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Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss how the annual survey shook out during 2020.
As with most things during the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey was different than it had been in previous years. It was delayed twice and the results finally came out, showing that federal employees surveyed are more engaged and happier in their jobs.
Erich Wagner covers the federal workforce for us here at GovExec. He joined the show to discuss survey results and other pay and benefits stories that affect federal employees.
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Officials who administered the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey warned against making sweeping conclusions about the 2020 results, due to changes in the survey s timing and some of its content.
Federal employees reported the biggest increase in their engagement and job satisfaction in more than a decade when they took the government’s annual survey of workplace attitudes last fall, although officials warned against making sweeping conclusions based on the data.
The Office of Personnel Management on Monday announced the results of the 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which was delayed twice last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the federal government, employee engagement increased by four points from 2019 to 72 out of 100, while the global satisfaction index, which seeks to measure employees’ happiness with their job, jumped from 65 i
Supervisors were key to many feds’ satisfaction this year 3 hours ago Federal employees engagement with their work was driven in part by very high satisfaction with supervisors management and support efforts. (Ferrantraite/Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic added to the workload for nearly half of federal employees and was highly disruptive to almost a quarter, but those employees still felt very satisfied and supported in their jobs, according to results of the 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey released by the Office of Personnel Management April 26. “The federal workforce is made up of dedicated and hardworking individuals who are motivated by the opportunity to make a positive impact through their public service,” said OPM acting Director Kathleen McGettigan in a news release.