2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Employment and Social Development Canada by Question 78.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 78)

The results of the 2018 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Results have been adjusted for non-response to better represent the target population. Therefore, percentages should not be used to determine the number of respondents within a response category. Positive answers and Negative answers are calculated by removing the "Don't know" and "Not applicable" responses from the total responses.

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My Job

Question 1. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	45	10	5	1	0	0	84	6	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	45	13	12	5	0	1	70	17	1292
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	48	9	12	5	0	0	74	18	10929
2018	Technical	14	42	11	17	16	1	0	56	33	115
2018	Administrative Support	33	45	8	10	3	0	1	78	13	1261
2018	Operational	69	31	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	16
2018	Other	35	42	10	9	2	0	1	78	11	353
2017	Executive	44	41	7	6	1	0	1	85	8	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	42	14	14	6	0	1	66	20	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	43	11	14	6	0	0	69	20	11462
2017	Technical	12	43	15	18	13	0	0	55	31	133
2017	Administrative Support	34	40	9	13	5	0	0	73	17	1612
2017	Operational	0	62	8	11	19	0	0	62	30	10
2017	Other	42	31	13	11	3	0	0	73	14	309
2014	Executive	47	38	8	6	1	0	0	85	7	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	41	16	15	6	0	1	63	21	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	42	12	15	8	0	0	65	23	11297
2014	Technical	11	35	10	29	14	0	0	46	43	125
2014	Administrative Support	26	41	12	14	7	0	0	67	21	1668
2014	Operational	18	32	7	12	25	7	0	53	39	15
2014	Other	42	36	11	6	3	0	2	80	9	222

Question 2. My job is a good fit with my interests.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	61	30	5	3	1	0	0	92	4	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	41	11	7	3	0	0	80	9	1287
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	13	8	4	0	0	74	13	10895
2018	Technical	55	30	7	4	3	1	0	86	7	115
2018	Administrative Support	29	38	16	10	6	0	1	67	16	1255
2018	Operational	50	25	13	12	0	0	0	75	12	16
2018	Other	33	38	15	11	3	0	0	71	14	352
2017	Executive	63	27	5	4	1	0	0	90	5	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	41	8	6	3	0	0	82	10	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	13	8	5	0	0	74	13	11456
2017	Technical	51	37	6	3	2	0	1	89	5	133
2017	Administrative Support	32	33	20	8	6	0	0	66	15	1617
2017	Operational	29	61	0	0	11	0	0	89	11	10
2017	Other	27	39	18	10	4	0	1	67	15	311
2014	Executive	59	31	5	3	1	0	0	90	5	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	44	9	9	4	0	0	78	13	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	40	14	9	6	0	0	71	15	11307
2014	Technical	48	33	9	7	4	0	0	80	11	126
2014	Administrative Support	23	38	19	10	9	0	1	62	19	1669
2014	Operational	36	30	18	16	0	0	0	66	16	16
2014	Other	37	37	12	10	3	0	1	75	13	222

Question 3. My job is a good fit with my skills.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	64	30	4	1	1	0	0	94	2	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	39	7	7	3	0	0	84	9	1278
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	40	9	7	3	0	0	81	10	10838
2018	Technical	55	33	4	5	2	1	0	88	7	112
2018	Administrative Support	35	35	14	10	6	0	0	71	16	1259
2018	Operational	63	6	25	0	6	0	0	69	6	16
2018	Other	36	46	7	9	2	0	0	82	11	351
2017	Executive	69	26	2	3	1	0	0	95	4	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	48	38	6	6	3	0	0	85	9	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	40	9	7	3	0	0	81	10	11451
2017	Technical	56	35	4	3	2	0	0	91	5	133
2017	Administrative Support	37	34	13	10	7	0	0	71	17	1617
2017	Operational	45	44	0	0	11	0	0	89	11	10
2017	Other	40	35	12	9	4	0	1	75	13	311
2014	Executive	67	26	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	42	7	6	3	0	0	84	9	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	40	10	7	5	0	0	78	12	11295
2014	Technical	52	32	8	4	4	0	0	84	8	125
2014	Administrative Support	30	37	13	11	9	0	0	67	20	1669
2014	Operational	29	47	11	6	7	0	0	76	13	16
2014	Other	46	35	8	9	3	0	0	81	12	222

Question 4. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	35	7	10	5	0	0	78	15	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	34	9	10	4	0	1	77	14	1289
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	36	11	8	5	0	0	75	14	10900
2018	Technical	33	33	15	11	7	1	0	67	18	114
2018	Administrative Support	44	33	13	5	4	0	1	78	9	1260
2018	Operational	75	19	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	52	30	8	4	2	1	4	86	6	351
2017	Executive	37	35	8	12	8	0	0	73	20	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	37	8	9	6	0	0	78	14	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	11	9	6	0	1	74	15	11452
2017	Technical	43	30	13	10	4	0	0	73	14	133
2017	Administrative Support	42	33	13	6	5	1	1	76	11	1617
2017	Operational	52	27	0	11	11	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	57	26	8	3	2	1	2	87	5	311
2014	Executive	37	40	10	10	3	0	0	78	13	387
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	36	11	10	8	0	0	71	18	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	34	14	10	8	0	1	68	18	11298
2014	Technical	14	25	12	17	30	0	1	40	48	126
2014	Administrative Support	30	36	16	10	6	1	1	68	17	1667
2014	Operational	37	28	11	6	18	0	0	65	24	16
2014	Other	57	22	8	5	2	1	4	83	8	222

Question 5. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	36	5	3	1	0	91	4	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	42	12	10	5	0	74	15	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	43	12	8	5	0	75	13	10878
2018	Technical	47	35	9	5	4	1	83	8	111
2018	Administrative Support	33	44	13	6	4	0	77	10	1258
2018	Operational	56	25	6	6	6	0	81	13	16
2018	Other	32	46	14	6	2	0	78	8	352
2017	Executive	53	37	4	4	2	0	90	6	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	45	9	9	4	0	78	13	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	45	11	7	5	0	76	12	11465
2017	Technical	40	45	6	7	2	0	84	10	133
2017	Administrative Support	33	41	15	7	4	0	74	11	1615
2017	Operational	43	36	21	0	0	0	79	0	10
2017	Other	33	41	14	7	5	0	74	12	310
2014	Executive	53	37	5	4	2	0	89	6	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	48	12	9	7	0	71	16	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	46	13	9	6	0	72	15	11299
2014	Technical	19	57	8	7	9	0	76	16	126
2014	Administrative Support	24	44	16	9	7	0	68	16	1670
2014	Operational	24	35	23	6	12	0	59	18	16
2014	Other	39	38	13	7	4	0	77	10	222

Question 6. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	35	6	9	6	0	0	78	16	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	35	15	12	8	0	0	65	20	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	35	18	13	10	0	0	59	23	10920
2018	Technical	21	27	23	17	11	1	0	49	28	114
2018	Administrative Support	26	34	18	12	9	0	1	61	21	1264
2018	Operational	13	43	19	19	6	0	0	56	25	16
2018	Other	40	36	14	6	3	1	0	77	9	351
2017	Executive	35	45	8	8	4	0	0	80	12	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	38	14	13	7	0	0	66	20	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	17	14	10	0	0	60	24	11461
2017	Technical	19	30	23	15	12	1	1	50	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	25	34	18	13	9	0	0	60	22	1613
2017	Operational	44	18	8	19	11	0	0	62	30	10
2017	Other	42	34	12	5	6	0	1	77	11	311
2014	Executive	34	44	10	8	4	0	0	78	12	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	39	17	14	10	0	0	59	24	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	35	19	16	12	0	0	53	28	11298
2014	Technical	12	29	23	20	16	0	0	41	36	126
2014	Administrative Support	17	35	20	16	12	0	0	52	28	1670
2014	Operational	11	29	6	17	31	0	6	43	51	16
2014	Other	42	31	17	7	3	0	0	73	10	222

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	40	7	5	2	0	0	86	7	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	42	12	12	6	0	0	69	19	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	43	12	9	4	0	0	74	14	10923
2018	Technical	29	42	14	9	5	1	0	72	14	114
2018	Administrative Support	40	39	12	5	3	0	0	80	8	1263
2018	Operational	63	25	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	16
2018	Other	35	40	14	9	3	0	0	74	12	353
2017	Executive	38	48	5	5	4	0	0	86	9	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	44	10	12	5	0	0	73	17	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	44	12	9	4	0	0	76	13	11457
2017	Technical	30	41	13	11	5	0	0	71	16	132
2017	Administrative Support	41	41	9	6	3	0	0	82	8	1615
2017	Operational	12	67	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	38	36	12	11	2	0	1	74	14	311

Question 8. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	78	20	1	1	0	0	0	98	1	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	40	7	5	2	1	0	86	6	1292
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	42	9	4	2	0	0	85	6	10900
2018	Technical	48	35	8	6	2	1	0	84	8	113
2018	Administrative Support	51	37	7	3	1	1	0	89	4	1263
2018	Operational	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	16
2018	Other	42	38	12	5	2	1	0	81	7	355
2017	Executive	67	27	3	2	1	0	0	95	3	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	41	8	6	3	0	0	83	8	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	11444
2017	Technical	34	47	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	133
2017	Administrative Support	49	37	8	3	2	1	0	87	5	1613
2017	Operational	40	39	11	11	0	0	0	79	11	10
2017	Other	46	37	8	6	2	0	1	84	8	310
2014	Executive	70	25	3	1	1	0	0	95	2	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	43	12	7	3	0	0	78	9	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	43	12	5	3	1	0	79	9	11299
2014	Technical	25	36	22	9	8	0	1	61	17	126
2014	Administrative Support	38	42	12	4	3	0	0	80	8	1669
2014	Operational	30	47	6	0	18	0	0	76	18	16
2014	Other	46	32	14	5	2	1	0	79	7	222

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	49	36	5	7	2	0	0	86	9	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	37	13	10	8	0	0	69	19	1289
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	38	15	11	8	0	0	66	19	10878
2018	Technical	22	32	20	13	12	0	0	55	25	113
2018	Administrative Support	29	36	19	9	7	0	0	65	16	1252
2018	Operational	50	12	25	13	0	0	0	62	13	16
2018	Other	41	39	9	9	1	1	0	81	10	355
2017	Executive	46	34	5	10	5	0	0	80	15	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	39	14	10	8	0	0	69	18	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	16	11	9	0	0	64	20	11454
2017	Technical	21	36	14	17	12	0	0	57	29	133
2017	Administrative Support	30	36	16	10	8	1	0	66	18	1617
2017	Operational	31	28	21	0	21	0	0	58	21	10
2017	Other	40	39	10	6	4	0	1	80	10	311

Question 10. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	26	3	2	1	0	95	3	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	36	10	6	2	0	81	9	1275
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	36	9	4	2	0	85	5	10806
2018	Technical	57	33	8	1	1	0	90	2	110
2018	Administrative Support	53	30	12	3	1	0	84	4	1256
2018	Operational	56	25	13	6	0	0	81	6	16
2018	Other	43	39	12	4	1	0	82	6	353
2017	Executive	68	27	2	1	1	0	96	2	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	38	9	4	1	0	85	6	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	36	9	3	2	0	86	5	11436
2017	Technical	55	36	5	2	1	0	91	4	133
2017	Administrative Support	55	30	10	2	2	0	86	4	1618
2017	Operational	70	30	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2017	Other	44	37	13	4	1	1	82	5	310
2014	Executive	78	17	4	1	0	0	95	1	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	37	9	3	2	0	86	5	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	56	31	9	3	2	0	87	4	11295
2014	Technical	54	35	7	2	2	0	89	4	126
2014	Administrative Support	59	28	9	2	1	0	87	3	1667
2014	Operational	58	36	6	0	0	0	94	0	15
2014	Other	61	27	8	3	1	0	88	4	222

Question 11. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	31	5	4	1	0	0	91	4	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	37	14	13	9	0	0	63	22	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	17	14	10	0	0	59	24	10868
2018	Technical	22	34	14	15	14	0	0	56	30	111
2018	Administrative Support	22	35	19	13	10	1	1	57	23	1255
2018	Operational	19	38	31	13	0	0	0	56	13	16
2018	Other	29	35	20	10	4	1	1	65	14	354
2017	Executive	54	34	4	6	2	0	0	88	9	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	42	12	11	7	0	0	69	19	1236
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	15	14	9	0	0	61	24	11415
2017	Technical	24	36	14	16	9	1	0	61	25	133
2017	Administrative Support	23	35	18	14	8	1	1	60	22	1614
2017	Operational	32	31	17	0	21	0	0	62	21	10
2017	Other	30	33	15	15	4	1	3	65	20	310
2014	Executive	50	38	4	4	4	0	0	88	7	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	43	13	14	11	0	0	62	25	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36	16	17	14	0	1	52	31	11302
2014	Technical	10	25	10	27	28	0	1	35	55	126
2014	Administrative Support	15	36	20	17	12	0	1	51	29	1667
2014	Operational	18	29	17	6	30	0	0	47	36	16
2014	Other	31	35	15	9	7	0	2	68	17	222

Question 12. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	61	29	5	3	2	0	0	90	5	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	34	17	12	7	0	0	63	20	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	17	13	9	0	1	60	22	10850
2018	Technical	27	28	17	12	17	0	0	54	28	113
2018	Administrative Support	25	32	22	11	8	0	1	58	20	1257
2018	Operational	19	31	25	25	0	0	0	50	25	16
2018	Other	37	32	16	8	5	0	1	70	13	353
2017	Executive	50	38	3	6	3	0	0	88	9	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	35	14	11	8	0	0	67	19	1237
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	33	17	13	9	0	1	61	22	11422
2017	Technical	24	41	16	14	6	0	0	65	20	133
2017	Administrative Support	28	32	19	11	8	1	1	61	19	1615
2017	Operational	32	31	17	0	21	0	0	62	21	10
2017	Other	33	31	18	12	5	0	1	65	18	310
2014	Executive	51	34	6	5	3	0	0	85	9	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	35	17	12	10	0	0	60	23	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	34	18	14	11	0	1	56	26	11304
2014	Technical	12	32	19	24	13	0	0	44	36	126
2014	Administrative Support	21	33	22	14	10	0	1	54	24	1667
2014	Operational	13	22	18	0	42	6	0	37	44	16
2014	Other	35	36	13	10	3	1	1	73	14	222

Question 13. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	49	36	4	8	3	0	0	85	11	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	36	16	12	6	0	2	66	18	1287
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	39	15	11	6	0	0	69	16	10850
2018	Technical	25	35	17	15	8	0	0	60	23	112
2018	Administrative Support	34	39	15	8	4	0	0	73	12	1259
2018	Operational	44	50	0	6	0	0	0	94	6	16
2018	Other	39	38	15	5	1	1	1	78	7	353
2017	Executive	48	36	5	9	3	0	0	84	11	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	40	14	10	5	1	2	70	16	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	40	13	10	6	0	0	71	16	11428
2017	Technical	22	40	13	16	9	0	0	63	25	133
2017	Administrative Support	35	37	15	8	4	0	0	73	12	1613
2017	Operational	50	21	8	0	21	0	0	71	21	10
2017	Other	40	35	13	7	2	1	2	77	10	308
2014	Executive	48	35	7	7	2	0	1	84	9	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	42	15	12	6	0	1	66	19	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	40	16	12	8	0	0	64	20	11299
2014	Technical	11	21	28	23	16	1	0	33	39	126
2014	Administrative Support	24	39	19	11	6	0	0	64	17	1668
2014	Operational	29	16	12	12	30	0	0	46	42	16
2014	Other	45	33	13	5	2	0	1	80	7	222

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	54	38	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	40	12	8	3	0	0	77	12	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	40	12	6	4	0	0	78	10	10900
2018	Technical	45	34	15	5	1	0	0	79	6	114
2018	Administrative Support	43	37	13	4	3	0	0	81	7	1260
2018	Operational	56	25	6	6	6	0	0	81	12	16
2018	Other	44	38	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	351
2017	Executive	53	34	4	5	2	1	0	88	7	348
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	40	12	6	4	0	0	79	10	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	41	12	6	4	0	0	78	10	11419
2017	Technical	42	44	5	7	2	0	0	86	9	133
2017	Administrative Support	44	35	12	5	3	0	0	79	8	1613
2017	Operational	58	21	0	21	0	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	43	36	11	6	3	0	1	80	9	309
2014	Executive	58	30	7	3	2	0	0	89	4	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	45	11	9	4	0	0	76	13	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	42	13	7	5	0	0	75	12	11297
2014	Technical	26	51	8	9	6	0	0	77	15	126
2014	Administrative Support	35	40	13	7	5	0	0	75	12	1664
2014	Operational	38	26	19	12	6	0	0	63	18	15
2014	Other	49	36	9	4	2	0	0	85	6	220

Question 15. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	21	30	21	16	0	1	33	37	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	32	20	8	5	0	1	67	13	1291
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	30	16	6	4	0	2	73	11	10944
2018	Technical	30	36	20	12	1	1	0	66	13	114
2018	Administrative Support	53	29	12	3	2	1	1	83	5	1264
2018	Operational	69	12	6	0	0	0	13	93	0	16
2018	Other	67	21	8	1	1	0	1	89	2	354
2017	Executive	9	27	24	26	13	0	1	37	39	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	38	15	6	3	0	2	75	9	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	32	14	6	3	0	3	76	9	11468
2017	Technical	21	39	19	13	4	1	3	63	18	133
2017	Administrative Support	54	28	11	3	2	1	2	84	5	1614
2017	Operational	27	40	0	22	11	0	0	67	33	10
2017	Other	68	22	4	2	0	0	3	93	2	311
2014	Executive	14	31	20	22	11	0	2	45	34	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	37	17	5	2	0	1	75	8	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	16	6	4	0	2	74	10	11306
2014	Technical	23	35	27	8	7	0	0	58	15	126
2014	Administrative Support	50	30	12	4	3	0	1	81	7	1669
2014	Operational	22	43	23	0	6	0	6	70	6	16
2014	Other	62	27	7	1	1	0	1	90	3	221

Question 16a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	31	42	15	4	0	0	19	39	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	28	35	18	6	1	1	24	39	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	25	33	19	8	1	2	28	38	10906
2018	Technical	16	34	33	11	5	1	0	17	50	115
2018	Administrative Support	9	20	32	22	13	2	4	36	30	1257
2018	Operational	0	0	50	25	19	0	6	46	0	16
2018	Other	6	12	28	29	19	3	3	51	19	349
2017	Executive	10	25	47	15	4	0	0	19	35	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	24	38	17	7	1	3	26	34	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	23	34	17	9	1	4	28	36	11429
2017	Technical	12	25	32	20	8	2	1	29	38	133
2017	Administrative Support	8	17	30	21	15	2	7	39	28	1603
2017	Operational	11	24	35	21	10	0	0	31	34	10
2017	Other	3	11	29	25	22	3	8	52	16	310
2014	Executive	6	25	46	16	6	0	1	22	32	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	27	40	14	6	1	2	21	38	1246
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	29	34	14	6	1	2	21	44	11290
2014	Technical	24	32	32	7	4	0	1	11	56	125
2014	Administrative Support	10	27	35	16	8	1	3	25	39	1666
2014	Operational	12	12	47	23	6	0	0	29	24	16
2014	Other	6	13	23	29	18	2	9	53	22	220

Question 16b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	5	17	34	35	8	0	0	44	21	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	17	30	28	14	3	2	44	25	1279
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	18	29	25	14	3	2	41	29	10867
2018	Technical	20	18	32	19	7	3	1	27	40	114
2018	Administrative Support	7	14	25	22	23	5	4	49	23	1249
2018	Operational	0	0	25	38	37	0	0	75	0	16
2018	Other	5	5	15	32	34	5	5	73	10	349
2017	Executive	7	14	33	26	19	0	2	45	22	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	15	29	27	16	3	4	46	22	1235
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	17	28	22	15	3	5	40	29	11398
2017	Technical	19	20	26	15	14	4	2	31	41	132
2017	Administrative Support	7	13	22	22	21	6	9	51	24	1590
2017	Operational	11	21	26	33	10	0	0	43	31	10
2017	Other	3	7	14	22	38	8	8	71	12	309
2014	Executive	4	20	36	27	12	0	1	39	25	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	19	33	23	10	2	3	35	30	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	31	17	9	3	3	27	40	11277
2014	Technical	37	29	22	9	2	1	1	11	66	126
2014	Administrative Support	13	23	29	17	10	4	4	29	40	1661
2014	Operational	12	18	17	30	11	6	6	46	34	16
2014	Other	4	10	17	26	28	5	10	63	16	222

Question 16c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	22	28	34	12	3	0	1	15	50	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	26	27	15	6	2	3	22	50	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	23	28	17	9	2	4	29	41	10868
2018	Technical	32	26	22	13	4	2	0	18	59	115
2018	Administrative Support	6	14	25	24	19	5	7	49	23	1250
2018	Operational	6	19	19	19	31	0	6	54	26	16
2018	Other	11	16	23	21	19	4	5	44	30	350
2017	Executive	19	30	33	12	6	0	0	19	48	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	26	28	13	9	2	5	24	46	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	22	28	15	10	3	7	28	41	11411
2017	Technical	24	22	28	15	6	3	1	23	48	133
2017	Administrative Support	8	11	21	20	20	6	14	51	23	1591
2017	Operational	0	11	20	37	22	0	11	66	12	10
2017	Other	10	13	21	17	21	7	10	46	28	310
2014	Executive	19	32	29	13	6	0	1	19	52	387
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	29	27	12	6	2	4	19	52	1247
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	26	27	13	7	2	5	21	50	11279
2014	Technical	40	24	25	10	2	0	0	12	64	126
2014	Administrative Support	10	19	27	19	12	5	9	35	33	1664
2014	Operational	19	18	11	36	6	6	6	47	41	16
2014	Other	8	15	26	19	17	3	12	42	27	220

Question 16d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	31	37	12	2	0	0	13	50	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	23	30	18	8	1	2	27	42	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	16	32	24	13	1	4	39	28	10836
2018	Technical	13	21	29	24	11	1	0	36	35	115
2018	Administrative Support	3	8	22	31	28	3	5	65	11	1245
2018	Operational	6	6	6	31	44	0	6	80	13	16
2018	Other	4	7	16	28	37	2	6	71	11	349
2017	Executive	14	35	38	9	3	0	0	12	50	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	21	32	20	9	1	3	30	36	1235
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	16	30	22	13	2	7	39	28	11369
2017	Technical	10	16	31	19	19	3	2	40	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	4	8	18	29	25	3	12	64	15	1589
2017	Other	2	3	15	28	38	4	9	76	7	309
2014	Executive	12	31	39	14	4	0	1	17	43	386
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	23	35	20	9	1	3	30	34	1245
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	20	32	21	10	1	6	33	33	11257
2014	Technical	14	20	31	27	6	1	1	33	35	125
2014	Administrative Support	6	11	27	31	16	2	6	52	18	1658
2014	Operational	17	0	36	18	24	0	6	44	18	16
2014	Other	3	3	17	27	37	2	10	74	8	222

Question 16e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	34	29	12	5	0	2	16	54	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	23	25	20	10	2	2	32	42	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	22	27	19	12	2	4	33	38	10867
2018	Technical	20	29	25	16	6	3	2	23	51	115
2018	Administrative Support	7	12	23	28	21	3	6	54	20	1256
2018	Operational	0	6	31	19	44	0	0	62	6	16
2018	Other	5	8	19	25	33	4	6	65	14	350
2017	Executive	14	32	33	13	6	0	1	20	47	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	22	28	18	12	2	6	33	36	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	20	27	17	13	2	7	33	37	11411
2017	Technical	19	23	27	16	9	4	3	27	44	133
2017	Administrative Support	7	11	23	21	24	3	11	53	20	1595
2017	Operational	0	41	20	9	19	0	12	31	46	10
2017	Other	4	7	15	25	36	3	11	70	13	310
2014	Executive	17	36	32	8	5	0	1	13	54	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	25	29	15	7	2	3	23	46	1247
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	26	13	8	1	4	22	51	11282
2014	Technical	38	36	16	6	2	1	1	8	76	126
2014	Administrative Support	15	20	28	17	12	2	5	32	38	1665
2014	Operational	16	6	24	37	11	0	6	51	23	16
2014	Other	5	9	14	21	34	3	13	66	17	222

Question 16f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	24	40	19	4	0	0	23	37	323
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	18	26	23	13	3	3	39	33	1277
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	21	27	19	12	3	3	34	37	10842
2018	Technical	15	20	29	21	9	3	3	32	37	115
2018	Administrative Support	11	16	22	20	18	6	6	44	31	1250
2018	Operational	12	6	25	25	25	6	0	53	20	16
2018	Other	5	12	16	20	32	9	6	61	20	347
2017	Executive	11	24	37	18	8	0	1	27	36	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	18	28	22	15	3	6	40	30	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	20	27	19	13	4	6	34	36	11418
2017	Technical	10	15	29	20	15	6	5	40	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	11	16	21	18	18	7	10	43	32	1600
2017	Other	5	8	14	16	33	12	12	65	18	308
2014	Executive	4	18	39	28	9	0	1	37	23	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	14	28	26	14	3	6	44	25	1247
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	26	23	12	4	6	38	33	11269
2014	Technical	23	30	22	15	4	2	3	20	56	126
2014	Administrative Support	13	21	24	20	12	4	6	35	38	1664
2014	Operational	6	18	36	17	13	6	6	34	26	16
2014	Other	6	9	12	18	29	15	12	63	20	221

Question 16g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	27	34	10	1	0	1	12	54	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	26	28	14	6	3	3	21	50	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	32	13	7	2	2	22	45	10903
2018	Technical	33	24	23	15	3	3	0	18	59	115
2018	Administrative Support	8	17	29	21	17	4	5	42	27	1255
2018	Operational	6	12	25	31	19	0	6	53	20	16
2018	Other	10	16	22	16	24	8	5	46	29	351
2017	Executive	23	31	36	7	3	0	1	9	54	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	26	31	12	8	3	4	21	46	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	24	32	13	7	3	4	22	44	11418
2017	Technical	28	29	23	10	4	4	2	15	61	133
2017	Administrative Support	8	15	26	19	17	6	10	43	27	1599
2017	Operational	11	12	42	18	10	0	8	30	24	10
2017	Other	9	10	22	15	26	7	10	50	23	310
2014	Executive	16	33	37	10	3	0	1	12	50	387
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	30	30	12	4	3	3	17	51	1246
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	32	12	6	2	3	19	48	11282
2014	Technical	37	33	22	8	0	0	0	8	71	126
2014	Administrative Support	11	20	30	17	11	5	7	32	35	1662
2014	Operational	22	30	19	17	6	0	6	24	56	16
2014	Other	6	13	25	20	20	8	8	48	23	221

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Question 17. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	44	9	6	2	0	1	83	8	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	28	18	10	9	8	5	57	23	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	32	20	10	7	7	4	59	18	10878
2018	Technical	18	15	17	20	22	5	3	36	46	115
2018	Administrative Support	20	30	20	10	8	8	4	57	20	1264
2018	Operational	37	38	12	0	6	6	0	80	7	16
2018	Other	30	29	13	4	2	12	10	76	7	351
2017	Executive	43	41	5	6	3	0	1	85	9	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	30	14	10	8	7	6	64	21	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	30	15	10	7	6	5	64	19	11456
2017	Technical	15	24	19	19	18	5	2	41	39	133
2017	Administrative Support	24	28	17	11	8	7	4	60	21	1616
2017	Operational	40	31	8	11	11	0	0	71	21	10
2017	Other	37	25	9	6	2	6	15	78	11	311
2014	Executive	46	42	5	3	2	1	1	90	5	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	31	15	10	9	6	4	62	21	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	16	10	7	5	4	63	19	11303
2014	Technical	16	31	19	15	15	4	0	48	32	125
2014	Administrative Support	21	31	20	11	9	5	3	57	21	1666
2014	Operational	6	22	29	17	25	0	0	28	43	16
2014	Other	36	24	10	6	3	10	11	77	11	222

Question 18. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	27	4	4	1	0	0	91	5	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	30	9	11	7	1	0	72	19	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	32	9	9	6	1	0	76	15	10844
2018	Technical	24	25	13	19	17	2	0	51	36	115
2018	Administrative Support	40	31	11	9	7	2	1	72	16	1263
2018	Operational	62	25	6	0	6	0	0	87	6	16
2018	Other	54	28	8	6	3	0	0	83	9	351
2017	Executive	67	23	3	4	3	0	0	90	7	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	32	8	11	6	1	0	75	17	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	31	8	8	6	1	0	78	14	11452
2017	Technical	31	25	9	17	17	2	0	57	34	133
2017	Administrative Support	42	30	11	9	6	2	0	73	15	1614
2017	Operational	40	39	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	58	26	6	5	2	1	1	86	7	311
2014	Executive	63	27	3	5	2	1	0	90	7	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	32	8	10	8	1	0	74	18	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	30	9	9	6	1	0	75	16	11298
2014	Technical	26	34	13	16	10	2	0	61	26	125
2014	Administrative Support	36	31	12	10	8	2	0	69	19	1667
2014	Operational	39	13	6	11	25	7	0	55	39	16
2014	Other	61	22	7	4	3	3	1	86	7	222

Question 19. In my work unit, unsatisfactory employee performance is managed effectively.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	47	13	8	2	2	1	76	11	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	17	20	14	13	20	5	37	37	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	22	19	15	12	17	2	42	34	10861
2018	Technical	8	14	15	16	28	17	3	27	54	115
2018	Administrative Support	12	20	20	15	12	19	2	41	34	1257
2018	Operational	25	25	13	12	6	19	0	62	23	16
2018	Other	19	21	14	11	4	27	4	58	22	350
2017	Executive	25	48	9	11	3	2	1	76	15	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	19	17	15	11	24	4	41	36	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	21	18	17	12	19	2	41	37	11460
2017	Technical	4	16	21	19	23	17	0	23	51	133
2017	Administrative Support	12	20	18	16	12	21	2	41	36	1612
2017	Operational	24	29	18	9	21	0	0	52	30	10
2017	Other	19	15	11	8	6	33	7	58	23	311
2014	Executive	25	47	13	9	2	2	1	74	12	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	19	18	17	14	20	4	36	40	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	20	20	18	16	15	2	35	41	11301
2014	Technical	2	11	23	24	28	11	1	15	59	126
2014	Administrative Support	8	19	21	17	18	15	2	32	43	1669
2014	Operational	0	11	42	0	30	12	6	14	36	16
2014	Other	25	14	11	9	5	32	5	61	22	222

Question 20. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	36	5	4	1	0	0	91	5	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	32	7	9	4	0	0	81	12	1280
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	37	8	6	3	0	0	84	8	10856
2018	Technical	27	33	10	17	11	1	0	61	29	115
2018	Administrative Support	43	38	9	7	3	0	0	81	10	1264
2018	Operational	56	37	0	6	0	0	0	94	6	16
2018	Other	63	26	6	2	2	1	0	90	4	351
2017	Executive	61	30	3	4	2	0	0	91	6	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	36	7	7	4	0	0	83	10	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	40	7	6	3	0	0	84	9	11450
2017	Technical	24	39	8	15	13	1	0	63	29	133
2017	Administrative Support	39	40	10	7	4	0	0	80	10	1612
2017	Operational	44	29	8	8	11	0	0	74	18	10
2017	Other	66	24	5	3	0	0	1	91	4	310
2014	Executive	61	34	2	2	1	0	0	95	3	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	39	7	8	3	0	0	82	11	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	42	9	7	3	0	0	82	10	11299
2014	Technical	23	51	4	13	9	0	0	74	22	126
2014	Administrative Support	32	43	13	9	4	0	0	75	13	1668
2014	Operational	46	12	12	6	24	0	0	58	30	16
2014	Other	61	30	2	4	1	0	2	93	5	222

Question 21. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	61	33	4	2	0	0	0	95	2	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	37	12	5	3	2	0	79	8	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	40	15	5	3	2	1	77	8	10893
2018	Technical	27	37	20	8	6	2	0	66	14	115
2018	Administrative Support	31	37	18	6	3	3	2	72	9	1262
2018	Operational	44	44	6	6	0	0	0	87	6	16
2018	Other	49	32	10	3	1	3	2	85	4	351

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 22. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	49	34	5	8	4	0	0	84	12	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	35	11	9	6	0	1	73	16	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	36	12	9	5	1	0	74	14	10882
2018	Technical	27	32	18	15	5	2	0	61	21	114
2018	Administrative Support	37	36	12	7	5	1	1	75	12	1258
2018	Operational	43	44	6	6	0	0	0	87	6	16
2018	Other	49	32	6	9	3	1	1	83	12	352
2017	Executive	42	37	8	10	3	0	1	80	13	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	35	11	10	5	1	1	73	15	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	37	37	11	8	5	1	0	76	13	11462
2017	Technical	31	37	15	9	7	1	1	69	16	133
2017	Administrative Support	39	33	14	7	5	1	1	74	12	1616
2017	Operational	52	17	10	0	21	0	0	69	21	10
2017	Other	48	30	8	5	5	0	2	81	11	309
2014	Executive	39	43	6	8	4	0	0	82	12	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	39	11	8	7	1	0	74	15	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	37	13	9	6	0	0	72	15	11301
2014	Technical	24	33	22	13	9	0	0	57	21	126
2014	Administrative Support	31	36	16	9	7	1	1	68	16	1670
2014	Operational	35	40	12	0	13	0	0	76	13	16
2014	Other	49	33	7	6	4	1	0	83	10	222

Question 23. I can count on my immediate supervisor to keep his or her promises.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	62	26	5	5	2	1	0	88	6	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	30	9	7	4	2	1	79	12	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	31	11	6	4	2	1	79	10	10862
2018	Technical	34	29	16	13	5	3	0	65	19	115
2018	Administrative Support	46	30	11	5	4	3	1	79	9	1257
2018	Operational	75	19	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	60	26	8	3	2	1	1	87	5	352
2017	Executive	55	29	6	5	3	1	1	85	9	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	32	10	5	3	3	1	81	9	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	10	6	4	2	1	80	9	11459
2017	Technical	30	36	13	10	7	2	1	69	18	133
2017	Administrative Support	46	30	12	5	3	2	1	78	9	1618
2017	Operational	52	27	0	11	11	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	58	27	7	4	1	2	1	88	5	311
2014	Executive	57	28	8	4	2	1	0	87	5	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	32	12	5	4	3	0	78	10	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	32	13	7	4	2	0	75	11	11302
2014	Technical	26	31	17	16	9	1	1	58	25	126
2014	Administrative Support	38	34	13	6	5	4	1	75	12	1670
2014	Operational	41	12	18	0	18	12	0	60	20	16
2014	Other	63	23	9	1	0	3	0	89	1	222

Question 24. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	30	6	3	2	0	0	89	5	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	32	10	9	5	1	0	76	14	1279
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	33	11	7	4	1	0	78	11	10833
2018	Technical	28	40	12	12	6	2	0	69	18	115
2018	Administrative Support	44	33	11	6	4	1	1	78	10	1255
2018	Operational	69	25	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	57	29	4	7	2	1	0	87	9	352
2017	Executive	51	33	5	6	5	0	0	84	11	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	33	10	9	4	1	0	78	12	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	35	9	7	4	1	0	80	11	11454
2017	Technical	30	41	8	13	5	3	0	73	19	133
2017	Administrative Support	44	33	12	6	4	1	0	78	10	1610
2017	Operational	52	19	8	0	21	0	0	71	21	10
2017	Other	56	28	9	4	1	1	1	85	5	311
2014	Executive	57	31	4	4	3	1	0	89	7	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	35	9	8	6	1	0	77	13	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	36	11	9	5	1	0	76	13	11300
2014	Technical	27	40	10	17	7	0	0	67	24	126
2014	Administrative Support	35	36	12	9	6	1	0	73	14	1667
2014	Operational	41	23	12	6	18	0	0	64	24	16
2014	Other	59	27	8	4	2	1	0	86	5	222

Question 25. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	66	21	6	5	1	0	87	6	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	23	10	4	4	1	82	8	1283
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	27	10	4	4	1	81	8	10854
2018	Technical	48	23	13	9	5	2	73	14	115
2018	Administrative Support	50	28	11	4	4	3	80	9	1258
2018	Operational	62	31	6	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	69	23	4	3	2	1	92	4	352
2017	Executive	60	25	6	5	3	0	86	8	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	26	10	4	3	1	82	7	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	26	10	4	4	2	82	8	11454
2017	Technical	48	26	9	4	10	3	76	14	133
2017	Administrative Support	53	25	11	4	4	3	81	8	1615
2017	Operational	44	28	8	11	11	0	71	21	10
2017	Other	67	19	7	1	2	3	89	4	311

Question 26. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	26	8	5	2	0	0	85	7	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	9	8	7	1	0	76	15	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	29	12	6	5	0	0	77	11	10876
2018	Technical	40	25	19	7	7	2	0	66	14	115
2018	Administrative Support	49	29	11	5	5	1	0	79	10	1255
2018	Operational	69	31	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	16
2018	Other	62	26	5	5	2	0	0	88	7	352
2017	Executive	55	30	5	7	3	0	0	85	11	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	29	10	7	4	1	0	79	11	1237
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	10	6	5	0	0	80	11	11440
2017	Technical	45	28	10	7	7	2	0	75	15	133
2017	Administrative Support	52	27	10	6	4	1	0	80	10	1614
2017	Operational	52	9	18	0	21	0	0	61	21	10
2017	Other	62	21	10	3	2	0	1	84	5	310
2014	Executive	58	29	5	4	3	1	0	88	7	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	32	11	6	6	1	0	76	13	1246
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	45	31	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	11296
2014	Technical	26	35	13	13	12	1	0	62	25	126
2014	Administrative Support	41	34	12	6	6	0	0	76	12	1667
2014	Operational	41	18	12	12	18	0	0	58	30	16
2014	Other	66	22	6	5	1	0	0	88	6	222

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Senior Management

Question 28. I receive the support I need from senior management to address unsatisfactory performance issues in my work unit. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	42	9	5	2	1	3	83	7	320
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	31	13	12	4	4	12	66	19	219
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	37	13	11	5	2	3	69	16	1751
2017	Executive	33	46	7	8	2	1	3	82	11	336
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	38	11	9	7	5	6	70	17	206
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	40	13	12	4	2	4	69	17	1826
2014	Executive	40	44	5	4	3	2	2	87	7	379
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	33	17	9	8	3	9	61	19	230
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	38	14	11	6	2	4	67	18	1876

Question 29. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	31	11	8	3	1	0	77	12	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	31	17	8	5	12	0	65	16	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	31	17	7	6	9	0	67	14	10917
2018	Technical	17	24	22	11	14	11	0	46	29	115
2018	Administrative Support	35	29	18	5	5	8	1	70	11	1266
2018	Operational	31	44	6	0	0	19	0	92	0	16
2018	Other	50	26	10	2	1	11	0	85	3	354
2017	Executive	41	36	9	7	6	1	1	78	13	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	32	14	10	5	11	0	68	16	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	31	15	8	6	10	0	68	15	11463
2017	Technical	13	28	22	12	11	14	0	48	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	35	29	14	6	6	10	1	72	13	1619
2017	Operational	33	30	8	0	21	9	0	68	23	10
2017	Other	53	22	6	4	1	13	2	88	5	310
2014	Executive	44	40	5	7	3	1	0	85	10	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	35	17	10	6	12	0	63	18	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	32	18	9	7	11	0	61	18	11297
2014	Technical	12	23	17	18	21	8	1	39	43	126
2014	Administrative Support	25	32	17	8	7	10	0	64	17	1667
2014	Operational	35	24	6	7	23	6	0	62	32	16
2014	Other	53	21	6	3	1	15	1	88	5	222

Question 30. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	34	11	7	2	0	0	80	9	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	34	18	13	6	4	0	62	20	1283
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	18	11	8	3	0	62	20	10885
2018	Technical	17	30	20	12	16	6	0	49	30	115
2018	Administrative Support	35	29	19	7	6	4	1	67	14	1266
2018	Operational	31	44	19	0	6	0	0	75	6	16
2018	Other	51	25	11	3	3	6	0	82	6	351
2017	Executive	40	38	7	10	4	0	1	79	14	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	34	17	12	7	4	0	63	19	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	32	18	11	8	4	0	61	20	11462
2017	Technical	14	25	22	17	16	6	0	41	36	133
2017	Administrative Support	33	30	16	8	7	5	1	68	15	1617
2017	Operational	43	20	8	0	21	9	0	68	23	10
2017	Other	48	30	10	4	2	6	1	83	6	311
2014	Executive	46	37	7	6	4	0	0	83	10	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	34	21	15	9	3	0	53	25	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	31	22	14	10	4	0	51	26	11301
2014	Technical	8	17	16	18	38	2	1	26	58	126
2014	Administrative Support	22	31	21	12	9	5	0	56	22	1666
2014	Operational	41	18	12	0	23	6	0	62	25	16
2014	Other	48	23	13	5	4	6	1	77	9	222

Question 31. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	25	47	13	11	5	0	0	72	16	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	30	22	16	9	7	0	49	27	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	30	21	14	9	7	0	52	25	10879
2018	Technical	12	21	23	19	16	9	0	37	38	114
2018	Administrative Support	27	28	20	9	6	9	0	61	17	1258
2018	Operational	25	31	25	0	0	19	0	69	0	16
2018	Other	35	30	16	5	2	11	1	74	9	352
2017	Executive	21	49	9	14	5	1	1	71	20	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	35	19	13	8	7	0	56	23	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	29	20	14	9	9	0	53	25	11445
2017	Technical	10	22	19	21	20	8	0	34	45	133
2017	Administrative Support	28	26	20	9	6	11	0	60	17	1616
2017	Operational	31	20	8	0	21	21	0	64	27	10
2017	Other	41	26	12	7	1	12	1	77	10	308
2014	Executive	25	45	14	12	4	1	0	71	15	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	31	23	19	10	7	0	43	32	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	26	24	18	11	8	0	42	32	11295
2014	Technical	6	10	17	21	41	4	1	17	66	126
2014	Administrative Support	16	28	22	13	11	9	0	49	26	1666
2014	Operational	29	17	18	6	23	6	0	50	32	16
2014	Other	38	27	7	8	4	14	1	77	15	222

Question 32. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	28	46	10	11	4	0	0	75	15	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	30	18	21	13	3	0	46	35	1289
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	33	19	16	10	3	0	53	28	10910
2018	Technical	11	28	18	21	19	3	0	41	40	114
2018	Administrative Support	27	31	18	11	7	5	0	61	20	1265
2018	Operational	37	25	12	19	0	6	0	67	20	16
2018	Other	38	29	16	9	3	5	0	71	13	354
2017	Executive	24	46	11	12	6	0	1	71	18	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	34	18	17	10	4	0	52	29	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	34	17	15	10	5	0	55	26	11449
2017	Technical	12	23	24	18	16	6	0	38	36	133
2017	Administrative Support	29	32	16	10	7	6	0	65	18	1611
2017	Operational	12	50	8	0	21	9	0	68	23	10
2017	Other	35	35	10	8	3	8	1	77	12	310
2014	Executive	27	49	9	11	3	0	0	77	14	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	30	18	25	14	4	0	41	40	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	31	19	19	13	4	0	46	34	11291
2014	Technical	6	14	17	21	39	2	1	20	62	126
2014	Administrative Support	17	32	19	16	12	5	0	52	29	1667
2014	Operational	35	17	11	7	30	0	0	52	36	16
2014	Other	40	29	13	6	5	6	0	74	12	222

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My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 33. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	46	9	6	1	0	0	84	7	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	43	18	11	3	1	0	68	14	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	45	17	9	3	1	0	71	12	10894
2018	Technical	22	44	19	8	5	2	0	67	13	115
2018	Administrative Support	32	43	16	5	3	2	0	76	8	1266
2018	Operational	50	44	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	36	47	11	5	1	1	0	83	6	348
2017	Executive	35	46	9	8	1	0	0	81	9	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	45	16	10	3	1	0	71	13	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	44	17	8	4	1	0	71	12	11452
2017	Technical	23	41	22	8	5	2	0	65	13	132
2017	Administrative Support	33	42	14	5	3	2	0	77	8	1615
2017	Operational	21	50	0	8	21	0	0	71	29	10
2017	Other	43	38	10	4	2	3	1	83	6	311
2014	Executive	43	45	6	4	1	0	0	89	5	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	44	20	10	5	1	0	65	15	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	44	19	9	5	2	0	67	14	11301
2014	Technical	10	28	25	20	18	0	0	37	38	126
2014	Administrative Support	25	41	19	7	5	3	0	68	12	1667
2014	Operational	46	24	6	6	12	6	0	74	19	16
2014	Other	42	34	13	7	2	2	0	78	9	222

Question 34. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	60	31	5	3	1	0	0	92	4	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	36	15	12	6	3	1	67	18	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	40	13	8	4	2	1	75	12	10890
2018	Technical	34	33	11	12	6	3	0	70	19	115
2018	Administrative Support	33	39	13	7	5	3	1	75	12	1259
2018	Operational	46	33	14	7	0	0	0	80	7	15
2018	Other	38	33	12	9	4	2	2	74	14	351
2017	Executive	62	29	4	3	1	0	0	91	5	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	37	13	9	5	4	1	72	15	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	39	11	7	4	3	1	78	11	11446
2017	Technical	37	36	11	9	4	2	0	75	13	131
2017	Administrative Support	38	34	12	8	4	4	1	76	12	1614
2017	Operational	24	35	8	11	22	0	0	59	33	10
2017	Other	43	31	7	8	4	4	3	79	13	311
2014	Executive	69	27	2	2	1	0	0	96	2	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	39	10	9	4	3	1	76	14	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	41	10	7	3	2	1	79	10	11302
2014	Technical	28	41	14	10	3	4	0	73	13	126
2014	Administrative Support	33	41	12	6	4	4	1	77	11	1670
2014	Operational	40	29	24	0	6	0	0	70	6	16
2014	Other	50	19	10	9	2	6	4	76	13	222

Question 35. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	40	8	6	2	0	85	7	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	39	22	8	4	2	65	12	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	40	16	6	4	1	73	10	10858
2018	Technical	26	40	16	9	8	1	66	18	114
2018	Administrative Support	35	36	18	4	5	2	73	9	1256
2018	Operational	44	37	13	6	0	0	81	6	16
2018	Other	45	35	13	5	1	1	81	6	349

Question 36. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	22	15	12	8	3	13	59	23	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	20	20	15	13	15	3	41	34	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	20	14	12	9	2	48	29	10891
2018	Technical	21	24	19	11	18	5	1	48	32	115
2018	Administrative Support	22	26	19	12	11	9	1	53	25	1264
2018	Operational	37	44	6	0	0	13	0	93	0	16
2018	Other	32	27	15	6	4	13	4	71	11	349
2017	Executive	24	22	11	13	8	4	17	59	27	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	21	18	14	15	15	4	43	35	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	24	17	14	13	10	3	49	31	11442
2017	Technical	16	27	17	11	22	7	1	46	36	131
2017	Administrative Support	21	23	17	12	10	13	3	53	27	1614
2017	Operational	12	27	8	0	45	9	0	42	49	10
2017	Other	32	19	9	8	6	18	8	69	19	308
2014	Executive	29	23	9	11	7	4	16	65	23	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	19	19	17	17	15	3	35	42	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	24	18	16	15	10	2	45	35	11302
2014	Technical	12	27	19	18	17	6	0	41	38	126
2014	Administrative Support	16	26	17	14	14	10	2	48	32	1670
2014	Operational	0	17	31	17	18	17	0	20	42	16
2014	Other	31	17	11	7	6	17	10	67	18	222

Question 37. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	45	12	8	3	0	0	77	10	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	34	19	17	12	3	0	51	29	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	33	17	14	11	2	0	56	26	10902
2018	Technical	16	28	17	18	18	3	0	45	38	115
2018	Administrative Support	27	29	20	10	9	4	0	59	20	1261
2018	Operational	37	38	13	0	0	13	0	86	0	16
2018	Other	41	31	14	5	3	5	1	77	8	349
2017	Executive	36	42	9	9	3	1	0	78	12	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	34	18	14	8	4	0	58	23	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	16	13	10	3	0	59	24	11449
2017	Technical	17	33	19	17	11	4	0	51	29	133
2017	Administrative Support	28	29	18	10	9	6	1	61	20	1616
2017	Operational	21	43	0	16	21	0	0	63	37	10
2017	Other	41	32	9	7	3	6	2	79	11	308
2014	Executive	33	45	9	9	2	1	0	78	12	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	32	19	18	11	3	1	49	31	1249
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	33	18	16	13	3	0	51	30	11304
2014	Technical	13	18	19	27	20	3	0	32	48	126
2014	Administrative Support	20	29	19	14	14	5	1	52	29	1668
2014	Operational	18	34	6	12	18	12	0	59	35	16
2014	Other	34	29	10	7	4	10	7	75	13	222

Question 38. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	30	11	7	6	0	2	75	13	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	29	15	16	17	3	3	50	34	1283
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	29	16	15	16	2	1	51	33	10902
2018	Technical	17	21	22	21	17	3	1	39	39	115
2018	Administrative Support	24	28	16	13	14	3	2	54	29	1263
2018	Operational	37	25	6	19	0	6	6	71	22	16
2018	Other	35	30	12	7	4	6	6	73	13	351
2017	Executive	43	30	9	6	9	1	3	75	16	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	29	13	14	15	5	2	55	32	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	28	15	16	17	3	2	50	34	11450
2017	Technical	10	33	14	18	17	6	2	47	38	133
2017	Administrative Support	23	25	16	14	15	5	3	52	31	1615
2017	Operational	31	9	8	32	21	0	0	39	53	10
2017	Other	33	27	12	7	5	7	9	71	15	309
2014	Executive	45	28	7	10	7	2	2	75	17	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	27	15	18	21	3	3	41	42	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	23	16	19	24	3	2	38	45	11304
2014	Technical	7	18	13	27	33	0	2	26	61	126
2014	Administrative Support	14	20	17	17	26	3	3	36	46	1668
2014	Operational	11	6	18	16	24	12	13	22	54	16
2014	Other	30	16	15	9	9	3	18	58	23	222

Question 39. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	40	8	5	1	0	0	85	6	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	33	25	13	9	3	0	51	23	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	34	23	12	8	4	0	55	21	10916
2018	Technical	17	29	20	21	10	3	0	48	32	115
2018	Administrative Support	20	30	26	9	7	7	1	55	17	1262
2018	Operational	31	38	19	6	0	6	0	73	7	16
2018	Other	32	37	17	6	2	5	1	74	9	352
2017	Executive	42	43	7	4	3	1	0	85	7	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	37	19	13	7	5	0	59	21	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	34	21	13	8	6	1	55	22	11444
2017	Technical	12	36	21	14	12	6	0	51	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	21	30	22	10	7	9	1	56	20	1614
2017	Operational	24	39	16	0	21	0	0	63	21	10
2017	Other	30	31	19	7	2	7	3	68	10	309

Question 40. My department or agency implements activities and practicesthat support a diverse workplace.
A diverse workplace includes everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, religion, age, language, culture, background, interests, views or other dimensions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	57	34	6	2	1	1	0	91	3	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	38	14	4	2	3	0	79	6	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	36	12	3	2	2	0	82	6	10883
2018	Technical	36	33	17	4	6	4	0	72	10	114
2018	Administrative Support	47	34	10	3	3	2	1	83	6	1257
2018	Operational	50	31	6	0	0	13	0	93	0	16
2018	Other	57	26	8	3	1	3	1	87	5	350
2017	Executive	59	31	5	3	1	0	0	90	4	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	38	14	3	2	5	1	80	5	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	36	13	3	3	4	1	80	6	11445
2017	Technical	35	26	23	4	5	6	1	65	10	130
2017	Administrative Support	44	31	13	3	3	4	1	79	7	1613
2017	Operational	43	22	26	0	0	9	0	71	0	10
2017	Other	50	29	12	3	1	4	2	84	4	310
2014	Executive	57	32	6	2	1	2	0	91	3	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	36	15	6	3	7	0	74	10	1247
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	35	14	3	3	5	1	79	7	11292
2014	Technical	27	36	22	6	2	6	0	68	9	126
2014	Administrative Support	38	35	15	4	3	4	1	77	7	1668
2014	Operational	57	12	6	6	19	0	0	69	25	16
2014	Other	53	23	8	2	1	11	2	87	4	222

Question 41. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	35	7	2	1	0	0	90	3	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	38	13	8	3	2	0	75	11	1283
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	11	5	3	1	0	81	8	10881
2018	Technical	33	31	11	12	6	6	0	68	19	114
2018	Administrative Support	46	35	11	4	3	2	0	83	6	1259
2018	Operational	44	44	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	16
2018	Other	62	30	4	2	1	1	0	93	3	351
2017	Executive	55	33	5	5	1	0	0	89	6	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	46	11	6	3	3	0	80	9	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	40	10	5	2	2	0	82	8	11441
2017	Technical	24	40	16	7	8	4	0	68	16	132
2017	Administrative Support	47	34	11	4	2	2	0	83	6	1613
2017	Operational	33	46	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	57	32	5	3	0	2	0	91	3	309
2014	Executive	57	31	7	4	1	1	0	88	5	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	38	15	9	4	4	0	71	13	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	38	13	5	3	3	0	78	9	11301
2014	Technical	22	29	27	8	9	4	1	54	17	126
2014	Administrative Support	38	37	13	5	3	3	0	78	9	1668
2014	Operational	46	17	0	6	31	0	0	63	37	16
2014	Other	62	24	5	2	1	5	0	92	3	222

Question 42. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	62	28	4	3	2	0	0	91	6	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	39	10	5	3	1	0	82	8	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	36	9	4	3	0	0	84	7	10864
2018	Technical	42	31	11	9	6	1	0	74	15	114
2018	Administrative Support	51	33	8	4	3	0	0	84	7	1263
2018	Operational	75	25	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	16
2018	Other	69	28	2	1	0	0	0	96	2	351
2017	Executive	61	26	5	5	3	0	0	87	7	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	42	9	5	2	0	0	84	7	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	39	8	5	3	0	0	84	8	11468
2017	Technical	32	45	7	9	6	1	0	78	15	132
2017	Administrative Support	50	34	10	3	2	0	0	84	6	1617
2017	Operational	44	34	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	72	22	3	1	1	0	0	95	2	310
2014	Executive	67	23	5	3	2	0	0	91	5	386
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	38	11	8	4	0	0	77	12	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	11	6	3	0	0	80	9	11298
2014	Technical	17	39	21	15	7	1	1	57	23	126
2014	Administrative Support	41	38	11	5	4	1	0	80	9	1666
2014	Operational	46	17	12	0	24	0	0	63	24	16
2014	Other	74	19	4	2	1	0	0	94	3	222

Question 43. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	33	11	6	2	0	0	80	8	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	35	18	9	6	1	0	66	16	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	16	8	6	0	0	69	14	10875
2018	Technical	25	32	19	16	7	1	0	58	24	114
2018	Administrative Support	42	31	16	5	5	1	0	73	10	1258
2018	Operational	69	12	13	6	0	0	0	81	6	16
2018	Other	58	27	10	4	1	1	0	86	5	352
2017	Executive	47	32	11	6	4	0	0	79	10	347
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	37	17	8	6	1	0	68	14	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	17	9	6	1	0	68	15	11453
2017	Technical	28	29	18	15	8	2	0	58	24	131
2017	Administrative Support	40	31	15	8	5	1	0	72	13	1614
2017	Operational	24	46	9	0	21	0	0	70	21	10
2017	Other	56	27	9	3	4	1	1	84	7	309
2014	Executive	45	35	12	5	3	0	0	80	8	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	37	20	14	8	1	0	57	23	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	36	19	14	9	1	0	57	23	11302
2014	Technical	6	23	19	33	18	0	1	29	52	126
2014	Administrative Support	24	35	19	10	9	1	0	61	20	1670
2014	Operational	29	11	18	5	36	0	0	41	42	16
2014	Other	57	28	10	5	1	0	0	85	6	222

Question 44. I am satisfied with my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	32	11	5	2	0	82	7	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	39	16	10	5	1	68	15	1274
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	35	16	9	5	0	70	14	10821
2018	Technical	21	38	15	18	7	1	59	26	114
2018	Administrative Support	39	34	14	7	5	1	74	11	1252
2018	Operational	63	19	13	6	0	0	81	6	16
2018	Other	55	34	7	3	1	0	89	4	350
2017	Executive	47	33	11	6	3	0	80	9	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	40	16	8	5	0	70	13	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	37	16	9	6	0	70	15	11453
2017	Technical	27	33	17	14	8	2	61	22	131
2017	Administrative Support	38	35	14	7	4	1	74	12	1614
2017	Operational	43	36	0	0	21	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	54	29	10	3	3	1	84	6	310
2014	Executive	49	32	10	6	3	0	82	9	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	40	20	14	7	0	59	21	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	38	19	13	8	0	59	22	11300
2014	Technical	5	25	13	36	21	0	30	57	126
2014	Administrative Support	23	37	19	11	8	1	61	20	1667
2014	Operational	29	22	7	17	24	0	52	42	16
2014	Other	56	26	13	5	1	0	81	6	222

Question 45. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	36	26	21	9	5	2	1	64	15	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	23	21	15	11	5	1	50	28	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	24	20	13	10	4	0	54	25	10898
2018	Technical	27	21	21	16	10	4	1	50	27	114
2018	Administrative Support	30	24	21	10	9	5	1	58	20	1260
2018	Operational	44	38	0	6	12	0	0	81	19	16
2018	Other	39	21	17	9	6	7	0	65	16	350
2017	Executive	38	22	17	11	8	2	1	62	20	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	26	21	14	9	7	0	53	24	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	25	20	13	11	5	0	54	25	11459
2017	Technical	28	21	20	14	10	8	0	53	25	132
2017	Administrative Support	31	23	19	11	8	7	0	59	20	1614
2017	Operational	12	50	27	0	11	0	0	62	11	10
2017	Other	35	21	16	13	7	6	3	61	21	310
2014	Executive	35	22	19	15	6	2	1	59	22	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	23	21	19	12	6	1	44	33	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	25	20	16	13	5	0	47	31	11296
2014	Technical	10	17	22	25	22	2	1	28	49	126
2014	Administrative Support	24	26	18	13	13	5	0	53	27	1668
2014	Operational	6	29	17	0	24	11	13	46	31	16
2014	Other	33	19	20	13	4	9	2	58	19	222

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Mobility and Retention

Question 46. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not Sure (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	44	30	26	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	29	31	1292
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	35	36	10952
2018	Technical	18	39	43	114
2018	Administrative Support	25	37	38	1267
2018	Operational	19	69	12	16
2018	Other	39	25	36	354
2017	Executive	47	27	26	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	31	36	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	35	11465
2017	Technical	16	44	40	133
2017	Administrative Support	24	40	36	1616
2017	Operational	42	28	29	10
2017	Other	40	27	33	310
2014	Executive	44	29	27	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	39	28	33	1250
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	36	36	11303
2014	Technical	36	22	41	126
2014	Administrative Support	27	37	36	1669
2014	Operational	45	24	31	16
2014	Other	33	31	36	222

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.
Survey year	Demographic	To retire (%)	To pursue another position within my department or agency (%)	To pursue a position in another department or agency (%)	To pursue a position outside the federal public service (%)	End of my term, casual or student employment (%)	Other (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	20	30	42	1	0	7	144
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	31	46	5	2	6	530
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	38	36	5	2	6	3185
2018	Administrative Support	12	39	31	3	9	6	317
2018	Other	1	8	10	5	73	3	122
2017	Executive	21	28	42	3	1	5	165
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	29	43	6	4	9	425
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	37	32	6	3	6	3231
2017	Technical	35	5	35	14	5	6	20
2017	Administrative Support	16	32	31	4	10	6	388
2017	Other	1	5	10	1	77	6	121
2014	Executive	22	30	41	4	9999	3	172
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	28	46	8	9999	9	497
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	32	35	8	9999	8	3188
2014	Technical	28	5	41	19	9999	6	46
2014	Administrative Support	18	29	33	9	9999	11	448
2014	Other	1	11	25	16	9999	46	72

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Harassment

Harassment is normally a series of incidents, but it can be one severe incident that has a lasting impact on the individual.
Harassment is any improper conduct by an individual that is directed at and offensive to another individual in the workplace, including at any event or any location related to work, and that the individual knew or ought reasonably to have known would cause offence or harm. It comprises objectionable act(s), comment(s) or display(s) that demean, belittle, or cause personal humiliation or embarrassment, and any act of intimidation or threat. It also includes harassment within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics [including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test], disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 48. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	10	90	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	10945
2018	Administrative Support	15	85	1263
2018	Other	6	94	352

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	24	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	1422
2018	Administrative Support	58	187

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	63	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	58	1422
2018	Administrative Support	53	187

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	24	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	1422
2018	Administrative Support	0	187

Question 49d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Executive	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	207
2018	Other	21

Question 49e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	1422
2018	Administrative Support	7	187

Question 49f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	1422
2018	Administrative Support	6	187
2018	Other	31	21

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	207
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	1422
2018	Administrative Support	4	187

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	1422
2018	Administrative Support	36	187

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	1422
2018	Administrative Support	37	187

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	1422
2018	Administrative Support	46	187

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	1422
2018	Administrative Support	37	187

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	21	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	1422
2018	Administrative Support	26	187

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	65	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	1422
2018	Administrative Support	50	187

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	35	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	1422
2018	Administrative Support	29	187

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	34
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	1	1422
2018	Other	0	21

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	1422
2018	Administrative Support	6	187
2018	Other	34	21

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	1422
2018	Administrative Support	15	187
2018	Other	31	21

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	44	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	1422
2018	Administrative Support	44	187

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	24	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	1422
2018	Administrative Support	20	187

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	21	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	1422
2018	Administrative Support	23	187

Question 51a. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	1420
2018	Administrative Support	48	187

Question 51b. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	1420
2018	Administrative Support	25	187

Question 51c. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	21	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	1420
2018	Administrative Support	3	187
2018	Other	0	21

Question 51d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	1420
2018	Administrative Support	29	187

Question 51e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	1420
2018	Administrative Support	7	187
2018	Other	0	21

Question 51f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	2	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	1420
2018	Administrative Support	10	187
2018	Other	0	21

Question 51g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	1420
2018	Administrative Support	9	187
2018	Other	34	21

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	1420
2018	Administrative Support	9	187
2018	Other	0	21

Question 51i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	208
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	1420
2018	Administrative Support	29	187

Question 52a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	1329
2018	Administrative Support	16	169

Question 52b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	1329
2018	Administrative Support	15	169
2018	Other	37	21

Question 52c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	1329
2018	Administrative Support	9	169

Question 52d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	1329
2018	Administrative Support	5	169

Question 52e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	1329
2018	Administrative Support	9	169

Question 52f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	1329
2018	Administrative Support	8	169
2018	Other	0	21

Question 52g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	1329
2018	Administrative Support	3	169
2018	Other	0	21

Question 52h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	1329
2018	Administrative Support	15	169

Question 52i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	1329
2018	Administrative Support	14	169

Question 52j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	1329
2018	Administrative Support	27	169
2018	Other	28	21

Question 52k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	15	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	1329
2018	Administrative Support	8	169

Question 52l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	30	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	1329
2018	Administrative Support	40	169

Question 52m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	33
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	1	1329
2018	Other	0	21

Question 52n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	48	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	1329
2018	Administrative Support	47	169

Question 52o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I intend to file a grievance or a formal complaint but I have not done so yet.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	1329
2018	Administrative Support	5	169

Question 52p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	202
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	1329
2018	Administrative Support	19	169

Question 53. I am satisfied with how matters related to harassment are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	35	16	7	2	10	3	71	11	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	11	20	9	8	33	9	36	29	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	17	23	6	6	27	7	49	17	10908
2018	Technical	10	17	21	10	23	16	3	34	41	115
2018	Administrative Support	19	17	21	5	7	24	7	53	17	1265
2018	Operational	39	13	20	0	0	20	7	72	0	15
2018	Other	25	14	13	2	1	31	15	70	6	350
2017	Executive	31	24	15	10	4	12	4	65	17	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	13	19	6	7	34	11	42	24	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	16	18	6	7	28	9	50	20	11468
2017	Technical	8	17	20	10	14	26	5	37	34	133
2017	Administrative Support	18	16	19	5	6	26	10	53	17	1614
2017	Operational	9	24	28	11	8	21	0	41	23	10
2017	Other	25	12	9	2	2	32	19	75	8	311
2014	Executive	33	28	10	4	3	18	4	78	9	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	12	19	8	7	36	9	37	28	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	16	20	6	6	31	9	47	19	11303
2014	Technical	9	14	18	15	13	27	3	34	41	126
2014	Administrative Support	14	19	20	6	7	24	9	50	20	1669
2014	Operational	11	6	23	0	13	48	0	32	24	16
2014	Other	20	10	5	3	1	43	19	77	10	221

Question 54. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	30	11	4	1	3	0	83	6	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	30	20	9	6	14	2	59	18	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	19	6	4	8	1	68	11	10915
2018	Technical	17	36	13	12	17	5	1	56	30	113
2018	Administrative Support	35	28	18	5	5	9	1	70	11	1265
2018	Operational	60	20	7	7	0	7	0	86	7	15
2018	Other	42	26	12	3	2	13	3	81	6	351
2017	Executive	50	27	10	7	4	3	0	79	11	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	31	18	8	6	16	1	63	16	1236
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	31	17	6	5	11	1	68	12	11452
2017	Technical	17	31	23	9	10	8	1	53	21	132
2017	Administrative Support	31	29	17	5	5	12	1	69	11	1611
2017	Operational	33	19	8	0	21	20	0	64	26	10
2017	Other	44	24	11	2	1	14	4	83	4	308
2014	Executive	47	32	10	3	3	6	0	83	6	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	24	23	8	6	21	1	52	19	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	20	6	5	16	1	63	12	11304
2014	Technical	13	22	23	17	13	13	0	40	34	126
2014	Administrative Support	24	31	19	6	5	13	2	65	13	1668
2014	Operational	34	0	28	0	13	26	0	45	17	16
2014	Other	37	19	5	2	1	30	6	88	4	222

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Discrimination

Discrimination means treating someone differently or unfairly because of a personal characteristic or distinction, which, whether intentional or not, has an effect that imposes disadvantages not imposed on others or that withholds or limits access that is given to others. There are 13 prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics [including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test], disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you been the victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	3	97	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	92	1287
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	10916
2018	Technical	14	86	115
2018	Administrative Support	7	93	1257
2018	Operational	0	100	15
2018	Other	5	95	351

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	766
2018	Administrative Support	35	87
2018	Other	56	19

Question 56b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	82	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	76	766
2018	Administrative Support	76	87
2018	Other	44	19

Question 56c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	766
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Administrative Support	0	87
2018	Other	0	19

Question 56d. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	96
2018	Technical	16
2018	Administrative Support	87
2018	Other	19

Question 56e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	766
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Administrative Support	8	87

Question 56f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	766

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	766
2018	Administrative Support	9	87

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	764
2018	Administrative Support	22	86
2018	Other	27	19

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	764
2018	Administrative Support	19	86

Question 57c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	764
2018	Administrative Support	12	86

Question 57d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	764
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Administrative Support	12	86
2018	Other	0	19

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	764
2018	Administrative Support	29	86
2018	Other	37	19

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	764
2018	Administrative Support	18	86
2018	Other	33	19

Question 57g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	764
2018	Technical	0	16

Question 57h. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Gender identity or expression (including gender diverse identities or expressions such as transgender, two-spirit, or non-binary)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	764
2018	Technical	0	16

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	764
2018	Administrative Support	7	86

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	764
2018	Administrative Support	14	86

Question 57k. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	1	764
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Administrative Support	0	86
2018	Other	0	19

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	764
2018	Technical	31	16
2018	Administrative Support	28	86

Question 57m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Executive	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	764
2018	Technical	16
2018	Administrative Support	86
2018	Other	19

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	764
2018	Technical	31	16
2018	Administrative Support	22	86

Question 58a. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	767
2018	Technical	31	16
2018	Administrative Support	33	87

Question 58b. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	767
2018	Technical	31	16
2018	Administrative Support	13	87

Question 58c. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	767
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Other	0	19

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	767
2018	Administrative Support	29	87

Question 58e. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	767
2018	Other	0	19

Question 58f. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	767
2018	Administrative Support	10	87

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	767
2018	Technical	0	16
2018	Administrative Support	6	87
2018	Other	27	19

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	767
2018	Administrative Support	10	87

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	96
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	767
2018	Administrative Support	38	87
2018	Other	54	19

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	717
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	717
2018	Other	39	18

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	717
2018	Technical	0	14
2018	Administrative Support	8	77

Question 59d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	717
2018	Technical	0	14
2018	Administrative Support	0	77
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	717
2018	Technical	0	14
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	717
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	717
2018	Technical	0	14

Question 59h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	717
2018	Administrative Support	16	77

Question 59i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	717
2018	Administrative Support	16	77
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	717
2018	Technical	43	14
2018	Administrative Support	27	77

Question 59k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	717
2018	Administrative Support	9	77
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	717
2018	Technical	64	14
2018	Administrative Support	39	77

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	1	717
2018	Technical	0	14
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	717
2018	Administrative Support	58	77
2018	Other	61	18

Question 59o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I intend to file a grievance or a formal complaint but I have not done so yet.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	717
2018	Other	0	18

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	94
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	717
2018	Administrative Support	14	77

Question 60. I am satisfied with how matters related to discrimination are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	29	31	18	2	1	16	3	74	4	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	12	23	4	4	39	8	42	14	1290
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	17	23	3	3	30	6	54	11	10916
2018	Technical	16	12	25	3	11	30	4	42	20	114
2018	Administrative Support	21	18	22	3	4	25	7	57	10	1260
2018	Operational	39	7	27	0	0	20	7	63	0	15
2018	Other	29	13	11	1	1	32	13	76	4	352
2017	Executive	33	24	12	3	1	22	5	78	6	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	14	19	3	3	41	10	51	11	1241
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	17	19	3	3	32	8	57	11	11463
2017	Technical	7	14	22	8	5	33	10	38	24	133
2017	Administrative Support	19	18	19	2	4	29	9	60	10	1615
2017	Operational	9	32	28	11	0	21	0	51	13	10
2017	Other	29	11	9	2	1	31	17	77	6	310
2014	Executive	37	19	10	2	1	28	4	82	4	388
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	11	20	4	5	44	8	39	19	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	16	21	3	3	36	8	53	10	11296
2014	Technical	7	14	25	8	4	33	8	36	20	126
2014	Administrative Support	15	19	22	3	4	28	9	55	11	1670
2014	Operational	6	0	23	0	12	48	12	14	30	16
2014	Other	22	10	7	1	1	40	19	78	5	222

Question 61. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	29	12	2	1	4	0	85	3	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	30	20	5	3	18	2	65	10	1291
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	32	19	4	3	10	1	71	8	10932
2018	Technical	25	25	24	5	11	10	1	56	18	113
2018	Administrative Support	35	28	18	2	5	10	1	71	8	1263
2018	Operational	57	29	7	0	0	7	0	92	0	14
2018	Other	47	23	11	2	1	13	2	82	5	353
2017	Executive	55	28	8	3	1	4	1	87	5	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	32	16	4	2	18	2	72	7	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	31	16	3	3	13	2	74	7	11448
2017	Technical	20	30	23	5	5	13	3	60	13	132
2017	Administrative Support	35	28	16	3	3	13	2	74	6	1614
2017	Operational	33	18	18	0	11	21	0	64	13	10
2017	Other	45	23	11	1	1	15	4	84	3	311
2014	Executive	52	27	10	2	2	7	1	85	4	389
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	25	19	5	5	26	2	60	13	1248
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	18	3	2	19	2	70	7	11292
2014	Technical	17	24	31	5	5	18	2	50	12	126
2014	Administrative Support	26	31	19	3	3	16	2	69	8	1669
2014	Operational	17	17	17	0	6	43	0	59	11	16
2014	Other	38	18	8	1	1	28	6	85	4	222

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 62a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	18	26	25	15	15	0	1	44	30	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	23	22	15	22	0	2	41	37	1287
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	21	16	25	0	1	37	42	10929
2018	Technical	6	22	24	23	24	1	0	28	47	115
2018	Administrative Support	20	21	21	16	20	0	2	42	37	1261
2018	Operational	33	20	33	7	7	0	0	54	13	15
2018	Other	21	25	22	13	16	1	1	47	30	351
2017	Executive	29	19	21	12	17	0	2	48	30	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	25	18	16	16	0	1	48	34	1232
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	21	19	16	24	0	2	39	41	11455
2017	Technical	7	23	23	18	27	1	1	31	46	133
2017	Administrative Support	21	22	18	16	18	1	3	45	36	1616
2017	Operational	10	30	21	11	29	0	0	40	39	10
2017	Other	21	22	20	11	22	0	3	45	34	310

Question 62b. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Heavy workload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	5	18	29	27	20	0	0	23	48	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	24	31	17	14	0	1	38	31	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	24	29	17	12	0	1	41	30	10904
2018	Technical	14	18	30	18	18	1	0	33	37	115
2018	Administrative Support	26	29	26	12	5	0	1	56	18	1263
2018	Operational	33	34	20	7	7	0	0	67	13	15
2018	Other	39	29	20	7	2	1	2	70	9	352
2017	Executive	6	17	33	22	23	0	0	23	44	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	28	27	17	11	0	1	45	28	1237
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	27	17	13	0	2	42	30	11453
2017	Technical	12	18	29	21	19	2	0	30	40	133
2017	Administrative Support	29	27	25	10	6	1	2	58	17	1615
2017	Operational	12	39	27	12	11	0	0	50	22	10
2017	Other	42	25	21	7	2	0	3	69	8	310

Question 62c. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Unreasonable deadlines
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	4	22	33	24	18	0	0	26	42	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	23	26	18	15	1	1	40	34	1279
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	24	14	10	0	4	50	25	10875
2018	Technical	17	30	24	15	15	1	0	47	29	115
2018	Administrative Support	36	28	19	8	4	1	4	68	12	1256
2018	Operational	47	40	7	0	0	0	7	93	0	15
2018	Other	50	24	12	5	3	1	4	78	9	350
2017	Executive	4	22	32	24	17	0	0	26	41	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	28	23	16	13	0	1	47	29	1234
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	23	13	10	1	5	50	25	11427
2017	Technical	20	28	20	16	12	3	1	50	29	131
2017	Administrative Support	39	25	15	7	5	2	6	70	14	1613
2017	Operational	39	0	40	11	11	0	0	39	21	10
2017	Other	52	25	10	4	2	1	6	83	6	311

Question 62d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	22	32	21	18	0	0	29	39	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	23	25	17	14	1	2	42	32	1280
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	23	24	18	14	1	2	43	33	10882
2018	Technical	11	20	31	20	18	1	1	31	38	113
2018	Administrative Support	33	26	19	9	8	2	4	63	17	1258
2018	Operational	27	47	13	13	0	0	0	74	13	15
2018	Other	42	22	17	9	5	1	3	68	14	349
2017	Executive	9	22	28	23	17	0	1	32	40	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	25	24	15	13	1	1	47	29	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	24	23	16	14	1	3	45	32	11453
2017	Technical	16	17	28	16	20	2	1	34	37	133
2017	Administrative Support	35	24	17	10	7	2	5	63	18	1612
2017	Operational	12	29	30	0	19	10	0	45	21	10
2017	Other	47	20	14	11	4	0	4	70	15	311

Question 62e. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Overtime or long work hours
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	11	28	27	19	15	0	0	39	34	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	26	14	7	4	1	7	72	12	1289
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	22	11	4	3	1	9	80	8	10886
2018	Technical	46	27	16	4	1	1	5	78	6	114
2018	Administrative Support	63	15	7	2	1	1	11	89	3	1259
2018	Operational	60	27	7	0	0	0	7	93	0	15
2018	Other	68	13	6	2	1	1	9	90	3	349
2017	Executive	12	24	27	20	15	0	1	36	36	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	27	14	6	4	1	9	74	11	1236
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	21	11	4	3	1	12	79	8	11444
2017	Technical	45	22	17	3	3	2	7	75	6	133
2017	Administrative Support	60	15	6	2	1	1	15	90	3	1608
2017	Operational	39	42	8	0	0	0	11	91	0	10
2017	Other	62	17	7	1	1	1	10	90	3	308

Question 62f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	11	24	30	20	15	0	0	35	35	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	27	23	13	11	0	1	52	24	1287
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	27	23	11	10	0	1	56	21	10924
2018	Technical	25	20	19	18	16	1	0	46	35	114
2018	Administrative Support	40	25	19	7	7	0	2	67	14	1257
2018	Operational	40	20	27	7	7	0	0	60	13	15
2018	Other	43	26	17	9	3	0	3	70	12	350
2017	Executive	11	30	28	19	12	0	0	41	32	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	32	23	12	8	0	0	57	20	1236
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	29	23	12	9	0	1	56	21	11430
2017	Technical	19	30	29	8	11	2	1	50	20	133
2017	Administrative Support	40	27	17	8	6	1	2	68	14	1607
2017	Operational	30	27	21	12	11	0	0	57	22	10
2017	Other	44	25	16	9	2	1	1	71	12	308

Question 62g. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of control or input in decision-making
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	22	38	24	10	5	0	1	61	15	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	30	29	11	8	1	1	51	19	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	32	25	11	7	1	2	57	18	10883
2018	Technical	17	32	26	14	9	1	1	51	23	115
2018	Administrative Support	34	30	20	7	4	1	4	67	12	1258
2018	Operational	31	44	12	6	6	0	0	75	12	16
2018	Other	39	27	19	6	3	2	4	70	10	351
2017	Executive	24	38	20	11	6	0	0	63	17	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	34	23	12	6	1	1	58	19	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	31	22	12	7	1	2	58	19	11429
2017	Technical	21	29	26	12	7	4	1	52	21	131
2017	Administrative Support	39	28	17	7	3	2	4	71	11	1601
2017	Operational	21	47	0	12	11	0	10	75	25	10
2017	Other	44	27	16	7	2	1	3	74	9	309

Question 62h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Competing or constantly changing priorities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	11	34	32	16	8	0	0	44	24	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	32	26	15	9	1	1	49	24	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	25	14	8	1	2	53	22	10890
2018	Technical	16	27	24	19	12	1	2	44	32	115
2018	Administrative Support	32	31	20	9	4	1	3	66	14	1260
2018	Operational	44	50	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	44	26	17	5	4	1	3	73	9	351
2017	Executive	14	32	29	17	7	0	0	46	25	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	33	26	14	7	1	1	52	21	1237
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	30	23	13	8	1	2	54	22	11422
2017	Technical	15	33	23	14	10	5	1	51	25	132
2017	Administrative Support	36	28	19	7	4	2	4	68	12	1602
2017	Operational	21	26	12	21	11	0	10	52	35	10
2017	Other	44	29	14	6	2	2	4	77	8	308

Question 62i. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of clear expectations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	39	22	9	4	0	1	65	13	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	29	27	13	10	1	1	50	23	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	22	12	6	0	2	59	18	10882
2018	Technical	25	24	26	17	6	1	1	51	23	115
2018	Administrative Support	36	30	19	7	5	1	3	69	12	1259
2018	Operational	63	25	6	6	0	0	0	88	6	16
2018	Other	36	26	18	11	6	0	2	64	18	350
2017	Executive	25	36	25	7	7	0	0	61	13	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	32	22	15	7	0	1	55	22	1235
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	31	20	11	6	1	2	62	18	11427
2017	Technical	25	32	19	12	8	2	2	60	21	133
2017	Administrative Support	40	27	15	8	4	1	4	72	12	1605
2017	Operational	19	50	12	9	11	0	0	69	19	10
2017	Other	38	28	16	7	5	1	3	70	13	309

Question 62j. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Information overload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	18	28	26	16	11	0	0	47	27	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	32	23	11	6	0	1	60	17	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	25	14	10	0	1	50	24	10850
2018	Technical	16	24	25	17	18	1	0	40	35	115
2018	Administrative Support	32	30	19	10	6	1	2	64	17	1246
2018	Operational	19	37	37	0	6	0	0	56	6	16
2018	Other	36	28	20	9	5	1	2	66	13	350
2017	Executive	19	27	29	15	9	0	0	46	25	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	33	21	11	5	1	2	63	16	1232
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	24	14	10	0	1	52	24	11413
2017	Technical	11	33	27	14	13	2	1	45	27	133
2017	Administrative Support	35	28	18	9	5	2	3	67	15	1601
2017	Operational	20	30	29	12	9	0	0	50	21	10
2017	Other	41	31	15	6	2	1	3	75	9	307

Question 62k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	51	30	12	5	2	0	0	81	7	328
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	25	19	7	8	0	2	65	15	1280
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	24	14	7	5	0	3	72	13	10849
2018	Technical	38	26	14	14	8	1	0	64	22	114
2018	Administrative Support	52	23	12	5	4	1	4	78	9	1254
2018	Operational	56	25	6	6	6	0	0	81	13	16
2018	Other	63	16	11	5	3	0	3	81	7	350
2017	Executive	63	23	10	3	1	0	1	87	4	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	28	16	9	6	0	1	68	15	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	25	14	7	5	0	2	73	12	11442
2017	Technical	31	27	17	13	10	2	0	59	24	133
2017	Administrative Support	55	21	13	4	3	1	3	79	7	1608
2017	Operational	39	20	0	21	12	0	8	64	36	10
2017	Other	67	15	11	2	2	1	2	85	4	310

Question 62l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	72	13	6	2	0	0	5	90	3	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	17	7	3	3	1	7	85	7	1284
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	17	8	4	3	1	6	84	7	10864
2018	Technical	53	19	10	7	7	1	3	75	15	115
2018	Administrative Support	63	16	8	3	3	1	6	85	6	1258
2018	Operational	75	19	0	0	0	0	6	100	0	16
2018	Other	76	11	4	2	2	1	5	91	4	350

Question 62m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Harassment or discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	74	15	6	2	2	0	2	91	3	327
2018	Scientific and Professional	66	13	7	3	4	1	5	84	8	1285
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	67	13	6	3	4	1	5	86	8	10867
2018	Technical	53	17	16	6	6	1	2	71	13	115
2018	Administrative Support	67	11	6	5	5	2	5	83	11	1255
2018	Operational	81	12	0	0	6	0	0	94	6	16
2018	Other	79	9	4	2	1	1	5	92	4	349
2017	Executive	78	10	5	3	3	0	1	89	6	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	13	6	3	3	1	4	88	6	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	69	13	6	4	3	1	5	87	7	11450
2017	Technical	50	24	11	6	7	2	0	76	13	131
2017	Administrative Support	66	13	6	4	4	1	5	85	9	1612
2017	Operational	63	0	0	21	0	0	16	75	25	10
2017	Other	81	6	4	1	2	1	5	93	3	310

Question 62n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	28	12	2	2	0	0	84	4	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	25	12	3	3	0	2	82	6	1279
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	25	10	4	3	0	2	82	7	10910
2018	Technical	40	31	17	8	4	1	0	72	12	114
2018	Administrative Support	55	24	11	3	4	1	3	81	8	1260
2018	Operational	69	25	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	16
2018	Other	71	16	6	3	1	0	3	90	4	349
2017	Executive	60	27	8	3	1	0	0	87	5	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	28	8	3	2	0	2	87	5	1235
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	25	9	4	3	0	3	84	7	11444
2017	Technical	47	28	12	4	6	2	1	77	11	133
2017	Administrative Support	55	25	9	4	3	1	4	83	7	1609
2017	Operational	47	45	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	10
2017	Other	72	15	5	2	1	1	5	92	3	308

Question 62o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	24	10	5	4	0	0	80	9	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	21	11	8	6	0	2	75	14	1281
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	20	11	6	5	0	2	78	11	10874
2018	Technical	43	25	14	12	5	1	0	69	17	113
2018	Administrative Support	61	16	9	5	5	1	2	79	11	1256
2018	Operational	94	6	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	16
2018	Other	74	12	7	2	2	0	3	89	4	351
2017	Executive	60	21	11	5	3	0	0	81	8	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	21	9	5	4	0	2	81	9	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	61	18	8	5	4	0	3	82	9	11445
2017	Technical	52	23	8	6	9	2	0	76	15	133
2017	Administrative Support	63	16	8	5	3	1	4	83	9	1601
2017	Operational	51	8	12	8	21	0	0	59	29	10
2017	Other	77	9	5	1	2	1	5	91	4	310

Question 62p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	37	32	21	7	3	0	1	69	10	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	10	5	1	1	0	36	89	3	1271
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	10	5	2	1	0	32	88	5	10844
2018	Technical	38	4	5	0	0	1	51	89	0	113
2018	Administrative Support	58	5	2	0	0	1	33	95	1	1248
2018	Operational	56	0	0	0	0	0	44	100	0	16
2018	Other	67	2	2	0	1	0	28	96	2	346
2017	Executive	41	34	16	5	3	0	1	76	8	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	10	5	1	1	0	31	91	3	1233
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	10	4	2	1	0	30	89	5	11439
2017	Technical	47	2	1	1	1	2	46	94	3	131
2017	Administrative Support	58	5	2	1	1	1	32	94	2	1609
2017	Operational	35	22	0	20	0	0	22	75	25	10
2017	Other	72	2	1	0	1	1	22	97	1	308

Question 62q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	64	27	7	1	0	0	1	92	1	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	16	8	2	2	0	9	86	5	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	19	10	4	2	1	6	82	7	10864
2018	Technical	36	28	19	8	5	1	3	66	14	114
2018	Administrative Support	66	14	6	2	1	1	11	90	3	1250
2018	Operational	56	19	13	6	0	0	6	80	7	16
2018	Other	68	13	9	3	1	0	5	86	5	349
2017	Executive	75	17	6	1	1	0	1	92	2	348
2017	Scientific and Professional	67	17	5	1	1	1	8	93	2	1234
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	58	18	9	4	2	1	8	84	7	11390
2017	Technical	43	26	16	5	2	2	5	74	8	129
2017	Administrative Support	66	13	5	2	1	1	12	91	3	1597
2017	Operational	46	24	0	18	0	0	12	79	21	10
2017	Other	74	8	6	2	1	1	7	90	3	308

Question 62r. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of job security
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	87	8	2	2	0	0	1	96	2	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	71	12	6	3	2	0	6	88	6	1282
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	16	8	5	6	0	5	79	12	10911
2018	Technical	63	21	11	1	1	1	2	86	2	114
2018	Administrative Support	43	18	12	8	12	1	4	65	22	1259
2018	Operational	69	6	19	0	6	0	0	75	6	16
2018	Other	48	17	15	10	8	0	4	67	18	351
2017	Executive	86	9	1	1	1	0	1	96	3	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	69	14	5	3	3	1	5	88	7	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	17	9	6	6	1	5	78	13	11457
2017	Technical	60	20	7	3	2	2	5	86	6	133
2017	Administrative Support	40	18	13	11	12	2	5	62	24	1611
2017	Operational	51	33	0	17	0	0	0	83	17	10
2017	Other	54	13	12	10	6	0	5	70	17	309

Question 62s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Personal issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	62	22	11	3	1	0	1	85	4	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	15	5	2	0	3	77	8	1279
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	30	17	5	3	0	3	74	9	10900
2018	Technical	34	36	14	6	4	2	4	74	11	112
2018	Administrative Support	45	26	15	5	4	1	4	75	10	1253
2018	Operational	73	13	7	0	7	0	0	87	7	15
2018	Other	46	24	16	6	5	0	4	73	11	350
2017	Executive	64	21	8	2	3	0	1	87	5	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	31	14	4	2	0	3	80	6	1239
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	31	14	5	3	0	3	77	8	11438
2017	Technical	29	40	17	7	1	2	4	74	8	133
2017	Administrative Support	48	27	13	4	3	1	4	79	7	1608
2017	Operational	46	34	0	0	0	12	8	100	0	10
2017	Other	53	25	15	2	2	1	3	80	4	307

Question 63. Overall, my level of work-related stress is…
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very high (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	23	43	22	5	0	0	30	27	331
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	30	41	15	5	0	0	39	20	1286
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	30	37	15	6	0	0	42	20	10944
2018	Technical	9	24	38	17	11	1	0	33	29	115
2018	Administrative Support	22	34	30	9	4	0	1	57	13	1264
2018	Operational	19	63	19	0	0	0	0	81	0	16
2018	Other	30	36	25	8	0	0	1	66	8	355
2017	Executive	4	20	45	22	9	0	0	24	31	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	32	41	12	6	0	0	42	17	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	29	39	15	7	0	0	39	22	11467
2017	Technical	4	26	46	15	10	0	0	29	25	133
2017	Administrative Support	20	35	32	9	3	1	1	56	12	1610
2017	Operational	0	33	26	21	21	0	0	33	42	10
2017	Other	26	42	28	3	1	0	0	68	4	311

Question 64. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	27	44	14	2	0	0	16	39	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	22	39	20	8	0	0	28	33	1272
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	22	39	19	7	0	0	26	35	10831
2018	Technical	15	20	40	16	8	1	0	24	36	114
2018	Administrative Support	6	15	38	25	15	0	1	40	22	1245
2018	Operational	0	12	50	19	19	0	0	38	12	16
2018	Other	4	14	34	29	17	0	1	47	19	350
2017	Executive	13	24	44	14	6	0	0	19	37	350
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	21	40	22	9	0	0	32	29	1240
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	23	40	18	8	0	0	26	34	11431
2017	Technical	8	23	44	20	5	1	0	25	30	131
2017	Administrative Support	6	13	35	28	16	1	1	45	20	1610
2017	Operational	39	11	20	19	12	0	0	31	50	10
2017	Other	4	10	32	30	23	1	0	53	14	310

Question 65. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	49	42	6	2	0	0	0	91	3	326
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	41	16	11	6	3	0	67	17	1289
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	41	14	7	4	2	0	74	11	10909
2018	Technical	27	38	18	9	6	2	0	66	15	114
2018	Administrative Support	32	39	15	7	4	3	0	73	11	1267
2018	Operational	19	75	0	6	0	0	0	94	6	16
2018	Other	31	37	16	5	3	8	0	74	9	354
2017	Executive	52	37	4	3	4	0	0	89	7	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	40	15	10	6	4	0	68	16	1242
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	42	14	8	5	2	0	72	13	11465
2017	Technical	25	42	15	7	7	3	0	70	15	132
2017	Administrative Support	26	40	14	9	6	5	0	69	16	1614
2017	Operational	33	46	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	25	36	18	8	3	8	1	68	12	309

Question 66. I would describe my workplace as being psychologically healthy.
A psychologically healthy workplace is one that promotes employees’ psychological well-being and actively works to prevent harm to employee psychological health due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	30	44	11	10	4	0	0	75	14	329
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	34	17	16	11	2	0	55	28	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	37	18	13	8	1	0	60	22	10917
2018	Technical	18	35	11	19	16	2	0	54	35	113
2018	Administrative Support	27	35	17	11	7	3	0	64	19	1264
2018	Operational	44	38	12	0	6	0	0	81	6	16
2018	Other	34	39	11	9	3	3	1	76	13	354
2017	Executive	27	45	11	11	5	0	0	72	17	351
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	39	16	17	9	2	0	58	27	1238
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	39	18	15	9	2	0	57	25	11457
2017	Technical	15	34	14	17	19	1	0	50	36	132
2017	Administrative Support	22	38	17	12	8	3	0	62	21	1617
2017	Operational	31	48	0	0	21	0	0	79	21	10
2017	Other	30	43	14	7	3	3	0	75	11	311

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Compensation

Question 67. To what extent has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	29	28	19	13	8	3	1	30	70	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	25	22	15	15	2	1	22	78	1291
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	24	21	14	15	1	1	24	76	10944
2018	Technical	6	19	37	15	21	2	0	6	94	113
2018	Administrative Support	29	22	18	14	14	2	1	30	70	1268
2018	Operational	19	31	19	25	0	6	0	20	80	16
2018	Other	29	21	22	12	9	4	3	31	69	352
2017	Executive	38	29	14	7	9	2	0	39	61	349
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	23	19	11	12	4	1	31	69	1243
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	22	19	12	15	2	1	29	71	11467
2017	Technical	22	22	22	18	14	3	0	22	78	133
2017	Administrative Support	31	21	18	12	13	3	1	33	67	1617
2017	Operational	20	61	18	0	0	0	0	20	80	10
2017	Other	30	18	17	14	16	3	2	31	69	311

Question 68a. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Missing regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	8128
2018	Technical	21	104
2018	Administrative Support	22	856
2018	Operational	17	12
2018	Other	32	228
2017	Executive	13	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	7861
2017	Technical	15	99
2017	Administrative Support	22	1034
2017	Other	39	203

Question 68b. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Underpayment of regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	40	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	8128
2018	Technical	43	104
2018	Administrative Support	29	856
2018	Operational	25	12
2018	Other	47	228
2017	Executive	29	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	7861
2017	Technical	31	99
2017	Administrative Support	26	1034
2017	Other	60	203

Question 68c. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Overpayment of regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	8128
2018	Technical	23	104
2018	Administrative Support	30	856
2018	Operational	25	12
2018	Other	34	228
2017	Executive	8	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	7861
2017	Technical	22	99
2017	Administrative Support	25	1034
2017	Other	33	203

Question 68d. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing acting pay, overtime pay or other related extra duty pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	8128
2018	Technical	43	104
2018	Administrative Support	33	856
2018	Operational	33	12
2018	Other	26	228
2017	Executive	44	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	7861
2017	Technical	43	99
2017	Administrative Support	35	1034
2017	Other	30	203

Question 68e. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing pay relating to a disability, maternity, or parental leave
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	1	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	8128
2018	Technical	8	104
2018	Administrative Support	8	856
2018	Operational	0	12
2018	Other	1	228
2017	Executive	2	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	7861
2017	Technical	3	99
2017	Administrative Support	7	1034
2017	Other	2	203

Question 68f. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing retroactive pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	8128
2018	Technical	68	104
2018	Administrative Support	22	856
2018	Operational	34	12
2018	Other	15	228

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	974
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	8128
2018	Technical	33	104
2018	Administrative Support	42	856
2018	Operational	42	12
2018	Other	32	228
2017	Executive	55	205
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	808
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	7861
2017	Technical	51	99
2017	Administrative Support	45	1034
2017	Other	36	203

Question 69. Please estimate the number of hours you have spent, at work or outside of work, attempting to resolve your pay or other compensation issue(s).
Survey year	Demographic	0 hours (%)	1 to 9 hours (%)	10 to 19 hours (%)	20 to 29 hours (%)	30 to 39 hours (%)	40 hours or more (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	37	25	13	6	10	211
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	39	20	13	6	17	930
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	41	19	11	6	19	7837
2018	Technical	3	21	28	13	10	25	100
2018	Administrative Support	7	52	17	9	4	12	796
2018	Operational	17	75	0	0	8	0	12
2018	Other	5	60	16	9	5	6	213
2017	Executive	15	38	26	7	3	11	203
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	48	21	7	4	13	787
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	49	19	9	4	13	7733
2017	Technical	5	41	25	11	6	12	98
2017	Administrative Support	6	54	17	10	3	11	995
2017	Other	8	49	18	9	7	9	203

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	77	221
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	76	969
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	8086
2018	Technical	22	78	104
2018	Administrative Support	35	65	849
2018	Operational	25	75	12
2018	Other	37	63	224

Question 71. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	11	19	19	24	19	1	7	33	47	221
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	18	12	22	30	2	8	29	58	973
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	20	17	18	27	1	7	31	50	8102
2018	Technical	8	10	26	19	32	2	4	18	54	104
2018	Administrative Support	13	23	16	16	23	2	7	40	42	850
2018	Operational	0	33	0	42	8	0	17	40	60	12
2018	Other	22	26	13	15	15	2	7	53	33	227
2017	Executive	16	20	19	16	16	1	12	42	36	207
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	23	16	18	25	2	8	34	48	811
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	21	14	17	28	2	9	33	51	7892
2017	Technical	6	23	20	14	28	1	9	32	46	100
2017	Administrative Support	14	21	16	16	23	2	9	39	43	1042
2017	Other	16	27	13	18	18	2	6	47	39	205

Question 72. I am satisfied with the support I received from the Pay Centre to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	4	9	14	15	46	2	9	15	69	222
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	9	8	22	49	2	7	13	78	975
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	9	13	20	48	1	5	13	72	8105
2018	Technical	6	4	18	16	51	3	2	10	71	104
2018	Administrative Support	5	17	15	20	36	2	5	23	60	852
2018	Operational	8	0	17	33	17	0	25	11	66	12
2018	Other	7	18	15	19	28	4	9	28	54	227
2017	Executive	3	8	12	16	46	2	13	12	74	206
2017	Scientific and Professional	3	10	10	17	48	3	9	14	74	811
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	8	10	16	54	2	7	11	78	7893
2017	Technical	2	7	16	13	51	1	10	10	72	100
2017	Administrative Support	6	12	13	17	45	2	6	19	67	1041
2017	Other	4	13	14	17	40	4	8	19	65	206

Question 73. To what extent have issues with the Phoenix pay system affected your decision to seek or accept another position (e.g., deployment, promotion, secondment, assignment, acting assignment) within your organization or the federal public service?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	15	16	6	6	0	7	70	13	330
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	17	16	9	13	1	9	57	25	1288
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	17	17	12	14	1	7	54	28	10924
2018	Technical	27	16	19	11	14	1	11	49	29	115
2018	Administrative Support	42	13	13	8	10	3	11	64	21	1268
2018	Operational	31	31	6	0	6	13	13	83	8	16
2018	Other	42	14	11	7	7	2	17	69	17	352

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Date modified:: 2017-08-24

2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Employment and Social Development Canada by Question 78.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 78)

Survey Themes

My Job

Question 1. I get the training I need to do my job.

Question 2. My job is a good fit with my interests.

Question 3. My job is a good fit with my skills.

Question 4. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.

Question 5. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.

Question 6. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.

Question 8. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s goals.

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.

Question 10. I am proud of the work that I do.

Question 11. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.

Question 12. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.

Question 13. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.

Question 15. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.

Question 16a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.

Question 16b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.

Question 16c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.

Question 16d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.

Question 16e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.

Question 16f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.

Question 16g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.

My Work Unit

Question 17. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.

Question 18. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.

Question 19. In my work unit, unsatisfactory employee performance is managed effectively.

Question 20. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.

Question 21. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.

My Immediate Supervisor

Question 22. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.

Question 23. I can count on my immediate supervisor to keep his or her promises.

Question 24. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.

Question 25. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.

Question 26. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.

Senior Management

Question 28. I receive the support I need from senior management to address unsatisfactory performance issues in my work unit. (for supervisors)

Question 29. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.

Question 30. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.

Question 31. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.

Question 32. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.

My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 33. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.

Question 34. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.

Question 35. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.

Question 36. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.

Question 37. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.

Question 38. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.

Question 39. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.

Question 40. My department or agency implements activities and practicesthat support a diverse workplace.

Question 41. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas).

Question 42. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.

Question 43. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.

Question 44. I am satisfied with my department or agency.

Question 45. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.

Mobility and Retention

Question 46. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Harassment

Question 48. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me

Question 49d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)

Question 49e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies

Question 49f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment