»Kruha Ne Morem Plačati S Tovarištvom«: Zadovoljstvo, Izzivi in Priložnosti Vojaške Službe

Abstract This article highlights the factors associated with voluntary turnover of members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF). The present analysis of individual job perceptions and expectations of SAF members presents partial results of the project Retention of SAF personnel. It focuses on qualitative data from interviews with former SAF members and open-ended survey responses among the current SAF members, with an emphasis on identifying diverse factors rather than measuring their power and influence. The following emerge: (a) the need to make work meaningful; (b) some disillusionment with values; (c) the expectation that authority will be built on leading by example; (d) perceptions of low basic income and dissatisfaction with unstable pay for additional work.