Civil Service Fast Stream 2020/21

MoJ here. Any peeps in the same boat?

MoJ here. Any peeps in the same boat?

Just been allocated DIT in London!

Hi all,
To everyone who received their department and locations today - I hope you’re all happy with where you’ve been placed!
I’m starting in October so I should be finding out next month. Just wanted to ask a question - Are the departments/locations you’ve been given departments that were high in your list of choices? Or has anyone been given a department that was quite low/not in their list at all?
I know we aren’t guaranteed to get a department or location that was our top preference and I’m not too fussy either way, just eager to know

Hi all,
To everyone who received their department and locations today - I hope you’re all happy with where you’ve been placed!
I’m starting in October so I should be finding out next month. Just wanted to ask a question - Are the departments/locations you’ve been given departments that were high in your list of choices? Or has anyone been given a department that was quite low/not in their list at all?
I know we aren’t guaranteed to get a department or location that was our top preference and I’m not too fussy either way, just eager to know

Hiya! So I actually got my department months ago (I am GSR though) and I got my top location, but the department I was allocated wasn't on my preferences at all. I think they will always try and give you one of the two if possible (not sure if you were given a location preference?)

At least for generalists, there's no high/low preference - we provided 10 department preferences but the one at the top of the list isn't treated as a higher preference than the one at the bottom.

I was allocated a department that was in my top 10. However, I did specify in the comment box that I would particularly like to be placed in DfE (and wasn't).

Hi all,
To everyone who received their department and locations today - I hope you’re all happy with where you’ve been placed!
I’m starting in October so I should be finding out next month. Just wanted to ask a question - Are the departments/locations you’ve been given departments that were high in your list of choices? Or has anyone been given a department that was quite low/not in their list at all?
I know we aren’t guaranteed to get a department or location that was our top preference and I’m not too fussy either way, just eager to know

Amazing to see so many MoJ people. For anyone moving to Ldn what are you doing for housing? I’m moving over from Northern Ireland and looking at spareroom currently.

Slightly nervous moving across. Is anyone else feeling the same way? Likewise, is anyone considering buddying up to find accom?

Did anyone get the email to submit their additional onboarding info on Workday today or did most people do it a while ago? Never know if I'm miles behind everyone else haha

Anyone else get posted somewhere they don't want to be? I have been posted in Cardiff with the Welsh government, and the job role sounds interesting but it's literally a 3 hour commute if I'm using public transport from my address (I don't have a driver's licence). I was also granted a relocation restriction due to my partners work commitments and according to the email about relocation restrictions I don't have to travel further than 90 minutes in one direction. For me Bristol, Reading, Gloucester, Cheltenham are all viable options in terms of not having to commute longer then 90 minutes. I know the civil service has a lot of departments with offices in Bristol in particular. I am just confused as to why they think Cardiff is a viable option given my relocation restriction. I have emailed them about this but I'm just frustrated because I was looking forward to finally knowing what job I will be doing! (on the generalist stream by the way)

Anyone else get posted somewhere they don't want to be? I have been posted in Cardiff with the Welsh government, and the job role sounds interesting but it's literally a 3 hour commute if I'm using public transport from my address (I don't have a driver's licence). I was also granted a relocation restriction due to my partners work commitments and according to the email about relocation restrictions I don't have to travel further than 90 minutes in one direction. For me Bristol, Reading, Gloucester, Cheltenham are all viable options in terms of not having to commute longer then 90 minutes. I know the civil service has a lot of departments with offices in Bristol in particular. I am just confused as to why they think Cardiff is a viable option given my relocation restriction. I have emailed them about this but I'm just frustrated because I was looking forward to finally knowing what job I will be doing! (on the generalist stream by the way)

For those completing the starter declaration form through Workday, how do you find out your staff number?