LLNS may have excluded the wrong people in last VSSOP? The exclusions were based on outdated job categories and related skills. ULM are now thinking that in the future, job categories and functional areas will have to be re-defined. The next VSSOP/ISP will be based on the new categories and functional areas. The questions I have are: 1) Why didnt they think of that before the transition. It seems like their style is “change things as you go”. Planning is out the window! 2) Who will give input on the new changes? The next RIF apparently is going to be more lucrative than the VSSOP. Depending on the length of employment, a RIFed person, not only gets their 1 week pay per year of service but also from 30 to 120 days notice, essentially 30 to 120 days pay. Please feel free to comment on the rumors or add new ones you actually heard.
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April 24, 2012 7:10 PM
And these are (mostly) employees who are supposedly working 9 hour days Mon - Thurs except 8 hours on Fri and every other Fri off. I am often coming "up the hill" around 3 - 3:30 pm and the line of cars going down is unbelievable. If the Lab ever decides to enforce time-card fraud, it would be a quick and painless way to get rid of a whole lot of employees. We used to call them "dead wood." The proof is easy and there is no "protected class" or "discrimination" defense. Unfortunately, the managers who would have to gather the evidence are also committing the same fraud. This is ripe for Congressional investigation.
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Ahh, but this is exactly what LANS and LLNL want. Remember the only thing that counts is safety and security. As one of the reports said about the contracts is they are really only about punishment there is no award for accomplishing something like science or breakthroughs. To LLNLS and LANS every employee is a liability not an asset so the less time people are at the lab the better. Someone who never shows up also never has a safety or security problem and that is the perfect employee. As for a Congressional investigation forget about it we are a private corporation now. By the way has anyone thought about having a for-profit company running the secret service?
Oh, but it is - the whole Government too.
I observe this day in and day out.
April 25, 2012 9:33 PM
Taxpayers have many more and bigger things to be "bothered" about. However, as a person who believes in moral and ethical behavior, yeah, it bothers me a lot. These slackers, who seem to care as little about their own careers and futures as their employer does, I say "why?" Are you that dead to your own potential and interests? Are you that "trapped" in your job that you feel you'll never be worth anything better? And I hesitate to say it, but are you that sunk into your dead-end existence living in the same little community your ancestors have lived in for many generations without raising or bettering themselves, that you will do anything or compromise your integrity in any way to stay in that rut? Recognize that in perpetuating that situation, you perpetuate the widely-held belief that education and advancement are not priorities for you and your neighbors, and that dependence on government is your only hope and goal.
Gives me gas, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes pleasant.
"Stay on topic
No foul language
No name calling"
These were violated in NONE of the deleted posts. Like I said, just juvenile. Like the cartoon dog.
May 8, 2012 9:31 AM
HeHeHe - don't you just love living up to your rep?