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PSNI Recruitment - The Waiting Room

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  • #802
    Fifty50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭Fifty50


    Seriously!?

    I knew I should have applied to NASA.

    As for the numbers changing I don't think we even get 'upgraded' as I was told today your number won't change.

    The bureaucracy is frustrating but I guess we're coser now than even...which kinda makes sense seeing as we don't travel backwards through time...back in the real world yeah we'll get there - still people in recruitment must be knackered.

    Maybe if they said 'for every phone call you make you drop 10 places' then they'd be in a very quiet offoce environment...


  • #803
    cpn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭cpn


    Fifty50 wrote: »
    Seriously!?

    I knew I should have applied to NASA.

    As for the numbers changing I don't think we even get 'upgraded' as I was told today your number won't change.

    The bureaucracy is frustrating but I guess we're coser now than even...which kinda makes sense seeing as we don't travel backwards through time...back in the real world yeah we'll get there - still people in recruitment must be knackered.

    Maybe if they said 'for every phone call you make you drop 10 places' then they'd be in a very quiet offoce environment...

    HA HA I like that one :) They would also have a much quieter office environment if they were more open about the whole thing and did not keep people hanging on.

    The astronaught thing was true, it was on breakfast tv, they had a dude from the european space agency in. It gave me a laugh too.


  • #804
    Penis Eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 524 ✭✭✭Penis Eye


    MrsGeneHunt wrote: »
    Only in Norn Iron!!!

    would that be for NISA then?


  • #805
    Chelsea555
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Chelsea555


    Penis Eye wrote: »
    would that be for NISA then?


    That would be the one Penis eye lol he he!!!:D


  • #806
    Penis Eye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 524 ✭✭✭Penis Eye


    Chelsea555 wrote: »
    That would be the one Penis eye lol he he!!!:D

    glad we got that sorted. i reckon u could also applay to be an oap (and become one training and all) before u hear back frm recruitment


  • #807
    Chelsea555
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Chelsea555


    Penis Eye wrote: »
    glad we got that sorted. i reckon u could also applay to be an oap (and become one training and all) before u hear back frm recruitment

    I know it takes a long time too long its never just straight forward is it!!:mad:


  • #808
    NumberC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭NumberC


    MrsGeneHunt wrote: »
    Not having closure one way or the other must be sooo frustrating.
    Why wont they just give you resolution?!

    Are you in for C14?

    I put in for it but unfortunately didn't pass the initial test, so all my eggs are in the one basket for Campaign 13. Ahh!! Though will definitely put in for C15 when it comes around.
    carlty888 wrote: »
    You still hangin on buddy?! Can you not give recruitment a call and ask them what's going on? :confused:

    Yea, I gave them a call. They understood that I have been waiting for approximately 1 year 5 months since applying but explained that until the quota has been met no decision will be made. Though they did say they will tell me one way or the other, just not sure when.


  • #809
    NumberC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭NumberC


    Could I just ask - is anyone else in the same position as myself? Any C13'ers out there?


  • #810
    Chelsea555
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭Chelsea555


    NumberC wrote: »
    I put in for it but unfortunately didn't pass the initial test, so all my eggs are in the one basket for Campaign 13. Ahh!! Though will definitely put in for C15 when it comes around.



    Yea, I gave them a call. They understood that I have been waiting for approximately 1 year 5 months since applying but explained that until the quota has been met no decision will be made. Though they did say they will tell me one way or the other, just not sure when.

    Hang on in there for C15:D


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  • #811
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    NumberC wrote: »
    I put in for it but unfortunately didn't pass the initial test, so all my eggs are in the one basket for Campaign 13. Ahh!! Though will definitely put in for C15 when it comes around.

    Yea, I gave them a call. They understood that I have been waiting for approximately 1 year 5 months since applying but explained that until the quota has been met no decision will be made. Though they did say they will tell me one way or the other, just not sure when.

    Man that it a rough wait!!! I don't envy your position at all.

    There could be quite a few C13er's who have defered and that could be stalling your outcome. I know of someone who has defered, but may not actually take the place in Garnerville for personal reasons. If that person doesn't take the spot, it may be offered to you.


  • #812
    inspector71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭inspector71


    Let hope there's some news tomorrow, it's costing me a fortune checking the internet on my mobile every 5 mins when I'm stuck i van.


  • #813
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Woohoo today might be the day....well not for me but for some one :D


  • #814
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    I just heard some concerning news. The xmas intake will have around 30 people from C13, the rest coming from C14. Recruitment will then stop and continue in April.


  • #815
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    Oursole wrote: »
    I just heard some concerning news. The xmas intake will have around 30 people from C13, the rest coming from C14. Recruitment will then stop and continue in April.

    Can I ask where you heard this news?


  • #816
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    carlty888 wrote: »
    Can I ask where you heard this news?

    I know someone that works in Lisnasharragh.


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  • #817
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    Oursole wrote: »
    I know someone that works in Lisnasharragh.

    I don't like the sound of that. Kinda makes the December call all the more important. :(


  • #818
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    Oursole wrote: »
    I just heard some concerning news. The xmas intake will have around 30 people from C13, the rest coming from C14. Recruitment will then stop and continue in April.
    Yeah I would like to know where this came from, why would they tell some people that recruitment is going ahead one week and then come out with this, I have spoken to a few roberts and they never heard anything like this, please quote sources when posting heart stoppers like this, my wife is getting fed up with picking me up off the floor


  • #819
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    carlty888 wrote: »
    I don't like the sound of that. Kinda makes the December call all the more important. :(

    I know, i cant see me bein in it, i think im just gna take off for a month. I just cant hack work at the min.


  • #820
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Oursole wrote: »
    I just heard some concerning news. The xmas intake will have around 30 people from C13, the rest coming from C14. Recruitment will then stop and continue in April.

    Then why yesterday was it continuing as usual according to recruitment?


  • #821
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    lolli-j wrote: »
    Then why yesterday was it continuing as usual according to recruitment?

    It is continuing as usual, until xmas. It was the last phonecall i wanted to get this morning, believe me.


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  • #822
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    Oursole - I really hope your buddy in Lisnasharragh has the wrong end of the stick.

    The NIPB aren't due to meet on this matter until the end of the week, so I wasn't expecting any changes to the recruitment process until after this meeting at the earliest.


  • #823
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    carlty888 wrote: »
    Oursole - I really hope your buddy in Lisnasharragh has the wrong end of the stick.

    The NIPB aren't due to meet on this matter until the end of the week to discuss this, so I wasn't expecting any changes to the recruitment process until after this meeting at the earliest.

    I know that, sure i e-mailed the policing board and they told me that. Im just telling you what the person told me.


  • #824
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Oursole wrote: »
    It is continuing as usual, until xmas. It was the last phonecall i wanted to get this morning, believe me.

    I really hope he is wrong.

    Having said that I'm now of to get my contract extended just in case :(


  • #825
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    Oursole wrote: »
    I know that, sure i e-mailed the policing board and they told me that. Im just telling you what the person told me.

    Don't worry buddy. I know you're just passing on what you've been told. :)


  • #826
    PEGGYSUE'S MAMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭PEGGYSUE'S MAMA


    carlty888 wrote: »
    Can I ask where you heard this news?


    Shocker!!!!! Not! Why would we be surprised folks? We should all know to expect the unexpected when it comes to this farcical process.... I shudder to think of the cack that the serving officers have to contend with if we have all this to deal with and we ain't even through the sodding doors yet!

    OOOh I sound so bitter, like a right grumpy old arse!:p


  • #827
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    PEGGYSUE'S MAMA wrote: »
    OOOh I sound so bitter, like a right grumpy old arse!:p

    Amen! :D:pac:


  • #828
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    Its only a rumour, recruitment isnt based in Lisnaharragh lets hope "chinese whispers" is the reason behind it. I spoke to someone 2 mins ago who hasnt seen anything on policenet and he said "it wouldnt be the first time that a story spread through PSNI that wasnt true"
    Well lets hope so anyway..............


  • #829
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    MORRI wrote: »
    Its only a rumour, recruitment isnt based in Lisnaharragh lets hope "chinese whispers" is the reason behind it. I spoke to someone 2 mins ago who hasnt seen anything on policenet and he said "it wouldnt be the first time that a story spread through PSNI that wasnt true"
    Well lets hope so anyway..............

    I never said it was based in Lisnasharragh. I really hope your right, im sitting here waitin like everyone else. The only thing is that this person heard from the recruitment monitoring section (the section that looks after 50:50 etc) which is def based in Lisnasharragh.


  • #830
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    I never said you said ..............lets all join hands and pray
    i see in some other threads people going for medicals over the next few weeks this makes me think/hope/pray that everything is going ahead as normal


  • #831
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Dont think they could justify spending money on medicals etc if it wasn't going ahead due to budget restrictions.....


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  • #832
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    lolli-j wrote: »
    Dont think they could justify spending money on medicals etc if it wasn't going ahead due to budget restrictions.....

    I know what your saying but theres nothing stoping them pausing it for awhile and continuing were they left off.


  • #833
    smyff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭smyff


    Penis Eye wrote: »
    would that be for NISA then?

    right enough, was looking at it going wtf lol. funny boy haha


  • #834
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Oursole wrote: »
    I know what your saying but theres nothing stoping them pausing it for awhile and continuing were they left off.


    Oh i get that....what i mean if the cash shortage to so great why would they continue the recruitment process? Medicals etc are expensive, you would think they would put a stop on everything rather than just parts of it....awe well makes no sense....going snowboarding for the whole winter is looking ever closer lol


  • #835
    DownMTBer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭DownMTBer


    This is NOT funny. I just had a phonecall from a withheld number. I was in a friggin meeting!! What was that you said about Sod's Law Carlty!?

    I'm going to be a nervous wreck before I even get into PSNI! :mad:


  • #836
    DownMTBer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭DownMTBer


    False alarm! :( why would my own mobile phone company withold there number just to ask me if I want to upgrade the piece of sh*t they sent me originally!? Grrr do they have no idea what is going on this week? :eek:

    lol


  • #837
    Oursole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Oursole


    lolli-j wrote: »
    Oh i get that....what i mean if the cash shortage to so great why would they continue the recruitment process? Medicals etc are expensive, you would think they would put a stop on everything rather than just parts of it....awe well makes no sense....going snowboarding for the whole winter is looking ever closer lol

    Well the way i see it, and i might be wrong, is that they are using theyre own OHW department which gets paid all year round anyway. So thats budgeted already. However when new officers start training they have to be kitted out. Boots, uniforms, hats and helmets, gun belt, gun, ammo, hand cuffs, baton, cs spray etc etc. That in my eyes would be the most expensive part of recruiting, so pausing that for awhile would save on the money.


  • #838
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    Oursole wrote: »
    Well the way i see it, and i might be wrong, is that they are using theyre own OHW department which gets paid all year round anyway. So thats budgeted already. However when new officers start training they have to be kitted out. Boots, uniforms, hats and helmets, gun belt, gun, ammo, hand cuffs, baton, cs spray etc etc. That in my eyes would be the most expensive part of recruiting, so pausing that for awhile would save on the money.


    Hmmmm awe who knows really....thanks for keeping us updated though :)


  • #839
    smyff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭smyff


    DownMTBer wrote: »
    False alarm! :( why would my own mobile phone company withold there number just to ask me if I want to upgrade the piece of sh*t they sent me originally!? Grrr do they have no idea what is going on this week? :eek:

    lol

    haha. see if i was waiting for the call id be lucky. the only person who rings me withheld is a fat girl, who i told to eff aff so now ive none :D so id more than likely know. the only person who rings me is my best mate lol. and my dad to melt my face "have you been out running today. (NO) you know if you dont youll never be fit enough,..." or "have you been out running today. (YES) you see, if you keep running youll be fit enough,..." and continue on and on and on.


  • #840
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    Oursole wrote: »
    Well the way i see it, and i might be wrong, is that they are using theyre own OHW department which gets paid all year round anyway. So thats budgeted already. However when new officers start training they have to be kitted out. Boots, uniforms, hats and helmets, gun belt, gun, ammo, hand cuffs, baton, cs spray etc etc. That in my eyes would be the most expensive part of recruiting, so pausing that for awhile would save on the money.
    I agree with you but there are a few other factors that need to be considered. OHW may get paid anyway but the drug testing is extra, (i think i read somewhere £100 each) boots etc are all in stores and fair enough if they use them they have to be replaced but the idea of cutting 3 squads would mean staff at Garnerville running out of students you would have a load of Cons and Sgts on (depending on service etc) as much as £50000pa (I know at least 1 Con who earns more than this!)for hanging about for a couple of months with not a lot to do. they could try and redeploy them but there are strict rules for this and by the time they sorted it out with the federation it would be April anyway. The most expensive part in my view is paying recruits but at least this is productive. 60 recruits for 5 months @ £10000 each = £600000 is justifiable but staff, even though a much smaller number, getting paid a much higher rate with no end product would be inexcusable and quite hard to explain to the policing board. Add to this the targets for 50:50 and the fact that 500 RCs left PSNI last year makes me think that a freeze would make the targets even further away and add to the cost of future campaigns that are expected to be based on merit only.
    this is all just my opinion but I hope it goes a little towards calming a few nerves.


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  • #841
    DownMTBer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭DownMTBer


    lolli-j wrote: »
    Oh i get that....what i mean if the cash shortage to so great why would they continue the recruitment process? Medicals etc are expensive, you would think they would put a stop on everything rather than just parts of it....awe well makes no sense....going snowboarding for the whole winter is looking ever closer lol

    That sounds like an awsome idea! We should all just jack in our jobs and bugger off snowboarding! love it :D now go and buy me a ticket too lolli-j cos I am boracic :(


  • #842
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    Has anyone thought to give Recruitment or External Appointments a call to ask?

    I've probably pestered them enough over the last few months. :pac:


  • #843
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    carlty888 wrote: »
    Has anyone thought to give Recruitment or External Appointments a call to ask?

    I've probably pestered them enough over the last few months. :pac:
    It's funny you should ask, we all had a vote and decided you should do it!


  • #844
    carlty888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭carlty888


    MORRI wrote: »
    It's funny you should ask, we all had a vote and decided you should do it!

    Haha. You're funny. :)

    I've pestered them enough. Someone elses turn. :D


  • #845
    MORRI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭MORRI


    I dont think there is any point


  • #846
    DownMTBer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭DownMTBer


    carlty888 wrote: »
    Haha. You're funny. :)

    I've pestered them enough. Someone elses turn. :D

    But... but... ur our appointed boardie contact person! :eek:

    you have to do it :D;)


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  • #847
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    DownMTBer wrote: »
    That sounds like an awsome idea! We should all just jack in our jobs and bugger off snowboarding! love it :D now go and buy me a ticket too lolli-j cos I am boracic :(

    oh how i love sarcasm :rolleyes:


  • #848
    DownMTBer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭DownMTBer


    lolli-j wrote: »
    oh how i love sarcasm :rolleyes:

    The worrying thing is i wasn't being sarcastic!

    It really does sound like a top quality idea :D

    A snow-bordie (see what I did there!? :p) winter trip would be a quality laugh i'd say! :)


  • #849
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    DownMTBer wrote: »
    The worrying thing is i wasn't being sarcastic!

    It really does sound like a top quality idea :D

    A snow-bordie (see what I did there!? :p) winter trip would be a quality laugh i'd say! :)


    Oh deary me!! The stress must be getting to you if you're coming off with stuff like that :P


    Anyone called recruitment yet....anyone??


  • #850
    smyff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭smyff


    lolli-j wrote: »
    Oh deary me!! The stress must be getting to you if you're coming off with stuff like that :P


    Anyone called recruitment yet....anyone??

    i did. they said that your a goat. they read the forums and theyre onto you. uh oh!


  • #851
    lolli-j
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭lolli-j


    smyff wrote: »
    i did. they said that your a goat. they read the forums and theyre onto you. uh oh!


    dont say such a thing....goats scare me :eek:


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