Did McMillan pay the advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi several million of dollars to give LANS a "purpose" statement? LANS doesn't even pay it's own safety and security fines and but it pays for this this? LANS is out of control.
The rumor is that the contract is done and that DOE wants to move away from a for profit LLC model to a more service based it may be LLC but not for little or no profit. There are rumors that it could simply be given back to UC. Also with the accident at LANCE when the results come out there will be alot heads rolling. The purpose statement appears to be out of desperation, as
that upper management team will be cleared away. The other rumor about that DOE has been very disappointed by the new management culture and none of the changes they hoped to happened occurred. DOE may be a bit slow but I have been told that they where not very happy with large increase in managers and decrease in performance and this will change.
The rumor is that the contract is done and that DOE wants to move away from a for profit LLC model to a more service based it may be LLC but not for little or no profit. There are rumors that it could simply be given back to UC. Also with the accident at LANCE when the results come out there will be alot heads rolling. The purpose statement appears to be out of desperation, as
that upper management team will be cleared away. The other rumor about that DOE has been very disappointed by the new management culture and none of the changes they hoped to happened occurred. DOE may be a bit slow but I have been told that they where not very happy with large increase in managers and decrease in performance and this will change.
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http://saatchi.com/en-us/purpose/purpose-page/
It's not healthy to work in such a dishonest place.
It was truly bizarre and very disturbing at the audience was literally stunned. I have not meet a single person, not a single one, who had anything positive to say about what happened today. Some people where insulted, other shocked, and some just thought it was a wast of time. There is no sense of reality anymore. I would feel sorry for the Saatchi guy but I am sure he made some good money off this. Halfway through his talk he could tell the audience was not responding very well but he tried his best. It was a series of commercials and other strange things that seemed to have no relevance whatsoever for the lab. What adds to the craziness is the whole thing made it seem like McMillan and upper management really have no idea what the purpose of the lab is for? How is this possible? I can ride a cab in NYC and driver knows what is done Los Alamos is and what LANLs purpose. The whole thing reeked of a pathetic desperation do to anything no matter how outrageous to try and save the contract. Perhaps this schizophrenia up top is that LANS purpose is make money, either by the bonus or by rent-seeking, leverage or any other means that technically legal but in violation of the spirit of contract, and this is not the intended purpose of LANL. I just do not know, several people told me that today made that almost ashamed to work at LANL. What have we become?
August 24, 2015 at 5:32 PM
Carolyn Zerkle, the LANS Den Mother.
"Charlie was ok, but I didn't buy into the "character" stuff "
The whole character and integrity stuff was hilarious coming from LANL management.
Your are an ignorant and disrespectful fool! Well ok there was no background given at all for you saw or what the point was. It was not invented by Saatchi and Saatchi but is called the Haka, which is a war dance from The Maori people of New Zealand, and now used by some New Zealand team called All Backs. It should inspire LANL to have a purpose!
Let your ears listen
Kia rite! Kia rite! Kia mau! Hī! Get ready...! Line up...! Steady...! Yeah!
Kia whakawhenua au i ahau! Let me become one with the land
Hī aue, hī! (assertive sounds to raise adrenaline levels)
Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei! New Zealand is rumbling here
Au, au, aue hā!
Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei! The Team in Black is rumbling here
Au, au, aue hā!
I āhahā!
Ka tū te Ihiihi Stand up to the fear
Ka tū te Wanawana Stand up to the terror
Ki runga ki te rangi, To the sky above,!
E tū iho nei, tū iho nei, hī! Fight up there, high up there. Yeah!
Ponga rā! The shadows fall!
Kapa o Pango, aue hī! Team in Black, yeah!
Ponga rā! Darkness falls!
Kapa o Pango, aue hī, hā! Team in Black, Yeah, Ha!
not in our best interest to cooperate with the investigation but it is the right thing to do. I have to wait until we can see the rebroadcast but if he said that than
that it looks horrible.
No, you (the taxpayers) paid them.
It's the New Zealand All Blacks, not All Backs.
Who's the ignorant one?
August 25, 2015 at 7:20 AM
What you didn't point out was the last key gesture the All Blacks showed which you may have missed. The gesture of slitting the throats of the opponents. Is this what LANS wants to convey?
Everyone I know found this debacle to be either pointless or demoralizing. One person said that it makes them very sad to think that 70 managers actually spent six months to come up with nothing. Some have said that is an insult to all the people at the laboratory. Others said that it was just a waste of time and not to waste another second thinking about it, which of course is the practical thing to do. Many people are just confused about why this even happened or what the whole point was and are worried that if this gets out it could really hurt LANL.
It does not look good to have an all hands meeting where we say we had to hire an outside marketing firm to figure out the purpose of the lab by watching videos of people gesturing about slitting throats, babies using diapers, geese honking, selfies and chocolate, octupi eating people, and dishonest facts about crappy cameras. This is then followed by the Director describing a one-page viewgraph containing trivially obvious statements that required six months to assemble.
You are also fortunate that your next directors will probably not come from LLNL. It looks like the experiment with LLNL management has run its course.
Did the rebroadcast confirm what you think you heard?
LANS has the plan for making LANL grand.
Charlie is the man for carrying out the plan.
Strike up the band and join in for the man!
Charlie, Charlie, Chaaaaaaarlie! He's the man who can!
Now get out there, team, and be sure to give 110% for the LANS team. Winners all.
Winners can join the LANS management team and be well rewarded for their efforts. There are way too many losers at LANL but not every person is destined for greatness.
August 26, 2015 at 4:24 AM
Agreed. Guidice is not a customer, but a slime-bag contractor. For McMillan to convey Guidice's comments was disingenuous. If the only positive comments that anyone has are from contractors that McMillan pays, then that tells you something about the state of affairs at LANS.
There was a full house for Charlie, but support side employees were required to attend per Carolyn Zerkle, who is in charge of support. I think mandatory attendance happened before in the Nanos era.
Who gives a cr%(p what Carolyn Zerkle says or orders employees to do. The dweebs in her organization have
no balls. Thats the problem with LANL. Too many employees are scared sh$*l$#ss for some reason and cave
in to what management says. This is so true but really so in her organization.
At least LLNL has a mission. What's LANL's ??? Can't say can you ?