DWP employment waiting list

richyvezy

mandie2106 wrote: »

I was told clearly to read my letter again and it states "Thank you for attending the interview for exercise IRC 58772. I am pleased to inform you that you have been successful. We are now undertaking pre-recruitment checks and you will be contacted again once these are complete to confirm wether or NOT we are able to offer you a post".

Yes but it also says at the bottom congratulations on your success and we look forward to working with you in the future !! What does that mean then ?

The bit about whether or not we can offer you a post is purely subject to checks such as CRB/Disclosure and NI checks etc like anywhere else. If we pass those checks (and most will) then we are entitled to feel we earned that job.

I don't know of any other organisation that sends out congratulation letters and then not hire you - it's ridiculous.

pablo82

PontyEnd wrote: »

That's unbeliavable. I am in the exact same situation. My employer thinks I am leaving too and is already taking steps to replace me not to mention being asked when I am starting. There's just no communication. If it wasn't for here how would I have got to know this. I'd be sitting at home waiting for a call that was never going to come.

How can they tell 300 people they have a job a few weeks back and now only need about 30! It doesn't make sense at all.

I have no idea, I'm sorry to hear you're in the same boat, it's disgusting. I've just sent my complaint letter.

pablo82

f.dennis wrote: »

When I first read the letter I thought that I had a job but if there was a problem with my pre-recrutiment checks then i didn't. Guess I interpreted that wrong lol.

Yes you should have read it upside down it would have been much clearer!

natomar

mandie2106 wrote: »

Its never too soon to ring. I first rang up the very same day i got my letter cos i was confused by the supposed waiting list thing. I got told that same day that i was on a merit list AND my position on it

I have been ringing 0191 216 8258 for the last 3 -4 hours to engaged or just ringing out, finally rang customer services I asked regarding waiting list & merit list the lady informed me "there is ONE LIST" which contains everyone's names???????
At the moment jobcentreplus are revaluating, if and when they require further staff they will contact the names on the list"

EVEN MORE CONFUSING ONE LIST!!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:

discodiva68

PontyEnd wrote: »

That's unbeliavable. I am in the exact same situation. My employer thinks I am leaving too and is already taking steps to replace me not to mention being asked when I am starting. There's just no communication. If it wasn't for here how would I have got to know this. I'd be sitting at home waiting for a call that was never going to come.

How can they tell 300 people they have a job a few weeks back and now only need about 30! It doesn't make sense at all.

I have been following this thread and wondered where the figure of 30 has come from? Does that mean the top 30 people on the merit list will be getting a phone call?

sweetikklemunchkin

discodiva68 wrote: »

I have been following this thread and wondered where the figure of 30 has come from? Does that mean the top 30 people on the merit list will be getting a phone call?

yeah me too, but thinks its just a random number said while having a rant, (like i did earlier lol) not an actual quotation from any1

discodiva68

mandie2106 wrote: »

Hey, ok so i got thru to someone this morning. I firstly asked where i was on the merit list and how the freeze on recruitment would affect me. She said that i was 32nd on the list, and in regards to the freeze, not to worry. She said its not going to take long to process the information they need to, and they will start posting again in the next few weeks and that the order of the merit list will stay the same...so altho it might take a few weeks longer our jobs will still be granted. She also told me that 78 people have been posted in my area in the last 2 weeks so not to be disheartened because it will happen, and she said the likelihood is that it will defo be b4 xmas. She also said that the reason we have not been informed of this "freeze" is because its not going to directly affect us people on a merit list other than having a few weeks of a longer wait, and that it really is not as bad as it has been made to sound. Basically they done a mass recruitment and got a much bigger response than they expected to so they have been left with masses of people who have been successful. Until they can compose the lists and find out exactly how much people they need in certain areas they want to freeze the process to make it easier to handle but regardless of this there ARE still jobs to fill. She seemed to be very sure of what she was saying so im not panicking at the minute. I think if your on the merit list your ok, but if your on a 12 month waiting list...well im not sure. I think most of us are on merit lists tho eh?

Hi there, thanks for this is makes me feel abit more positive. What area is this for?

PontyEnd

discodiva68 wrote: »

I have been following this thread and wondered where the figure of 30 has come from? Does that mean the top 30 people on the merit list will be getting a phone call?

Well reading Pablo's post he said

Apparently I'm number 59 on the MERIT list. Didn't think that sounded bad thought it would be out of about 300. But she doesn't think I'll be offered a post this time round they won't be going that far down the list. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So if he's 59 and they don't think they'll be needing him it must be a lower figure. When I rang a month back they guy told me there were just over 300 posts for this area and my checks were completed and passed on and I'd be receiving a call soon*.



*Soon, according to DWP, is maybe 3 months depending how we feel, or probably never.

PontyEnd

sweetikklemunchkin wrote: »

yeah me too, but thinks its just a random number said while having a rant, (like i did earlier lol) not an actual quotation from any1

Ha, something like that, yeah. :mad:

But if there's 300 people with success letters for this area and Pablo was told that at number 59 on the list he probably wont be placed then there's gonna be quite a lot of angry people waiting for a call that will never come.

pablo82

I'd like to make it very clear that from my experience Merit List in no way means you're safe.

I'm 59th and have been told I won't be posted despite being told earlier I would.

And that is cutting a very long story short!!