Here's a quick timeline of events:
May 2008: Graduated college with a criminal justice degree.
June 2008: I applied to an open vacancy on USAjobs.gov for an Investigator position with the ATF
March 2009: I got a job at Defense Finance and Accounting Services in Indy.
August 2010: Finally received notification about my employment package sent to the ATF
September 2010: Had an interview in Columbus, OH for this ATF position, had to complete a background package that request information from when I was 18 years old to present, had to perform a drug test
October 2010: I received a letter stating I had passed the hiring process and would receive additional information regarding my employment when FUNDING AND ALLOCATIONS allow.
TODAY JANUARY 20, 2011: After nearly 3 years since I applied to this ATF position, I recieved an email stating that because NObama passed an executive order cancelling Federal Internship programs (which apparently this position fell under), the vacancy I applied for in 2008 had been cancelled.
So in short, my extensive background check, my negative drug test, and all the testimonials, references, and other pertanent information on my background package has been thrown in the trash.
I guess I shouldn't complain too much, as I am still employed with the federal government. BUT, this was my dream job that I know I would have loved. I checked my email first thing when I woke up since October wondering if I received anything. When I left my current job for the day, I would check my mail when I got home looking for a letter, looking for SOMETHING!!
I waited almost three freaking years to hoping I would get this dream position. Finally and anti-climatically, I received this devastating email. So I took the rest of the day off to vent on INGO and drink beer for the rest of the day. I got home at 11:30 and I'm 5 beers deep.
Oh, lets not forget that Obama also froze my annual cost of living pay increase for two years!!!
May 2008: Graduated college with a criminal justice degree.
June 2008: I applied to an open vacancy on USAjobs.gov for an Investigator position with the ATF
March 2009: I got a job at Defense Finance and Accounting Services in Indy.
August 2010: Finally received notification about my employment package sent to the ATF
September 2010: Had an interview in Columbus, OH for this ATF position, had to complete a background package that request information from when I was 18 years old to present, had to perform a drug test
October 2010: I received a letter stating I had passed the hiring process and would receive additional information regarding my employment when FUNDING AND ALLOCATIONS allow.
TODAY JANUARY 20, 2011: After nearly 3 years since I applied to this ATF position, I recieved an email stating that because NObama passed an executive order cancelling Federal Internship programs (which apparently this position fell under), the vacancy I applied for in 2008 had been cancelled.
So in short, my extensive background check, my negative drug test, and all the testimonials, references, and other pertanent information on my background package has been thrown in the trash.
I guess I shouldn't complain too much, as I am still employed with the federal government. BUT, this was my dream job that I know I would have loved. I checked my email first thing when I woke up since October wondering if I received anything. When I left my current job for the day, I would check my mail when I got home looking for a letter, looking for SOMETHING!!
I waited almost three freaking years to hoping I would get this dream position. Finally and anti-climatically, I received this devastating email. So I took the rest of the day off to vent on INGO and drink beer for the rest of the day. I got home at 11:30 and I'm 5 beers deep.
Oh, lets not forget that Obama also froze my annual cost of living pay increase for two years!!!
Do you feel entitled to more money? Because you aren't. That money comes from a strained population of taxpayers who are losing their jobs left and right, under a government that has bankrupted them beyond comprehension. You are lucky to have a income at all.
