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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone with the Board of Veterans Appeals heard anything? Was supposed to start on the 6th and despite various attempts got no information. I, too, gave my job 2 week notice and will be out of a job on the 1st.[/quote]

Why would you do this?  Not to pile on, but EVERYONE knew this was going to happen.  [/quote]

To answer your question: because I was told on December 30th it will take a week for all paper work to be ready blah blah, on the 6th I got a start date and it did not occur to me that a freeze would mean I could not enter on duty. Specifically hiring official said that if hiring is in the works a freeze won't block it. Now obviously what he said isn't binding and hence I am asking if anyone here heard anything.

So far I have seen reports that DHS is good to go for now. 
IRS sent emails telling those with start date not to report.

And to comment on your comment, if you have nothing to say, no one needs your input. [/quote]

NP.  It didn't occur to you that a freeze might mean you couldn't start?  This was all over the news as a very distinct possibility.  I am surprised that your HR was so cavalier since even our HR (which is usually glacially slow and generally worthless) was doing everything they could to get people in ahead of time.  But at the end of the day, s/he is not the one out of the job and can go back to being generally incompetent.  You really should have taken more ownership of your own situation and done even a modicum of research which would have revealed you should have gotten on board already.

And, so you don't accuse me of giving no news, if you were at my agency, the assumption is that you would be SOL as they are not likely bringing most people in, but it is not set in stone at this point.[/quote]

My question was specific to Board of Veteran Appeals, if that's not your department, I do not care for your "news". As aforementioned, some departments already sent emails telling people with EODs that they're good to go, others notified that they can't start, and some were told they do not have an answer yet.

If you're bored at work, play candy crush, no need to comment on posts just for the sake of commenting. [/quote]

I am a little bored at work.  I have a cushy federal job like the one you just pissed away.  And information how other agencies and departments are handling the same issue is relevant to what is likely to happen with your (former?) position, even if there may be some variation in approaches.[/quote]

Well let's hope douchebags like you are the ones Trump is gonna clean out of the federal gov. [/quote]

Would you rather have PP who didn't think about how a freeze would impact a job offer working for the Feds?  That doesn't exactly instill confidence.[/quote]

I would rather have people who work and don't get paid for commenting on forums and trolling others for fun. [/quote]

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