ISP Presentations -
As 20yr+ TCP-2 I don't really have a problem with the benefits side of this action. As a person who would like to contribute to the security and science of the country I am very disappointed that it is happening. I think that you can find many reasonable people who believe the transition to LLNS was one of the top 10 worst ideas ever; and that it did not require a crystal ball to see that the costs would increase dramatically.
As to the plans for the 10+ years 200's, I am not seeing the 'dignity and respect' part.
The 'Resource Center' where 4 months will be spent by the most senior people will not even be on site. No access to LITE or LAPIS and it wasn't made clear what use the new badges would be. Are these people to be denied the access to the site that even the driver of the rental car shuttle has? These presentations are not being broadcast or recorded - I have heard people speculate as to the reason for this - mostly along the 'what are they trying to hide?' line.
Finally, how does keeping these people around (at least in the genral area) cost less than giving the pay in lieu of notice. They will have to provide the facilty, staff the facility, pay all benefits (401K). If someone has an idea of the reason DOE/NNSA/LLNS decided to spend more money to do things this way, I would like to hear it.
As 20yr+ TCP-2 I don't really have a problem with the benefits side of this action. As a person who would like to contribute to the security and science of the country I am very disappointed that it is happening. I think that you can find many reasonable people who believe the transition to LLNS was one of the top 10 worst ideas ever; and that it did not require a crystal ball to see that the costs would increase dramatically.
As to the plans for the 10+ years 200's, I am not seeing the 'dignity and respect' part.
The 'Resource Center' where 4 months will be spent by the most senior people will not even be on site. No access to LITE or LAPIS and it wasn't made clear what use the new badges would be. Are these people to be denied the access to the site that even the driver of the rental car shuttle has? These presentations are not being broadcast or recorded - I have heard people speculate as to the reason for this - mostly along the 'what are they trying to hide?' line.
Finally, how does keeping these people around (at least in the genral area) cost less than giving the pay in lieu of notice. They will have to provide the facilty, staff the facility, pay all benefits (401K). If someone has an idea of the reason DOE/NNSA/LLNS decided to spend more money to do things this way, I would like to hear it.
Comments
A number of us were trying to figure that out ... as ArtW indicated in his talk, if you 'quit' or 'resign' during the notice window, you forgo any future pay, and receive only your servance (LLNS save $ from lack of pay-in-lieu) Perhaps the Detention Camp (disguised as "Resource Center") have intolerable working condition that forces you to resign ...???
What I understand is that DOE wouldn't allow any pay-in-lieu greater than 30 days as an allowable cost in the contract. Whether this is because of some federal acquisition regulation, or some low-level DOE bureaucrat's power trip, I don't know. Could be yet another issue in the long line of DOE gripes/jealousies over the national labs' pay and benefits.
The end result is the "cooler." Talk about a miserable thing to suffer through.
plus Four days sick leave, paid medical, dental and vision, 1.8% of salary in employer retirement contribution as well a 2% employee match for a fireee who selected TCP-2 or up to 0.75% increase in retirement pension for fireee in TCP-1.
More evidence DOE doesn't think.
How the he*k did Bodman run a Fidelity fund?
There will be some people who will be there for the entire 120 day period. That means sometime in the middle of September 2008. And some of those people have been EBA since the day LLNS took over on October 1, 2007, and have not been allowed to do anything productive during that time. That means almost an entire year doing nothing. (Except, of course, trying to find a new position in a rapidly shrinking environment.) I'm not trying to say those employees are the ones that have done anything wrong, just that, as was stated above, NNSA and LLNS don't really want to save money. They want to punish LLNL employees. For what reason, I cannot fathom.