Other agencies don't have the same authority!!
I thought we were employees of a private company. DOE still has power over us. We benefit neither from being a government employee nor a private sector employee!
We get the worst of both worlds! or is my perception distorted?
http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/12/22/unique-arrangement-allows-doe-to-freeze-contractor-pay.aspx
I thought we were employees of a private company. DOE still has power over us. We benefit neither from being a government employee nor a private sector employee!
We get the worst of both worlds! or is my perception distorted?
http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/12/22/unique-arrangement-allows-doe-to-freeze-contractor-pay.aspx
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Meanwhile, the top management has totally pig'ed out on inflated salaries and a juicy 20% bonus each year (which is protected from the DOE salary freeze!).
While most scientists hate unions, it would have been far better fo the remaining technical staff if they had unionized before the "for-profit" LLC take-over. Lab management and the DOE/NNSA have quickly learned that they can walk all over the non-unionized work force at their labs and will continue to do so with a vengeance.
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"European nations begin seizing private pensions"
(Christian Science Monitor, Jan 4, 2011)
Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens' pension money to make up government budget shortfalls.
www.csmonitor.com/Business/
The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/
2011/0102/European-nations-begin
-seizing-private-pensions
They really need to start stringing pricks like this up on the nearest lamp post, letting them hang there with a note on their chest that says, "The next SOB that tries this will get the same thing" It's the only way to resolve such a delimma.
what turns my stomach is the rhetoric that DOE/NNSA and Lab management repeat all the time:
for example: "we want to continue to retain and attract the best and the brightest"!
Ah! Ah!
1) we never did attract the best for a long time. Those who wait 3 or more months (a year in one case)(that is how long the hiring process takes at LLNL) cannot be that bright!
2) With a freeze, it is unlikely anyone will want to work here, unless they ask for a huge salary to start with.
Step 1. Freeze lab pay for many years to come.
Step 2. Freeze payments for retiree medical.
Step 3. Freeze any future payments for severance.
Step 4. Freeze the TCP1 pension and 401k match.