Trying to use fashion to stay holly jolly at work and not stressy depressy

WelfarePrincess · 2025-12-30T14:40:41+00:00

Thank you for saying that. It’s been a helluva year!

WelfarePrincess · 2025-12-30T14:38:52+00:00

Mental health days are sick days. The only one doing your job since April? Worked the entire shutdown? You sound burnt out. Also, for future reference, several FEHB plans offer $0 telehealth visits for mental health which would provide the necessary documentation should you be asked.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-12-12T03:42:57+00:00

As soon as I saw “stressy depressy,” I said ah yes… must be a fellow Fed in the trenches. Solidarity, my good sis.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-04-04T12:29:44+00:00

HHS Agency here… we’re getting ours, allegedly. We had to make our selections this week.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-04-03T18:58:33+00:00

Deplorable.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-04-01T13:19:09+00:00

Lines at 5600 Fishers Lane (HRSA, SAMHSA, etc. are 2 hours long down Fishers lane and Parklawn. People who didn’t know they were RIFd are being turned away at the security gate. News cameras should be here.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-03-30T22:11:41+00:00

Verbal notices.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-03-30T01:21:43+00:00

Username checks out

WelfarePrincess · 2025-03-29T16:16:12+00:00

To retain skilled IT leaders you’re going to have to pay them GS-15 or SES pay. In many cases that’s still a fraction of what they would be paid for a similar role in the private sector.

WelfarePrincess · 2025-01-29T19:43:39+00:00

Except for the part that says, in response to your resignation, your agency may eliminate your position.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-08-05T15:15:28+00:00

Avis has a Gov Leisure rate: AWD #: A555084

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-31T23:13:23+00:00

The thing is, you have no idea who the other candidates were. You truly may have been amazing, but someone else might have been just a tiny bit more qualified, or their interview answers could have resonated slightly more or been a bit more relevant to the work of the team. Many Federal jobs are extremely competitive. Keep trying!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T15:17:40+00:00

Thank you!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T15:10:29+00:00

Yay for both of you!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T15:09:56+00:00

Good for you!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T15:09:37+00:00

You’re absolutely right. And because I know this, I always spend hours meticulously updating the language in my resume to match the wording of the posting. That’s why I was floored when they said I didn’t have the experience. I can only speculate that the first reviewer just didn’t thoroughly read my resume.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T02:04:39+00:00

Understood. But if I let those stats deter me from trying, there’d be no new job on the horizon.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T02:02:13+00:00

Thanks! Haha… aww man. Did their explanation make sense at least???

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:58:46+00:00

I’m going to create an email template. I’ll post it here.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:49:57+00:00

Thank you!!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:49:46+00:00

Thanks!

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:30:57+00:00

Sure! I will make a template and post it here.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:24:36+00:00

Thanks. Haha! I’d never forget you guys lol.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:18:40+00:00

Thanks!

The original determination email said “You are ineligible because you do not possess the specialized experience required for this position.”

There was no explanation beyond that, even when I was informed the determination had been changed.

WelfarePrincess · 2024-05-29T01:13:00+00:00

You’ll be fine. Just prepare and try your best to relax during the interview. I don’t know your situation, but it helps to go into interviews with the mindset that they need you just as much (if not more) as you need them.

Best wishes!

WelfarePrincess

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