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Post by franperirose on Aug 22, 2017 15:03:36 GMT -5
Neither made it to training. Both offers were revoked a day or so after being made. Yikes! That would be pretty crushing!
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Post by lucy on Aug 22, 2017 15:06:18 GMT -5
Neither made it to training. Both offers were revoked a day or so after being made. Wow. That sounds even worse than the Steve Harvey Miss Universe snafu. I can't even imagine what would arise a day or so after the offer to cause it to be revoked. Yikes, what a nightmare.
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Post by lucy on Aug 22, 2017 15:11:48 GMT -5
Moral: keep it under your hat for a few days. J If you only have 2 weeks to work with, that might be pretty tough. 😳
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Post by Pixie on Aug 22, 2017 15:13:06 GMT -5
Neither made it to training. Both offers were revoked a day or so after being made. Care to leave us in more suspense? We are left to our imaginations to speculate on why their offers were withdrawn. I'd hazard to guess that it turned out both of the people were actually stacks of kittens in trench coats. I don't want to get into specifics. It was an absolute nightmare for the ones so affected.
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Post by judgymcjudgypants on Aug 22, 2017 15:16:14 GMT -5
Let's imagine. It's entirely possible that the offers were made in error, given all the rules in play, and the errors weren't discovered until the next day while the offers and acceptances were being finalized. I believe some DC invites for the 2016ers were made and then withdrawn, if I remember correctly.
J
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Post by sophie22 on Aug 22, 2017 15:17:05 GMT -5
I have visions of getting an offer, telling my boss to Peace Out, and then having to tell him the next day that I was just kidding!!! Yikes!!!
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Post by judgymcjudgypants on Aug 22, 2017 15:18:08 GMT -5
And, I do empathize with those impacted by the withdrawal of an offer. Quite a gut punch.
J
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Post by gary on Aug 22, 2017 15:22:44 GMT -5
I know of one person who was offered the job, accepted, announced it to those they were with, then got another call saying the offer was made in error. This person didn't even have time to quit their current job, which was about the only good thing about the situation.
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Post by kav1 on Aug 22, 2017 15:27:38 GMT -5
Any chance they will start this week?
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Post by lucy on Aug 22, 2017 15:29:03 GMT -5
Care to leave us in more suspense? Â We are left to our imaginations to speculate on why their offers were withdrawn. Â I'd hazard to guess that it turned out both of the people were actually stacks of kittens in trench coats. I don't want to get into specifics. It was an absolute nightmare for the ones so affected. If one is fortunate enough to receive an offer, at what point should the offer be considered firm? I am with you on the absolute nightmare part. That would be beyond awful. Makes my stomach hurt to think about it.
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Post by mrmojo on Aug 22, 2017 15:30:51 GMT -5
Care to leave us in more suspense? We are left to our imaginations to speculate on why their offers were withdrawn. I'd hazard to guess that it turned out both of the people were actually stacks of kittens in trench coats. I don't want to get into specifics. It was an absolute nightmare for the ones so affected. I can only imagine, especially if they gave notice to current/former employer upon being given the offer. Situational bourbon is called for even thinking about that possibility.
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Post by Pixie on Aug 22, 2017 15:32:04 GMT -5
I know of one person who was offered the job, accepted, announced it to those they were with, then got another call saying the offer was made in error. This person didn't even have time to quit their current job, which was about the only good thing about the situation. Yes, I had forgotten about this one.
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Post by judgymcjudgypants on Aug 22, 2017 15:34:58 GMT -5
Or, TPTB just realized that someone had left the day out of "date of admission."
J
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Post by unlisted on Aug 22, 2017 15:40:53 GMT -5
Maybe this is a crashingly obvious question, but if you got called for an interview in this round, that means they're going to do the full background check and credit report on you now, right? It's not like they're saying, oh well, we told that guy he'd be on the cert for Outer Swamplandia and Inner Swamplandia, he responded that he wouldn't move to Inner Swamplandia, and since we secretly know that he's got no chance of getting Outer Swamplandia, let's save some money, we won't bother calling all his references and pulling his credit report. Right? So we shouldn't read anything into NOT getting a credit check email, or NOT having every reference called?
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Post by bayou on Aug 22, 2017 15:46:39 GMT -5
Yes, after offer is accepted and before reporting you have to go get fingerprinted and fill out an SF 86 background investigation. Someone with an offer in last class had the offer withdrawn--what was said at training by a fellow newbie Yes, the offer was withdrawn, but it wasn't because of a background investigation. Actually, there were two for the last class that had the offers withdrawn, unfortunately. Is there ever a point in this process at which the guy with the chainsaw will no longer jump out of a hidden place and get you?
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Post by bayou on Aug 22, 2017 15:49:46 GMT -5
Or, TPTB just realized that someone had left the day out of "date of admission." J Great I'm gonna need 2 IVs of situational beverage now.
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Post by coffeeman on Aug 22, 2017 15:52:38 GMT -5
There's a lesson here - when the offer is made, immediately occupy the office and refuse to leave a la George Costanza.
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Post by bayou on Aug 22, 2017 15:54:48 GMT -5
Maybe this is a crashingly obvious question, but if you got called for an interview in this round, that means they're going to do the full background check and credit report on you now, right? It's not like they're saying, oh well, we told that guy he'd be on the cert for Outer Swamplandia and Inner Swamplandia, he responded that he wouldn't move to Inner Swamplandia, and since we secretly know that he's got no chance of getting Outer Swamplandia, let's save some money, we won't bother calling all his references and pulling his credit report. Right? So we shouldn't read anything into NOT getting a credit check email, or NOT having every reference called? I have no inside intel but I think that they know you will be on future certs and they do all of the checks for everybody on the cert when they come up. Plus, it appears that they are doing the checks before they make any decision about hiring. Bottom line, I think they put everybody through the same wringer. Anybody with actual knowledge on this?
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Post by gary on Aug 22, 2017 21:36:18 GMT -5
Let's imagine. It's entirely possible that the offers were made in error, given all the rules in play, and the errors weren't discovered until the next day while the offers and acceptances were being finalized. Â So wrong. Â Hopefully, it was just a rule of three error as opposed to a newly discovered disqualification issue and those people were given some sort of priority for the following cert. I don't think having the job pulled out from under you because you were erroneously offered the job is a basis for priority consideration. See: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/deo_handbook.pdf#page167
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Post by Serious, J. on Aug 23, 2017 9:13:40 GMT -5
I know of one person who was offered the job, accepted, announced it to those they were with, then got another call saying the offer was made in error. This person didn't even have time to quit their current job, which was about the only good thing about the situation. That person did get the call from another agency a month or two later, for an even more desirable location. All's well that ends well, I guess.
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