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A subject that never comes up in this blog is the lack of qualifications of the AD's for some of the support technical divisions at the Lab. It seems that the Lab management have sacrificed any hope of making those divisions world class. The obvious reasons are: political correctness to appease affirmative action critics and, and dare I say it, the convenience of having compliant AD's. The impact of this practice will surely be detrimental to the long-term future of the Lab.
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This is so true. Look Parney has an opportunity to make serious changes. If I were him, I would start looking at if people are effective. But if people live in fear or are terror. The "leader" in their sections are not effective, but it is hard for someone like Parney to see because no one will speaks out.
October 25, 2012 6:58 AM
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This is why it is important to have blogs like this. There are always underlining truths here.
October 25, 2012 6:59 AM
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This seems to have worked very well, providing opportunity to help correct social imbalances that resulted in part from previous practices.
To assure equal opportunity, affirmative action should be retained selectively in places where imbalances continue.
One example is the lack of native Americans in science and science leadership positions. Work to overcome this deficiency should continue until the situation is improved (not by Elizabeth Warren type dissembling). Most Americans aware of the widespread government deceit and terror visited on the native American population during the westward expansion will feel, as I do, that redressing this is appropriate, even if it displaces equally qualified folks like me.