Paying worthy salaries is a prerequisite to retain good people

Lê Thanh Phong |

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said that many people are capable of doing business outside because state agencies only pay a salary of 5-7 million VND/month.

The above opinion was raised by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc at the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the draft report on the results of the thematic supervision on "Implementation of policies and laws on development and use of human resources to meet the requirements of socio-economic development, especially high-quality human resources", held on July 9.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that the most important thing is how to have mechanisms and policies to promote the development of high-quality human resources after the supervision period.

It is necessary to recognize that the government system must compete with the private sector in attracting human resources. People with real talent need an environment to develop, advance and receive treatment commensurate with the gray matter they spend.

However, in terms of income and salary, civil servants are still low, but non-state enterprises and units often pay high salaries. Not to mention, excellent people are paid very high and this is a way to keep talent.

For the public sector, there is no special salary payment mechanism like the private sector. Therefore, when there are opportunities to work in enterprises, capable people working in state agencies are ready to leave.

Regarding human resource needs, after the reorganization and implementation of the two-level local government, state agencies are in great need of talented people to meet the requirements of work in new conditions.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, the human resources of information technology in state agencies can be said to be weak, very weak.

This is something that needs great attention, taking measures to improve the quality of cadres and civil servants. Speaking of digitalization, e-government means having to go hand in hand with human resources with solid knowledge to work in the digital environment, accessing technology applications.

So what is the solution?

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said: "In the immediate future, for IT staff at the commune, provincial, and even ministerial level in state agencies, there needs to be a special mechanism, at least like Decree 140 on attracting talent (to) receive 200% of their salary to keep. If it cannot be kept, operating in digital form will be very difficult and will be confused".

Paying salaries commensurate with capacity is in line with the market and that is an important criterion in the competition to attract high-quality human resources.

But for truly talented people, in addition to being paid high salaries, they need an environment to promote their abilities and progress by creating real values.

Recruiting personnel with the mindset of "hunting for the head of the person" is the only way to attract talent.

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