A friend of mine, an LLNL employee, mentioned to me that when there is a search to fill an internal position, it is lab's policy to interview external candidates too.
That's a great policy, except that what my friend added was outrageous! Often times, an internal candidate had already been selected but the interviews continue.
Isn't this a waste of resources? external candidates stand no chance!
This ought to be illegal.
I am an external candidate who was planning on joining the lab.
Would I be wasting my time?
Have you seen this practice? Has it always been in place or is it the brain child of LLNS?
Have you spoken up?
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Speak up? At the lab, even you speak up
no one will hear you
Ought to be yes, but at LLNL it isn’t. It is far more difficult to move up in a “good ole boy”/ cronyism system if you are trying to preserve a particular culture within a you know, a legitimate playing field. DEI within LLNS? Yah right, not so good for the for-profit stakeholders.
LLNL hiring and advancement track record with claimed DEI:
1. division leader “appointed” to his position (no interviews)
2. 500 series no degree fabrication technician promoted to division Superintendent because her neighbor was a Division Leader
3. no tech degree individual hired and rapidly promoted by LLNL managers because he was a “minority of minorities” by CA standards
4. a 2 year degree electronics tech whose Daddy was in division management, gets the expressway to being hired an subsequent advancement
Most colleagues were fearful. No one dared criticizing management.
If you want to rise above "mediocre", look elsewhere.
I am certain many current workers don't agree. Try suggesting improvements or show creativity and see what that will get you.
And the root cause is?
LLNS worker bees are not part of the LLNS annual award fee metrics in any material way. There are no free market like profit concerns linked to the LLNS workforce since LLNS operates within a DOE/NNSA business bubble. Employee growth, job satisfaction, morale, etc., are orthogonal to this business relationship.
When the “business bubble” is pushing 2 decades in duration, past quality workplace reference points prior to the “business bubble”, unfortunately have little meaning. Time for a LLNL contract change to a non-profit contactor.
Is this partially or completely true about LLNS?
Please give us details.