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Will LLNS layoff "permanent" employees ?

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By scooby

 Will LLNS again lay off so called “Career Indefinite” employees in the next major LLNS lay off event, now that they have a 2013 NNSA approved recipe to keep Supplemental Labor over career FTEs (breach of contract)? You want to work here?

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Anonymous said…
That could be a future problem, the economic tide seems to be shifting again. End of the year spending at LLNL is down compared to recent years and a government shutdown on the horizon. The local Livermore area economic conditions seem to be eerily similar to around 2005.
9/01/2023 8:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Past performance is no indication of present and future behavior
9/01/2023 9:14 PM
Anonymous said…
Those who don't learn from the past...
9/02/2023 5:07 PM
Anonymous said…
In 2007, LLNS may have pledged otherwise, but a commitment to “Career Indefinite” employee benefits was a lie from that point onward. It quickly became a race to the bottom in terms of attracting and retaining employees while offering no material job stability or supplemental labor buffer as was historically the case. LLNS came in, turned ($$$) key former UC/ LLNL managers, lined their pockets, and leveraged the NNSA in a classic tail wags the dog fashion. Is LLNS still using the bogus talking points about “job security” and supplemental labor as a “buffer” during job interviews? I bet they are.
9/03/2023 2:47 AM
Anonymous said…
With Bechtel at the helm, LLNS will erase, trample, and destroy any and all employees not deemed immediately useful to the empire.
9/03/2023 5:16 AM
Anonymous said…
“With Bechtel at the helm, LLNS will erase, trample, and destroy any and all employees not deemed immediately useful to the empire.”

The NNSA recognizes they now have and are projected to have, subpar staffing levels to support National Laboratory missions.
Maybe the low hanging fruit for the NNSA is at the earliest opportunity, to deselect Federal contractors that have a track record of dissatisfaction with their respective workforces, especially when, you have already acknowledged workforce level challenges going forward. Hello?

Use the LANL Triad non-profit contractor model or something comparable to it. One can’t successfully float the idea of a “premier Laboratory” if it is managed by self-indulgent scoundrels. Too many quality career opportunities out there that the Labs are competing with.
9/06/2023 4:57 AM
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