January 2020 Recruitment.

From what i understand, when they find some money they will call the the lowest merit list positions, i think if you deferred from October you would be on top of the list for the next intake, what merit list position are you just out of curiosity?

@mse2020 you don’t have to commute. It is just for the people who live further away who might prefer to stay.

Tbh it just gets worse.

Hard to wait particularly for those lads who are appointable from 2020 campaign.

I recieved a reply from recruitment today, i asked them to clarify when there financial year runs to and their response was that the financial year runs to march next year and after October they do not have anymore planned GV courses or intakes until the next financial year meaning earliest April 2023, they also stated that they are unable to confirm exactly when appointments will recommence, but they will keep appointable candidates upto date with all relevant information when any information becomes available

just a few things for applicants to consider when applying for the guards and need to go into it with eyes open:

Pension: many people join thinking the pension is great. we get fed this from our parents who are basing it on their era from their age. anyone joining post 2013 the pension is disgraceful. you will get about 215-230 euro a week when you reture at 60, which is in line with the old age pension which everyone in none state jobs get. when you join a station you will quickly be told of this and advised to pay into your own AVC to supplement your poor garda pension. this fact is kept very quiet as it no doubt will affect peoples thinking when applying for this job and correctly so. the lump sum payment at retirement has also been slashed since 2013. nobody realises this and isnt publicised about in the media nor will you find it marketed by the guards as a reason to join as it doesnt exist anymore. people are walking in blind thinking great pension setting me up for life

Trainee wages: since 2020 and covid, the structure for trainees has changed. The 184 euro a week has been extended from the college settings to the workplace where you now get paid 184 euro a week in your training station as a student guard while working 12 hr shifts and nights etc not just 184 euro in the college ans bed and food taken care of.

Rosters: as you may have read rosters are under discussion. despite the current one proposed being rejected by the GRA for non core guards to be working 78 days extra a year working 7 days on, 2 days off, 7 days on 3 days off on 9 to 5 hrs, and lose thousands due to not working to non social hours. this new roster is still going live despite rejection from the people it affects most resulting in extra childcare fees due to working more days, fuel costs for travelling to work more often. management have power to do this without consent which is shocking in the day and age of work life balance and 4 day weeks being considered by private sector employers now.

Work: I appreciate many have wanted to be guards since childhood and want it desperately for whatever is their reasons. if its for the day to day work then be prepared that it is all paper work orientated. everything is reports, duplication and beurocracy which snows everyone under. helping decent people is actually rare who for the majority will rarely come into contact with guards in their lives but to get passports sorted etc. you will mainly be refereeing domestics with people who call you to get one over on an ex partner due to child custody or if its current partners they will later withdraw complaints but for it to start again further down the line, mental health persons which you are not trained to deal with, frauds which you will be beating your head off a wall trying to progress but cant due to banks delaying you and outside of this any other crimes tend to be between one low life against another one or wrestling with drunk lads on cold rainy nights out facing taking a punch or a kick.

morale is rock bottom in the job, people are resigning in their droves as they see the realities and the work load expected of them, the day of staying in the job until retirement is in the past now which used to be the case for sure. i know many will view this as overly negative summary of the job so what i would advise is before following through with it talk to others you know in the job and hear what they have to say first. i dont know anyone in it that would recommend it anyways

You still around Witcher? Fair play, you don't give up anyways 👏

Has anyone heard anything about the budget, i thought that with it being talked about in the media that would kind of push the issue to be resolved but i cant find any information anywhere. I even emailed recruitment asking for updates but i haven't got a reply yet

Anyone who has been through GV or currently going through GV, is there any material i could read/learn now. I need to pass time during this recruitment freeze.

Anyone heard any news, i read on another board that there is an intake in January of around 10.

Based on what was posted on another board the talk in GV is 10 in January then back to normal numbers in May... but chris heaton harris has said in his lastest statement that he will be giving civil servants the powers to allocate funding including the Northern Ireland policing board so that should speed things up also, i hate sitting about waiting lol

I am exactly the same, i check this forum everyday and the same with the news, just out of curiosity what merit position are you, i am 800 - 850 i emailed recruitment recently asking when could i expect a phone call when things pick up again and they said that based on my merit number i would be in one of the intital intakes, that is the only thing keeping me going at the minute, i work in the manufacturing industry and it just really isnt what i want to be doing anymore.