Just two of the top 10 large agencies showed increases over 2021 in the latest report. Image: Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe scores in the latest “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” rankings overall were slightly lower, paralleling a similar decrease in a “satisfaction index” over 2021-2022 in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
For example, only two of the top 10 among large agencies, Transportation and Air Force showed increases over 2021 in the latest report from the Partnership for Public Service. Among midsized agencies, scores were lower for six of the top 10 and among small agencies scores were lower for four of the top 10.
The Partnership said that at the time of the 2022 FEVS last summer, “agency leaders were making difficult decisions about whether employees should return to the office or work remotely part-or-full-time due to the pandemic, leaving the workforce in flux. Employees also were uncertain about pay raises for 2023 amid soaring inflation, while a number of agencies faced increased demands to implement major legislative initiatives.”
The report also shows decreases in three measures of the workplace experience, although adding that those scores overall remain high. The highest was a work unit performance measure of “employee views on whether their immediate work unit produces high-quality work and contributes to the agency’s overall performance,” at 83.6, down from 84.9.
The agency performance measure of whether employees “believe their agency is achieving its mission” fell from 79.9 to 78, while the work-life balance measure of whether employees “consider their workloads reasonable and feasible, and believe their managers support a balance between work and life” was 72.3, down by 0.5 points.
The score was 76.1 on a newly introduced transparency measure of whether employees “believe they are informed about the expectations and goals set by leadership for themselves, their teams and their agencies.”
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