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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Anyone know if there is any truth to this?
False, this just does not make any sense. LLNL is hiring more people, why would the do this? I have not heard the rumor or anything like this.
As for Bill Goldstein he has got to be close to 65 and made some good money, he may want to return todo some research or simply move to another state, so I would not read too much into this. Unlike most of the recent LANL directors Bill Goldstein actually did real science and was known outside of the lab systems so I would guess he still wants to do some research and probably has options at various institutions to join.
Now consider TCP2 folks, nothing about age or service years applies, whatever you have in the nest egg is what you will get. At some point, and possibly it has happened already, the majority of the lab employees will be in the 401k plan.
And throw some logic at it, why would LLNS throw a bunch of monies to the working stiffs because the director bows out. It hasn't happened with any other director in either the UC or LLNS world. If anything, a golden parachute might fall from the sky in a change of contracts, but such manna from heaven doesn't go to the worker bees.
I too would have liked a 3 and 3. Them days is gone.
7/10/2020 4:04 PM
3 and 3 is not going to happen. Could some kind of offer be coming..? who knows but I have heard nothing nor know of any reason why there would be any kind of offer like this.
Because TCP 2 people can't be incentivized with this...?
Could some kind of offer be coming..?
Somebody upthread mentioned that something VSIP like wouldn't happen because "the lab was still hiring". Isn't the point of a separation incentive to get the more highly paid (usually older) to leave and bring cheaper younger personnel on board? Back in 2017 a 40K incentive was implemented for DOD for a while and floated for Federal organizations across the board. Never went anywhere but who knows as things get tighter financially for the FEDs.
That statement reveals the truth of the matter. Of the 12 directors Livermore has had since it started, only Parney Albright was not promoted from within. I liked that guy, I believe he fought DOE/NNSA and was forced out.
It is easier to maintain a culture if you pick insiders for leadership positions. I believe Parney was a nice guy too.
If budgets and hiring are flat or increasing across the board you have a good point. Are they though?
7/14/2020 8:47 AM
There is not going to be any incentive.
The point is I believe (maybe I am biased) that this had something to do with his retirement as he looked like an unwilling retiree on his WebX?
Just sayin'
I retired in 2013, the contacts I've maintained at Livermore haven't informed me that the place has gone downhill since then. The budget and population of the place has significantly increase since then. Why the hope for a buyout?
https://www.llnl.gov/sites/www/files/2020-07/Zettel%20to%20LLNL%20Employees%202020%20FINALedit.pdf
https://www.ucop.edu/laboratory-management/index.html
Craig Leasure!!!!!?????
Not one of the best or brightest by a long shot. How this guy can even find the bathroom is beyond me. Another embarrassment for the labs and UC. I agree with 6.03 PM the only reason Craig would be on this is because he will do exactly as he is told to do by someone else. He survives by being a yes man. This whole thing is very sad.