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I've worked for the Social Security Administration for 21 years (yeah, get off my lawn). There are a couple other goons on here that work for them as well that are much younger and may have a different perspective. SSA does a lot of hiring thru USAJOBS and job fairs. If you are a social person, like rules and regulations and love to hear people's life stories or blatant lies, then SSA is the agency for you. Also, depending on what part of the country you live in there's a great need for certain language abilities. If you want creativity in a job though, SSA is not the agency for you. Feel free to ask me about SSA.
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prussian advisor posted:What exactly was your job there? Also, did you know anyone in the Office of the General Counsel or who was an attorney with ODAR? My official job title is Social Insurance Specialist-Technical Expert. I am a lead employee for the Title 2 program which includes retirement, disability, survivors and Medicare benefits. I work in a field office (aka your local Social Security Office) so I only deal with OGC when working on cases that need a legal opinion and only with ODAR on a case by case basis. *OP you can add me SSA-Technical Expert*
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speransky posted:I work as an examiner for a state DDS and I'm interested in moving over to SSA. Any advice? If you are looking to go to a field office as a claims representative then focus on coming across as very social and adaptable, DDS examiners have a reputation that since they don't deal with the public face-to-face (with the exception of the DHU's) they may be lacking in "people" skills. Also mention in interviews any systems changes you have sucessfully navigated, e.g. pre EDCS to current EDCS. If you are looking to get into a regional DQB I can't help much there except to play up your accuracy rate. Good luck.
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Jul 8, 2010 03:55
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I survived the last government shut down. Yes, we all got paid and I don't recall there was much of a lapse either. We were off a full week. The media played up the "GS-2 single mom of 4 with no baby daddy" angle and guilted congress into retroactive pay. The completely bizarre part of it was that an employee basically had to be available at the drop of a hat to return to work when the furlough was ended. If not, we were told we wouldn't be eligible for any restored pay. The bad part of this was for employees that had pre-approved leave for the furlough period. They were told (probably erroneously) that their leave during a furlough was revoked. I worked with a group of single ladies that had scheduled a group vacation during this time they had saved for years and were so scared they cancelled and ate the cost instead of risking losing pay.
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Feb 21, 2011 20:17
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Boxman posted:I feel secure enough in my job (read: I am now convinced the entire thing isn't just a fever dream) to post on the internet that I'm working in ODAR for the Social Security Administration, in case anyone is wondering about that sorta thing. So, I can attest that federal jobs rock pretty hard. And that you will wait forever to hear back from an interview. What's your job with ODAR? I'm a technical expert (T2) in a field office that is getting absolutely no staffing anytime soon and wondering how ODAR feels about the explosion in non disability hearing filings?
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FOXDIE posted:As someone who is very interested in working for the SSA, how easy is it to get into one of the G-5 positions like Claims Rep or Contact Rep? I have a pretty mediocre GPA (below a 3.0, above a 2.5), but solid job experience, good internships, and great interviewing skills (my most recent job hiring told me I was the best interview they've had in years, and it's a very large company). My current job is also similar to contact representative - I work in a hard drive data recovery department, I contact customers to find out what they'd like us to recover, then provide them information on how much of their data we managed to recover once the job is done, how much the recovery is going to cost them, etc. Could anyone tell me what my chances of getting into these lower positions are like with my background? I'm an old timer at SSA, T2 technical expert. You definitely should at least get an interview. What part of the country are you in? If you are in one of our regional hubs there are a lot more opportunities. Also SSA loves nepotism so if you know someone who knows someone use it.
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AmishSpecialForces posted:We're on 7 months from 9 too. The training has been pretty good so far, and management has helpfully stayed the gently caress in the background. As for useless employees, I've learned from talking to fully-fledged BAs at lunch that useless employees are purged pretty regularly. Trainees get a lot of leeway, but even they get shitcanned after a while if they fail enough reviews. A very nice lady came down one lunch to say goodbye to her classmates, most of which were out of review, because she was getting fired for failing too many reviews LIstening to you two talk about the PHUS warms my heart. I've been reading the PHUS for 29 years (I'm a TE in the field) and it's changed very little, the only thing I can think of that was noteworthy is when the historical direct deposit information was posted when a change happened. I want to apologize in advance for the lovely products you will receive from CS's in the FO. We are drowning and in my office the biggest push is for VIP wait times to be low. Our office eliminated the SR position and now everyone is a CS with 1/3 of the office working reception with no SR training. I hope you have a better experience with SSA then our new hires are having from the past year.
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AmishSpecialForces posted:I literally lol'd when I first logged in and saw that screen. My building also has actual, physical tapes (think 60's 70's James Bond villain lair) that we send to various other gov't agencies for data transfer. I am definitely the sarcastic and jaded TE (T2), T16 is a giant waste of taxpayers dollars for the most part. When I started with the agency drinking at lunch was the norm and your 60 year old manager definitely went home at lunch to get wasted, employees married each other and people got extra smoke breaks. Those times have changed but you can count on the prehistoric MBR and PHUS and even a DEQY to never change. If you ever want a good laugh there's a Goldie Hawn movie "Deceived" that has a ridiculous portrayal of her visit to file for survivor benefits. SSA would be a great agency to parody for a TV show.
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Oct 26, 2017 03:06
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SSA is a clusterf*(k right now. I'm a CTE (T2) and work in an all CS (claims specialists aka claims representatives) office. The work and training are so poor right now our lobby has been at 2 1/2 to 3 hour waits this month. One person to answer phones. The public is brutal. I feel for you newbies.
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Nov 30, 2018 05:26
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Artificer posted:Anyone know what I'm in for at the SSA as a Legal Administrative Specialist? Pure hell. SSA is a horrible place to work these days. I assume this is in an ODAR office?
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May 14, 2019 03:59
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I did not realize that was the new name for the Benefit Authorizer job. I'm a technical expert in a large field office. We need 50 employees to run efficiently and are down to 30 with 4 people taking the early out. The quality of the work is shoddy based on really bad training and management feeling that employees can do everything so we don't have any customer service reps only claims specialists, many who were never customer service reps. The quality of our work that you end up getting to back end process is huge in volume and errors. I spend all my time fixing things, answering phones (I'm a GS 12) and not producing work that matters. I know there are a few more recent payment center hires that might be less jaded then myself.
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May 14, 2019 05:11
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Any SSA peeps in the know about when we will have to return to our offices? We get cryptic answers from our manager and that email from the Commissioner made it seem soon. I"m enjoying working from home and hope we can continue at least part time with it.
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Jun 17, 2020 20:59
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GD_American posted:There are 115 announcements for SSA positions nationwide, and a dozen of those are just general submission keep-on-file poo poo for specific populations like vets or disabled. The training is so dismal right now, this cartoon crap. I'm a T2 TE and so burned out and am having a hard enough time sharing duties with another T2 TE during WFH. I have 3 years and 11 months left and everyday finds me praying for an early out. SSA is a dumpster fire right now. And yes, when the pandemic unemployment runs out the disability claims with skyrocket.
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Jan 29, 2021 04:34
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GD_American posted:Contracting job opened up, guess I'm taking the plunge. Yeah, I encourage newer employees, especially those that are slow as a slug, to consider the other agencies they might be better suited for. I am dead in the eyes but technically still all there and I just became one of the TSP millionaires so I'll be retired before Biden's first term ends.
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[quote="Thesaurus" post="519330337"] My agency just announced likely return plans, but the good news is that they're pushing it out to February... Maybe possibly there will be increased telework?? You are SSA right? I heard the same thing today. I think more people are taking the early out in FO's then expected. The whole agency is a disaster. I dread the next 3 years but I'm not ready to leave yet.
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Nov 18, 2021 02:47
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The only thing worse than working for USPS is working for SSA. I'm hitting 33 years next month and I think the next early out will be the end.
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Jan 17, 2022 18:59
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GD_American posted:SSA just came to an agreement with their unions. AFGE sold us the gently caress out. gently caress Ralph de Juliis. We got so hosed! I work on the 5th floor and I don't see any funding for a 2nd guard, we have no metal detector and it sounds like the guard alone can't kick people out and that a member of management has to go out in the lobby. I"m really disappointed but should have known something was up when the RO begged the people taking the early out to stay until the next early out. It's the most cryptic MOU I've ever seen in 33 years. Oh but there will be parking subsidies to attract and retain. I"m going to buy parking and then sell it to a coworker for 1/2 price. Oh yeah I have tons of war stories I can share, floods, furloughs, been held hostage (in a building not individually), coworker threatened to kill management and then we found ammo and porn in his desk. Thanks GD for understanding how bad this MOU is. Some of my coworkers don't get it.
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34 years with SSA and we had to close an office due to a powdered fentanyl spill in the lobby, last week it was fecal vandalism. I'm really tempted to early out at the end of the year.
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Aug 11, 2022 20:57
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GD_American posted:Now tell me it’s a level 2 office Indeed it is but a smaller sized one. I thought I'd done and seen it all but alas I guess there's more to come.
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Aug 12, 2022 02:24
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GD_American posted:https://bestplacestowork.org/rankings/?view=overall&size=large&category=leadership&y=21& But we could be dead last working at OIG! I have 20 months left till MRA and I'm sprinting out the door. I have loved my career but it's been destroyed by fake commissioners, bad funding decisions and outdated policies. I can't even get a new headset, I've been using the same one for 10 years and my manager handed me some super glue when I asked for a new one.
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Troll dolls and pizza (true story)
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Seamonster posted:My mom was told in her benefits interview with SSA that she would get $1xxx and she got a letter saying she's getting $7xx?? If she filed for retirement and was eligible for an additional spousal benefit she will get 2 letters and the total should be the higher amount she was quoted hopefully.
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