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Solid_Stoic_6 t1_isckjzu wrote

DOT, DOB, and DOH have been absolutely gutted! Hiring timelines aren’t just crazy, they are outright cruel. I know folks who waited for a year to get a start date after accepting a job offer. I signed my conditional job offer with DOH 8 months ago, and I’m still waiting for OMB approval. Meanwhile 3 out of 7 people who interviewed me already quit! Two of them were supposed to be my mentors.

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higgtree t1_iscmf1q wrote

It's pretty much all agencies... My floor has had so many people leave for other agencies or retire, at DOF.

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TeamMisha t1_isd4sum wrote

I had a very similar experience a few years ago. I interviewed at DOT, they wanted to offer me the job, really liked me and excited for me to start. At the time I was stupid and didn't understand the civil servants exam process nonsense. I interviewed in summer, months pass, they can't give me the offer in writing, "HR is working on it", I say okay. I interview for another job assuming this shit is fake and it's never going to happen lol, I literally work for 4 months at another company who then offers me full time. Now 7 months since the DOT interview, the manager calls me and says the job had to go to someone else "because of the list". I laughed at her and said I knew this was going to happen and thanks for letting me know. I don't think I'd ever waste my time trying to get a job at DOT again, fuck that lmao, even now that I know the process

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GentleShiv OP t1_isd76n3 wrote

That's wild? Why does it take so long? How can they hire anybody at that speed. Most people that are looking for jobs are looking for a job in a year, they need a job now

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mowotlarx t1_isenaoc wrote

> Why does it take so long

The agencies who handle hiring (like OMB) are also seriously understaffed. It's a funny cycle at this point.

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rioht t1_isfgn5x wrote

That's on the manager - they should've explained things to you. Basically they're mandated to offer interviews and such to the top 3 folks on the exam list. You got pushed out.

Sorry it happened to you, but yeah. It's an extremely shitty process.

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mowotlarx t1_isen7d6 wrote

Yes. This is happening everywhere. Meanwhile, on the delusional side track, the Adams admin is pushing this "customer service" and "efficiency" plan as if any of this can be accomplished with the massive staff shortfall. It's not just staff that leave, it's all the institutional knowledge they take with them.

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rioht t1_isfet0t wrote

I'm almost 99% sure Adams is going to trumpet all the vacancies and reduced headcount as a savings triumph.

The problem is that if/when economic conditions improve (which are the stated reasons for the 7% cut), it will take a very, very long time for employee morale and ability to improve.

Another effect of these cuts (which explicitly rule out layoffs) is that you're losing the most valuable employees. Those folks with options and the ability to move elsewhere are going to do so. The ones that stay are going to be the folks who have to stay due to their circumstances (pension/healthcare/family, etc) or who can't.

That's fine for a lot of jobs that don't require too much training, but it kind of sounds like a death knell for skilled knowledge workers, like those in IT, engineers, programmers, etc. The city had difficulty recruiting those folks before, and it's going to worse after.

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rioht t1_isfgral wrote

OMB approval expires after six months. Keep messaging your contact on the reg and ask for updates. It's totally fine, just be polite and all. My point is that try to make sure you get started during six month window, or the process will take even longer.

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