Lanterna Rally

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 65

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The success of virtually every endeavor of the Federal Government depends on the skills, abilities, and motivations of its work force. Yet, recent years have seen increasing concern about the quality of the Federal work force and the Government's ability to retain it most capable employees. In any given year, the Government loses nearly 120,000 full-time permanent, white-collar employees. Why do these employees leave? What factors influence their decision? Do their reasons for leaving vary by where they work, their age, their occupation, or their level of pay? Knowing more about these reasons is an important first step in developing policies or programs that will help the Government retain its best employees and enhance the overall quality of the Federal work force. The purpose of this report is to provide some insight into why employees leave the Federal public service. This primary sources of information for this report were responses to a special exit survey developed by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and completed by nearly 2,800 Federal employees who left full-time, permanent, white-collar positions during a 3-month period in 1989.