LLNS may have excluded the wrong people in last VSSOP? The exclusions were based on outdated job categories and related skills. ULM are now thinking that in the future, job categories and functional areas will have to be re-defined. The next VSSOP/ISP will be based on the new categories and functional areas. The questions I have are: 1) Why didnt they think of that before the transition. It seems like their style is “change things as you go”. Planning is out the window! 2) Who will give input on the new changes? The next RIF apparently is going to be more lucrative than the VSSOP. Depending on the length of employment, a RIFed person, not only gets their 1 week pay per year of service but also from 30 to 120 days notice, essentially 30 to 120 days pay. Please feel free to comment on the rumors or add new ones you actually heard.
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I was the only one there with the intention of talking about the RIF. I asked a few people if they were there because of the invitation from the BLOG and they said "no".
Draw your own conclusion.
People are tired and waiting for their pink slips. They just want this over with now, for good. I am sure many know this is coming again next year and another 2000 employees will be out the gate due to budget cuts reducing the head count down to 4000 even. Someone like myself wish ULM would just cut the 50% on the 22nd of this month and be done with it. How people can continue to work in this type of environment safely and effectively is beyond me. I know there's people who say, "the lab isn't dead", but I surely don't see any promise in it's future existence.
Sure, if someone told scooby I'll bet it would show right up at the top however if you've been watching only about 200 or so people actually read this blog and participate. That's 200 out of 6,500 people. Not a good turn out on the blog nether.