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I used to work there right after finishing grad school. It was just when the systematic dismantling of that organization had started taking place. New bosses, n
by f2f 9y ago
I used to work there right after finishing grad school. It was just when the systematic dismantling of that organization had started taking place. New bosses, new umbrella organizations, new rules (for profit vs non-profit).
Within 12 months of me starting there everyone more senior than me had scattered elsewhere. Soon I was gone too. This happened at every level and in every division. The amount of know-how lost just to forced retirement is incalculable...
So sad to hear things are not getting better there. I was very proud to be a part of it for even a little amount of time.
- nicodoggo 9y agoI had a similar experience at another national lab. It was a dream job up until a few months in. That was when higher positions were swapped out with new people seemingly overnight whose philosophies were completely different from what the lab had subsisted on. In my department, it was as if anyone who protested anything would be found packing their things the next day. It was insane. I left in less than a year for another job. Part of me wishes I would have been able to pull through, but part of me thinks I wouldn't have had a job in a few months. There's no way to really know. Going there for the first time was a genuinely magical experience. I'll never forget it. At the end of the day, change is good. But more consideration needs to be put in the complexity you find at national labs. I heard great things about LANL during my job. I hope things do improve over there.
- ianai 9y agoWell change may be coming. Their contract is up and likely to be fully changed over next year https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2017/05/16/contract-change-looming-for-another-national-lab.html https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2017/05/16/cont...