Moved from the wrong area.
I have been noticing people packing their offices already. Why? Are we going to buy into this rumor that we will be asked to leave with only two hours notice. Why would we be so willing to help these insensitive idiots by packing early. Don't do anything until you get officially notified you are being laid off. If you need two days to pack, so be it. They can pay 28 days in lieu of. I doubt if what they are doing is legal! They can have an armed guard watch me but I will leave when I am ready! I'm still employed for gods sake! I'm tired of us acting like a herd of lambs awaiting slaughter. We need to march down Vasco road with signs to protest and get some national exposure. How about it people? Lunch time event next Wednesday..We are running out of time! Only national attention will cause changes. Let me know if we can get this going! Don't go down without a fight!
I have been noticing people packing their offices already. Why? Are we going to buy into this rumor that we will be asked to leave with only two hours notice. Why would we be so willing to help these insensitive idiots by packing early. Don't do anything until you get officially notified you are being laid off. If you need two days to pack, so be it. They can pay 28 days in lieu of. I doubt if what they are doing is legal! They can have an armed guard watch me but I will leave when I am ready! I'm still employed for gods sake! I'm tired of us acting like a herd of lambs awaiting slaughter. We need to march down Vasco road with signs to protest and get some national exposure. How about it people? Lunch time event next Wednesday..We are running out of time! Only national attention will cause changes. Let me know if we can get this going! Don't go down without a fight!
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I am with you! Let us have a peaceful gathering at the central cafeteria at 8:30 wednesday 5/7 and decide about an official protest!
This invitation has only 1 requirement: not be afaid of your own shadow.
Let us occupy the tables in the SW corner of the central cafeteria!
That's what happened at the NTS with the NSTec layoffs - employees were notified early in the morning and escorted off site within several hours. Arrangements had been made in advance for cargo trucks to deliver the boxes with employee's belongings into town.
Ya right!!
Individuals laid off wouldn't have access to their computer. A supervisor would be with the individual from the time they received their notice until they drove off.
I wasn't told you'd get any time to pack up personal items. I was told the Lab will ship personal belongings to people.
I guess it's time to take home the pictures of the family and all those presents the kids gave you, just in case becasue I don't want them touching anything that has personal meaning to me. I think I'll leave them the Lab's fifty year clelebration coffee mug.
I'm glad they are protecting the dignity of their career employees.
The good news is security forensics department will probably turn the glove inside out, acquire the person prints that're on file and his sorry butt should be out the gate. If nothing else they'll have his DNA and know what he had to eat the day before.
What's I'll never figure out is why would you do this to the custodian, she didn't cause this RIF. If you were going to do something creative you should have been very careful and delivered and entire shoe box of turds to 311 and maybe 111 or better yet ship it to NNSA with a greetings card.
Please don't take your frustrations out on your co-workers. They're people just like you who come to work day to day wondering if their number is going to be pulled so they too can join the ranks of the unemployed.
What's surprising is the supervisors/managers will be in training to oversee this whole process and escort people around and out the lab....I wonder if we will ever know the true cost and waste of money caused by the transition.
Now, you are calmer than you will be when you are told "you r out of here".
I wonder who will escort laid off supervisors and managers? or will there be any laid off?
We are such a large community and it would be a shame to not help each-other and unite as a strong force before we just hang our heads and walk away.
Don't let your emotions push you into doing something you will later regret. After all, any job is better than no job at all.
You are playing right into the hands of management. What better way to dump those they feel are "undesirable". It will be like shooting fish in a barrel.
If a quite march with TV coverage is a embarrassment and discredit to the lab and according to you is expressly forbidden and in the policy manual, then you're also saying that expressing your opinion on a public forum is also an issue. better go after the newspapers too since the last article I read about the lab said it was run by a bunch of numskulls who had they heads up their butts and were liar's too. That was written in a bay area wide newspaper. Maybe we need more truthful coverage on the national level. Betsy Mason where are you when we need you.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_8989164?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com
Baa, baa. Yes, let's all remain quiet little sheep while the LLNS management slaughter begins.
Maybe you'll be the lucky little sheep in the herd that survives this year's layoffs to live one more year as a sheep. Remember to keep your head hung very low and make no noise. NNSA is counting on it.
I'm all in favor of cleaning out early. And also shredding any notes, logs, or anything else that LLNS would find useful in continuing operations.
The best idea I've heard yet and you still have 16 days to get it done.
"then you're also saying that expressing your opinion on a public forum is also an issue"
You didn't read what I wrote apparently..
original post author.
You all should have spent more time unionizing. It's too late now. So, "baa, baa", lay down and be sheared like good sheep. You know it was tried once before at the lab(walk off the job). Either e-techs or electricians decided to walk off (early 70"s late 60's). They fired every one of them.
By the way, since when is "heads up their butts" allowable on the blog. Can I or can I not swear? I am confused.
Your definition is different than mine(an a lot of others too).I guess you think "heads up there butts" is meaningful use.
In that case, you have your head up your butt.
"Expletive:an exclamatory word or phrase; especially : one that is obscene or profane"
We have a winner!
I thank you for visiting the BLOG and expressing your opinion. Wherever my head is, it is of more help to LLNL employees than yours is.
Oh and BTW your last statement is absolutely correct. Thanks for being there for all LLNL employees who care.
This has nothing to do with laying down. People should take care of their families, themselves and friends first. Only after they feel they have taken care of those things, then think about what you can do to help illuminate what's happening at LLNL. The pen is probably better than a march on company time.
As for me, I think Its time to move on, after all its really become ONLY a job and I don't see a clear plan for things improving in the near future. On top of that, most of the leadership at the division levels on up is so far removed from science and ignorant of the programs they manage, they only know how manage people out the gate.
Now why would I want to spend the first 2 days of my free vacation packing my office? The taxpayers paid for this, I should do something fun with it!
Good luck everyone - we're all going to need it.
And yes, it is perfectly legal to give you no notice (not even two hours) and have you escorted off site. I've seen it done more than once. As long as you get your final payout you are terminated. That goes for flex, career or contractor. You are far less empowered than you think you are. You are at the mercy of the corporation that makes the ruled (within the law).
YOU ARE ALL AT-WILL EMPLOYEES.
Please do email it to me;see email address on sidebar.
Conduct that brings discredit to Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, casts significant doubt on the employee's reliability or trustworthiness, or otherwise materially affects an employee's ability to work effectively or harmoniously with others is improper.
Improper use of working time includes any use of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC time for non- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC work.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/05/05/cb.layoff.prep/index.html
Six Ways To Prepare For A Lay-Off
1. Get Organized
Print and take home personal files on your computer and locate copies of your performance appraisals and other personnel records. Review your status reports and project files to help you update your resume so that it reflects all of your recent accomplishments and newly acquired skills. Think about what you might want to do next and whom you might want to use as a reference.
2. Get what's coming to you
Take advantage of any perks and benefits to which you are entitled. Schedule your checkups and tend to any dental or medical issues while you're still insured -- especially if you've already met your deductibles.
If you've got a flexible spending account, turn in all outstanding claims to avoid forfeiting any balances. In addition, know exactly how much vacation and floating holiday time you've used and make sure you've taken credit for your holidays. (Most companies will not honor unused holidays, but will pay you for any remaining vacation.)
3. Get connected
Spend at least one to two hours a day networking. Call your friends, former co-workers and clients. Attend your professional association meetings. Talk to headhunters and corporate recruiters. This is a good time to help others who may be helpful to you in the future.
4. Get searching
In addition to networking with colleagues and recruiters, visit the Web sites of any relevant trade and professional associations as well as companies where you'd like to work. Check print and online job postings to see what the requirements of your desired next job are and note any gaps in your experience or skill base.
5. Get an exit strategy
The HR folks will be working from a script when they give you the news. Make sure you know what you should say, too. If no information about severance pay has been communicated, check the company policy manual to find out what is standard practice. Do not agree to sign anything then and there; say that you need to review the proposed agreement with your legal and financial advisors.
The National Employee Rights Institute (NERI) contends that employees have more bargaining power than they realize. And it's not only the amount of severance pay that is negotiable.
Thoroughly assess your situation, so that you can negotiate aspects of the termination that will have the most value for you.
For example, if the layoff occurs shortly before a bonus will be paid or before a service anniversary that would increase your vesting rights in any company-sponsored retirement or profit-sharing plans, prepare a case that you should be entitled to receive that payment or additional vesting.
Also think about receiving your severance payment as salary continuation rather than a lump sum agreement. Salary continuation often allows for a continuation of disability benefits and also lets you answer "yes" when asked if you're still employed.
6. Get fired up!
When layoffs are looming, the best course of action is to stay positive and place yourself in a position of strength. Remember, change is an accelerating mechanism. It can bring about hardship and anxiety if you try to avoid it, but tremendous opportunity if you accept and welcome it