Why Do Veterans Have A High Attrition Rate In the US Government Work Force?
It would be interesting to see what the leading causes for veterans leaving government jobs is since the article does not really provide one. I think it could be the difference in culture where in the military you have a team and can do attitude that maybe is not replicated in the government sector. Does anyone else have any theories on the high attrition rate?:
The share of federal jobs going to veterans is at its highest level in five years, new data shows, with former servicemembers comprising almost half of full-time hires in the last fiscal year.
One in three people in government is now a veteran, proof that the White House’s six-year push to give those who served in the military a leg up in the long hiring queue for federal jobs is working.
The bad news is that once veterans get into government, they don’t stay long. They’re more likely to leave their jobs within two years than non-veterans, the Office of Personnel Management reports, even if they’ve transferred from other federal agencies.
The Small Business Administration had the most trouble keeping veterans in fiscal 2014, with just 62 percent staying two years or more, compared to 88 percent of non-veterans. Former service members left the Commerce Department at similar rates, with 68 percent staying two years or more compared to 82 percent for non-veterans.
Even the Department of Veterans Affairs, traditionally a draw for former troops, lost a little more than a quarter of its veterans within two years, compared to 20 percent of its non-veterans.
The only agencies that kept more veterans than non-veterans on board were the Defense and State Departments, the report released last month shows.
The growing presence in government of men and women with military backgrounds is the most visible federal effort to reward military service since the draft ended in the 1970s. President Barack Obama pushed agencies to increase hiring of veterans starting in 2009, in response to the bleak employment prospects many service members faced after coming home from Afghanistan and Iraq.
The initiative has fueled tensions in federal offices, though, as longtime civil servants and former troops on the other side of the cubicle question each other’s competence and qualifications. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link.
Simple answer when you’re dealing with the biggest Q U I T E R S & L O S E R S of the lot, what are they to do when they don’t have a big mouth with a little penis telling them what to do and how to do it every minute of the day ❗
From the chart of retention rates here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/08/28/record-numbers-of-veterans-are-getting-jobs-in-the-government-but-a-lot-of-them-arent-staying/
The numbers aren’t THAT different in most of the categories. It’s pretty explainable in so small a percentage. Maybe the Veterans have more initiative and more marketable skills that enable them to work outside of government employment.