LLNS may have excluded the wrong people in last VSSOP? The exclusions were based on outdated job categories and related skills. ULM are now thinking that in the future, job categories and functional areas will have to be re-defined. The next VSSOP/ISP will be based on the new categories and functional areas. The questions I have are: 1) Why didnt they think of that before the transition. It seems like their style is “change things as you go”. Planning is out the window! 2) Who will give input on the new changes? The next RIF apparently is going to be more lucrative than the VSSOP. Depending on the length of employment, a RIFed person, not only gets their 1 week pay per year of service but also from 30 to 120 days notice, essentially 30 to 120 days pay. Please feel free to comment on the rumors or add new ones you actually heard.
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Who the hell knows what will happen if they attempt to do this. The labs are a far cry from what they use to be 20-30 years ago. On the other hand people from those times actually knew what they where doing and made stuff that was built to last. Contrary to what Nanos said people do matter and did matter.
Now suppose it is a successful or quasi successful test, another speculative question is how it would effect the world. Would it usher in more stability, less, or just satus que? One could argue for all these possibilities.The other is the how would it change national politics. The left would go nuts if this is done, the right will cheer, whether it would increase the chances for Trump are hard to say but it could make life interesting at the labs. You could imagine Biden saying, "The recklessness of Trump will be countered when I come in and dismantle 75% of these damm bombs!" In other words there could be promises to cut the NNSA if Biden comes in.
5/28/2020 9:03 PM
This is my guess, it is very risky for a number or reasons.
5/28/2020 9:03 PM
Who knows, the National is falling apart, riots in major cities, 100k dead, war with China. All in 4 years, these are the darkest times in in the history of this county and it may be coming to end, we cannot go on much longer. With the riots , Covid is going spread and we will have 2 million dead or more, sure some people can't get haircuts but the end is coming. The nation is divided and it cannot be repaired until major, and I mean major changes are made.
5/29/2020 3:22 PM
That is the elephant in the room.
You better get you ducks in a row come 2020. If you are left wing and lose you will be upset but ok, if you are right wing and win you will be happy, if you left wing and win you will be happy. The problem is if you are right wing and lose, than after 2020 you are going up against the proverbial wall and made to pay. If you are smart you better start changing your politics now.
In other words suppose we do test, and the left wins, they are going to make the NNSA labs pay for that test. There could be calls to dismantle them, de-fund them, and punish the NNSA for going along with Trump. If we don't test, and the right wing wins, no problem, if we don't test and the left wins, they ignore us. A major purge could be possible.
5/31/2020 11:00 AM
Why not just pay attention to the argument. This is a blog nothing more.