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Last week GM revealed that the Lab's operating budget for FY10 is expected to be $100M or so less than FY09. Not only is this bad for the real programs, but it means the indirect (overhead) budget will be less also, since there is less money to tax.
Since GM has promised to avoid a layoff this year, does this mean (1) IAP and flex term employees need to update their resumes, (2) buyouts look possible, (3) NIF will have to pull its own weight, or (4) CFO can follow the Obama example and spend more than it collects?
Last week GM revealed that the Lab's operating budget for FY10 is expected to be $100M or so less than FY09. Not only is this bad for the real programs, but it means the indirect (overhead) budget will be less also, since there is less money to tax.
Since GM has promised to avoid a layoff this year, does this mean (1) IAP and flex term employees need to update their resumes, (2) buyouts look possible, (3) NIF will have to pull its own weight, or (4) CFO can follow the Obama example and spend more than it collects?
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Looks like fat pants will be breaking that no layoff promise!
Of course gutting "Safety" could achieve similar savings but then we might screw up and....get some work done....err I mean have an accident.
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Sound like round three coming up for layoffs. I just hope they play it straight with us so that we can make informed decisions over a reasonable time frame. However, it will get worse and cost more jobs if LLNS waits too long.
If the 100 million shortfall is true we will see a repeat of the previous layoff, Contract, Term then FTE. And maybe, just maybe an incompetent manager will be hitting the streets. NAH, just kidding, only the folks actually doing the work will hit the streets.
Let's see if George makes any reference in his quarterly report speech today.
"Looks like fat pants will be breaking that no layoff promise!"
I see no broken promises from the blogs stated GM statements. They promised to not layoff in 2009, and they are talking about 2010 now. That is only a few months away, so they can begin the process anytime since it takes a few months to complete anyway.
300 engineers? I find it hard to beleive we'll have 300 people leave LLNL this year. So what do we need with 300 engineers
He stated in a public forum "there will be NO layoffs for the first year"!!
However, the layoffs were implemented for Contract then Flex THEN FTE's were implemented within how many months of Bechtel coming on board????
I also signed-electronically-an "offer of employment for one year"!! Didn't EVERYONE sing this offer to who remain employed yet layoffs were implemented how soon?
First round of FTE's WERE "escorted" out (like criminals!!) a mere less than 7 months later!!!!
Funny I thought I was good at mathematics!!
Puhleeeeezse...quit deluding yourselves...if you honestly put ANY stock in that lying(******-******'s and yes, YOU fill in those blanks!!) "word" then you DESERVE to be led like a sheep to it's slaughter!!!
WHERE is your pride??? Quit losing your self RESPECT by 'giving' it to them!!!
Touch up your resumes and get the heck out!! Do it for yourself, your families and your peace of mind!!!!!
Wishful thinking....This problem originated long before Nov. 4th....the problem is were still having to react with the mistakes of the prior administration. All GM has to do is don't put the cost on the books and call them misc. losses. Now we can get down to the real reason we need layoffs, its to offset too many unsafe individuals walking around...less people equals more safe...Problem solved!
$140M and no lay offs. Then we're going to hire 300 engineers and others. Give me a break. Tell the people the truth dude.
- E. Teller
p371, NAS Report on "Applied Science and Technological Progress" June, 1967
300 engineers? I find it hard to beleive we'll have 300 people leave LLNL this year. So what do we need with 300 engineers
October 21, 2009 11:13 AM
300 engineers will be cut from LLNS for the same reasons they have been cut at LANS. Brett Knapp and Mike Anastasio have a complete disregard for engineering capability. This is all playing out at LANS where they are wiping that capability out (facilities, infrastructure, personnel), particularly in the weapons area. Four reasons aside from Knapp being a jerk. (1) LANS/LLNS are physics laboratories, Sandia is the engineering laboratory (2) Our friends at Bechtel will provide that capability (3) If our friends at Becthel do not want the work, any job shop contractor off the street can do engineering for us. (4) PBIs baby, PBIs.
As as ISP'd I understand and hear your pain. You only have a 'job', no career, no joy in going to work, your paycheck is just a means to pay your bills.
This blogger does not perceive you as a 'sheep'...you are just one of many, powerless to fight the inevitable.
You ARE smart by spending less and preparing yourself emotionally for what WILL come.
You ARE smart to not be deluding yourself that it will change..it won't.
LLNS IS firmly on a downward spiral and gaining momentum with every passing day!!! Its only a matter of 'when' that train wrecks!!!
I have found that, even in today's very tough job market, potential employers DO 'value' LLNL/LLNS employees at a much higher rate than the "average Joe".
I would encourage you to begin the process NOW of creating/touching up a strong resume and get yourself out there before the slaughter begins, giving yourself options rather than taking what LLNS WILL leave you with....nothing.
Take your self respect, your talents, your integrity to an employer who will 'value' them and walk away from them (LLNS) before the layoffs begin...it IS much harder to deal with the aftermath emotionally when you are escorted out...it was for me-it took me at least 6 months for the numbness to even begin to wear off and I had "thought" I had prepared myself for what was coming down last May.
No I wasn't a slouch/bad employee, I didn't have enough seniority to compete within my classification-period....I still hear feedback of a very positive vein.
I KNOW I made a difference.
I KNOW I was valued by not only my peers but my team members and direct report.
I have found my self respect and self worth once again.
I wish you well my friend in your endeavors for a brighter future, a new start to your career for you and your loved ones!!
Russo
This must have been posted by Tomas
NIF has overstaffed trying to get to milestones and will need to cut staff shortly.
Any good scientist would have to be crazy to consider taking a job at one of the NNSA nuclear weapon research labs these days. LLNL and LANL have clearly passed the tipping point and won't be coming back.
It would be best to spend your spare time polishing up that resume and looking for a more secure job at one of the fast growing DOE energy labs. Funding at ORNL increased by 30% this last year and they are hiring about 50 new employees each month. It's clear where the future of science lies within DOE.
Listen to you? I went to the site you posted. You have got to be kidding, right?
Funny how any link that tell Amercan's the truth gets removed becasue it doesn't support this blogs view. What a joke.
The link was politically oriented!
It is not the purpose of the BLOG.
The Lab and the transition in particular, is very politically oriented. To exclude politics from the dialog is to impress your spin on the discussion.
Tried opening it up earlier this year to political debate; it turned into a hate blog! Thanks for the suggestion but I will politics out.
Thanks for the words of advice. My research budget got slashed (again!). I just don't see a future for me at the lab. Rather than waiting in the vain hope that things will get better, I've decided to move on after 20 years at the lab.