Bechtel, Blackwater, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman.........Read on
At this rate how long can you hold on or the economy goes into a full blown depression. Oh I forgot. The news media says we're not in a recession.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Formula for economic success!
Bechtel, Blackwater, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman.........Read on
At this rate how long can you hold on or the economy goes into a full blown depression. Oh I forgot. The news media says we're not in a recession.
Monday, March 10, 2008
DOE Complex transformation: 20-30% fewer workers
Check this out! Nothing new just confirmation:
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Has anyone heard from their congressman?
Friday, March 7, 2008
Payroll anomalies!
Hi, I am an Ombuds person at LLNL. I had someone come in and enlighten me about the fact that LLNS is not paying out 401K money on time and it's arriving late ~ 1 week they're using our pay as well as their end for that time with out compensation. You lose interest or if the market is in and upward trend the money you would have made, I thought this would be illegal. But there it is. I think they have trouble calculating payroll anyway as I changed my deductions from 2 to 10 and it only made a $40 dollar difference in take home pay. My CPA was amazed. Is it possible that they're using our money to pay/make up their financial problems???
ISP Coming Soon
Employees who applied for the Labs Voluntary Self-Selection Option Program (VSSOP) were formally notified of their acceptance yesterday. According to Art Wong of Human Resources, 215 employees exercised this option.
These employees have been notified and our office is working with them on the exit process. We wish them well in their new endeavors, he said. HR will set up an exit center at the Labs Training Center on Friday, March 14.
Departing employees and their supervisors are reminded to safely transition appropriate Laboratory documents and property such as keys, classified documents and other important material and government-owned property.
I want to thank our departing employees for their dedication to our Laboratory, said Director George Miller.
I hope all employees will join me in acknowledging their contributions to the Laboratory and the nation.
The final breakdown of VSSOP acceptances can be viewed on the Retooling the Workforce Web page. Employees will see two charts the first breaks down the VSSOP acceptances by PAD
The second breaks down the VSSOP applications by workforce-job code.
Now that the VSSOP is in the final stages, Miller noted that the senior management team is directing efforts toward further cost reductions.
Due to inflation and reoccurring costs, we have a $200 million annual budget problem, he said.
In addition, in order to be more competitive, our goal is to reduce the cost of our work to our customers in FY09 to the FY07 levels. So we must continue to explore ideas and opportunities to reduce costs.
Miller has asked Ed Moses, principal associate director for NIF and Photon Science, and Frank Russo, principal associate director for Operations and Business, to lead a cross-directorate, institutional team to look at opportunities for additional efficiencies and cost reductions.
Our team, under the direction of Deputy Director Steve Liedle, made great progress in this area, said Miller.
Our gains in energy savings, purchasing and non-labor-type services have been important. We need to go further so we will continue to re-engineer our Laboratory to have competitive rates.
In addition to the work by the Russo-Moses team, planning is under way to determine if additional workforce restructuring including a potential involuntary separation plan should be implemented.
This is not an easy decision and we have not made the final determination on our path forward, said Miller.
I will be updating the Laboratory on our plans in mid-March. In the meantime, I hope all employees can continue to identify ways to reduce our costs.
We want those re-engineering opportunities and all ideas are welcome."
These employees have been notified and our office is working with them on the exit process. We wish them well in their new endeavors, he said. HR will set up an exit center at the Labs Training Center on Friday, March 14.
Departing employees and their supervisors are reminded to safely transition appropriate Laboratory documents and property such as keys, classified documents and other important material and government-owned property.
I want to thank our departing employees for their dedication to our Laboratory, said Director George Miller.
I hope all employees will join me in acknowledging their contributions to the Laboratory and the nation.
The final breakdown of VSSOP acceptances can be viewed on the Retooling the Workforce Web page. Employees will see two charts the first breaks down the VSSOP acceptances by PAD
The second breaks down the VSSOP applications by workforce-job code.
Now that the VSSOP is in the final stages, Miller noted that the senior management team is directing efforts toward further cost reductions.
Due to inflation and reoccurring costs, we have a $200 million annual budget problem, he said.
In addition, in order to be more competitive, our goal is to reduce the cost of our work to our customers in FY09 to the FY07 levels. So we must continue to explore ideas and opportunities to reduce costs.
Miller has asked Ed Moses, principal associate director for NIF and Photon Science, and Frank Russo, principal associate director for Operations and Business, to lead a cross-directorate, institutional team to look at opportunities for additional efficiencies and cost reductions.
Our team, under the direction of Deputy Director Steve Liedle, made great progress in this area, said Miller.
Our gains in energy savings, purchasing and non-labor-type services have been important. We need to go further so we will continue to re-engineer our Laboratory to have competitive rates.
In addition to the work by the Russo-Moses team, planning is under way to determine if additional workforce restructuring including a potential involuntary separation plan should be implemented.
This is not an easy decision and we have not made the final determination on our path forward, said Miller.
I will be updating the Laboratory on our plans in mid-March. In the meantime, I hope all employees can continue to identify ways to reduce our costs.
We want those re-engineering opportunities and all ideas are welcome."
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Dead On Assessment of LLNL / LLNS / DOE
I'd say this sums up LLNL as it is today fairly well. Let me introduce to you a dead on assessment of the times behind the one square mile fence-line. LLNL The Factual Story
By the way. These's also a survey floating around the LLNL e-mail system asking for your opinion about what it's like to work at various nuclear weapons related complexes. May I suggest you take the survey and be honest about your feelings of how things are being run, your management and just what do you want LLNL's mission to be. They've asked for your opionion. Now's the time to let it rip and unload all that you've been holding back.
Contact them at Nuclear Deterrent Survey
Since NNSA has refused to post your comments about the 3161, you've once again been given a chance to express you likes and dismays. Don't miss this opportunity.
By the way. These's also a survey floating around the LLNL e-mail system asking for your opinion about what it's like to work at various nuclear weapons related complexes. May I suggest you take the survey and be honest about your feelings of how things are being run, your management and just what do you want LLNL's mission to be. They've asked for your opionion. Now's the time to let it rip and unload all that you've been holding back.
Contact them at Nuclear Deterrent Survey
Since NNSA has refused to post your comments about the 3161, you've once again been given a chance to express you likes and dismays. Don't miss this opportunity.
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