Employees Happier With Pay, Too, OPM Says

Employee organizations and some members of Congress have expressed skepticism that the government is capable of installing such a system for all employees and administering it fairly, characterizing the demonstration projects as specialized settings whose experiences won’t necessarily apply more broadly. Said OPM, “Even where employees did not report high levels of support for the demonstration project, they still reported increased pay satisfaction and a stronger link between pay and performance than under the GS system.” The OPM document also responded to concerns that the government will be unable to properly fund a broader performance-based pay system, saying that the agencies involved were able to fund both the start-up and ongoing costs from their existing budgets.