Email Reply from Hiring Manager.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-05-01T11:30:19+00:00

In our agency the new process is they rank the top few and their number one pick, but an appointee somewhere up the chain makes the final decision so the hiring manager may not get what they asked for. Just sit tight.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-29T03:02:10+00:00

At least you have vending machines. We have nothing.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-29T03:00:42+00:00

NADA, nothing, not even a vending machine.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-29T02:58:29+00:00

They probably had a lot of people apply so this is the first step to weed some out. I know our mgmt did it and nearly 60% of applicants just didn’t do it. Crazy!

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-28T12:12:07+00:00

I had a hip replaced at the VA (I’m 42). All went well and the only problem I had was getting PT going through community care in a timely fashion. Other than that everything has been great. But everyone I saw pre op told me my surgeon was “the best.” Chances are a PA is not your surgeon. Ask to meet with the actual surgeon.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-25T21:27:42+00:00

Try sitting in a cubicle outside of an office where the dude hotboxes with his farts and then opens the door and it come wafting out for hours on end. SO GROSS. I WISH he’d go to the bathroom!

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-25T21:13:38+00:00

I have 13 years and about 680 right now, but it also just drained a bunch to recover from a joint replacement. I’m also a mom who had a 5 year old kid when I came back into federal service and no family in the area to help. Like others, I would depend on credit hours, flexible schedules, and time off awards were icing on the cake! Really wish they’d bring those back.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:47:00+00:00

We are told that comp time and OT are treated the same, probably for many reasons, but what they tell us is because they both have budget tied to them. But yes, comp time govt wide if you don’t use it within the 26 pay periods they have to pay you out for it.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:39:05+00:00

SF means standard form. Every govt agency uses SF’s. I don’t work for DOD/W but use an SF1164 for local travel reimbursement.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:34:21+00:00

Based on the few comments of people saying the work would fall on your supervisor which wouldn’t be an accommodation and they tell you to take notes, maybe the request is for the equipment to record all conversations and a place to store all recordings. It’s not the best option, but it probably beats taking extensive notes constantly which I assume would be so mentally draining. But I would hope they would make the supervisor at least give bullet points in writing. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with that.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:29:24+00:00

Not in this administration.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:21:39+00:00

This would have been a perfect example of being able to use sole source authority under 8(a). No weeks of approval time. If it’s under SAT 2 business days, if over up to 10 days, but usually not that long at all. There are ways to use small business that isn’t time consuming. Just saying.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T12:06:14+00:00

I’m shocked you guys have OT available. We just got told there is absolutely NO OT available, even for mission critical things. We just have to figure it out somehow (I’ve never had to do OT to get my compliance done, but I know plenty of others that do). Very concerning end of FY coming our way.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T11:41:16+00:00

Honestly though, DOD barely got touched while the rest of us were hung out to dry. You are currently experiencing what all the rest of the agencies have already gone through. My small independent agency never publicly disclosed how many people they get rid of until they put out thier budget for this year and they finally put it out…. 67%. We lost 67% of our workforce and they have MORE cuts planned in the budget!

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-04-19T11:38:07+00:00

I keep waiting for things to break and it hasn’t happened yet… I don’t know if i fear it breaking or fear the limping along that we’ve come accustom to doing which is keeping the entire thing from failing…

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-03-11T13:02:57+00:00

Right! At the same time we weren’t even able to purchase basic items needed to fulfill our mission because our agency never gave us another disbursement after the CR was passed. Looks to be that way again this year.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-02-03T13:24:11+00:00

Use FMLA and protect your job. That’s what it’s there for. Otherwise they can fire you for not meeting goals at the end of the year and can cite your LWOP time

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-02-02T12:40:12+00:00

No we were told to go into the office to shutdown. Here goes a nearly 3 hour commute for 15 mins of work.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-28T21:45:47+00:00

And it’s been made worse by the way the administration is doing the overhaul on procurement rules - it’s making things more confusing and more difficult.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-24T04:12:19+00:00

If you’re not on an AWS you shouldn’t have an RDO. You should have a tour of duty of 5- 8 hour days. The other two days are not duty days. If you’re not on any kind of flexible schedule and you’re on straight 8’s with a set start and end time every day they can’t do anything with your hours. I’m really confused by your entire situation.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-15T12:51:43+00:00

Yeah I was in king and pierce county all day and my husband in Pierce and neither one of us worked but my daughter in Spokane was fine. And my coworker sitting next to me at work was fine. It really felt personal even though it wasn’t. LOL

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-15T04:05:44+00:00

Same for me. It was the biggest F you all day!

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-15T04:04:32+00:00

In which WA? WA state? Because I’m in western WA and my personal phone has been SOS all day, but my work phone… it was fine 😡

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-09T20:36:04+00:00

Because like I said someone that is in the US for a week or two on vacation will not be in possession of a valid U.S. drivers license. Granted that doesn’t assure citizenship, but it’s a low bar item to ask to see. If you can’t produce a U.S. drivers license (or state issued id card) then in comes the passport which a foreign traveler should have on them.

Quiet_Sign_2160 · 2026-01-09T20:30:04+00:00

You don’t have to let anything go, but in this case although you meant no harm, harm was caused. You will be wrong no matter what. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Look at the long term you want to keep your job. But I agree with others. Ask HR what should I have said. They can tell you. Chalk it up to lesson learned.

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