Eo1 nics

Results are now out for the EO1

I got the same email!!

All of us who did the EO2 interviews in Dec 22 got the same,

Make sure to email back and ask for your feedback and merit position. It won't come without the request.

I’m not sure when the interviews finished. Mine was on 22nd Feb but I think there were interviews after mine

Oh really?! Were many of you placed eventually?

Oh really?! Were many of you placed eventually?

I’d just read that appointments won’t be made from this competition after August 2023. Really confused as to why they kept interviewing. Be interesting to know how many actually made it on to the merit list

I’d just read that appointments won’t be made from this competition after August 2023. Really confused as to why they kept interviewing. Be interesting to know how many actually made it on to the merit list

Basically the NICS is a complete mess at the moment. For the short period we had ministers, they over committed and over spent trying to win votes, and then they left. Leaving all of the departments with projects they can’t afford, nor complete because they need ministerial sign off or input. It makes more sense for them to have a lot of lists of successful EO1’s they can lift off when they need to, rather than closing it down now then starting a whole new campaign in a year or two when they need staff.

In the bigger picture, there are serious problems within the civil service and mostly because of the lack of an executive, that paired with a Tory government who seem to detest NI and have no appetite to help get it back up and running. We also have other factors like strike action, so in department of health, nursing and medical staff are striking and therefore not engaging with DoH, likewise in department of Education, you have teachers striking and this means teams can simply not do their work. It’s almost impossible without schools and teachers cooperation. I’m sure other departments are a mess too. I know it’s frustrating waiting to be placed, but realistically, this is not a place you would want to work at the moment. Then finally, the embarrassing pay offer means Morale is rock bottom. This is all down to the fall out from brexit and green and orange tribalism politics. The country is a mess, so I suppose it is fitting that the civil service is also a mess

Try working in benefits for DfC with all the vacancies the work just keeps piling up as it's dished out between who's left. Is it any wonder I'm on strike tomorrow. Those on benefits are getting the 1st cost of living payment from today which is about the same as beens offered to workers once all the deductions are taken for the entire year plus others in the NICS only receive the national living wage it's not going to repay the student loan anytime soon.

Completely agree, working in DfC is soul destroying at the minute and very difficult to get out of. The pay rise was a kick in the teeth.