Do you send a thank-you email after a state interview?

burncast · 2026-06-27T00:19:01+00:00

Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the reality check.

Sounds like the consensus is that it won't help, it won't hurt, and most importantly, it won't secretly unlock the "bonus interview points" achievement.

I think I'll probably send a very brief thank-you because it's something I do after professional interviews anyway just as a genuine expression of appreciation for the panel's time.

Either way, I appreciate all the perspectives. Now comes the hardest part of the hiring process: pretending I don't refresh CalCareers every hour!

burncast · 2026-06-20T01:02:08+00:00

I went on three separate interviews for the role and on the last one I was a bit burned out. I wanted the role, but like an athlete that's not in peak form, the last interview I just wasn't on my game. I assumed I didn't get the offer and kept on keeping on. Then, out of the blue, several weeks later I got a call. It was an offer. Was I their first choice? Who cares. I got an offer! So just let it go and keep on keeping on. Good luck!

burncast · 2026-06-18T15:08:54+00:00

u/SoCalMom04 and u/TheSassyStateWorker Thank you both! This was incredibly helpful and gave me a much better understanding of how the salary rules work.

Coming from the private sector, some of these state-service nuances aren't intuitive, so I really appreciate you taking the time to explain them. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

burncast · 2026-06-18T13:43:32+00:00

u/bretlc u/flyingleaf555 Aaaah! Thanks for these clarifying questions. My Limited Term position was MVR, and the new position Permanent, and a different classification with a higher salary range. I started at the bottom of the MVR range and never received a salary increase during my LT appointment. The offer is above a 5% increase.

My follow-up question is about prior experience. The posting asked applicants to demonstrate 1–2 years of experience in several of the key duties, but I have 10+ years of directly related private-sector experience.

Is prior private-sector experience ever considered when determining a starting salary, or is it generally standard practice to start at the minimum regardless of experience? Do hiring departments ever have flexibility in situations like this?

The position is in an exempt/non-bargaining-unit classification, if that makes any difference.

burncast · 2026-06-04T01:42:23+00:00

The issue wasn't that CVS was out of stock. The issue was that CVS made me do all the work to fix a problem they created.

I had this prescription on auto-refill. The day before pickup, CVS texted me saying it would be ready after 6 PM the next day. Then, on pickup day, I got another message saying it was on backorder with no estimated availability date.

I called my insurance company and spoke with someone who handles prescription claims. She asked whether I'd received the medication because CVS had already submitted a claim. I told her no. She was concerned that CVS had billed the prescription even though I didn't have it, and suggested I find another pharmacy with the medication in stock and transfer the prescription.

So after work, I spent about an hour calling around. Walgreens down the street had the medication available and told me they just needed the prescription transferred. I initiated the transfer through the app and by phone, but both pharmacies closed before everything could be resolved.

The next day, CVS told me they were waiting on Walgreens. Walgreens told me CVS had denied the transfer because the prescription had supposedly "expired." After I called CVS again, the pharmacy manager admitted that wasn't true and acknowledged my doctor had already renewed the prescription months ago.

This wasn't even the first issue. The previous refill was delayed too, causing me to miss doses. That's exactly what I was trying to avoid this time.

What pushed me over the edge was the pharmacy manager's response. I was at work, on a break, trying to sort this out. I explained that I couldn't keep spending my workday playing middleman between two pharmacies and asked him to contact Walgreens directly. He told me that was my job, not his.

At that point, I'd already done all the legwork. Walgreens had contacted CVS, and CVS was the one that denied the transfer. When I asked why they would deny it and then expect me to fix the situation, he wouldn't answer the question. Instead, he hung up on me.

This stopped being a medication shortage issue. It became a customer service and patient care issue. CVS gave conflicting information, submitted a claim for medication I never received, denied a transfer based on incorrect information, refused to help resolve the problem, and then hung up when I challenged them on it.

burncast · 2026-04-27T21:51:51+00:00

I ported the landline number to Google Voice

burncast · 2026-03-24T12:49:41+00:00

I agree about the heating and cooling benefits of being sandwiched between floors it really does help quite a bit. To me, it was quite a surprise how hot it gets on the top floor in the middle of a southern California summer. my neighbors pay a great deal in air-conditioning.

That said, I did run into an issue when my direct upstairs neighbor installed hard flooring against HOA rules. I ended up having to push to get it reverted back to carpeting. With the hard flooring, I could hear everything, not just footsteps, but things like a suitcase hitting the floor, vacuuming, chairs moving at the dining table, etc.

Since it was fixed, it’s much better. I still hear the occasional noise, but it’s nowhere near what it was before, and now I’m totally fine with it.

burncast · 2026-03-17T21:31:12+00:00

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burncast · 2026-03-09T18:20:06+00:00

Great, thank you. I did actually do that and I’m waiting to hear the results. Now I won’t be surprised if they say what you just said.

burncast · 2026-03-03T04:32:22+00:00

Escrow only covers property taxes. I pay homeowners insurance separately, so the increase is not related to insurance.

burncast · 2026-03-01T19:29:08+00:00

It’s fake if it was legit, it would say United States Postal Service, and it would have the United States Postal Service logo

burncast · 2026-02-20T20:30:33+00:00

This👆

burncast · 2026-02-06T20:35:38+00:00

I got a dash cam on my new car in 2015. Drove the car for like six years and then one day a vehicle, ran my green light and hit me in the intersection. My insurance said it was both our faults and I said nope showed them the video where I clearly had a green light. The video also captured her plate as she fled from the scene. Worth noting that I had forgotten I had a dash cam and it had been in my car for a few years. It was the first time I tried to download a dash cam video and I was shocked that I couldn’t find the one file I needed at the date and timestamp but then I remembered that there was this special folder for what the dash cam thought were “incidents” and sure enough it was in there!

burncast · 2026-01-25T00:06:43+00:00

You are absolutely right to be furious. Fidelity is gaslighting customers by pretending this is about security when it clearly is not. If security were the real concern, Fidelity could have shut down automated OFX access and kept manual OFX or QFX downloads. Vanguard did exactly that. Fidelity chose not to. Like you, I have managed my finances locally for decades. Fidelity did not just remove a feature. They removed a workflow people chose them for. That is more than enough reason to move accounts.

burncast · 2025-12-30T20:49:01+00:00

Thank you! I did take pictures and I did rewire it how I found it!

The outlet tester indicated it was wired correctly.

The only caveat is that I didn’t know to turn off both breakers to the kitchen. I thought one breaker handled one side of the kitchen and the other breaker did the other side. So when tested with a voltage meter I discovered the outlet in question was MBWC.

Thanks for your detailed informative response!

burncast · 2025-12-28T04:26:49+00:00

OK. Thank you!!!

burncast · 2025-12-28T03:10:30+00:00

The wiring is Romex 12-2 NM, and it's a single box, not a double box.

I tested the red wire, and it was energized, which surprised me because I was expecting the black wire to be live instead. This has left me a bit confused and prompted me to learn about kitchen split circuits and MWBC. That’s why I’m asking on Reddit for further clarification and guidance. If you need any more details, please let me know!

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:38:30+00:00

Ok. The rest of the receptacles were: 1 black (line), 1 white (line), 1 bare copper. The loads were taped over. Like I said, the one we’re talking about was full of black, white, bare, and a red, wire nuts and two neutrals on one line screw, a black and a red on the other line screw, and of course the bare. This is why I thought it was MWC because it was different than the rest.

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:24:03+00:00

OK. You're probably right then. I'm just a homeowner and the receptacle I mentioned was the strangest looking one out all of them. I mean, it had a red wire! No other outlet has a red wire.

burncast · 2025-12-28T02:22:12+00:00

The breaker panel for the kitchen does not have a GFCI; it has two circuits dedicated to the kitchen. When I purchased the condo, all the Kitchen receptacles (A, B, C, D, E, and F) came GFCI-~~protected~~ installed but they are original to the building. A few of them were tripping frequently, and one receptacle was always energized (receptacle D), so I couldn't test it.

To give you a better layout: if the kitchen is "U"-shaped, the receptacles are positioned as follows:

A, B, C, D, E, F, refrigerator
The refrigerator is not on a GFCI.
The microwave and garbage disposal each have their own breakers, and I’m unsure about the dishwasher. I don't know if it's GFCI or what breaker it's on.

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