The cogs in the civil service turn very slowly.
I imagine they've had thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of applications for these posts, so it's not too surprising really. But still...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:37, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

In the mean time, a job roll has gone unfilled, someone has had to make up the work-load and loads of people are left wondering and waiting if they have a job.
What happens if you get a good offer tomo and then three weeks later you get an interview for the civil service one?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:42, Reply)

I'd take whatever's offered, really.
Can't not. If I got a Jobcentre interview, whether I would go or not would depend on what I was doing at the time, the pay I was getting, the location...

Working in the Jobcentre was pretty soul destroying, to be honest, but a lot of that was down to the office I worked in (a bigger bunch of humourless, joyless bastards you couldn't hope to meet) and the constant red tape.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 20 Feb 2012, 19:47, Reply)