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DJ Johnson of Honeywell

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By scooby
DJ Johnson of Honeywell is a textbook example of an Organizational Conflict of Interest. He is micromanaging and directing work at Sandia in order to raise the Kansas City performance evaluations. He is attending internal meetings which are far below his level and are not supposed to include people outside of the Sandia and Kansas City org structures. Sandia and Kansas City are legally distinct entities under different contracts. An FFRDC is not allowed to provide benefit to other organizations which may be related to their managing company.

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Anonymous said…
Sounds like this is a whistleblower case. I’m not sure what the reporting procedure is on that. Sandia is been having a lot of issues. People have been leaving in large numbers even though there is a big hiring spree.
1/30/2020 2:16 PM
Anonymous said…
Sounds like a senior manager working to better deliver for the customer.

I can understand you not recognizing such.
2/01/2020 3:23 PM
Anonymous said…
How does manipulating decisions at Sandia to boost Honeywell's profits at Kansas City help the US taxpayer?
2/02/2020 3:44 PM
Anonymous said…
Sandia is run on the for profit model as specifically chosen by the NNSA. Honeywell is working to maximize their profit. Does this strike you as unexpected or wrong? Without having more details, I can't say, but remember, we are in the private, for profit era, so your job is to make your boss money, no more no less.
2/02/2020 7:11 PM
Anonymous said…
It is not Sandia's job to make more money for the contract operators of any other site besides Sandia.

Prior to the award of SNL's current contract, NNSA released an RFI which asked about a combined contract for Sandia and Kansas City. They chose not to go that direction, and thus maintain a legal need for separate corporate identities which do not drive business to their peer LLC.
2/03/2020 9:22 PM
Anonymous said…
I am not disagreeing with your observation of the facts, but how can you reasonably expect a for profit entity not to do everything possible, right up to the boundary of the law (often well into the grey area), to maximize profit? That's been my observation of how companies operate. NNSA chose to go with the for profit model with the same company for Kansas City and Sandia. Don't you think this behavior is expected by them? If they aren't happy with the contractor, why don't they change it? Unless they are clearly violating some law or regulation that is on the books, how slimy, disgusting and pathetic they are is the DOE's business. The worker is free to find better employment, such as offered by that other lab nearby on the hill. Just playing devil's advocate.
2/04/2020 9:43 PM
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