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I got TJO, and am stuck in waiting as well. Im not sure if this is slower for Covid-19 but we shall see as this progresses. Most of my friends I have graduated with have started full time work a while ago. Does anyone know if the SF's are doing work from home?

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Question: does the amount of time you're stuck in Phase II limbo count toward your contract obligation? I hate the idea of waiting around for 6 months post graduation for them to start my 2.5 year commitment, rather than counting that time towards the commitment.

Thanks
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To my understanding, the limbo does NOT count towards the commitment length. I have a two year commitment so once I have a start date, it will be two years from that date.

Question: does the amount of time you're stuck in Phase II limbo count toward your contract obligation? I hate the idea of waiting around for 6 months post graduation for them to start my 2.5 year commitment, rather than counting that time towards the commitment.

Thanks

Thanks for the replies! Glad to know I’m not alone; it is brutal. I’m just going to move and hope for the best at this point. Fingers crossed!

SMART moves brutally slow. I've been in a Phase 2 position since January but I haven't even gotten a Phase 2 letter from SMART yet.

Edit (2020-07-27): Turns out SMART silently dropped it into the Scholar Portal on 2020-04-14 without telling me.

I was finally told I would be contacted with a job offer.

It took a few weeks from that point to get a phone call for a verbal offer (on a Friday). The Monday after they gave me a tentative offer. I have been waiting over a week after accepting that to get the next set of paperwork.

Things move brutally slow. It took 2.5 years for my clearance to come through. I graduated 6 months before the notification I had a job offer coming. Brutally slow.

Redacted for personal information but basically it is possible to graduate in May and be still waiting on a tentative job offer in October.