Did employees working at LLNL go from a weakly democratic system of management under UC, to an unopposed for-profit dictatorship under LLNS? How could this not compromise all aspects of our Lab missions? To what extent is the commenter below from the "white privilege" topic correct?
"In this way discrimination is not a special issue at LANL or LLNL, it is just another thing you need to be silent about. Complain about safety, your in trouble, complain about abuse, your in trouble, complain about bad management your in trouble, complain about infrastructure your in trouble, complain about security your in trouble."
"In this way discrimination is not a special issue at LANL or LLNL, it is just another thing you need to be silent about. Complain about safety, your in trouble, complain about abuse, your in trouble, complain about bad management your in trouble, complain about infrastructure your in trouble, complain about security your in trouble."
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I'm glad I'm not your manager. I'd be under intense pressure from my management to build a HR case for firing you. I'd try to resist it but your obvious not-a-team-player attitude would be seen everywhere and reported to upper managers, who would tell me to "do something" about you. Been there done that, and glad I'm not there anymore. Good luck, you're going to need it.
It takes a village of LLNS senior managers (collusion) to be "remarkably effective". Despite all the LLNS boiler plate language of no reprisal or retaliation, no LLNS manager can EVER do such acts of misconduct. Therefore, the employee MUST be the problem, and should be disciplined for acts of misconduct. This is where we are.
Correct, except the village would include DOE as a contractor misconduct enabler. How else would Dee Kotla have been so easily fired by UC/LLNL for "misuse of government property" by making $4.30 of local phone calls, when in that same period of time, she testified against UC/LLNL in a sexual harassment case on behalf of another female lab employee? DOE reimbursed UC/LLNL $10,000,000 for legal fees to fight Dee Kotla in court. So what has changed since then? Not much, except now the NNSA is reimbursing LLNS for their legal costs to fight employee wrongful termination lawsuits.
Your a little short on facts that may in any way, support your lab PR position.
"She sued for wrongful termination and won. But if it were as simple as that, there wouldn’t be much of a story. Instead, Dee Kotla’s lawsuit became one of the longest-running and most expensive whistleblower cases on record. That’s because Lawrence Livermore lab fought her every step of the way, using hardball tactics, high-priced lawyers and your tax dollars."
Yes, the right people did know, since Dee Kotla won in Court. As the saying goes, you have "been busier than a cat trying to bury a turd on a frozen pond" in the attempt to excuse misconduct on the part of lab management, and it is not working well for you. So sad, that even the "Me Too" movement has not inspired you to form other perspectives.
A sad litany repeated by labies over generations to justify technical work that is not even right and personnel actions that are egregiously wrong.
What we do know is UC-LLNL over many years, was reimbursed about 10 million in tax payer dollars to defend themselves in court against the 1997 Dee Kotla termination.
What we do know is LLNS over many years, was reimbursed about 23 million in tax payer dollars to defend themselves in court against 129 laid off employees. That case just ended in 2015.
What we do know is as long as contractors know they have easy access to tens of millions of tax payer dollars to defend themselves in court, additional unjustifiable terminations and layoffs will occur that in some way directly benefit the contractor and not lab missions.
Get off your hobby horse. It is not about "clearance." It is about personal knowledge of a legal case some of whose details will never be made public, by Court agreement. Get over yourself.
What we do know is contractors after years of being reimbursed millions in tax payer dollars for legal fees, usually elect to settle out of court (using contract funds) at the point where they believe losing in court is more likely than not. Nothing surprising here. What is not well known to the public is unlike a true private company who pays for their own legal fees, a DOE or NNSA contractor is subject to paying back ALL those reimbursed millions in tax payer dollars if they lose in court, plus paying for the damages to the employee(s) ordered by the court. With these terms for legal fee reimbursement, the cost/benefit of extended litigation is extremely favorable to the contractor, while financially and emotionally hurtful to the employee(s).
Do you mean the LLNS kitchen described below?
"Our Values/Inclusiveness"
"we form and work in teams, characterized by mutual respect and support"
"Our Priorities"
"Provide a first-class workplace environment to our employees."
and don't forget
"Improve our cost effectiveness"
True, but I think the commenter is just drawing attention to the obvious hypocrisy.
So say what you want about me. Unless you were there you do not know all the facts. I now live out of Ca. and love my life. As for the 2 million I received, I did not work for it so I donated to a lot of cherries like Government Oversight and others that are special to me like foster children, orphans, NRA just to name a few. I live on only what I worked for. I stood up for the principle of it not to make money. LLNL Sucks TRUMP 2020
So say what you want about me. Unless you were there you do not know all the facts. I now live out of Ca. and love my life. As for the 2 million I received, I did not work for it so I donated to a lot of cherries like Government Oversight and others that are special to me like foster children, orphans, NRA just to name a few. I live on only what I worked for. I stood up for the principle of it not to make money. LLNL Sucks TRUMP 2020