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04-25-2012, 04:11 PM
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| | Boom. +14. Moby Dick.
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| Where did ORNL staffers get their PHDs?
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04-25-2012, 04:26 PM
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| | Senior Member
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| This shouldn't be a surprise. The University is partnered with ORNL. | |
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04-25-2012, 04:54 PM
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| | So there I was...
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| Nerds. | |
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04-25-2012, 09:12 PM
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| | doo doo doo
| I worked there. At good ole X-10
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04-25-2012, 09:57 PM
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| | Defended.
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Originally Posted by volinbham  I worked there. At good ole X-10 | The good old days, huh? I never knew you worked there... | |
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04-25-2012, 10:03 PM
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| | Ima dude playing a dude..
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| I worked 16 yrs at K25, Y12. Worked on numerous projects with the some out-there physicists at X10. Miss that part of the country. | |
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04-25-2012, 10:16 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by TennTradition The good old days, huh? I never knew you worked there... | Did a year and a half there while getting my MBA - started as an intern and stayed on part time doing tech transfer.
Saw some crazy research.
Visited researchers in Y-12 and K-25
My favorite part was driving in every day past the old entry gates with the machine gun slots.
For a while I worked in a building where I had to scan my hands and feet coming in and going out for radiation. Since I was a sub contractor, I never got the radiation detection badge.
Massive bureaucracy - dual management structure between Martin Marietta (pre-Battelle) and DoE.
A robot delivered the mail.
The desks and pens were all that standard U.S. Govt. stuff.
Crazy union rules. If you ordered a computer - one group delivered it, a separate group took it out of the box and put it on the desk where you wanted it and a third connected the keyboard, mouse and plugged it in. Took about a week after it was delivered before you could use it. If you did any of the steps or rearranged the furniture there would be a union grievance filed.
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04-25-2012, 10:26 PM
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| | Ima dude playing a dude..
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Originally Posted by volinbham Did a year and a half there while getting my MBA - started as an intern and stayed on part time doing tech transfer.
Saw some crazy research.
Visited researchers in Y-12 and K-25
My favorite part was driving in every day past the old entry gates with the machine gun slots.
For a while I worked in a building where I had to scan my hands and feet coming in and going out for radiation. Since I was a sub contractor, I never got the radiation detection badge.
Massive bureaucracy - dual management structure between Martin Marietta (pre-Battelle) and DoE.
A robot delivered the mail.
The desks and pens were all that standard U.S. Govt. stuff.
Crazy union rules. If you ordered a computer - one group delivered it, a separate group took it out of the box and put it on the desk where you wanted it and a third connected the keyboard, mouse and plugged it in. Took about a week after it was delivered before you could use it. If you did any of the steps or rearranged the furniture there would be a union grievance filed. | LOL..but so true. At Y12, I started a training class at 7:58AM (according to the grievance filed against me)...union boys started at 8AM. Seems like I was grieved against once a month, and after awhile it was a joke with those guys...looking for ways to trap me. | |
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04-25-2012, 11:25 PM
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| | Defended.
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| I came to Oak Ridge after Martin-Marietta had the contract there and the plants were split up...so it was a fairly different situation. I only interacted with folks at the Lab on a few projects during my time at Y-12. I do recall plenty of interesting union stories. Actually, I was shocked when I started my job here after grad school and learned that I was actually allowed to change the light bulb in my lab. | |
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04-26-2012, 11:11 AM
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| | Ima dude playing a dude..
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Originally Posted by TennTradition I came to Oak Ridge after Martin-Marietta had the contract there and the plants were split up...so it was a fairly different situation. I only interacted with folks at the Lab on a few projects during my time at Y-12. I do recall plenty of interesting union stories. Actually, I was shocked when I started my job here after grad school and learned that I was actually allowed to change the light bulb in my lab. | Are you located in Midland? | |
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04-26-2012, 11:48 AM
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| | doo doo doo
| One summer, several of the unions went on strike including the one that covered janitorial and the one the including furniture moving (they were protesting cross-training where they would be qualified to do more than one job).
Everyone in our building rearranged their offices; people were moving from one office to another. It was a free for all on moving stuff. They also paid the admin staff extra to do the janitorial work and the place was cleaner than ever 
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04-26-2012, 12:02 PM
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| I worked on a special project at ORNL with the National Security Directorate. Some really fascinating and bright people out there. | |
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04-26-2012, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by golfballs Some really fascinating and bright people out there. | Bright, like glowing? | |
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04-26-2012, 05:32 PM
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| | Pilot Of The Spaceship
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Originally Posted by PoochPunt3rdDown | Now if only some more of them were football fans... Quote:
Originally Posted by volinbham Did a year and a half there while getting my MBA - started as an intern and stayed on part time doing tech transfer.
Saw some crazy research.
Visited researchers in Y-12 and K-25
My favorite part was driving in every day past the old entry gates with the machine gun slots.
For a while I worked in a building where I had to scan my hands and feet coming in and going out for radiation. Since I was a sub contractor, I never got the radiation detection badge.
Massive bureaucracy - dual management structure between Martin Marietta (pre-Battelle) and DoE.
A robot delivered the mail.
The desks and pens were all that standard U.S. Govt. stuff.
Crazy union rules. If you ordered a computer - one group delivered it, a separate group took it out of the box and put it on the desk where you wanted it and a third connected the keyboard, mouse and plugged it in. Took about a week after it was delivered before you could use it. If you did any of the steps or rearranged the furniture there would be a union grievance filed. | We're retiring the robot this summer. It will be a sad day. :(
We're down to just two groups to get your system going. Progress!
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04-26-2012, 06:51 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by Aavoxx We're retiring the robot this summer. It will be a sad day. :(
We're down to just two groups to get your system going. Progress! | Bummer about the robot - always cracked me up to see it scooting down the hall.
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