The voluntary resignation number for this year is expected to go up compared to 2021 as part of the increasing trend especially as many civil servants are expected to hand in their resignations by August 2022 when college courses start in Australia. The 1,023 civil servants who voluntarily resigned in the last 12 months make up 3.28 percent of the total 31,177 civil service strength. The separation started with 284 civil servants in 2003 and built up gradually to 442 civil servants in 2014 and from there to 782 in 2017 and then 1,504 total civil servants separating from the service in 2021. The now thriving Bhutanese community in Perth is not a recent phenomenon, but the first few civil servants who left even before democracy where among the first ones there. When one looks at the Box 2 data which shows overall separation from the civil service which includes resignation, retirement, early retirement etc it is clear that civil servants were leaving their jobs even before democracy and it built up slowly over time. It may be interesting to note that the Australian and UK joint Visa application Centre which made it easier to apply and get visas without having to go to Delhi opened in in Thimphu, though this is just one of the many factors. This acceleration in 2016 also coincides with the start of the Australia rush around the same period, when civil servants left their jobs and went on self financed Masters Programs to study and work in Australia. This shows both problems in the civil service where people resign for greener pastures, and at the same time is also part of a global trend.Īs seen in Box 1, there is a slow increase in voluntary resignations right from 2008 onward, but the rapid acceleration is from 2016 onwards with the numbers going up in large numbers every year. However, the popular misconception is that this has been happening only in the last 12 months or it is due to the managing out of executives, when the data shows that the voluntary resignations have been going up for several years. It is an open secret that larger than usual numbers of civil servants have been resigning in recent times with a record 1,023 civil servants voluntarily resigning from July 2021 to June 2022.
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