Sure enough, he's right. I was not able to duplicate this on my own save file, but here it seems to be throwing a Papyrus error when it's supposed to activate:
[12/06/2015 - 07:01:00AM] error: Cannot call Remove() on a None object, aborting function call
stack:
[None].PerkNerdRageSlowTimeScript.OnEffectFinish() - "g:\_F4\Art\Raw\Scripts\PerkNerdRageSlowTimeScript.psc" Line 21
[12/06/2015 - 07:01:00AM] error: Cannot call PopTo() on a None object, aborting function call
stack:
[None].PerkNerdRageSlowTimeScript.OnEffectFinish() - "g:\_F4\Art\Raw\Scripts\PerkNerdRageSlowTimeScript.psc" Line 24
Not exactly sure what to do about it given we can't compile or decompile scripts yet, but there must be some reason it's affecting his save and not mine. I just don't know what it is.