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Simon Carne's avatar

Your point about rehiring ex civil servants is well made. Getting the balance between institutional knowledge and skills and experience learned beyond the institution is a challenge and no doubt the subject of many management theses?!

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Ian Clark's avatar

Happened to me. Disillusioned, got out early 50s (no pay off, sadly), hired back 5 years later at a daily rate approx 30% up on previous salary (and not the only one)

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