tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post1838441297553926374..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: A Day Late and a Dollar ShortFrank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-52150192821309372692008-06-15T11:41:00.000-06:002008-06-15T11:41:00.000-06:00Still no sign of Mikey's All-Hands meeting. Perha...Still no sign of Mikey's All-Hands meeting. Perhaps the plan is to keep the workers in the dark all summer long? LANL's last All-Hands was after the SSP completed way back in January. Mike's been a "no-show" since that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-56468404884794670562008-06-12T07:43:00.000-06:002008-06-12T07:43:00.000-06:00Most LANL employees don't give a crap if you are r...Most LANL employees don't give a crap if you are receiving the pension you earned from UC while working for LANS. There is only 1 person who is consumed by jealousy over this issue, and he got shitcanned-- oops, I mean "retired"-- several years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-49739177250851779302008-06-11T11:07:00.000-06:002008-06-11T11:07:00.000-06:00"How much better can it get?" - 6/10/08 8:28 PMFor..."How much better can it get?" - 6/10/08 8:28 PM<BR/><BR/>For the double-dippers who are still at LANL, life is good, is it not? Just don't appear to be gloating too much in front of your fellow LANL workers. They don't appreciate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-35554460732699926302008-06-10T20:28:00.000-06:002008-06-10T20:28:00.000-06:003:17 pm: I am one who took TCP-2 and retired from ...3:17 pm: I am one who took TCP-2 and retired from UC. Since then, UC has taken VERY good care of me as a retiree. I get lots of good information and advice that LANS couldn't be bothered to provide someone who isn't THEIR retiree. All I get from LANS is their salary (and 401k match and bonus), which is ok since it is high. I just wonder how Bechtel retirees are treated. UC's generous pension will make me very comfortable for the rest of my life. UC isn't going anywhere, unlike LANS at the next contract competition, or sooner. How much better can it get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-44936976596130880342008-06-10T15:24:00.000-06:002008-06-10T15:24:00.000-06:008:30, once the mgt of an organization loses credib...8:30, once the mgt of an organization loses credibility with a significant number of its employees, your last sentence naturally follows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33900381432066107562008-06-10T15:17:00.000-06:002008-06-10T15:17:00.000-06:00"God help us! Bringing Bechtel on board to the LLC..."God help us! Bringing Bechtel on board to the LLC was an extremely bad decision!"<BR/>6/8/08 6:17 PM<BR/><BR/>You can thank UC for that. UC cares about you? Think again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-22710668708555588642008-06-10T08:30:00.000-06:002008-06-10T08:30:00.000-06:00What happened to Mike's All-Hands which was suppos...What happened to Mike's All-Hands which was suppose to take place in early June? <BR/><BR/>Did he get cold feet again? Is LANS trying to hold back some emerging bad news? Or perhaps LANS figures that by now, most of the staff just don't give a sh*t anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-90582525402943164392008-06-10T07:33:00.000-06:002008-06-10T07:33:00.000-06:00Brilliant! Doris Heim may well be smarter than we ...Brilliant! Doris Heim may well be smarter than we give her credit for.<BR/><BR/>6/9/08 9:39 PM<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right, the same Doris Heim who protects Chalmers and his crew of misfits. Under UC, procurement had an business education requirement. Under LANS, a former school teacher became head of procurement. She and Chalmers forced out over 50 procurement employees, many with high levels of education and experience (hmm, insecurity showing), she is now headed to run the construction project at CMMR. Doris finally stopped doing the exit interviews with the departint employees because she kept hearing the same result. And then she and Chalmers promote the former teacher - Yeah Peter Principle. BTW, has anyone seen Chalmers? He is MIA in our building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-13171071014714598092008-06-09T22:18:00.000-06:002008-06-09T22:18:00.000-06:00"Bechtel came in, looked at LANL employees, and sa..."Bechtel came in, looked at LANL employees, and said "these people shouldn't be paid this much for doing this work" based on their experience elsewhere in the US workforce." (9:51 PM)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, but take a look at the salaries that LANL HR has listed for construction type positions (i.e., for the incoming Bechtelites). <BR/><BR/>Many of these construction flavored positions have salaries that are well over the $100K mark. This for someone with a common BS degree from Po-Dunk University and for positions that are in high supply now that the US construction boom has gone bust. <BR/><BR/>It's clear what LANS values going forward. Or, to be more exact, it's clear what our true manager, Bechtel, favors going forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-39414646231058894562008-06-09T21:51:00.000-06:002008-06-09T21:51:00.000-06:00Bechtel came in, looked at LANL employees, and sai...Bechtel came in, looked at LANL employees, and said "these people shouldn't be paid this much for doing this work" based on their experience elsewhere in the US workforce. Advanced degrees and unique capabilities be damned. So, they set out to fix it. And they have. End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-60114287423546385302008-06-09T21:39:00.000-06:002008-06-09T21:39:00.000-06:00In the SSM series, all this did was adjust salary ...In the SSM series, all this did was adjust salary bands so that lower-paid employees are now above midpoint, ensuring no more "salary management" for them to "catch up" with their peers, and put higher-paid employees well above midpoint or near the top of the salary band, reducing their potential raises as well. Brilliant! Doris Heim may well be smarter than we give her credit for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-53070675274750707432008-06-09T19:40:00.000-06:002008-06-09T19:40:00.000-06:00C'mon. Everyone knows that folks from SRS and/or ...C'mon. Everyone knows that folks from SRS and/or Bechtel are the best things since sliced bread. Just ask them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-80629055711202351102008-06-09T10:13:00.000-06:002008-06-09T10:13:00.000-06:00"This includes the need to be more efficient and e..."This includes the need to be more efficient and effective in providing infrastructure and project management support that enables science and mission delivery." - Mike<BR/><BR/>That's a good one, Mike. Enabling science? Efficiency? Providing better project management support? You had me ROTFL with that part of the memo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33136924957429177342008-06-09T08:40:00.000-06:002008-06-09T08:40:00.000-06:00When reading the blog I am glad, glad, glad, that ...When reading the blog I am glad, glad, glad, that I am no longer working for this company. I almost stopped asking my former colleagues about LANL because I am only hearing bad news - especially with respect to the ongoing reconstruction of divisions to oblivion (e.g. T-division). And as packed full the place was some time ago, now many offices are empty for quite a while (so I was told). Thus people are leaving if they have not already left.<BR/><BR/>SSPedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46993359703081115032008-06-09T07:40:00.000-06:002008-06-09T07:40:00.000-06:00What upsets us in procurement is that Rechtel brin...What upsets us in procurement is that Rechtel brings in all these old folks, no offense to older employees, but I see older LANL employees who are really smart and very productive, like our scientists, and there are these old folks from Rechtel, who literally sit and doze off all day, cannot communicate, perform each task so s - l - o - w, and then the managers (duh) wonder why processes haven't been finalized. As I said, no offense to productive, energized older employees, but these Rechtel employees were probably never sharp in their younger days but now, what gives? I understand that these old folks are wanting to get their retiree medical benefits and Rechtel just wants to find a contract to charge off the overhead for these older employees. Boy, they sure found a good loophole in the contract and DOE just looks the other way. What a waste of an FTE. And I bet DOE funded the move of these older employees to sit and do nothing old, I mean, all day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-54402879205999986262008-06-09T06:37:00.000-06:002008-06-09T06:37:00.000-06:00If NNSA did not want LANL to be converted to a con...If NNSA did not want LANL to be converted to a construction site and pit site, Bechtel would not have been given the contract to do these conversions.<BR/><BR/>Bechtel is only doing the bidding of NNSA.<BR/><BR/>You might want to put the blame where it belongs, not on "the evil greedy corporation" but on the government organization that hired them to be this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-84942375009270623472008-06-09T06:26:00.000-06:002008-06-09T06:26:00.000-06:00Anonymous at 6/8/08 10:04 PM writes:"No, we don't ...Anonymous at 6/8/08 10:04 PM writes:<BR/>"No, we don't work for a university any longer. Instead, we work for a sleazy, shit-bag corporation called Bechtel."<BR/><BR/>How unforetunately true. It is incredible how much irreversible damage has been done by DOE, Congress, and LANS. I cannot imagine that any top-level scientist, engineer, or techician would want to work there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-12561871524940634032008-06-08T22:04:00.000-06:002008-06-08T22:04:00.000-06:00"All you ex-UC folks better change your attitudes,..."All you ex-UC folks better change your attitudes, or 1) they will be changed for you, or 2) you will be gone, which is by far your better choice. You don't work for a university anymore, Toto." (8:20 PM)<BR/><BR/>Let me guess. By the sound of your threats, you're possible one of the new hires at LANL who work for the benefit of Bechtel?<BR/><BR/>No, we don't work for a university any longer. Instead, we work for a sleazy, shit-bag corporation called Bechtel. More and more, it appears that LANS is just a front company to help hide the people who pull the important strings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-22354677675740622702008-06-08T21:34:00.000-06:002008-06-08T21:34:00.000-06:002:35 pm: "It is interesting to note that none of t...2:35 pm: "It is interesting to note that none of these positions were advertised."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I wonder if these new upper managers at least passed the on-ramp program, diamond stamped by the Pantex folks and implemented in ADSMS by Mr Mallory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-54146938146819524272008-06-08T20:20:00.000-06:002008-06-08T20:20:00.000-06:002:35 pm: "It is interesting to note that none of t...2:35 pm: "It is interesting to note that none of these positions were advertised."<BR/><BR/>It's not interesting at all, or even unusual. Better get used to the corporate world. There is no requirement to advertise positions for which they've already identified a replacement or new hire. Why should they advertise? It just slows down what they're going to do anyway. All you ex-UC folks better change your attitudes, or 1) they will be changed for you, or 2) you will be gone, which is by far your better choice. You don't work for a university anymore, Toto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-87396634686059483382008-06-08T19:54:00.000-06:002008-06-08T19:54:00.000-06:00I think McQuinn's Deputy AD position was advertise...I think McQuinn's Deputy AD position was advertised but nonetheless, we see a pattern here. <BR/><BR/>So folks,if you want to follow the money train, you need to go into facilities, project management or construction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-41857522862519259292008-06-08T19:41:00.000-06:002008-06-08T19:41:00.000-06:006:09 PM- shut up AD.6:09 PM- shut up AD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-75178702478657129722008-06-08T19:11:00.000-06:002008-06-08T19:11:00.000-06:00this plan seems like the one RECHTEL rolled out ag...this plan seems like the one RECHTEL rolled out against us at LLNL, I would look for hole divisions, groups, and key personal to disappear or be placed in some abstract group. and probly around oct 1 your management will summit a layoff list to doe to cut the work force by X-mas. <BR/>sense oct 1 2007 LLNL has caned 1800 people under the RECHTEL management teamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-39398334795283049892008-06-08T18:17:00.000-06:002008-06-08T18:17:00.000-06:00I know times are tough, but if you're a scientist ...I know times are tough, but if you're a scientist at LANL, then consider trying to get out if you can. Almost all the TSMs I know are at least looking at outside positions. They realize it's not going to get any better. It's going to be an especially harsh environment for those trying to do research work. <BR/><BR/>You should know that Bechtel is following a well worn plan for "managing" their latest asset in the NNSA complex. Just like with NTS, tell f*ck things up and then leave for other lucrative contracts at other facilities. <BR/><BR/>God help us! Bringing Bechtel on board to the LLC was an extremely bad decision! I wonder what Bechtel plans on doing after Congress takes the axe to the big construction efforts involved with NNSA's Complex Transformation plans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-57837242323808434982008-06-08T18:09:00.000-06:002008-06-08T18:09:00.000-06:00No, it makes us on par with corporations all over ...No, it makes us on par with corporations all over the world. Executive level positions are often handled this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com