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Seek workers' ideas on how to avoid layoffs

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By scooby

May be LLNS can learn from this

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Anonymous said…
Maybe LLNS can learn from UC:

New UC president is pan cake aficionado with $900K compensation package (more than double his predecessors package). UC layoffs pending, reduction in available courses, huge increases in student costs and fees underway.

Obviously this is where Mike and George learned their management styles.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_9396099?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

New UC President will be living very well
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_9341391?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

UC students face fee hikes and class cuts http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_9174582?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

UC seeks to rein in retirement http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_9327090?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

Facing budget cuts, COS salary raised 26% (a $61K increase) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/18/BAI0UH3QH.DTL
6/01/2008 7:06 PM
Anonymous said…
I already tried showing them ways to avoid the layoffs. They were not interested. They were also not interested in one employee exchanging with another, or in employees choosing to be layed off first.

In short, they specifically targeted people for this layoff, people they didnt want around. People that would make them look bad, people with medical conditions, people close to retirement but not quite,etc.
6/01/2008 7:58 PM
Anonymous said…
Again I will say this. LLNS doesn't give a hoot about what you think. They have an agenda and it will be done. Cut, cut, cut, downsize, downsize, downsize but none of the cuts will come from ULM where the savings really is.
6/01/2008 8:12 PM
Anonymous said…
If you are < 50 and Flex or SL and don't like it here, do your part and leave. That will save someone else's job who is close to retirement.
Stop procrastinating!
6/02/2008 1:43 PM
Anonymous said…
LLNS is quickly learning from LANS how to avoid layoffs - the term is "managed attrition". Almost a year ago at LANL, this term was attributed to a statement made in a meeting by Anastasio. The gist of it is - make employees' working conditions so miserable that employees will leave on their own. There is a lot of evidence that people are steadily leaving LANL for greener pastures (which seems an incredibly simple task if you think about it). From what I've heard, many good people are also leaving LLNL.
6/02/2008 6:31 PM
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