DHS Employee Survey Results Reported

Meanwhile, a DHS employee survey conducted last year shows continued problems with negative perceptions of agency management. Only 29 percent said that leaders generate high levels of motivation and commitment and only 42 percent said they have a high level of respect for senior leaders, and only about a third are satisfied or very satisfied with the information they receive from management regarding what is going on in the organization and with their level of involvement in decisions that affect their work. Performance management was another issue raised in the department, which has struggled for a number of years to get a pay-for-performance pay system in place. Only 18 percent said that pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs, only 25 percent said that promotions are based on merit and only 26 percent said that steps are taken to deal with poor performers, and only 29 percent said that creativity and innovation are rewarded.