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Post by okthen on Oct 12, 2024 23:41:28 GMT -5
My understanding is telework is supposed to be performed at the designated AWS which is required to be within the local commuting area, in this scenario Dominic would be violating his telework agreement. This is all incorrect. There is no two hour rule in the CBA. A judge is expected to be in the office for their in person hearings. Period. A judge does not have control of when their in person hearings may be, but they do control their hearing days. |
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Post by covfefe on Oct 13, 2024 16:36:14 GMT -5
Many of us got burned out by the lack of ALJ positions the past few years. Plus many of us have just moved on to better jobs that pay just as well and offer remote work. I hope people who got hired at OHMA make the jump to SSA. The subsequent 2023 hire, after making it in 2022 for an interview and not getting picked up, took the wind out of my sails. It’s been hard to be enthusiastic/optimistic since then. I keep trying, though. Do you recall if/when they called references in 2022? I spoke to several of my references but would rather not announce it to my supervisor now since I applied to a narrow GAL and my references may never be called. I last applied in 2016 when I did the interview, test and was on register but my references were not called. Thanks. |
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Post by neufenland on Oct 13, 2024 19:26:20 GMT -5
The subsequent 2023 hire, after making it in 2022 for an interview and not getting picked up, took the wind out of my sails. It’s been hard to be enthusiastic/optimistic since then. I keep trying, though. Do you recall if/when they called references in 2022? I spoke to several of my references but would rather not announce it to my supervisor now since I applied to a narrow GAL and my references may never be called. I last applied in 2016 when I did the interview, test and was on register but my references were not called. Thanks. It was like a week before the interview, I think. Also, nice screen name. Makes me want a hamberder. |
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Post by toast4u on Oct 14, 2024 9:14:02 GMT -5
Coming from an area that just saw two major hurricanes with a substantial amount of uninhabitable homes or sustaining considerable damage, many may not be in a position to make a major life change at the moment.
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Post by dwesq on Oct 15, 2024 6:11:16 GMT -5
How obsessively should I be checking my phone and email? I usually keep my phone on mute. Should I take it off mute for the time being? I have a three-day vacation planned without good cell service. Should I cancel that vacation just in case a call comes in?
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Post by neufenland on Oct 15, 2024 9:49:30 GMT -5
How obsessively should I be checking my phone and email? I usually keep my phone on mute. Should I take it off mute for the time being? I have a three-day vacation planned without good cell service. Should I cancel that vacation just in case a call comes in? Please don’t cancel your vacay… |
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Post by td37 on Oct 15, 2024 16:27:38 GMT -5
It'll be at least several weeks and likely more like months before anyone starts hearing, scroll back up someone had the 2022 and 2023 dates and it was around 2 months from the close date before calls went out.
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Post by owl on Oct 15, 2024 17:15:49 GMT -5
People, Please: Don't discuss the questions in the application. I just have to delete the messages. We want to keep this process fair for everyone. Pixie Just for the record, the application questions, including the essay prompts, and all the attendant instructions are not confidential and are viewable via a link in the public job announcement on USAJOBS. Indeed the questions and instructions from the 2022 application remain viewable in the same manner. The interview questions (should one advance to that stage), on the other hand, barring any change from past policy, will be confidential and interviewees will be required to agree to such in writing, preventing their public discussion. |
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Post by neufenland on Oct 15, 2024 17:31:27 GMT -5
It'll be at least several weeks and likely more like months before anyone starts hearing, scroll back up someone had the 2022 and 2023 dates and it was around 2 months from the close date before calls went out. About 5-6 weeks after application closed, I think is right. It was an email for additional info and then a call to set up the interviews. There are more applications this time, though. 8 weeks isn’t implausible. |
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Post by Pixie on Oct 15, 2024 17:37:03 GMT -5
People, Please: Don't discuss the questions in the application. I just have to delete the messages. We want to keep this process fair for everyone. Pixie Just for the record, the application questions, including the essay prompts, and all the attendant instructions are not confidential and are viewable via a link in the public job announcement on USAJOBS. Indeed the questions and instructions from the 2022 application remain viewable in the same manner. The interview questions (should one advance to that stage), on the other hand, barring any change from past policy, will be confidential and interviewees will be required to agree to such in writing, preventing their public discussion. Thank you for that information. Not having any interest in the application process, I wasn't aware of that. Pixie |
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Post by Gaidin on Oct 16, 2024 11:30:05 GMT -5
They sent out inquiry emails for the transfer list this am.
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Post by rmspringfield on Oct 16, 2024 16:54:43 GMT -5
They sent out inquiry emails for the transfer list this am. Thanks for the intel. Guess they couldn’t wait one week for the class of 2023 to be eligible. C’est la guerre. |
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Post by Gaidin on Oct 16, 2024 17:12:45 GMT -5
They sent out inquiry emails for the transfer list this am. Thanks for the intel. Guess they couldn’t wait one week for the class of 2023 to be eligible. C’est la guerre. I won't be surprised if you guys get a shot too before the music stops. Particularly if the transfers this week create openings elsewhere. Now whether any of these openings are where you want to go..... |
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Post by Top Tier on Oct 16, 2024 18:13:57 GMT -5
Food for thought:
Since ALJs are currently scheduled dockets through January 2025 and their February dockets are being built now based upon the availability they turned in last month, are applicants going to have to wait until spring before the agency can put together interview panels?
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Post by hopefalj on Oct 16, 2024 19:59:13 GMT -5
Food for thought: Since ALJs are currently scheduled dockets through January 2025 and their February dockets are being built now based upon the availability they turned in last month, are applicants going to have to wait until spring before the agency can put together interview panels? HOCALJs and RCALJs are typically the panel members, right? No idea where they’d find the time. Management conference calls aren’t going to make themselves. |
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Post by Gaidin on Oct 16, 2024 23:09:54 GMT -5
Food for thought: Since ALJs are currently scheduled dockets through January 2025 and their February dockets are being built now based upon the availability they turned in last month, are applicants going to have to wait until spring before the agency can put together interview panels? HOCALJs and RCALJs are typically the panel members, right? No idea where they’d find the time. Management conference calls aren’t going to make themselves. Managers do the interviews. My experience is that the agency hates canceled hearings until they don't. If they think something is more important then they will tell you to cancel hearings to do the other thing. I don't say all this to tell you that they are going to do interviews before March. I tell you this to say that it is possible. |
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Post by maineiac on Oct 18, 2024 7:18:09 GMT -5
Am I the only person on here who assumes this is a targeted hiring to pick up the experienced Medicare judges who are about to be RIF'd? It would be a pretty easy transition for those Medicare ALJs to SSA. Medicare has a lot of judges who came from SSA, too, so they have some SSA experience.
I applied this time, and although I was high scorer on the doomed 2018 list and was interviewed in 2022, I have no anticipation of interviewing this time because I think the Medicare ALJs, plus a few favorite SSA DW insiders will get all these spots. I applied mainly to (hopefully) get on a "list" that may be used for a subsequent hire.
I hope you are all right and I am wrong!
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Post by tsatty on Oct 18, 2024 7:48:57 GMT -5
OHO probably will hire OMHA ALJs. But, like with any OHO hiring, there needs to be a geographical fit. Is a sitting OMHA ALJ willing to move to a less-desirable locale? Anyway, if the rumor is true, and there really are 50 slots, I’m sure OMHA ALJs will take 15ish. But not all 50. Still plenty of hope.
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Post by benchslap on Oct 18, 2024 9:24:16 GMT -5
How about we start a toxic positivity thread for those of us applying?!!
I’ll start! It’s going to be a large hiring class. There will certainly be availability in my GAL and they’ll be looking to hire attorneys with my experience!
Happy Friday everybody!
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Post by trp888 on Oct 18, 2024 10:38:50 GMT -5
Am I the only person on here who assumes this is a targeted hiring to pick up the experienced Medicare judges who are about to be RIF'd? It would be a pretty easy transition for those Medicare ALJs to SSA. Medicare has a lot of judges who came from SSA, too, so they have some SSA experience. I applied this time, and although I was high scorer on the doomed 2018 list and was interviewed in 2022, I have no anticipation of interviewing this time because I think the Medicare ALJs, plus a few favorite SSA DW insiders will get all these spots. I applied mainly to (hopefully) get on a "list" that may be used for a subsequent hire. I hope you are all right and I am wrong! Ehhhh I think SSA does what’s best for them - I think the possible HHS RIF just happens to coincide with this announcement. Remember, just numbers wise, there are significantly less HHS ALJs than SSA ones - we’re not talking 1,000 HHS ALJs will suddenly be in the RIF and unemployed (which has yet to actually happen). There are 10/11 HHS “hearing/field offices” nationwide compared to nearly 150-160 SSA hearing offices. As not every single HHS ALJ will be RIFd, I would not expect a tidal wave of HHS ALJs taking up all the SSA ALJ interviews. The numbers just aren’t there. It will be interesting to see if HHS does not complete the RIF prior to SSA offers - that would throw a wrench in things for any HHS ALJ weighing the decision to move to SSA. |
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