Anyone know if USPHS has a hiring "freeze"

[twiga]

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Just a question, maybe even someone on this forum is with the USPHS. I read some minutes online from a Jul, 2010 meeting that said there was a hiring "freeze".

Not wanting to pick up a phone and call a USPHS recruiter, I figured I would throw the question out to someone on this forum instead.

If not, what are your thoughts about duty locations? Is there a list online of possible practice locations?

Thanks.

 

[rph3664]

I don't know if they do, but slightly OT: Earlier today, I had a conversation with a woman whose mother is a nurse at a state-run home here in town, and twice, she has received an IOU instead of a paycheck, because the state just didn't have the funds to pay her. She did eventually receive the money, and while it was not good, a rubber paycheck would be even worse.

 

[CVSstinks]

Yes there is a current freeze.

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

Yes there is a current freeze.

I wonder if the VA will go on a hiring freeze soon or within next couple years...

 

[twiga]

Thanks CVSStinks! Your word is gospel here, hehe. Just kidding. I appreciate the reply and looks like I'll just have to look elsewhere for my next career progression.

 

[tungsten87]

the surgeon general's assistant (pharmacist), who has spent years with USPHS recently spoke at my school and said there is currently a hiring freeze but hinted that it may be lifted within the next month or so.

 

[Pharmacy Kid]

It was recently lifted . . . however orders are being processed on a case to case basis. There is a pretty big queue so it may take awhile.