Saturday, November 15, 2025

CA Cost of Living



Are Livermore Lab employee raises and retiree colas, keeping up with the CA cost of living? If not, is this impacting recruitment and retention?

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/639ba3621a72923685807b82/6914c26e40d0c8ed334f2bb5_TF_Report_CostOfLiving2025.pdf

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

“Improvements Needed for Overseeing Contractor Workforce Recruitment and Retention Efforts”

“GAO is making two recommendations for NNSA to (1) track the time it takes to review contractors' human resources requests and (2) fully assess and identify the information it needs to oversee M&O contractors' recruitment and retention efforts.”

So, the NNSA Contractors are trying, but perhaps the NNSA could be more responsive?

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106861

Anonymous said...

Yes, the cost of living has been impacting retention. Many of the employees that want to start a family or are trying to raise a family really have no choice with the cost of housing. The long commutes that come with that burden are taking a toll as well.

Anonymous said...

Many San Joaquin and Stan counties LLNL employees are beginning to question their choices. This is despite the option of remote work.
The new west tracy "city" has added a surprisingly high load on traffic! not to mention a high mortgage

Anonymous said...

“This is despite the option of remote work” traditionally Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties were home to the hourly Crafts, janitorial, machinists, technicians, PSO and other support staff that NEVER had the option for remote work. Now they have to compete with the higher paid remote workers for housing. This is causing financial distress and a retention issue with that group of employees.

Anonymous said...

What is the approximate remaining % of LLNS employees at LLNL on TCP1
referenced to the 2007 transition population?

Anonymous said...

8:36 last years plan notification put it around 1,000 TCP1 employees still working and paying into the broken system.

Anonymous said...

5:02 Why do you believe TCP1 is a “broken system”? Are you comparing TCP1 to the UC pension, other NNSA lab retirement systems, CalPERS?

Anonymous said...

3 in 10 Bay Area residents can't cover basic needs, report says

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e-UPECqGBAg&pp=ygUUMyBvdXQgb2YgMTAgYmF5IGFyZWE%3D

Anonymous said...

California loses one taxpayer per minute, Florida gains

https://www.weny.com/news/national/california-loses-one-taxpayer-per-minute-florida-gains/article_9fdeac07-f7c5-5424-b95d-ea323c805dfa.html

Anonymous said...

6:52 Compare TCP1 October 2007 financials to current TCP1 Financials. This doesn’t look good for the folks who will draw their first check in 2047.

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