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 The exclusions were based on outdated job categories and related skills.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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Forcing Detroit to make electric vehicles is a wonderful idea. Let the free market find the best solution. I mean what else do people do in the Department of Energy.
Americans will embrace electric cars when they make sense to do so, WITHOUT A TAX BREAK. When people pull back the curtain and see how electricity is generated and realize that deferring the carbon foot print from the exhaust pipe to the stack of the generating plant that is out of sight is NOT the answer. You want to reduce that carbon footprint, those nasty things called NUCLEAR plants need to be added to the equation.
What is the expense both in dollars and in environmental costs to deal with the batteries of the electric cars when they need to be replaced? We didn't think too far ahead when we pushed for the compact fluorescent bulb and then had to deal with recycle issue of the mercury.
But we'll do better this time. I've heard that phrase before.
If Ms. Granholm can bring a deep seated racial bias to the table, she can compete with Hazel O'Leary. Big shoes to feel in that regard.
12/27/2020 5:01 PM
You mean Perry... at least O'Leary had been in DOE before and knew how to get to Forrestal. Both Granholm and Perry had zero knowledge of DOE before becoming S-1.