042r Higher Officer Caseworker HMRC

Leeds regional centre location announced today, wellington place , 5 minutes walk from station, opens Aug 2020.

Wellington Place, the shiny new development with buildings that look like they have lovely natural light and air conditioning? Lets hope they pull their fingers out and employ us ready for the move then

@Rumpledforeskin.. firstly- your username is very creative.. lol - and yes it is so frustrating! Especially having mentally prepared to hand in your notice, and telling colleagues and friends and family that you've got the Job yet you're still waiting around! Also, have your pre-employment checks been completed? As far as i am aware the pre-employment checks and the formal offers are given out and dealt with by two separate teams. So the fact that checks are taking longer than expected shouldn't have much to do with offers being sent out! The majority of people on this thread have completed their pre-employment checks and are waiting for a formal so not sure that explanation is valid as to why it is taking longer than expected.

@HMRC-Maybe It is really frustrating and almost as if we are stuck in a state of limbo lol - I sent an email yesterday morning asking for an explanation as to why it is taking so long and that 'i'm not in a position to disclose anything' isn't going to suffice - so hopefully i get answers today. SURELY if we send emails and put pressure on the recruitment team regularly they will put pressure on the business planners to release start dates quicker! Team work guys!

I hate to sound negative but I doubt it. I'm sure they would start us tomorrow if they could. Which organisation doesn't want more staff. I suspect they are waiting for other people to leave/retire before they can start us. However, it's also been a couple of months since my last stern email so anything is worth a shot

Let's face it. Civil Service and Local governments are cutting spending and what is one of the largest commitments from a budget? Staffing costs. There are people on this forum alone who've been waiting a year. If they were jobs we'd be in them.


I suspect we might get put on a reserve list and then after a year - we get cut off.

The service then suffers and they blame it on not having enough staff. They then do another recruitment and the whole process starts again.

Would love to be proved wrong though

Anyone had any responses? - I called the recruitment line and was hushed off the phone and told to email instead- so i emailed in yesterday at around 9.30am and have had no response..

The hope is that as HMRC is an income generation institution, the govT wont be so short sighted as to cut funding too much. I'm keeping my fingers crossed whilst remaining skeptical about a start date