Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎237r] (473/642)

Ateintenance A R nr.S^
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The variety of reaaoEie tor ten&inations is
interesting* Reasons wnoh os aediorl grovcda, unset isfaoto ry
•errioes^ transferred to other ooa^anies 9 secured oth&r
affiployaent, to be married P do not need ocraenta I disoaased
some of the others, such as domestic difficailties, persenai
reasons, dislijke of job or Bahrain, tdth the Heae of the
Staff Personnel Department and was told ttiat ov^wn tte&e
headings would require several aub-hnadings to give a true
picture of the personal problems thews oases reveal^ ©«>&.
wife wife spending too nuch on housekeeping because after
arrival from tJ,K. she sees so 3»xdh ttjod in the Coas&ssary
Stores, wife ia in tT.X. and tlixaatems dlros’ee or legal
separation if the husband does not return, husband hojs taken
job at Bahrain because of domestic differences which year* to
disappear after he has loft end he wants to ret^ira, dll
oases of this nature are dealt with mat eyspabhetioally*
In the Personnel Department strictly confidential talks
toko place in an informal atmosphere with each man and
every effort is made to correct misunderstandings as*d steady
the employee^ mind whezwrv'er possible* Mr. do mall, the
Suropean Bmpleycea Relations Supervisor, tsskes part in
these talks and goes to groat length*) in the endeavour to
assist an employee with personal probl«a»* I m.a mndh
iaprasaed by Mr. Goma3.1*» metfcods. The swoordit of these
talks are kept strictly confidentially and are available
only to the top manago^mte
20. Looking at the figures generally and taking
into account all the factors which influence the euccfcas
or failure of a man's ooploymest by the C^t^any, it is my
view that the position regarding teminatlona is satisfactory.
Anticipated Itepimaion of Staff o erscr ^i d aring 1^.9.
21. The following aumary of requisitions for (additional
pereonnei outstanding, apprexirately at the tim of ^y visit
giv« an indication of the eontea$>l&tod recruitment of American
and British employee* during 1$49 tu&l the ocou^ations in
which the vacancies will arise,, Certain of the figures
quoted include replacements for existing s^loyess vb® had
either left or will be leaving during 194-9 -he
requisitions do not represent «n overall increase in
nvabei’s to be employed*
(a) To be obtained from t ine United gtatesc
Engineering <& In(?peclion^
Engineer Yrai aeeiT
& radiates in Chemical
or Mech, Kag* )
Senior Draught«£«
Process Sugineere, Reseai^oh )
1
and Development
Driller
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