In the 2021 exercise Generation 2004 noted that following the conclusion of the first phase of the mobility exercise, a significant number of Contract Agents (CAs) [1]:
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- did not receive an invitation for an interview from any of the five countries in which they had expressed an interest:
- did not receive an offer for any of the five countries in which they had expressed an interest.
- In the second phase
- a number of CAs received an offer for a post and the job description did not match their professional profile.
- CAs received an offer for a place of posting in which schools do not offer curricula in the learning language of their children (e.g. lack of English/French-speaking school choice).
- Ad hoc vacancies were being published outside the mobility exercise, instead of including those posts in the pool of available countries.
- Generation 2004 noticed the presence of a number of vacancies in the EU Delegation (EUD) organigrams. Such vacancies could be included in the pool of available posts.
- CAs were not informed of the available countries, the administration was unilaterally offering posts without disclosing the underlying criteria.
- It appears that only posts with a Living Condition Allowance of 30% and above are available in this phase.
In view of the current and up-coming mobility exercises, Generation 2004 seeks your opinion, comments and suggestions on this matter. Also, if you are in a particular or exceptional situation, please let us know of your issues and we will assist you.
Please feel free to contact us [1] with your experiences of this process.
Generation 2004 is the only EU staff association that unequivocally gives a voice to the interests of staff recruited to the EU institutions after the staff reforms of 2004 and 2014 with diminished career prospects and employment conditions.
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[1] As of October 2020, CAs are 22.65% of Commission staff
Officials: 20 933
Temporary staff: 1 745
Contract staff: 7 428
Others: 2 685
Total: 32 791
(DG HR, Statistical Bulletin – HR – 1/10/2020 [2]: Staff by Employment Type and Directorate-General)