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Layoffs?

 Any regular readers in HR or management got a timeline on coming layoffs?

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Anonymous said…
447 open positions at LANL
148 open positions at LLNL
129 open positions at Sandia
Anonymous said…
I’m not in LLNS HR, but please share your timeline forecast of a looming layoff, its size, and based on what budget shortfall? I’m retired, but if a LLNS layoff is on the way, and there wasn’t an announced VSIP in the works, LLNS obviously doesn’t want to give employees any heads up. They more or less have their layoff lists on the shelf.
Anonymous said…
I am not in HR but heard a rambling Bechtelian at LLNL when asked about layoffs. Last in, first out was my takeaway from the rambling.
Anonymous said…
Don’t count on it. “Last in first out” didn’t happen in 2012. Not even close.
Anonymous said…
They gotta let the latest round of duds stew a bit before laying them off.
Anonymous said…
At LLNL, the supplemental labor workforce, policy and historically identified as your LLNS “career indefinite” FTE lay off buffer, will mostly keep their jobs under LLNS management. Why? Because supplemental labor is generally less expensive to a program than FTEs, even though supplemental labor usually have higher salaries to that of comparable FTE positions. I bet your LLNS recruiter and hiring manager didn’t tell you that during your lab interview.
Anonymous said…
3/25/2024 7:49 AM

I hear there is a hiring freeze in Sandia. They can still hire someone but you have to have an urgent need LANL will have short fall next year of 100 million. Not a big deal in terms of budget scale but the LANL hired tons of people and pit production is now the priority. There are rumblings that we still need to ramp off hires for pits which implies a hiring freeze for the rest of lab. I am not sure about layoffs. There are rumors that NNSA is simply not very happy with LANL and even Sandia at this point. I heard nothing about LLNL but was they say when LANL sneezes gets a cold
Anonymous said…
Looks like things have changed drastically since some people retired.

Anonymous said…
“Looks like things have changed drastically since some people retired.“

“Changed drastically”? How so? Better or worse? Your current thoughts on the matter will be appreciated.
Anonymous said…
In 2024, LLNS employees are still scared shi_less to open up about life under LLNS management, most unfortunate, but understandable. Time for a new non-profit LLC to move in without delay, and certainly minus Bechtel and enablers of Bechtel.
Anonymous said…
Is LLNL under LLNS management, a bad place to work? And why are these workplace concerns years after the 2007 LLNL management change, unaddressed? Are the liberal arts majors at the Livermore Field Office that out of touch, or are they part of the problem? I guess the NNSA didn’t learn anything from the LANS failure. Wow.
Anonymous said…
lol. All rumors are hiring 6000 for pits.

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