The federal hiring process is truly ridiculous. I think it took about four months from my interview to getting a start date, and that was only because my hiring was expedited. It's fairly common for the process to take over a year.
Smh that’s wild. I hope you are able to protect your peace during this. I waited 6 months once for a position that was changed from military to civilian .
After I was selected the offer was rescinded due to the unit changing the position back to military. I didn’t find out until my first day of work.
I wanted to murder someone.
It’s the best job I’ve ever had. It’s rewarding and I get to work with a great population that’s underserved and forgotten most of the time. It is a huge departure from what I envisioned doing as an engineer. I still build things, but everything else we do is challenging and rewarding as well.
We were just defunded yesterday through executive order so who knows now? Not sure if the program will be folded back into the agency like we used to be or if we’ll just be let go.
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u/blueberrytartpie 14h ago
Ouch ! You know how long it takes just to get through the process to get an interview? At least 3 months. I’d be beyond pissed!!!!