tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post6725093926348790029..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-24030326087991206072008-05-21T11:10:00.000-06:002008-05-21T11:10:00.000-06:00With over 150 new Bechtel managers coming into tow...With over 150 new Bechtel managers coming into town, I'll finally have a chance to unload my over-priced Los Alamos home and move to a more sane and secure job.<BR/><BR/>Whoppeeeee!!!!! I'm outta here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-13086674216891770702008-05-20T09:43:00.000-06:002008-05-20T09:43:00.000-06:00LANL runs an outrageous manager-to-staff ratio of ...LANL runs an outrageous manager-to-staff ratio of about 1:5. Therefore, bringing in over 800 new employees to the LANL fold will allow Bechtel to bring in over 150 of their managers onto the LANL payroll. That's the whole basis to this KSL deal, to flood LANL with more Bechtel management. <BR/><BR/>Look, it should be very clear by now that LANS doesn't give a rat's ass about the operating budget or the cost of doing science at LANL. It's all about benefiting the corporate partners. That's what LANS' version of "corporatization" is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-31757630434563857672008-05-19T22:57:00.000-06:002008-05-19T22:57:00.000-06:00"You almost get the feeling that LANS has some kin..."You almost get the feeling that LANS has some kind of death wish for LANL. It's perverse, is it not?" - 5/19/08 10:04 PM<BR/><BR/>It's called gross incompetence. LANS is an expert at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-52499590404212528332008-05-19T22:04:00.000-06:002008-05-19T22:04:00.000-06:00LANS just got rid of over 500 LANL permanent staff...LANS just got rid of over 500 LANL permanent staff using the January SSP because they said we needed to reduce our LANL permanent employee head count, yet now they want to bring in over 800 former KSL employees as LANL permanent staff? This will entail big increases in LANL's medical costs and the TCP2 6% employer match, both of which come directly out of our shrinking operating budget. <BR/><BR/>Add to this, the fact that Congress just zeroed out $66 million for the RRW program and killed any further funding for the GNEP program. It also appears that Congress is getting ready to kill any further funding for LANL's CMRR construction, so all those new Bechtel construction managers that LANS recently hired won't be needed for much longer.<BR/><BR/>I'm perplexed by all this stuff. We kick out the good scientists who bring in funding and replace them with a huge increase in support workers who generate no income. Our budget is headed south, yet LANS is eager to add more permanent staff. And this, coming only months after pleading with permanent employees to accept the SSP buyout and leave! <BR/><BR/>You almost get the feeling that LANS has some kind of death wish for LANL. It's perverse, is it not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-34551244844998656652008-05-19T21:37:00.000-06:002008-05-19T21:37:00.000-06:00"Any more questions? 5/19/08 11:00 AM"You forgot ..."Any more questions? 5/19/08 11:00 AM"<BR/><BR/>You forgot to include "FatCat" in Rechtel's best attributes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-72450267017048105222008-05-19T21:31:00.000-06:002008-05-19T21:31:00.000-06:00"Can you imagine LANS doing their own maintenance/..."Can you imagine LANS doing their own maintenance/repair and support services? This is not a laboratory anymore, it has turned into a large burden on the tax payers. It has become obvious that LANS has been told by Congress that their will be massive cuts in the next few years, they (LANS) is trying to survive by cutting everthing they can think of with out regard to the consequences. (And Max Baker is running around telling us that Los Alamos is here to stay) Yea Max for at least another year or two. 5/16/08 9:17 AM"<BR/><BR/>Can you spell Marteen Aguilera? He's in charge of maintenance. Remember the custodial fiasco from a year ago? Staff hauls their own garbage to the community dumbster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-23748428201347425522008-05-19T11:00:00.000-06:002008-05-19T11:00:00.000-06:00How can the DOE allow this? - 8:17 AM"It's a busin...How can the DOE allow this? - 8:17 AM<BR/><BR/>"It's a business decision," Roark said.<BR/><BR/>There, Roark has just answered your question for you. It's just business. As in a big, corrupt, stinking business decision custom made to benefit Bechtel's huge appetite for milking the crap out of LANL. <BR/><BR/>Any more questions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-41086721764497507042008-05-19T08:17:00.000-06:002008-05-19T08:17:00.000-06:00How can the DOE allow this?Didn't LANS just get a ...How can the DOE allow this?<BR/>Didn't LANS just get a grade of<BR/>D for management?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-13340620919439505892008-05-18T21:58:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:58:00.000-06:00They have some time before their hand is dealt for...They have some time before their hand is dealt for them. The worst bet, would be to have the hand dealt for them. The worst part will be the egg on the face of the FBI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-49642204994693225392008-05-18T21:41:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:41:00.000-06:00Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a few days. W...Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a few days. Which whistleblowers?Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-18745608452444091062008-05-18T21:31:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:31:00.000-06:00I get the feeling that someone's life is about to ...I get the feeling that someone's life is about to suck - it is time to pay the bill.<BR/><BR/>The misdirection to the criminal endeavors worked well eh. Turn your self in, or it will be done for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-41908077759614231482008-05-18T21:21:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:21:00.000-06:007:12 is just plain stupid. Nuff zed.Any follow up ...7:12 is just plain stupid. Nuff zed.<BR/><BR/>Any follow up on the whistleblowers et. al. and their situation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-68551796943607094482008-05-18T21:06:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:06:00.000-06:00Maybe he came from Baghdad.Maybe he came from <A HREF="http://www.code7r.org/Bintoons/iraq05.htm" REL="nofollow">Baghdad</A>.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-60616709013828501432008-05-18T20:03:00.000-06:002008-05-18T20:03:00.000-06:00WOW!!!You people are more dumb than I thought! The...WOW!!!<BR/><BR/>You people are more dumb than I thought! The reason LANS took over the KSL contract is to eliminate the double dippers and comatractors contracting LONG-TERM. Get it, You will no longer be allowed to contract for mor than one yars! Also, the contractor will make less now under LANS and all contractors pay will be cut down alot! Get USED IT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-4231297894469096512008-05-18T19:12:00.000-06:002008-05-18T19:12:00.000-06:00"frank" if that is really your name. You cancel a..."frank" if that is really your name. You cancel any comment that offends your silly anti- lanl bullshit agenda. You are no different from Chris Mechels and your agenda is the same. You claim you have been contaminated. How about some evidence? Of course you have none.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-51045944963034296592008-05-18T18:59:00.000-06:002008-05-18T18:59:00.000-06:00From 7:57 ..."The Albq.Journal reported that the f...From 7:57 ..."The Albq.Journal reported that the funding has jumped from the initial 500 million, at it's inception to nearly 2.5 Billion (Yep thats Billion with a B) as of today."<BR/><BR/>Gee, I would think that Congress would tell NNSA to take it out of the Rectal bonuses and fees ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-55848011666295394642008-05-18T07:57:00.000-06:002008-05-18T07:57:00.000-06:00Hey how about the "new" story regarding the CMMR b...Hey how about the "new" story regarding the CMMR building. The Albq.Journal reported that the funding has jumped from the initial 500 million, at it's inception to nearly 2.5 Billion (Yep thats Billion with a B) as of today. Congress is getting ready to vote to pull the funding for the entire project, now that the RRW is dead. Oh no! Now we can really began to panic for real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-30166560327662654892008-05-17T21:00:00.000-06:002008-05-17T21:00:00.000-06:00"I'm happy to provide gross details on people plac...<I>"I'm happy to provide gross details on people places, and times of gross waste, fraud,abuse, and downright criminal activity.<BR/><BR/>"I guess I would need to refer to it as IMO? Advice?"</I><BR/><BR/>The most anonymous way to expose those details on the blog is to send them as a comment, although if you email me I can help you compose a top level post. I will reveal neither your name nor email address.<BR/><BR/><I>"Seems like Pinky does not post all comments."</I><BR/><BR/>I do reject some comments. If I knew which comment you refer to I could tell you why. It is also possible that I never saw your comment and therefore could not approve it. I'm stumped because I'm not aware of any comments that were rejected recently. If your comment contained no profanity please send it again.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-64947320392548935102008-05-17T20:26:00.000-06:002008-05-17T20:26:00.000-06:00Seems like Pinky does not post all comments.Ok, al...Seems like Pinky does not post all comments.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ok, alternate routeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-56560315737960891182008-05-17T18:35:00.000-06:002008-05-17T18:35:00.000-06:00I'm happy to provide gross details on people place...I'm happy to provide gross details on people places, and times of gross waste, fraud,abuse, and downright criminal activity.<BR/><BR/>I guess I would need to refer to it as IMO? Advice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-79668376450680780272008-05-17T18:34:00.000-06:002008-05-17T18:34:00.000-06:00yeah, but ksl was anything but competent, honest, ...yeah, but ksl was anything but competent, honest, and legalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-10582548443075952212008-05-16T21:43:00.000-06:002008-05-16T21:43:00.000-06:005/16/08 7:34 AM:This isn't likely a cost savings, ...5/16/08 7:34 AM:<BR/>This isn't likely a cost savings, but it is a way to store workers from corporate. Surprised it took this long for them to start it.<BR/><BR/>Bechtel folks have been working this KSL angle since the first day. What does this tell you: (1) it did take them 2 years to get this done and (2) LANS, I mean Bechtel, will keep all of the profit that was going to KSL. This move has everything to do with getting more profit in its pockets - nothing else. Why give anyone else a piece of the pie if you can have the whole pie yourself. <BR/><BR/>Another big driver is that LANS committed to procuring 50% of its $ from small businesses. By cancelling its largest contract with a large business, guess what, the contracting pool just got alot smaller which means more profit for LANS because they can now meet its 50% goal. Now what if LANS management would use that type of devious thinking to more practical manners, such as employee morale, hmmm. But hey, employee morale does not create more fee/profit for LANS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-78186916907286701542008-05-16T21:35:00.000-06:002008-05-16T21:35:00.000-06:00You lanl boys have it dead on about RECHTEL, here ...You lanl boys have it dead on about RECHTEL, here at LLNL they have been playing hide and seek with maintenance budget and driving the over head cost up by transfering in their buddys from other NNSA sites. My groups hourly rate went from $65hr pre-transition to $125hr post-transition and with next weeks 535+ eployees leaving the rates will go up again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-71240253695403288842008-05-16T12:09:00.000-06:002008-05-16T12:09:00.000-06:00LANS is hiring a growing number of Bechtel manager...LANS is hiring a growing number of Bechtel managers who worked out at NTS before Bechtel lost the NTS contract. It seems that many of these former NTS-based Bechtel managers are now being "parked" here at LANL as new hires. Poster 7:34 AM has it right. Bechtel is using LANL as a holding tank for their managers that loose position at other NNSA facilities. <BR/><BR/>Don't expect the same courtesy from Bechtel, however, when long term former UC staff get laid off during the coming NNSA downsizing exercises. These Bechtel Boys know where their loyalty lies and it is not with LANL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-39676834211927637432008-05-16T09:22:00.000-06:002008-05-16T09:22:00.000-06:00LANS has turned this Laboratory upside down and ba...LANS has turned this Laboratory upside down and backwards in their failed attempt to make a go of it. Well friends as you can see the data coming in regarding the management is not looking too good. The new Dem. Congress looks like it will have full power to cut the living hell out of the labs, without Domenici to pull the puse strings we are in deep shit. The KSL change over is just the latest indicator of another failed mission. We are reaching the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com