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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:I have seen carriers across the US and all rural routes in the past years here seem to use personal vehicles. I figured they were all contractors, honestly. Some have signage, some don’t. Is USPS switching to the Amazon model of hiring individual contractors?
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Howard Phillips posted:Is USPS switching to the Amazon model of hiring individual contractors? They've been using contractors for many things long before Bezos had an idea to start an online bookstore. All of the mail that my area office receives and disparches to the sorting and distribution center 120 miles away is shipped by a contractor. We have several routes that are handled by highway contract carriers. Those routes get enough mail that I think they should just be rural routes and the carriers be represented by the NRLCA. I think vehicle maintenance is also supposed to be handled by contractors, but one of our two custodians just does a lot of that work himself if it's simple fixes.
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Nov 23, 2020 18:28
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Does anyone know how long it takes to get an offer once you've been "selected"? I passed the certificate of elligibles stage 11 days ago...
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Dec 1, 2020 06:40
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Seamonster posted:Does anyone know how long it takes to get an offer once you've been "selected"? I passed the certificate of elligibles stage 11 days ago... Should be very soon. Ask HR when you should expect to get the offer letter.
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Dec 1, 2020 14:11
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In that same vain, how soon after an interview should I give up hope? Thought the interview went very well, was qualified, worked with that section before etc. but that was almost a month ago now
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Dec 1, 2020 16:46
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App13 posted:In that same vain, how soon after an interview should I give up hope? Thought the interview went very well, was qualified, worked with that section before etc. but that was almost a month ago now I've had selections I've made take four or five months to route through Workforce Management. If you weren't selected, you won't be notified (at least in my agency) until the person who was selected has accepted, which can't happen until that selection goes through this process.
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Dec 1, 2020 16:55
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Got it, so either way (hired or not) I might not hear back for a few months. Well in that case I’ll start thinking of this dream job like I do an AliExpress order: forget it exists until I’m either pleasantly surprised or slightly disappointed
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Dec 1, 2020 16:59
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I'm barely a year in and already want to leave gov employment.
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Dec 1, 2020 17:08
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It gets easier once you're broken in. Get that operant conditioning cert ASAP.
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Dec 1, 2020 19:59
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Yea I'm five years in and I generally like my job. The benefits are good and the strict 40-hour work week is amazing. The biggest negative is being tied down to the DC Metro area. I really like the area but I would also like to own a house one day. Between paying off student loans and saving for retirement I don't know how anyone saves enough cash to put 20% towards a house around here.
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Dec 1, 2020 21:58
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it seems like a lot of people bug out after a year. Probably helps if you have ready career options in the private sector. I'm also at the five year mark and feelin' good. It feels weird to have been the new employee and now I've seen people come and go. it's wild how many people there are who have been doing their job forever. Lots of people in my office and agency with 20+ years. those who are still around after a few years seem to be in for keeps
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Dec 1, 2020 22:42
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Thesaurus posted:it seems like a lot of people bug out after a year. Probably helps if you have ready career options in the private sector. My old supervisor's saying was "If you're in for 5 you're in for 10. If you're in for 10 you're in for life"
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Dec 1, 2020 22:55
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I’m 18 years in, and have had the same job since 2005. At some point the pension becomes a pretty good reason to stay in since you may find it hard to get comparable post-retirement income if you go private when you’re 40 years old.
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Dec 1, 2020 23:43
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Government was my midlife career change job, and considering the security and flexibility it offers right now, I don't think I'd leave it for six figures. poo poo's falling apart out there.
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Dec 1, 2020 23:48
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Hackan Slash posted:My old supervisor's saying was "If you're in for 5 you're in for 10. If you're in for 10 you're in for life" (I am also trying to get back, so the general idea is accurate naturally) I am pretty stoked thinking about a federal government that actually wants to fill vacancies and get work done again
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Dec 2, 2020 00:04
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Dr. Quarex posted:I am pretty stoked thinking about a federal government that actually wants to fill vacancies and get work done again Hey, whoa, slow down there bud
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Dec 2, 2020 00:35
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laxbro posted:I don't know how anyone saves enough cash to put 20% towards a house around here. I bought my first house in the DC area with less than 3% down through FHA loans for first time home buyers. The idea that you must have 20% down is a fiction from the 1980s.
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Dec 2, 2020 03:12
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Shadragul posted:I bought my first house in the DC area with less than 3% down through FHA loans for first time home buyers. The idea that you must have 20% down is a fiction from the 1980s. I did the same, though admittedly rolling in with a higher down payment would have been a better deal if I’d had the money.
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Dec 2, 2020 03:44
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Ali Mayorkas can’t take over DHS fast enough
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Dec 2, 2020 05:31
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What, King White Supremacist the Illegitimate Ruler of DHS is not to your liking? I am sure all his direct reports are also appointed and thus subject to immediate termination but man do I ever hope at least some regular federal employees just refused to do anything he commanded on the basis of knowing how the legal appointment process works
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Dec 2, 2020 09:43
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Next year will be year 7 for me. Despite Congress's continued efforts to keep loving over us, the benefits and stability are still miles better than what I could get in the private sector.
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Dec 2, 2020 15:35
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Toshimo posted:I've heard folks say that every grade increase on a ladder reset their probation. gently caress that noise. I don't think this is true. I went from an 8 in a 5-8 ladder to a 9 on a 5-7-9 ladder and said something about my 1 year probation almost being over, and got a lot of funny looks and a comment of "you weren't on probation, you already went through it when you got hired in '14."
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Dec 3, 2020 05:13
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sullat posted:I don't think this is true. I went from an 8 in a 5-8 ladder to a 9 on a 5-7-9 ladder and said something about my 1 year probation almost being over, and got a lot of funny looks and a comment of "you weren't on probation, you already went through it when you got hired in '14." Isn't this listed on the sf-50? Should be trivial to figure out just by looking at that iirc.
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Dec 3, 2020 05:58
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sullat posted:I don't think this is true. I went from an 8 in a 5-8 ladder to a 9 on a 5-7-9 ladder and said something about my 1 year probation almost being over, and got a lot of funny looks and a comment of "you weren't on probation, you already went through it when you got hired in '14." To be clear, this wasn't every position, just certain specific ones.
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Dec 3, 2020 06:52
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Personally, I've never given a poo poo about probationary periods, because they never cut anyone who isn't doing crimes anyway.
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Dec 3, 2020 06:53
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Toshimo posted:Personally, I've never given a poo poo about probationary periods, because they never cut anyone who isn't doing crimes anyway. At my last position, they were pretty ruthless about cutting people just before their probationary period was up if the managers didn't think they could handle the job.
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Dec 3, 2020 07:02
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Toshimo posted:Personally, I've never given a poo poo about probationary periods, because they never cut anyone who isn't doing crimes anyway. They don't even do that where I am. One of our least dependable claims specialists apparently got arrested at work for public intoxication. The OS literally said "there's someone at the back door that wants to talk to you", and it was cops with a breathalyzer. That was a few years before I hired on. He's still there.
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Dec 3, 2020 07:05
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Truly, federal service is a land of contrasts.
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Dec 3, 2020 07:35
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I have a huge pet peeve about just sending claimants to someone's voicemail instead of just trying to help that person. 9 times out of 10, it's solveable within 5 minutes of effort. After several years of dealing with angry claimants that he promised undeliverable stuff to and then is somehow magically off that day, I had it. Someone calls and asks to speak to ________? Let me put you right through to him.
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Dec 3, 2020 08:10
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sullat posted:At my last position, they were pretty ruthless about cutting people just before their probationary period was up if the managers didn't think they could handle the job.
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Dec 3, 2020 17:16
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El Mero Mero posted:Isn't this listed on the sf-50? Well, don't see anything about probationary periods on the last few SF-50s, so I am going to assume I wasn't on one for the past year.
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Dec 3, 2020 17:25
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Yeah, I know of at least one position that does that as well. Don't wanna get stuck with you when they can, you know, not. My agency seemingly never gets to hire anyone, so losing even a poor employee would just mean we are operating with further reduced staffing for probably years to come
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Dec 3, 2020 17:39
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I recently heard of someone who was AWOL for a year in my site and was able to resume their employment afterwards. TBF, I do prefer erring on the side of being lax vs ruthless about nixing bad performers, since life especially now is kinda crazy and poo poo, but that's extreme even for me (outside I dunno, being kidnapped by aliens or one of those amnesiacs who finds themselves living a totally new life until they get their memory back or something).
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I'm extremely tolerant of mediocre, manageable employees, and extremely intolerant of irredeemable ones. To my mind, if you know they'll never amount to poo poo and will forever be a net negative no matter what level of supervision, get rid of them sooner than later. This belief is 100% opposed to the belief of our current district leadership, which is why I will never go out for OS until some people retire.
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Dec 3, 2020 21:25
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I have friends who work as GSs who are convinced that I have a solid shot at applying for some GS13 range positions as a retiring enlisted Marine with a undergrad degree and service connected disabilities. I have other irons in the fire but I also have a PMP certification and have two decades of putting up with military bullshit and suspect my tolerance for stupid is probably higher than some others. I’ve been eyeballing some PM spots and am curious to hear from the thread whether it’s likely I can make the shift into something not military adjacent but still in government.
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Honestly, PM is a really great fit for ex-military. The skillsets align well, and you already have the cert. I just don't know what the career ladder looks like there. The two I've ever known worked their way up the engineering ladder on the civ side.
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Hekk posted:I have friends who work as GSs who are convinced that I have a solid shot at applying for some GS13 range positions as a retiring enlisted Marine with a undergrad degree and service connected disabilities. Prior military with service disabilities helps your application a lot. If you have a high tolerance for stupid people and bureaucratic bullshit, you can absolutely make the shift. If you have a better deal elsewhere, take it, but there is literally no downside to throwing in your application, especially since it'll be awhile before you hear back.
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Dec 4, 2020 04:27
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sullat posted:Well, don't see anything about probationary periods on the last few SF-50s, so I am going to assume I wasn't on one for the past year. Look at block 24. If it has a 2, you're in probation. If it has a 1 you can tell people to go gently caress themselves if they try to say otherwise.
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El Mero Mero posted:Look at block 24. If it has a 2, you're in probation. If it has a 1 you can tell people to go gently caress themselves if they try to say otherwise. Until someone in HR realizes that the GS-5 who processed your appointment hosed up and corrects the error. 
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Loucks posted:Until someone in HR realizes that the GS-5 who processed your appointment hosed up and corrects the error. me waiting for HR to realize something: 
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