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Challenges with the city's two-for-one hiring process
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Commissioner Strauber explains the difficulties posed by the city's two-for-one hiring process, which significantly impedes DOI's ability to fill critical vacancies and maintain staffing levels.
- The two-for-one policy requires losing two positions before hiring one new employee
- This process delays and sometimes prevents hiring qualified candidates
- An example is provided where offers made to three candidates in 2023 were not approved until 2024-2025
- These delays lead to increased workload for current staff, causing burnout and greater attrition
Jocelyn E. Strauber
0:18:33
I want to highlight today those aspects of the budget process that have been most difficult for DOI and that can impede our ability to fully fulfill our mission.
0:18:45
The city's two for one hiring process significantly reduces our ability to hire qualified staff to fill critical vacancies.
0:18:54
In light of past headcount cuts, all of our open positions in our view are critical and two for one hiring materially delays and sometimes prevents the hiring of candidates that we have spent time and resources recruiting.
0:19:07
For example, DOI made offers to three candidates to fill investigative analyst positions between September and October of twenty twenty three.
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We did not receive OMB approval for these positions until July 2024, November '20 '20 '4, and January 2025 respectively.
0:19:26
Understandably, given that almost eighteen months had passed since the initial offer, one of the three candidates opted not to join DOI.
0:19:34
Not only do we have to begin recruitment for that position anew, these delays in hiring require current staff to absorb the additional workload leading to burnout and ultimately greater attrition.