Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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The lab should either
1. Go back to having all salary and compensation information open and freely available.
2. Let the workers negotiate for their compensation, i.e. union contracts.
Now think about what depends on your salary: many benefits, including your TCP2 pension.
My conclusion: among other things, this program is a way to cheat long-term employees out of their hard-earned pension dollars.
Thanks, DOE and LLNS