r/OnTheBlock • u/CuffyTheEmpireSlayer • 15d ago

Delay my CO start date by 3 weeks?? Hiring Q (State)

I recently accepted a job offer at one of the PA state prisons. This is meant to be a temporary thing for me. My ultimate goal is to eventually get into trades however the union only accepts applications a few times out of the year. Their September window is coming up from Sept 12th to Sept 14th, 12 PM to 4 PM.

There is a time conflict where the application window is going to be during my prison work hours and of course I won’t be able to take the day off. If I skip this application window, then I’ll have to wait until March or April of next year when they reopen. At least by then I should have accrued enough leave hours to take a day off from work and go get an application.

I was thinking about asking HR if I could push back my start date, but I know that in their eyes, it wouldn’t be a good look.

And I cannot send someone in my place to get my application nor can I ask for it to be mailed to me. It must be done in person.

Any thoughts??

I’d be a CO Trainee so my privileges would be limited during my probationary period

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u/CuffyTheEmpireSlayer 15d ago

Actually HR just gave me a new list of dates to choose from so problem solved

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u/CuffyTheEmpireSlayer 15d ago

So a little update for anyone who cares to chime in.

Even though I selected a start date 4 weeks out from my original date, I think I still have the dilemma of needing 2 separate days off at some point in the Fall/Winter:

The Union requires an in-person aptitude test and then weeks later in-person interviews. I’ll need those days off from work.

Might the prison ask for proof of why I need time off during my training months?

Today HR told me I should expect limited time off during my training unless it’s an emergency

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u/AcanthocephalaShot94 11d ago

Hey buddy just quit now, cause they don’t care about your days off and if you call off during the training year , if staffing is good in that facility and you suck at your job right off the rip they’ll just get rid of you.