u/scottmademesignup

To preface this, my agency is not on a hiring freeze, they are posting new jobs every week and we had a new person start in our department last week.

Anyway: I interviewed for a job within my same division, different role/department about 25 days ago. The manager said I would hear from her or HR in about 3 weeks because Capps has slowed HR hiring process down or something. I know it’s barely 3 weeks later but I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced what feels like slow movement due to new Capps when they are interviewing for roles within their current agency or even promotions? I don’t remember my past 2 promotion interviews and announcement of me getting the promotion taking more than 2 weeks but who knows. My current job is toxic af so I just want to know so I can suck it up and keep on trucking or have something to be happy for 🤣🤣🤣

Is the new Capps system really causing that much of a delay for internal job changes? I interviewed for a job within my current agency, same division I’m already in, same job title/position, only difference is the department would be different (a different supervisor) if I were to be chosen. They said they hope to make their decision/recommendation by the end of this week but that the new Capps system is causing HR to take 2-3 weeks to approve everything?

I have worked for the state for 16 years but only have 15 years counted towards retirement. In the last 4 months there has been so much upheaval and frankly, bull, that has occurred at my department and I am ready to give up. I know this is stupid and a moment of weakness but if I leave now, will the money I’ve contributed to ers just sit there until I’m 65 or whatever (I’m on the rule of 80 plan)? And my insurance will end in 30 days? I’ve never had any other job in my life other than working for the state, I know the job market is awful right now but I don’t know if I can keep going at the rate I am right now. Thank you. I know I’m spiraling 😭

after years of thinking I hated sparkling water i tried waterloo coconut lime and fell in love. It’s very hard to find in my area, I’ve managed to get it shipped via Walmart so I have 5 cases on hand 😂 but I know it will run out someday. The closest target that has it is 45 miles away!

I am interested in trying other coconut flavor sparkling waters. Do any of these compare or in your opinion, rate better? Please let me know!

Side note- I can’t stand the taste of artificial sweeteners, so anything that is sweetened with aspartame, sucralose or saccharin is a no go for me!

-Maison Perrier French kiss mango and coconut
-La Croix pineapple coconut
-Polar toasted coconut

Any others worth trying or how do these compare?

Thanks!

Hello! Im in the US (Dallas tx) and I have worked in the service industry before so I understand the significance of our tipping culture and I always tip 20% whether its for dining at a restaurant, getting a pedicure, haircut, massage, etc. unless the service was terrible, I’m going to tip you 20% and don’t have an issue with it because it’s hard out here for everyone!!

It’s been about 6 months since I last had any color or haircut services and I have an appointment booked with a stylist ive never seen before for partial highlight and a cut—it’s going to be $275. I can afford to pay for this but if I tipped 20% on that, my bills going to be $330 which seems pretty high to me?? Idk maybe I’m wrong. The stylist is not the owner and rents her booth at a salon with 2 other stylists.

In 2026, are most stylists prices set with the expectation of getting an additional tip on top of the service charges? Or do most stylists set their prices based off what they expect their work is worth and if you get a tip, that’s nice but you don’t think badly of your client if they don’t tip!?? I don’t want to leave a bad impression of being a cheap a$$!

Thank you

just want to tell all of you who are looking for jobs, interviewing for jobs with the state etc….dont give up.

I recently had a teams interview, followed by an in person assessment where they walked me around the office, Introduced me to the person I’d work directly with, and kept referring to “this is what you’d be working on”, “this would be your desk” “these are the tasks we’d be wanting you to do” etc. I stupidly thought that may mean something.

Got an email today telling me I didn’t get it and they chose someone else. I cried my entire lunch hour. I HATE my current job, feel extremely trapped and depressed and I knew I was qualified, I had a good interview and felt good about meeting everyone in person and my assessment . I REALLY wanted to work there and I can’t help but ask myself why wasn’t I good enough? I’m thankful I have a job in this economy even if it’s slowly killing my spark.

I hope and pray that all of us find the place that is the perfect fit for us, even if it’s not with the state. It’s hard out there in general but i believe in you ❤️

May 5: interview on zoom, sent thank you emails afterwards, called to come in person for assessment and to meet with the people who I spoke to in the interview
May 12: assessment done, I talked more with the same folks from the Interview (hr specialist, two directors), after our chat they showed me around the building and introduced to me the person who the hired individual would work with directly.

The director who was showing me around kept accidentally saying things like “this is where you’d sit” or “one of the duties we’d want you to do..” etc when we were walking around and caught himself and said “I’m not supposed to say that. I mean the person chosen for this role”… he walked me out and said they hope to make their decision by this week but wanted me to know that I should keep in mind they had a difficult choice trying to narrow down who they interviewed and it should mean something that they asked me to come in person for the assessment. I’m not sure if that was him low key being like you’re not going to get it or what 🫣.

I have worked for the state for 15+ years at much larger agencies so I am fully aware that it can take awhile to hear back but this application process was not done on Capps. It was literally email an application, cover letter and resume, So I can’t check on my “status”. I guess I assumed because they are very small (literally only 2 people In their HR department and the entire agency is less than 100 employees), it wouldn’t be as much red tape as say TXDOT, hhsc, etc goes through for their hiring approvals.

If I do not hear back by Friday, do you think it would be annoying or unreasonable to shoot the hr contact who I’ve been dealing with throughout the process an email to follow up? Or just give it a rest and let it be?

I work for the state already and my particular office has become incredibly toxic to the point where an hr investigation is being conducted against all of my supervisors. I am pretty sure 1 of them is not coming back as they have been gone since April 30th…

It’s created a very uncomfortable setting to work in, multiple people are trying to leave and the remaining supervisor is the one who created the hostile work environment in the first place. She has threatened people that she isn’t afraid to get people fired, told all of us in a meeting that if we make any mistakes we are threatening her career and livelihood, told us our other supervisors call us liars and she cusses and belittles us. I have told the hr investigators all of this (her telling us that if we make a mistake we will be jeopardizing her livelihood and career happened yesterday and my meeting with HR was Thursday so they don’t know she said that) but she remains while the other 2 have been gone the entire month.

Understandably, I’ve been trying to find another job and have found one at another state agency. Normally, I would give two weeks notice because that is the proper thing to do, but with the way my supervisor has treated us and threatened us, I don’t feel she deserves my two weeks. New job said I can start May 26 or June 1. I want to leave asap.

When I give my notice, can I tell HR that I am transferring to another state agency, when and where so they can handle the leave etc? Do I have to tell my direct supervisor where I am transferring to? Will she ever see paperwork that states I am transferring to such and such other agency?
I am not sure who has to sign off on the paperwork when an employee transfers to another agency but I don’t feel like my supervisor needs to know any more personal information other than I am no longer going to be working for her and when I plan on leaving. I am honestly prepared that she wouldn’t accept two weeks notice if I gave it the way she has been talking to us and may just tell me to leave.

Thanks

I work for a state agency and my particular office has become incredibly toxic to the point where an hr investigation is being conducted against all 4 of my supervisors (As of yesterday, I am pretty sure 2 of them are not coming back).

It’s created a very uncomfortable setting to work in, multiple people are trying to leave and the remaining supervisor is the one who created the hostile work environment in the first place. She has threatened people that she isn’t afraid to get people fired, told all of us in a meeting that if we make any mistakes we are threatening her career and livelihood, told us our other supervisors call us liars and she cusses and belittles us. I have told the hr investigator all of this (her telling us that if we make a mistake we will be jeopardizing her livelihood and career happened yesterday and my meeting with HR was Thursday so they don’t know she said that) but she remains while the other 2 have been gone the entire month.

Understandably, I’ve been trying to find another job and have found one at another state agency. Normally, I would give two weeks notice because that is the proper thing to do, but with the way my supervisor has treated us and threatened us, I don’t feel she deserves my two weeks. New job said I can start May 26 or June 1. I want to leave asap.

When I give my notice, can I tell HR that I am transferring to another state agency, when and where so they can handle the leave etc? Do I have to tell my direct supervisor where I am transferring to? Will she ever see paperwork that states I am transferring to such and such other agency? I don’t feel like she needs to know any more personal information other than I am no longer going to be working for her and when I plan on leaving. I am honestly prepared that she wouldn’t accept two weeks notice if I gave it the way she has been talking to us and may just tell me to leave.

Thanks

I currently work for a state agency already. I have a partial thyroidectomy scheduled for August 5th. I have already been approved to have off August 5-14th at my current job.

HOWEVER, I have interviewed and been given an offer at another agency and I am not sure how I should handle my surgery now. This new job would allow hybrid work schedule, they said I could come into the office as much or as little as I want as long as I work 40 hours a week. (Their office is an hour away from where I live).

What would you do?

1. My 150 hours of leave will go with me as im transferring from one agency to another without a break in service.
2. should I let them know I have a surgery scheduled August 5th and would need Aug 5-7th off and could perhaps work from home August 10-14th? If they say that’s fine, great. But prepare for them rescinding the offer due to the surgery.
3. Or should I just reschedule this surgery for later on down the road since my biopsy was benign and my surgeon is considering it “elective”? I know this nodule will continue to grow (it’s 5 cm right now) so I would prob need surgery eventually but it could possibly wait 6 more months or maybe a year.

My surgeon said most people take off 1-2 weeks for the surgery. I have no idea if I would be able to do my job very quickly after my surgery or if I truly need to be off 5-10+ days from work because this is a mostly admin role.

Thanks

I currently work for a state agency in Tx. I have a partial thyroidectomy scheduled for August 5th. I have been approved to have off August 5-14th at my current job already.

HOWEVER, I have interviewed at another agency and they called today to offer me the job. I haven’t said yes yet. This new job would allow a hybrid work schedule, they said I could come into the office as much or as little as I want as long as I work 40 hours a week. (The office is an hour away from where I live).

If you were extending a job offer to a new employee or you were me what would you do?

1. My 150 hours of leave will go with me as im transferring from one agency to another without a break in service and I earn 13 hours of annual and 8 of sick monthly.
2. should I let them know I have this scheduled August 5th and would need Aug 5-7th off and could perhaps work from home August 10-14th? If they say that’s fine, great. But prepare for them rescinding the offer due to the surgery.
3. Or should I just reschedule this for later on down the road since my biopsy was benign and my surgeon is considering it “elective”? I know this nodule will continue to grow (it’s 5.6 cm right now) so I would prob need surgery eventually but it could possibly wait.

My surgeon said most people take off 1-2 weeks for this procedure. I have no idea if I would be able to do my job very quickly after my surgery or if I truly need to be off 5-10+ days from work.

Thanks

Hello, I have worked for the state for a 15 years but I can’t remember how I handled this the last time.

In 2022, I had a trip coming up and had started looking for another job about two months before it was planned. I was offered my current job I have now. When I gave my two weeks notice, my last work day was a few days before my scheduled trip so I left June 2, took my trip and started my new job on June 20th. I don’t remember if I told my direct manager or HR that I was transferring from one agency to another but because I started my new job in less than 30 days, my annual and sick leave transferred over. I know I would have told HR where I was going obviously.

I have been offered a job at another agency that will begin June 1.

1. Do I need to tell my direct supervisor I am resigning, last day will be xyz, That I’m going to another state agency?
2. Or
3. Do I need to tell my supervisor and send separate email to hr letting them know I will be transferring to another agency, my last date of employment will be xyz?

I don’t really feel like it’s my supervisors business to know where I’m going, just that it’s another state agency and leave it at that.

Thank you