Last September, I wrote about applying for a promotion for the third and last time, and I got it. It's a welcome blessing, but even before I start my new position, the requirements alone are ridiculous.
Please bear with me as I share the requirements that I need to submit before I can start, and a few rants here and there about it. Let this be a guide also to those who are in government service, and plans to apply for a promotion soon.
Take note, I am entering my 5th year in this government agency, and my 10th year overall in government service.
Now, let's go through some of the.. er.. weirder requirements.
1. Original NSO and Local Birth & Marriage Certificates.
Uhm, the NSO certificates are scanned copies of the Local ones, then printed in special NSO papers with all the security features. Now we have to get 2 copies from NSO and 2 copies from the Local Civil Registrar.
Fun fact: When I got accepted originally 5 years ago, I submitted these. Now that I am promoted, I am asked to submit the same again. And with the pandemic, it's not easy and cheap to request and claim copies of these docs.
2. Handwritten Application Letter.
C'mon, who would still be writing down a freaking application letter the past decade?
3. Certification of Eligibility from the Civil Service Commission.
Okay. As mentioned earlier, this will be my 10th year in government service, and my 2nd government agency. I wouldn't be hired in the service if I wasn't civil service eligible in the first place. And I still have my original civil service eligibility from 2001. Now I'm asked to go to the CSC office and request (and pay) for a certification that I an Civil Service eligible. Of course I will comply (I don't have a choice), but I still think this is kinda unnecessary.
Again, I am very much thankful, but I am also human. I'm sorry for the rant, there are just some requirements that are redundant, and seemingly unnecessary, but hey, I can rant all I want but at the end of the day, I must and I will comply.
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