Deputy Secretary of the Financial Secretary, Wong Wai-lun recently talked about the loss of media manpower, saying that journalists have a good future, but they can enjoy a reasonable middle-class life just like accountability officials, which encourages them to stay low. In fact, as the big brother of AO, he also feels a little sympathetic to each other. In recent years, the trend of AO’s dispersal has been rapid and violent, which is worrying. A former senior official who had been an AO for many years explained to me the reasons behind it, saying that the situation has fallen into a vicious circle and it is very difficult to reverse it.
Director of the Civil Service Bureau, Mrs. Yeung, worked hard to recruit new blood from AO, but many of them fell apart after only three years of employment, and the attrition rate was high. A former high-ranking official who had worked in AO for many years dismantled the reason.
Earlier, the government announced that 3,734 civil servants resigned last year, including a group of “Students of the Son of Heaven” AO (Administrative Officers). The number reached more than 30, a five-year high. It is understood that the tide of scattered water has not only continued, but has intensified and spread to the middle and high levels.
Due to the flow of AOs at all levels, the work pressure of the remaining people has increased greatly. Because they have worked too hard, they have lost their minds one after another, resulting in a vicious circle.
A friend of a former high-ranking official said that he had talked face-to-face with some young AOs to understand why they were interested in quitting. He found that one of the main reasons was that all policy bureaus had to open positions to cope with the increase in work, and a group of AOs were dragged into positions. The original vacancies were not enough for newcomers to fill, so that the AO workload of the same team increased greatly.
Coupled with the fact that the younger generation is not affected by the traditional work culture of “sunshine”, and pursues work life balance, they feel that the pressure is extremely high, and when the critical point is reached, they will consider breaking the gun. A friend of a former high-ranking official pointed out that among the newly hired AOs and those who have been working for three years, many people have resigned in recent years, which is related to this.
He said that middle and high-level AOs have also left more in recent years. In addition to the increase in job opportunities outside, they have become targets of poaching and tempted them to resolutely switch jobs. AO cannon. After these people left their jobs, only 7 or 8 caps out of 10 bottles on that level had to be replaced by the next level. This made AO purchases rare in the middle and lower levels.
Originally, AO had high salaries and high salaries. In the past, recruiting new blood was a struggle, and it was not difficult to replenish manpower. However, in recent years, the number of applicants for AO has decreased to 30%. Applicants who can meet the quality requirements and successfully pass the national security vetting are only eligible for admission every year. More than 20 people are quite different from the previous 40 to 50 people, so that the inflow of new blood cannot make up for the outflow of old blood, and the phenomenon of “anemia” appears.
He said that the government has also tried to directly introduce talents from the businessworld, bypassing the traditional ladder, and go directly to the officialdom to do SAO, but it seems that it has not been very successful. In fact, how can a master in a commercial organization give up a great opportunity to become an official in the government?
After Chief Executive Chao took office, he seemed to attach great importance to AO. AO accounted for a large proportion of the new team, and AO’s sister Ye Wenjuan was also the “general manager”. At this time of employment, how the government can reverse this trend of dispersal is indeed Very headache. I asked a former high-ranking official friend if he had any good ideas to rescue him. He has always been a planner, and he said frankly, “There is no plan.”
Tokihito Monogatari
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