Bechtel refuses bilateral agreement with DOE contracting officials to incorporate Congressionally approved enhanced whistleblower protections citing they "could potentially create additional costs"
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/11/f68/DOE-OIG-20-04.pdf
18 comments:
They do have the better lawyers.
Bechtel baby! Live it, love, f it, cash it in, and move on!
The first year of TRIAD has been rather telling and puts into perspective just how bad Bechtel was.
(1) The level of professionally has certain gone up.
(2) The process of treating people seems much more fair.
(3) The who passing the back and saying management great rah, rah, rah and workers bad bad bad seems now be gone.
The whole tone of emails from management has changed, there are statements being made that I have not heard of in the entire time of LANS.
If you read between the lines it is becoming very clear that some sleazy stuff was going with LANS particularly when it comes to contractors. This by they way is of the MOs of Bechtel in how they leverage profit.
"They do have the better lawyers"
Perhaps so, but it is a "tail wagging the dog" situation. I'm glad to hear priorities at LANL have shifted for the better under TRIAD leadership.
There have been plenty of complaints about Triad on this blog. Not sure it is sooo much better.
Bechtel baby has weighed in again. I guess he is the offspring of Riley and whatever lady of the night. He is a bechtel baby.
Please bring Bechtel back.
So where did.all the LANS management Bechtel worshippers and Bechtel beneficiaries go when TRIAD took over, or are they still in play but now wearing TRIAD T-shirts?
"There have been plenty of complaints about Triad on this blog. Not sure it is sooo much better.
11/15/2019 12:09 PM"
Agreed, but it is a bit better and we will have to see what happens next but I see some improvements.
"So where did.all the LANS management Bechtel worshippers and Bechtel beneficiaries go when TRIAD took over, or are they still in play but now wearing TRIAD T-shirts?
11/16/2019 4:14 PM"
Some left and some stayed but I think from the even higher ups they are getting the hint that things are changing. Hopefully this
is accurate and will continue.
Both Bechtel and Triad have the same worthless and recycled managers.
"Both Bechtel and Triad have the same worthless and recycled managers.
11/17/2019 12:06 AM"
There is some of the old managers but there are certainly some new ones as well especially at the top so maybe some things can change. I have noticed that some of the old managers seem a bit grim lately so something is up with them. Maybe the beat, pillage, rape, and laugh days of LANS are over and they are having a hard time dealing with it.
Who knows.
Tom Mason has proven to be a worthless figurehead, completely detached from the workforce and the missions of the Laboratory. One might argue that he is an improvement over McMillan who was a vindictive and callous figurehead who was completely detached from the workforce and missions of the Laboratory. While that argument is true, it isn’t like we suddenly have management worthy of the place or its people.
Very strict corporate management structure vs a looser, more employee-friendly corporate management structure. Not such a major change in comparison to most of US corporations, but maybe LANL employees are more sensitive having been coddled so long by UC. We'll see how it goes...
I understand the LANS for profit centric failures, but now we should be just as vocal with TRIAD improvements, seriously.
Minimal management changes below the PAD level. All the same cast of characters with their bad management bleak they may be.
"Very strict corporate management structure vs a looser, more employee-friendly corporate management structure."
TRIAD seems more employee friendly than LANS, so I am not sure what you point is. TRIAD is certainly more professional than LANS. They are also starting the clean up the worst parts of the lab which are operations, contractors, and business practices. Under LANS this was a total disaster but that is the Bechtel way.
Tom Mason has proven to be a worthless figurehead, completely detached from the workforce and the missions of the Laboratory. One might argue that he is an improvement over McMillan who was a vindictive and callous figurehead who was completely detached from the workforce and missions of the Laboratory. While that argument is true, it isn’t like we suddenly have management worthy of the place or its people.
11/17/2019 4:15 PM
Although I agree with you assessment of McMillan I don't agree with your take on Mason. If you listen what he is saying and some of the changes you would know that TRIAD is cleaning up some big messes at the lab right now which is operations and contractors. Things seem a bit more professional now. You will notice that some policy changes have been rolled out and it is beyond obvious why these have been brought up and and who the targets are. TRIAD needs to get its ducks in row to make some of the changes.
Someone mentioned that there are minimal management changes below the PAD level which is true but they seem to be much more muted now, I have not seen some of hallway strut and snear that these guys had just a year ago. The emails that they sent out have also lost ther underlying tone of destain and creepiness. At least that is the look in my division, I have heard similar things for other parts of the lab but who knows.
TRIAD more employee friendly? Let's look at the record;
Reduced Holidays by 15%
Reduced Health care benefits
Increased Health Care costs
...
They put up a good front on the LANL home page , but they don't walk the talk
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