Article refers to some elements of the content of the amendment of the Act of 21 November 2008 on the civil service, which was made by the law of 30 December 2015. In one of the provisions of the amendment changed the manner of selection of candidates for senior positions in the civil service. At the same time the person it-holders were included in the civil service corps. Free and competitive recruitment was replaced by vocation, which in some cases is undertaken by entities performing their functions on the political way. The question is whether it will not affect the operation of these people, and above all, on the criteria for their selection. First the author reminds the essence of the civil service, which in Poland goes back to its tr...