[IPAC-List] What does time in job get you?

[keith.poole at phoenix.gov]

For us, you can apply for promotions starting day one on the job, but you 
cannot apply for a transfer to another dept in the same job class until 
you've passed the 12 month probation period.  The idea is we want to 
minimize situations where employees split their probationary period in 
their job class between two depts or supervisors.  If an employee 
promotes, the full 12 month probation starts all over again in that new 
classification (yes, there have been some employees who promote quickly 
and never pass probation in any class for 2-3 years at a stretch).  We 
aren't as concerned with promotions as we are with someone who just keeps 
moving around from dept to dept in the same class and eventually passes 
probation "by default".  We do allow some exceptions for transfers, such 
as RIFs.

Keith Poole
Personnel Supervisor
City of Phoenix Personnel Dept
Employment Services
(602) 262-7140
keith.poole at phoenix.gov