I thought I’d start this thread for people to share updates on the recent hiring freeze and buyout offers across the IC. It looks like a lot of CJOs might be in jeopardy as they’re being paused and reviewed so a lot of uncertainty for many of us here.
As for myself, I was notified by a recruiter in December 2024 about moving forward in the process and towards formal approval/FJO, but my PO said last week everything was on hold. As of today, my application still shows processing status, but I’m not holding out much hope. Good luck, y’all who are in the same boat!
My IC agency sent us the email yesterday, I dont think many folks are gonna take the offer. Agency also stated its mission based too, so not everyone will be eligible to take the offer even if they wanted to. Orientation classes are still in progress, hiring is no longer frozen, was temporary while waiting to get the exemptions.
If your agency is the one in Virginia, are they still processing COEs or just those with FJOs?
Great update, thanks for sharing! I have a feeling that they will cut down some of the outstanding CJOs to align with whatever the new mission priorities are but for now there’s still hope, I guess.
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I can make an educated guess that processing for COE’s is still happening.
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