Executive Officer (Dublin) in the Civil Service 2023

I just told my boss- I was honest and said I was very 50/50 about taking it. I just don't know how I'm supposed to take the job when I don't know any of the details. I'll sign the contract and hopefully they can tell me what the job is before I hand in my notice.

Honestly, it just smacks of 'never worked in the real world'.

@Lollipops23 Ah ok. Not sure I could say anything to my boss. I agree. It's a very strange process!

Passed Stage 2 interview with Open OOM 25 and Interdepartmental OOM 11

However I'm opting to stay in my current department and hoping I don't get any offers but it was a pain, I had to basically decide overnight as my OOM was high and I could be offered something straight away.

I'm OOM 592 and received an invite to the interview at the beginning of January today.

Because I was 506 and I got an invite to interview.

And as @lauwer said 2 comments above this one; they're OOM 592 and got an interview invite!

Basically I'm just checking this thread to see people stating their OOM and getting Interviews.

From PAS

"We are currently at the following Order of Merit (OOM) for county: Dublin

Open : 582

Inter-departmental : 199"

Unsure why those past the 590s seem to have been called but that's no harm I guess!

About an hour ago, a few minutes before I made the post. So I'd imagine the information is no more than a week old on their side.

Sometimes they have a lag on the list they send out

PAS has received the reference from my current employer, so just wondering how likely it is I’ll get an official offer/start date this week?

Been told my clearance is being handed over for final checks today - how long does this normally take? Was hoping to receive an actual offer by the end of the week but seems more and more unlikely

I have worked in DSP for almost three years now as a CO (waiting on mobility out or this comp) don't know where you are or even if LO but it's mess right now. ICM's who are afraid to pull long standing staff over things that would get you sacked in a second in private sector. Stuff being overlooked because under staffed,TCOs getting away with murder again because no staff. It's a mess and because people cover for each other nothing will change. The whole DSP needs a clean out of staff that have been there over 5+ years in the same role, the majority of them hate the job and the people they deal with and need to move on. When i started in civil service three years ago that was my main annoyance people there too long hating their job and not wanting to change or learn, just stuck in their role and hating it. Again if this was private sector they wouldn't last a week, casual racism, bigotry, misogyny and the general bullshit that goes with FO and is laughed off as banter. I've seen new people leave because they couldn't understand how this was let fly, coming from outside the CS I thought it was the norm, but eight months of doing both the EO and HEOs work have realised they promote people into roles in no way suited for them. I mean come on a CO teaching a HEO his role is a joke.

Sorry for the rant, I'm glad you got a decent office just keep your head down, go on mobility and get out after your two years or do the next HEO comp if you can. Or as I've been told if you want to make change in DSP go as high as you can and shout as loud as you can.

I'm very sorry to hear that @Lollipops23 . Good to know that HR in your new place of work can act with compassion and can respond in a way that's considerate. All the same, I'm sorry for your loss.

So, so sorry to hear that @Lollipops23 Awful news, and I'm so sorry for your loss. Really encouraging that your new HR team can apply common sense and compassion. Hopefully you can take time to heal and look after yourself. Wishing you all the very best when you do start.

@Lollipops23 I am so sorry for your loss. Be gentle with yourself.

Thanks all- they've allowed me to push my start date by 2 weeks and said I'm good to hand in my notice in my current role. Will be doing that tomo.

Still very confused about not knowing where my office will be lol!