IMPACT OF DOMESTIC MOVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R002003830009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 4, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
4' APR 1983
? Despite a depressed job market, it has
become increasingly difficult to hire investi-
gators, polygraph examiners, engineers and
computer security specialists because of the
mobility requirement. Some very attractive
candidates caith a deep interest in our program
have declined employment based solely on their
fear of experiencing financial hardship through
relocation. This was not a significant problem
in the years gone by.
? There is a very noticeable drop in the
number of respondees to vacancy notices for posi-
tions that involve a domestic transfer. Positions
that were always considered highly desirable are
now going begging. In the past, this Office had a
waiting list to fill the position of Resident
Agent. This is far from the case today.
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Director of Security
SUBJECT: Impact of Domestic Moves
nnla Re~istz'y
~STAT
1. Reference is made to your verbal request on 31 March
1983 that this Office provide you with our observations on the
impact of domestic moves on our security program.
2. This matter has been appropriately reviewed within the
Office of Security, and there is complete managerial agreement
that we are experiencing severe problems staffing our domestic
facilities. The case is somewhat difficult to document statis-
tically, but we are well aware that our officers undergo real
pain and discomfort when experiencing domestic transfer,
particularly to the West Coast with its exorbitant real estate
cost, and to cities like New York or Boston with their enormous
tax rates.
3. Our sense of the problem is based on the follo~~~ing
trends:
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? In career counseling; sessions faith both
junior officers and mid-level managers,_ proposals
for domestic moves are met with great trepidation
because of the financial sacrifice that is likely
to be involved. In a number of .instances, this
has placed considerable strain on ,fa.mily tran-
quility because of clear signals that, if pressed,
our officers would have to effect the :transfer
without their families.
? A significant number of our officers have
made it quite clear that complying with tranfer
orders cost them financial loss that. has taken
years to recover. Very few are willing to go
through that experience again.
? Niany of our junior officers have spouses
that are required to work to supplement the family
.income. There is great reluctance to accept a
domestic move where the spouse must resign employ-
went and try to begin anew, at another .domestic
location. The insecurity of the job market has
just magnified this problem.
? In a number of instances, it-has taken many
months, up to a full year, to effect a transfer
because of the ,inability of an officer to sell his
.residence. The high interest .rates that make
selling a home so difficult must also be contended
with w'nen purchasing a home at the point of
transfer. The entire transaction then becomes
almost a matter of double jeopardy.
4. In sum, the Office of Security Professional .Subgroup
Panel is very well aware that normally dedicated, capable and
loyal employees are now highly sensitive to the-issue of a
domestic move. They are torn between the fear of financial
disaster and the fear that their perceived immobility will have
an adverse affect on career progression. Y.eeping a low profile
when the hint of transfer is in the wind has become the norm
rather than the exception. In many instance there is
considerable senior management sympathy for. their plight.
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