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Wellll, he kinda has followed through on about 20% of his promises and is working on about 40% of the rest https://trudeaumetre.polimeter.org
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Don't get me wrong, I think he's doing a better job at keeping campaign promises than Harper.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:Don't get me wrong, I think he's doing a better job at keeping campaign promises than Harper. That's a pretty loving low bar. Burrowing animals regularly go over that bar.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:More like remind the deputy VAC minister of one of Trudeau's many broken campaign trail promises. Isn't there a part of the new budget dedicated to like $40k of education benefits for vets?
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Apr 11, 2017 00:03
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They keep insisting that school is technically covered if you go through SISIP.
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Aw dammit, I got turned down for the VAC position. Apparently I didn't obtain the required pass mark for the essential qualifications of "Client Service Oriented" and "Judgement"
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If anyone here is in the field for MR in Wx this morning... my heart goes out to you.
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Dantes posted:If anyone here is in the field for MR in Wx this morning... my heart goes out to you. Can I trade the heart for a plane ticket?
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Canuck-Errant posted:Apparently I didn't obtain the required pass mark for the essential qualifications of "Judgement"
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I'm on Team Canada for Invictus. Will anyone be in Toronto in September? I'm a bit of an Olympic Tourist and will finish my events halfway through, leaving plenty of time to grab a beer that week.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:What, they saw "Canadian Forces" on your resume? I was applying for a job with Veterans Affairs, so maybe it was the "Reserves" part that did it. Or the fact that it was my primary job for more than 0 months.
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Canuck-Errant posted:I was applying for a job with Veterans Affairs, so maybe it was the "Reserves" part that did it. Why would Veterans Affairs want to hire Veterans? Employees who can sympathize with the plight of the people they're supposed to be helping? Can't have that.
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MA-Horus posted:Why would Veterans Affairs want to hire Veterans? Employees who can sympathize with the plight of the people they're supposed to be helping? Can't have that. The job posting did say veterans were a priority. I'm just surprised that being a bilingual disabled visible minority veteran didn't make me an autohire regardless of my judgement, is all 
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They found an even more disabled more visible minority veteran to hire. Sorry.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:They found an even more disabled more visible minority veteran to hire. Sorry. Well, poo poo, how many languages could he still speak then? Or did he take the SLEs prior?
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Speaking of veterans affairs any disability awards paid out between some date in 2006 and this year are subject to increase. If you got a disability award in that time frame you should get a letter to confirm your address and banking information, or you can register a myVAC account and fill out the forms there. Apparently the ombudsman said "lol these awards ain't poo poo, homie" and they are increasing them. Don't bother asking how much more you're getting, it's "too complicated to go into over the phone".
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Yep just got mine, it was pretty significant.
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How long was it between submitted and receiving it for you?
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:How long was it between submitted and receiving it for you? 2 years. To VAC's credit, as soon as there were specialist reports they started moving on things, it just takes a while to see orthopedic surgeons and neuropsychologists. One dead, three injured in Wainwright
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Question for the masses - a piece of bro-knowledge I've heard is that once you've joined some branch of the public service, your base pay can never drop outside of very limited situations (eg, demotion). Because of this, I've heard a couple people pseudo-jokingly say they'll become a postal clerk once they hit x rank and make 60k/year while doing half the work. Anybody know where it lies on a scale of zero to bullshit?
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Guest2553 posted:Question for the masses - a piece of bro-knowledge I've heard is that once you've joined some branch of the public service, your base pay can never drop outside of very limited situations (eg, demotion). Because of this, I've heard a couple people pseudo-jokingly say they'll become a postal clerk once they hit x rank and make 60k/year while doing half the work. In the CF your pay is primarily based on your rank. You might get some more if you're a specialist (tradesman) or doing more dangerous stuff (paratrooper) or whatever but you're right - the baseline stays the same. As a former infantryman I could've potentially done an occupational transfer to a postal clerk and made pretty close to the same per year (no jump pay) but to sort mail instead of getting rained on and forced to run up sand hills. I'm part of the OPS (OPP civilian) now and we have a similar thing. If I move to a normally lower-paying job my current pay stays the same until my new job catches up. I'm not sure, however, if this only applies to OPP uniform (since their starting rate is fairly low but catches up quickly) or to any other OPS position.
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I just realized there was some ambiguity in my question - I didn't mean CT to a mail clerk, but an actual release and getting hired by Canada Post or CSE or some other public service agency.
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Oh. I'm sure you could try to negotiate that but in my experience the civilian world doesn't give two shits about what you actually did in the army and you're on just the same playing field as anyone else. Edit: should apologize for not recognizing you as a regular here. Yeah in answer to your question - I highly doubt it. acumen fucked around with this message at 23:35 on May 11, 2017 |
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Alright, I'll file that bit of info under the 'myth busted' category. Don't feel bad brah, you're one trying to help out a guy who asked a poorly worded question  e. vvv Cool, thanks. Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 01:12 on May 12, 2017 |
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Guest2553 posted:Alright, I'll file that bit of info under the 'myth busted' category. Your friends are sort of correct. If you transition without a break from the CAF to the Federal Public Service (ie. Last day of service: 11 May, first day as a Public Servant: 12 May) your salary will be as closely matched as possible within your new civilian classification. By that I mean: if you were making $60k a year, and started as an AS-01, which has a salary range of $35k to $55k (for example), you would start at the top of the payscale and immediately make $55k/yr because it's the closest match to your previous salary. If your first day as a Public Servant was 13 May instead, you would start at the bottom of the scale as usual.
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Freeze posted:Your friends are sort of correct. If you transition without a break from the CAF to the Federal Public Service (ie. Last day of service: 11 May, first day as a Public Servant: 12 May) your salary will be as closely matched as possible within your new civilian classification. This sounds pretty awesome. Is there a source for this policy? I'd like to do some more research into it.
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Mantle posted:This sounds pretty awesome. Is there a source for this policy? I'd like to do some more research into it. This is only thing I can find after a quick google search: http://www.unde-uedn-local612.ca/Documents/2011/Benefits%20guide%20former%20CF%20member.doc It's not a well known policy, and I only found out when a friend of mine released and took advantage of it last year.
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How do I get a job with the Federal Government? I'm working as an excavator operator for a construction company and to say I hate it would be putting it lightly. I just want a cushy government job. What do I do?
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Samu posted:How do I get a job with the Federal Government? I'm working as an excavator operator for a construction company and to say I hate it would be putting it lightly. https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page2440?fromMenu=true&toggleLanguage=en Apply here. Start practicing to write the exams for the annual intake that happens in September. A great entry level employer is CRA and they need people every year for tax season starting in January.
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I found out this weekend that one of my buddies is enlisting. As infantry. I laughed, called him an idiot, and then remembered how reading GiP horror stories stopped me from making the same mistake. Thanks army goons
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A lot of us who were infantry don't regret our decision. It was a formative experience, to be sure. Tons of lovely stuff, but the good parts (in most of our estimations) more than make up for it. Just probably don't make a career out of it, is all.
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Canada Company is also good for getting a professional type job after time-in. Helmets to Hardhats is good too. Soldier-On is hiring and so are the fitness people, it's fairly easy to get in there if you have a passion for sports.
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Lassitude posted:A lot of us who were infantry don't regret our decision. It was a formative experience, to be sure. Tons of lovely stuff, but the good parts (in most of our estimations) more than make up for it. Just probably don't make a career out of it, is all. Totally. But for every good story, with a positive end, there's five 'oh gently caress me' stories.
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MohawkSatan posted:Totally. But for every good story, with a positive end, there's five 'oh gently caress me' stories. The trick is not to ask women for their stories. Success rate goes way up.
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MohawkSatan posted:Totally. But for every good story, with a positive end, there's five 'oh gently caress me' stories. One thing that made it a lot more tolerable was how 'oh gently caress me' situations turned into good stories in hindsight. Yeah, I think people who don't do a few years in are missing out.
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MohawkSatan posted:I found out this weekend that one of my buddies is enlisting. As infantry. Nothing wrong with going infantry, it's staying infantry that's a problem. Get the experience, get out.
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Like half of the air force is ex army/navy types for reasons including location, working environment, spec pay, shattered knees, not having RSMs, and skills that may actually be transferable.
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Also not getting jacked up at your NCR desk job for obscure dress regs. I'm not bitter.
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If there's one thing I like a lot about my civi job it's the "Fuckin try me" look I get to give mwos and chiefs who look askance at my jeans.
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