There were many reasons why so many wanted "out" at the first invitation.
Amongst those was to get their Pension "pay" and lump sum safely on stream before some bright young things started sodding about with the rules.
Additionally, many were increasingly poxed off with chasing ever more and ever deeper savings targets to the detriment of the prime objective; capability.
On top of that, there was the gradual creep of work being provided that was beneath the Grade of the worker. This included CS C2s being given work previously done by Ds and that now rare appointment, E1/E2. Even now we have engineers doing admin jobs because their previous technical jobs have been magically contractorised.
It also gripped some C1/C2s when their job title suddenly dropped an SO notch. I remember well a very able C1 who applied and was selected for a job that was, in the event, titled SO2 and her boss was a quite junior Commander RN. The big danger here, though, is falling into the trap of military and civilian being at loggerheads with each other. Divide and conquer is alive and well, living in Whitehall.
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