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email Federal Employees Sing Telework’s Praises, Want to Continue After the Pandemic
Survey results show those who have been doing their jobs remotely are happier and feel they are just as productive.
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Federal employees who have been teleworking during the novel coronavirus pandemic are giving their new work arrangement rave reviews. In two recently released surveys many teleworkers said they were as if not more productive than they had been in the office, and reported greater engagement and job satisfaction.
The broader of these surveys the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey administered by the Office of Personnel Management in the fall of 2020 found that 59% of federal employees teleworked daily at the height of the pandemic, up from just 3% before. Those who used the work arrangement were more likely to be engaged with their jobs, OPM said. Employees who reported that they worked at least three days per week remotely ha
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Teleworking feds were far happier with their jobs in 2020 2 hours ago The 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey showed that feds working away from the office were more engaged than those unable to telework. (Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images) Federal employees who moved to either full- or part-time telework during the COVID-19 pandemic reported higher engagement and satisfaction with their jobs than those who could not work remotely, according to results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey released April 26. The overall employee engagement score for feds who worked three or more days of telework a week was 76 percent compared with only 62.5 percent engagement for those employees who could not telework.