DMV experience

[cptbarkey]

The county tax office in my area is rich with tax money, during covid they started an appointment system which worked well except often you couldn’t make an appointment for 25-30 days out, too close or past most deadlines to do a transaction without penalty. Do they care? Of course not. The system was their convenient way of throttling things.

Now it’s a free for all. No more appointments. If you show up at 3pm, you get turned away. They don’t close until 5 mind you, but they can’t work efficiently to get to you. I showed up 15 minutes before they opened and there was 12 people ahead of me.

 

[y_p_w]

So does CA. Right now they are like a month out or so. Oops...
Bring a lunch.

I'm looking at my closest DMV office where the CA DMV provides an estimated wait time. It says 17 minutes with an appointment and 57 without. Really not all that bad considering. Can be shorter or longer. I'd just walk in rather than wait months just for an appointment if I really needed something. Strangely enough, the San Francisco office (on Fell) is listing about a 34 minute wait time for walk-ins.

Still - a lot of DMV offices in the East Bay have closed like Oakland Coliseum and Walnut Creek.

 

[y_p_w]

I’d be curious if the pay is outlandish at CA DMV, like the lifeguards or CHP who earn $250-$500k.

I guess not. I was gonna say if they were paid like above they should be required to provide good service.

Edit current range is $43,600 to $63,200. I could see struggling in CA with those wages

https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=484056

If you know someone's name, all "public employees" in California have their annual pay published somewhere.

For years, many at the top of the pay charts were at the University of California. Typically athletic coaches along with medical administrators. Theoretically the highest paid coaches weren't being paid by the University though, but through sports endowments and sponsor money.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article264656884.html

 

[clinebarger]

We do it all at the same place.

Would love to see that here!.....Texas DPS/State Troopers will arrest & hold you if you have warrants, The DMV just wants your money!

 

[JeffKeryk]

I'm looking at my closest DMV office where the CA DMV provides an estimated wait time. It says 17 minutes with an appointment and 57 without. Really not all that bad considering. Can be shorter or longer. I'd just walk in rather than wait months just for an appointment if I really needed something. Strangely enough, the San Francisco office (on Fell) is listing about a 34 minute wait time for walk-ins.

Still - a lot of DMV offices in the East Bay have closed like Oakland Coliseum and Walnut Creek.

I'm moving to Oakland.

 

[y_p_w]

I'm moving to Oakland.

I looked into why the Oakland Coliseum DMV field office was closed. Apparently some group vandalized the office, including ripping out the wiring for the copper. So it will be back, but all in all the other Oakland office is in a much better area.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-...m-office-temporarily-closes-due-to-vandalism/​

On April 14, office staff discovered a leaking water pipe in the ceiling that caused flooding. They determined that someone had stolen wiring that cut electricity to the HVAC system and light poles in the parking lot, among other damage. The incident was reported to law enforcement.​

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The health and safety of team members and customers is the DMV’s top priority. The department apologizes for any inconvenience the closure has caused. DMV has reassigned Oakland Coliseum staff to nearby DMV offices until the issues are resolved.​

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The DMV is also redirecting customers with existing drive test appointments to the Oakland office at 5300 Claremont Ave. (10 miles away). All other DMV appointments and transactions are being handled at the Oakland Claremont location and Hayward office at 150 Jackson St., also 10 miles away.​