ULM to change history?
I do not recall anything about layoff plans being announced in September. The crap started after we all had locked in our choices in tcp1 or tcp2. i.e. October. But who care about facts, right? Like Homer W., who failed in his word to show us the feedback for the Draft document. Honesty, integrity, honor, aren't these things taught in the military? Why is it missing at NNSA / LLNL ?
"...how they were manipulated wishing now that they've TCP-2..."
Not yet. TCP-1 fan here.
I can wait 4 more months beyond March 15,2007 and make up the lost cash flow from investing six months severance by the combined increase in age and years of service. four lousy months, run the numbers for yourself.
This is easy money. Unless of course TCP-1 fails sometime during my remaining life. This is also true of your 401k and UCRP.
But so far, fearmongering aside, there is no evidence supporting the "chicken little" theory that TCP-1 is more likely to fail.
Easy money.
February 8, 2008 9:10 PM
TCP-1 will fail far sooner than UCRP or those who are TCP-2 assuring their money doesn't get put into the stock market. That's dead for many moons to come. A recession is near and if it weren't for the feds intervening we'd be well on our way to a full blown depression which in some respects may actually bring back values and lesson our materialist needs. If a depression should happen my only wish would be to see the assured mutual destruction of the rich pricks hoping they were beaten down to the brink of suicide if not total extinction.
I'm TCP-2 and wish I'd taken TCP-1. You pays your money and you takes your chances.
It's well understood that there isn't a lot of future in weapons work. Which is why there is so much talk of lowering costs to attract other sponsors.
It's funny how some people can obsess over one tiny part of the puzzle without looking at the big picture.
I apologize to the person who made a comment this evening 2/19; I deleted their comment by mistake; please re-comment!
Thanks
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