A related question of the respondent’s satisfaction with recognition for doing a good job rose by one point to 57 percent positive, compared with the five-year high of 59 in 2020 and the low of 54 in 2022. Image: kentoh/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe first results of this year’s federal employee survey show little change in several measures of performance, including a question that has drawn particular attention from Republicans on Capitol Hill: what happens with poor performers in the workplace.
The 18 percent who responded that such persons remain in the work unit and improve over time matched the level of 2023, as did the 10 percent who said they leave the unit or are transferred, and the 6 percent who said they quit. The 40 percent who said they remain in the work unit and continue to perform poorly was down by one point, while the 20 percent who said there are no poor performers in their unit was up by one point. The rest said they didn’t know.
Meanwhile, the “performance confidence” index of views of their organization’s ability to achieve work at a high level remained flat at 84 percent positive for the fourth straight year after dropping from the 87 percent in 2020.
Another closely watched question regarding whether differences in performance are recognized in a meaningful way, rose to 47 percent positive from 45 in 2023 and 42 in 2022 but was still below the 51 of 2020 and the 50 of 2021—and is still the lowest rated of all the questions on the survey.
A related question of the respondent’s satisfaction with recognition for doing a good job rose by one point to 57 percent positive, compared with the five-year high of 59 in 2020 and the low of 54 in 2022.
Meanwhile, 87 percent said they are held accountable for the quality of the work they produce, up from the 86 percent last year when that question was first asked.
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