Contributed anonymously (also created as a 30-day poll)
For the employees left, is your job harder or easier than it was before some of your fellow employees went missing? Were they deadweight as some have stated, or are you finding it harder to get things done without them?
For the employees left, is your job harder or easier than it was before some of your fellow employees went missing? Were they deadweight as some have stated, or are you finding it harder to get things done without them?
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In addition to this, everyone is now fearful of the next layoff wave after having witnessed the horror as the last one unfold. People who had been here for many years were marched out like petty criminals. It was sad to watch.
Therefore, no, it has not helped. LLNL has become a very sad place to work. Morale is extremely low and many people are looking for a reasonable way to get out and and be hired by a better employer.
The other result of the lay off is many of the admin/support offices have become chickens without heads. for instance the WFO support is next totally non-functional; ESH is swamped with emergencies and non-effective on some of the day to day stuff.
Was deadwood taken out of the woodpile? Sometimes yes, but I saw talented people pushed out because they were supporting a program that was not on someone's "A" list and thus they were out due to being in the wrong place with the wrong budget.
Oh, 8:50PM, I can't speak for 111 but in my hallway of 453, we're waiting for lighting. And I've been bringing in my office supplies for over a year.
Maybe when NIF starts paying their share of the load, we'll all get lit, pun intended.
No, but you will still be left with little info until the day that LLNS suddenly decides to begin the next round of layoffs.
No. We lost 2000 people, 160,000manhours per year of labor and we cost the same as before the Transition.
How the hell can that be an improvement? DAgostino and Bodman should be audited.
The final word
S**t for brains
Could you please give me a hint on what dept or division you are in. I have a had a heck of a time competing with external hires this year and EBAS before last July!
This is not that unusual to hear.
First, many managers are not that aware of just how weak some of the other budgetary positions at the company may be. Their spreadsheet may look ok, but as some of the other accounts run dry, the employees in the zero'd accounts suddenly get dumped onto the remaining strong accounts and rapidly drain remaining funds.
Second, most managers don't want to level with employees about bad budgetary conditions. They'll usually wait until the last minute to spring it on staff along with the announcement that layoffs may be eminent.
If you were smart enough to go TCP2, try to find a UC position (like many of us have done) before they are all gone.
OK, you can stop laughing now.
" They will probably have layoffs based on job content. Since you are typing your own letters, emptying your own trash can, vacuuming your office, making your own copies, sending your own business mail,you can't be fully employed and you're certainly not working at your classification doing all those administrative and custodial tasks. "
But remember these services that are NOT provided are still costing you MORE :-)
Yep...another example how LLNS is managing the lab in a more 'cost effective' manner now! Ahh yes, I can clearly see 'how' it was in the best interest of the lab to go from NON-profit private sector to a (rof-lmbo) Public sector!!
Smart move guys/gals!!!
Sounds like things are going very well, if thats the mission!