From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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Better yet, he should give all women on his payroll an automatic 1% raise.
There's been some comments on other streams that they are given preferential treatment.
Or is this topic just too sensitive?
Example: A male with the equivalent qualifications of the the last engineering AD, would have never moved up the ladder to become the engineering AD.
Women, please comment.
Adam Rowen a former manager of the Materials Chemistry Department at Sandia Livermore does not have a Ph.D. either.
The 3 individuals at Sandia are the first ever Vice Presidents without a Ph.D. in Science or Engineering to lead technical divisions at Sandia. A quick search on the internet shows that Adam Rowen went to a school in New Mexico.
Steve Renfro deputy AD Nuclear Weapons, BS without PhD (also comes from a New Mexico school)
One spent all her time studying for the next step up, did absolutely minimal or less work, and would never answer a technical question.
Either because she didn't know, didn't know how to look it up, or was just too lazy.
After a while, people would no longer ask, went to a "real" 200.
In California, you must be registered to use the term Engineer for many disciplines.
But the Law of the Land stops at the fence, and was ignored. Or people were titled Specialist, instead.
When LLNS took over the female so called Leader who was "just helping her protege" was forced out the door.
Don't know what happened to the up and coming lady.
Do you?
Does this happen with LLNS?