Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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Even the socially-controlled drones that work there said nothing.
Tomas' rise and fall is a great example of the LLNL culture that values positional power over ethical leadership.
Tomas had positional power, which he was was given even though he was unqualified.
This allowed him to abuse the system, abuse others, until he was eventually brought down by a scandal that even staff relations couldn't cover up. What triggered this is unclear. I am even told that Tomas was shocked to learn he was being terminated.