Results of the latest government-wide survey reveal significant differences of opinions among levels of federal employees regarding how well their agencies are run, with the view increasingly rosy with each level up.
The breakout by employment level was one of the several deeper dives into the data presented by OPM’s government-wide report on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey conducted in the spring and summer. For example, while only 7.7 percent of all respondents strongly agreed that promotions in their work unit are based on merit, 18.9 percent of managers said so as did 29.9 percent of senior leaders.
Compared to the government-wide figure, more than twice as many managers and nearly four times as many senior leaders strongly agreed that steps are taken to deal with a poor performer in the workplace. Similar differences of opinions were found regarding issues such as recognition of differences in performance and awards.
Lesser but still substantial differences were found regarding the level of skill in the work unit, the quality of work in the unit, cooperation in the workplace, and satisfaction with various aspects of their jobs and organizations.
The breakout of responses by employment level can be accessed from the main results page, which is here: http://www.fedview.opm.gov/2014/Reports/
