LOSS OF EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A002600170034-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: February 21, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL
SUBJECT: Loss of Experienced Employees
1958
1. This memorandum is in reply to yours of 25 January 1955,
above subject, and reiterates our concern expressed to you in
memorandum dated 9 October 1957, subject "Resignations." At that
time, the FE Division had reviewed its record of seventy-seven
resignations between July 1955 and September 1957, and reported
that of this total thirty-two had reached a level of competency
that constituted a distinct loss to the career program; three
resigned to accept employment in other Government agencies, one
to accept a teaching position at a university, and twenty-eight
to enter private industry.
2. Such losses seriously affect our attempt to retain a
capable staff, GS-11 and above, and while there is no pattern in
our resignations that would tend to indicate that outside employers
are recruiting on a systematic basis, we again suggest that there
are other factors which do require analysis and corrective action.
In our previous memorandum on this subject, we offered the suggestion
that "further consideration of such proposals as a firm selection
out system; a clear policy of directed assignments; the establish-
ment of the DD/P complex on a par with the Foreign Service in
salary and retirement benefits, and the provision of appropriate
outlets for outstanding officers when they reach the age 45 to
55 would be helpful in convincing wavering younger officers that
CIA is actively addressing itself to the problem of providing
adequate career opportunities for them."
Chief, Far East Division
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