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Corruption is rampant, the commander is leaving and he says the new commander will deal with it no matter the issue, the new DPM is from the ol’ boys club, and is all about nepotism and the buddy system. Some people are working 4 hour days and on paper have overtime. Performancr awards were assigned and it was 100% based on the buddy system not performance. A GS 13 supervisor sits in a cubical but a GS 11 admin sits in a fancy office because she’s hiding the skeletons. They are using the hiring freeze to promote the scum of the earth of their buddy circle. Offices are empty and their gang are all teleworking few days a week while others are required to come in daily. We are told we can’t start before 6:30 yet some start at 5:00 and we are punished for questioning it. Send help. Fort Worth is starting to stink!

I’ve been with USACE as an Engineer for 15+ years. I’m a GS-13 with a great potential to be a GS-14 in less than a year.

USACE hasn’t really been targeted through all this recent change. We have additional metrics to meet but business hasn’t changed much.

I was offered a job with the state. There is a pay cut of about 17%. However, take home pay will only go down about $250 per PP because the Insurance is way cheaper and Pension is 7%. The state is At-will so there’s that. There is plenty of work.

Would I be crazy to leave USACE now for a state job? I started at USACE straight out of college.

Does anyone have any additional information related to removing the words "deputy" and "assistant" from job titles? I heard it was a Headquarters driven action across the enterprise.

Any district/ division gave anything out yet

Mwehehehehehe

Why are all the chats gone?

Several months ago, I applied for a USACE position within the Army Fellows Program. This week I received an email that I was referred to the hiring manager. My long-term goals are actually to work for a specific USACE ERDC if a spot is ever open and I was curious about bringing this up if I get selected for an interview. I actually spoke with a hiring manager at the specific ERDC lab 2 years ago and since then they said they were forwarding my information to their HR whenever I'd send them my new transcripts each semester of my master's degree. However, they haven't posted any entry level positions since at least 2024.

The current position isn't for that lab, but if asked during the interview about my long-term goals I don't want to bring up the lab and potentially hurt my chances. So I was curious on what the "feel" is of the Army Fellows program. Would a hiring manager want me to stay at this specific area or is it more of a 2 year fellowship for feeding entry level hires to the entirety of USACE? Would I be seen negatively for wanting to move to a different portion of USACE later or it would be seen in a positive light that I'd like to stay in the agency?

I've never held a federal job before so I'm not entirely sure how it all works even if it's the same agency.

Thank you for any responses.

A federal sector union won an arbitration recently that found that a retiree who took the DRP (the first one, the OPM one) was owed Sunday and Holiday premium pay since Elon promised “no loss of pay”. I know some folks wondered how this would play out for shift workers.

Direct link to the arbitrator’s decision: https://local777web.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/webdocs/FMCS261230-02334-opinionandawardsigned.pdf

When I worked with a garrison they had the ice reporting system if you weren’t getting anywhere with support service . I’ve have been unable to get my districts chra rep to respond to my fmla inquiries I sent 5 emails, 3 teams messages, and left 2 voicemails . I don’t know of anyone else to contact besides this person, is there a way to submit an ice on unresponsive chra reps l? Trying to avoid Ig or open door the commander right now .

Hey guys, I know someone interviewing for a position in contracting and wanted to ask what kind of questions to expect. I’m familiar with the standard USACE question types for engineering but not contracting.

Is there anything specific I should tell them to prepare for?

TIA.