Someone emailed me the question - so I posted it. So, did something unusual happen in HR recently?
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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Guess what. That same person is now Chief of Staff for WCI!!! And do you believe she knows anything about nuclear weapons? I'm shocked!
Of course, all those positions were posted and competed for... NOT!!!!
Welcome to the new governance model.
Also, You are no longer a government lab...you are just another subcontractor to the government.
Enjoy!
Great resume but little in it explains getting the HR PAD position.
"...was principal deputy associate director of the Physics and Advanced Technologies Directorate at Lawrence Livermore from 2001 to 2007. Her responsibilities encompassed a broad range of research and development activities, including basic and applied science, strategic human capital management, workforce planning, recruiting, mentoring, training and succession planning. From 1985 to 2001, was a NASA astronaut and served in key technical and management positions with a leadership role on five high-visibility, high-consequence space shuttle missions. She was also lead astronaut for Space Station External Maintenance; deputy for the Space Station; acting deputy chief of the Astronaut Office; and chief of the Mission Development Branch. She has 22 years of experience in scientific and operational leadership. ...received a doctorate in space physics and astronomy from Rice University in Houston, Texas; a master’s degree in astronomy from the University of California in Berkeley; and a master’s in engineering science and a bachelor’s degree) in physics from Stanford University. She is a member of the American Astronomical Society and the Association of Space Explorers and the National Academy of Sciences, Space Studies Board. She has won numerous awards, citations and commendations including the NASA Distinguished Service and Outstanding Leadership medals. She was selected as a member of the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2004 and has been keynote speaker for hundreds of academic, corporate and government audiences."
Thus putting in words the fact that we are now all just cogs in a machine with no more value than diskless boot Mac.
In other words its how can we give the least to the employee when they need it most and screw over as many employees as we cane therefore getting the most for our buck. I know of two people who needed disability and their paperwork was conveniently lost so they did not have to pay. It took the threat from a lawyer to get their attention. Maybe that should be SOP for anyone who has to go out on a illness. Get a lawyer the day you go on sick leave.
Industry best practices are not.
Even FR was smart enough to know she didn't have anything to offer.
We need to rent a bus, pick up all the clowns, and take them back to the circus.