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Post by privateatty on Jun 8, 2016 16:18:52 GMT -5
I just accepted an offer!!! I'm in the middle of conducting an arbitration, so will post more later. Thank you, thank you to all of the Board members who educated me, challenged me, humored me, distracted me, consoled me, and suffered with me through this long haul!! Tell me you feel the love, girl!! Congratulations! Welcome to The Corps!
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Post by raylan on Jun 8, 2016 16:23:27 GMT -5
Based on folks starting to get letters confirming their offers, I suspect that either (a) the June class has been pretty much hired or (2) the second member of team B/M (unfortunate acronym) is back at work.
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Post by marathon on Jun 8, 2016 16:28:39 GMT -5
Based on folks starting to get letters confirming their offers, I suspect that either (a) the June class has been pretty much hired or (2) the second member of team B/M (unfortunate acronym) is back at work. I vote for 2.
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Post by raylan on Jun 8, 2016 16:29:20 GMT -5
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Post by Pixie on Jun 8, 2016 16:31:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the poll. Gaidin will be too busy henceforth to be doing polls. The mantle may need to pass to another gifted pollster. Pixie.
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Post by numbersix on Jun 8, 2016 16:31:26 GMT -5
Huge congrats to LL2 and Tiger!!! Yay!!!
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Post by anotherfed on Jun 8, 2016 16:39:27 GMT -5
I just accepted an offer!!! I'm in the middle of conducting an arbitration, so will post more later. Thank you, thank you to all of the Board members who educated me, challenged me, humored me, distracted me, consoled me, and suffered with me through this long haul!! Outstanding! Another excellent choice by TPTB! Dahling, black is sooo your color... Wow, this has been a banner day! Let's keep 'em coming!
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Post by gary on Jun 8, 2016 16:39:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the poll. Gaidin will be too busy henceforth to be doing polls. The mantle may need to pass to another gifted pollster. Pixie. Sniff, sniff. It's the end of an era.
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Post by odarn on Jun 8, 2016 16:54:38 GMT -5
Congratulations Slainte, Gaiden, and LL2 and anyone else that I may have missed. What a great day!
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Post by privateatty on Jun 8, 2016 16:56:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the poll. Gaidin will be too busy henceforth to be doing polls. The mantle may need to pass to another gifted pollster. Pixie. Only Goofy would fit into those shoes. But, please, if anyone wants to try, many will throw the good, good vibes your way. Count me the first.
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Post by RAM on Jun 8, 2016 17:12:40 GMT -5
Congratulations LuckyLady2. I'm sooooo happy for you!!
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Post by JudgeRatty on Jun 8, 2016 17:31:53 GMT -5
I spoke with my new best friend in FC about 15 minutes ago and I said yes as soon as he said his name. I will obviously vote in the polls. Best day in a very very very long time. He said that their were many more calls to make and that they were going to do the July calls at the same time. Now I need to go jump up and down some. Congrats again to all those getting offers! There are many more to come so keep your phones handy! I have to say that by far, this post by Gaidin was the best I have ever seen. Well deserved and I am not alone given the over 90 likes he has so far!!!! Many people are celebrating your new adventure!
Ok, Pulling for Gary, Ace, and Berk now.... come on calls!!!!! We have several openings in Tupelo and Mt. Pleasant alone that will accommodate several new ALJs!
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Post by Grace on Jun 8, 2016 17:42:35 GMT -5
CONGRATULATONS LUCKY LADY!! Much deserved and very happy for you!!
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Post by michaelswan on Jun 8, 2016 18:01:21 GMT -5
Hello If you got Chattanooga Please PM me if you would like some office info. Good Luck to everyone else waiting for the call. Hang in there! Very surprised that Chattanooga got two new judges. Still hoping to hear from the new judges. At least be sure to contact the HOCALJ since she had no idea we were even in the running for one new judge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2016 18:18:28 GMT -5
Just got the call about an hour ago and got my first choice city. From one Tiger to another, congratulations to you, LL2 and most of all to Gaidin, but lets hope Falls Church keeps calling, there are more board members waiting on the call. If I missed anyone else thus far, congratulations to you too! As JudgeRatty would say..."it's a great time to be on the register"!
It was reported to the ALJ email that I am on that there was a net gain of only 1 ALJ from last FY, that's right just ONE with all of the retirements and slow hiring, so with over 1.1 million hearings still pending, ODAR will be hiring for the next few years as long as they get the funding each year! That's the bad news, it depends on Congress! Yikes!!
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Post by justiceandjoy on Jun 8, 2016 18:26:56 GMT -5
I got the call this morning as I was driving out of state to take my daughter to summer camp!!! I am in the June 27th starting class and got one of my very top choice cities!!!! I want to say how thankful I am to all of you on this board:). I especially want to say thanks to Christina who guided me when I was very anxious about my references not getting called! Pixie you and Gaiden (did I spell that right?) deserve a medal for all of your hard work stewarding us all through this experience. Congrats to all who have offers in hand and to those still waiting hang on as it is a very good time to be on the register indeed!
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Post by greendog on Jun 8, 2016 18:28:29 GMT -5
I am very happy for those chosen so far, jagged,ll2, slainte, Gaidin,and others BUT now I want to hear Gary, Gary,Gary!
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Post by marathon on Jun 8, 2016 18:28:29 GMT -5
I got the call this morning as I was driving out of state to take my daughter to summer camp!!! I am in the June 27th starting class and got one of my very top choice cities!!!! I want to say how thankful I am to all of you on this board:). I especially want to say thanks to Christina who guided me when I was very anxious about my references not getting called! Pixie you and Gaiden (did I spell that right?) deserve a medal for all of your hard work stewarding us all through this experience. Congrats to all who have offers in hand and to those still waiting hang on as it is a very good time to be on the register indeed! Congrats!!
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Post by Pixie on Jun 8, 2016 18:29:29 GMT -5
I got the call this morning as I was driving out of state to take my daughter to summer camp!!! I am in the June 27th starting class and got one of my very top choice cities!!!! I want to say how thankful I am to all of you on this board:). I especially want to say thanks to Christina who guided me when I was very anxious about my references not getting called! Pixie you and Gaiden (did I spell that right?) deserve a medal for all of your hard work stewarding us all through this experience. Congrats to all who have offers in hand and to those still waiting hang on as it is a very good time to be on the register indeed! Congratulations! Make sure you vote in the polls and confirm the location to one of us. Actually it is spelled Gaidin, but he will answer to Gaiden. Right now he will answer to anything! Pixie.
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Post by cowboy on Jun 8, 2016 18:32:45 GMT -5
Congrats Justice and joy. Welcome to the corps.
Tigerlaw, your information is consistent with what I've been hearing about attrition (and seeing from the empty ALJ offices around me). It was reported years ago that the goal was 250 per year. The last few years they haven't come close to the mark, but it looks like they are trying to do that this year. However, there are still many ALJs leaving either through retirement or whatever. The goal now is 225 this year and 250 in 2017 and 250 in 2018 (depending on the budget coming through).
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