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Post by Peabody on Sept 2, 2022 18:07:32 GMT -5
The email says that without a funding adjustment, SSA will need to make difficult finding decisions and will likely have to freeze hiring and reduce overtime.
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Post by neufenland on Sept 2, 2022 18:43:53 GMT -5
The email says that without a funding adjustment, SSA will need to make difficult finding decisions and will likely have to freeze hiring and reduce overtime. For FY 23? |
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Post by Pixie on Sept 2, 2022 18:58:28 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25.
Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.”
Pixie
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Post by christina on Sept 2, 2022 19:04:44 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the email sent by the Acting Commissioner today right at the end of the day…? Maybe that’s why we haven’t gotten THE CALL….clearly because of the FY 2023 Budget…..maybe, we will end up repeating the same 2019 disastrous story. No the opposite would be case. Ssa wants folks on board by sept 30. Email in short is that 2023 budget is still not set And see what Pixie said above |
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Post by jagvet on Sept 2, 2022 19:17:47 GMT -5
The email says that without a funding adjustment, SSA will need to make difficult finding decisions and will likely have to freeze hiring and reduce overtime. Was it my imagination or were there two marines standing behind the acting Commissioner in that email? |
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Post by gazoo on Sept 2, 2022 19:21:44 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie Well this is wonderfully hopeful news. Many thanks to the board member providing this intel. |
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Post by Peabody on Sept 2, 2022 19:53:32 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie That’s great news for whoever lands the job - thanks so much for sharing!! Happy Labor Day weekend folks - autumn (thank God) is just a few weeks away, football is back and basketball will also resume soon. We all have reasons to ignore this board over the weekend and enjoy friends, family, pets, and hobbies beyond obsessing over something none of us candidates have any control over at this juncture. Let’s all take advantage of the reepite we are being given! 😀 |
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Post by voyager on Sept 2, 2022 20:17:16 GMT -5
The email says that without a funding adjustment, SSA will need to make difficult finding decisions and will likely have to freeze hiring and reduce overtime. For FY 23? Yes, for FY 2023. According to the email, SSA will request Congress a budget increase of millions of dollars for this next FY; but if it is not granted, SSA is already letting employees know that there will be a hiring freeze and that other not-so-good consequences will occur. SSA anticipates that approximately 6,000 employees will be retiring in the next FY and that they will not be able to backfill those empty job positions, which will cause the backlog to increase and employees to feel overwhelmed and burned as SSA will not be able to offer OT either, etc, etc, etc…. However, as other people have said, this all seems to be related to problems with next FY’s budget. Let’s set our hopes on Pixie’s post saying that the reason for the hold-up is to try to get more people in. |
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Post by Top Tier on Sept 2, 2022 21:45:40 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the email sent by the Acting Commissioner today right at the end of the day…? Maybe that’s why we haven’t gotten THE CALL….clearly because of the FY 2023 Budget…..maybe, we will end up repeating the same 2019 disastrous story. Details, please. Without getting too much further out of line with this thread, and a new one may be in the calling, here's the email in toto: "A Message to All SSA Employees Subject: Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Update I am pleased to share a bit of good news with you. As we come to the end of the fiscal year (FY), we need to start thinking about funding for next year. As is often the case, we will likely start the year under a Continuing Resolution (CR) with the same funding level as this year. Today, the Administration released to Congress a request to provide an additional $800 million during the CR for SSA. If Congress provides us with this funding adjustment, we will be able to maintain the overtime and staffing levels that we had this year. This is an important first step in maintaining service to the public and providing you much needed relief, however even this money is not enough to improve service to the public. Without this adjustment, we will need to make difficult funding decisions during a CR period. We will likely have to freeze hiring and reduce overtime. We can expect that we will lose nearly 6,000 SSA and DDS employees in FY 2023, and we will not be able to replace them without the anomaly funding, which will place additional burden on you. We would be forced to cut our overtime levels for SSA by nearly 60 percent and the DDSs by 50 percent; we know you need overtime to complete your work. Without this additional funding, service to the public will undoubtedly get worse. Our plan to continue to work down the hearings backlog would be in jeopardy and wait times for initial disability claims would continue to increase. Applicants will be waiting significantly longer than they are now, which is unacceptable. For example, applicants for initial disability claims are waiting on average over six months for a decision–an all-time high. Eligible individuals need timely access to our programs for some of life’s basic needs. The bottom line is that we cannot continue to operate at last year’s funding level. It is critical that we restore staffing losses or face years of deteriorating service that the public will not and should not accept. You are the heart of the agency, dedicated to providing equitable and accessible service to nearly every member of the public at some point in their lives, and we are doing everything we can to ensure you have the support you need. We and the Administration will continue to work with Congress to advocate for our needs to serve the public. Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D., M.S.W. Acting Commissioner" |
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Post by operationalj on Sept 3, 2022 8:03:47 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie Trying to get approval for more ALJs now sounds like a smart decision and worth the wait especially with the growing DDS backlog and the limited 2023 budget. I know many claimant's reps complaining about the unusually long wait at DDS in different regions; more ALJs will be needed in the very near future and the SAAs/DWs detailed to DDS are merely a 'bandaid' for the claims moving toward OHO. Appreciate the helpful intel and update! |
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Post by george1 on Sept 3, 2022 9:25:40 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie So basically one could say, if speculation is true of hiring more, that the ones that the ones that interviewed could have roughly 50/50 chance of being hired! Hopefully this is the case! |
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Post by neufenland on Sept 3, 2022 10:22:13 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie So basically one could say, if speculation is true of hiring more, that the ones that the ones that interviewed could have roughly 50/50 chance of being hired! Hopefully this is the case! I think more like 40%, at best, but that's not terrible. |
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Post by christina on Sept 3, 2022 10:58:01 GMT -5
Less than that. It’s 25/125. Higher if Oho gets approval to higher more by end of September. I’d stick with 25/125 as realistic with the encouragement several more of u got the hiring committee’s attention as prospective hires. Which is still awesome! Cause they will still be interested in considering hiring u down the road when doors reopen.
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Post by neufenland on Sept 3, 2022 11:12:19 GMT -5
Less than that. It’s 25/125. Higher if Oho gets approval to higher more by end of September. I’d stick with 25/125 as realistic with the encouragement several more of u got the hiring committee’s attention as prospective hires. Which is still awesome! Cause they will still be interested in considering hiring u down the road when doors reopen. 20% at current rate, yes. 25/125. And you're right; it's less than 40% if there are 40 hires. It'd be closer to 32% chance. Worst case scenario, about 1/5 chance. Best around 1/3. If super-lucky and it's 50/125, then, yeah, 40%. I think that's probably pie in the sky, but one can hope. If I could do math, I wouldn't be here... |
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Post by christina on Sept 3, 2022 12:37:11 GMT -5
Less than that. It’s 25/125. Higher if Oho gets approval to higher more by end of September. I’d stick with 25/125 as realistic with the encouragement several more of u got the hiring committee’s attention as prospective hires. Which is still awesome! Cause they will still be interested in considering hiring u down the road when doors reopen. 20% at current rate, yes. 25/100. And you're right; it's less than 40% if there are 40 hires. It'd be closer to 32% chance. Worst case scenario, about 1/5 chance. Best around 1/3. If super-lucky and it's 50/125, then, yeah, 40%. I think that's probably pie in the sky, but one cahope. If I could do math, I wouldn't be here... Yep. Those are realistic odds. Good luck to all! |
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Post by Gaidin on Sept 3, 2022 18:24:25 GMT -5
with the encouragement several more of u got the hiring committee’s attention as prospective hires. Which is still awesome! Cause they will still be interested in considering hiring u down the road when doors reopen. This is the real insight christina is giving you. They liked enough of y'all to try to get you now and not later. That is really good news. |
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Post by operationalj on Sept 5, 2022 13:06:12 GMT -5
25 days until the end of the 2022 fiscal year... and to make 'the calls.' It's getting closer. That's all.  |
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Post by legallysufficient on Sept 5, 2022 14:22:41 GMT -5
The question now is if they get additional funding to go to 40 or 50, how long would that process take? Would they notify the first 25 first or wait? Regardless- the fact that it may be more than 25 this go around is great news!
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Post by ARobeByAnyOtherName on Sept 5, 2022 14:22:50 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie If ACOSS approval is needed, she’s been out of the office 8/19-9/6. And some things are non-delegatable. |
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Post by neufenland on Sept 5, 2022 16:50:53 GMT -5
Received info from a board member that 125 interviews were held and there is funding for 25. Part of the hold up is TPTB are seeking approval and financing to hire more than 25. Pure speculation from reading tea leaves: The board member thinks they are looking to hire 40-50 total and that the first 25 are known and “signed off on.” Pixie If ACOSS approval is needed, she’s been out of the office 8/19-9/6. And some things are non-delegatable.Not to mention that her approval is downstream from 1) finding out how many additional positions are funded, if any (which could be fewer than what was asked) and 2) if there are extra positions, the hiring committee deciding who gets to fill in those extra spots. It's not just logistics anymore, so this could take a while (maybe even right up to the end of the month). It's nice to know that the delay is related to hopefully making more people ALJs. That's good news. |
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