2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Theme for Correctional Service Canada by Question 78.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 78)

The results of the 2018 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented by key people management themes (i.e., employee engagement, leadership, workforce, workplace). 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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Employee engagement

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	38	4	2	2	0	0	93	3	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	42	13	8	4	0	0	75	12	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	46	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	3310
2018	Technical	22	44	17	6	10	0	0	66	17	78
2018	Administrative Support	33	40	14	7	5	0	0	74	12	876
2018	Operational	14	31	16	16	23	0	0	45	39	1937
2018	Other	38	29	15	14	4	0	0	67	18	84
2017	Executive	61	32	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	48	8	8	4	0	0	79	13	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	48	9	7	5	0	0	80	12	3506
2017	Technical	26	47	19	5	4	0	0	72	9	77
2017	Administrative Support	31	47	11	7	4	0	0	79	10	1011
2017	Operational	13	35	17	13	21	0	0	49	34	2569
2017	Other	36	41	11	9	4	0	0	77	12	113
2014	Executive	51	41	5	3	0	0	0	93	3	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	29	41	13	11	6	0	0	71	17	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	46	10	8	5	0	0	78	12	4402
2014	Technical	36	36	16	5	6	1	0	73	11	74
2014	Administrative Support	30	45	13	8	4	0	0	75	12	1280
2014	Operational	15	39	19	13	14	0	0	54	27	3695
2014	Other	38	42	9	6	3	0	1	81	10	76

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	38	44	5	11	2	0	0	82	13	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	37	18	12	11	0	0	59	23	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	39	14	14	10	0	0	61	25	3313
2018	Technical	24	40	16	14	7	0	0	63	21	77
2018	Administrative Support	31	36	13	10	10	0	0	67	20	877
2018	Operational	8	22	17	19	33	0	0	31	52	1938
2018	Other	33	34	13	15	4	0	1	67	19	84
2017	Executive	49	39	5	4	2	0	0	88	7	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	39	13	14	13	0	0	61	27	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	37	15	15	11	0	0	59	26	3501
2017	Technical	23	41	14	11	11	0	0	64	23	77
2017	Administrative Support	30	39	12	11	8	1	0	69	19	1010
2017	Operational	7	21	18	17	36	0	0	29	53	2562
2017	Other	36	36	18	8	3	0	0	71	11	113

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	75	23	1	0	1	98	1	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	35	9	4	2	86	5	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	37	8	3	1	87	5	3287
2018	Technical	41	38	10	6	4	79	10	78
2018	Administrative Support	51	35	9	2	2	87	4	876
2018	Operational	32	37	15	7	8	69	16	1934
2018	Other	42	34	13	9	2	76	11	85
2017	Executive	77	21	2	1	0	97	1	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	36	8	3	1	88	4	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	37	7	3	1	89	4	3499
2017	Technical	54	36	10	0	0	90	0	76
2017	Administrative Support	56	33	7	3	1	89	4	1009
2017	Operational	34	38	14	7	7	72	14	2553
2017	Other	50	33	10	3	4	83	7	112
2014	Executive	81	16	2	1	1	96	1	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	34	8	4	1	87	5	1012
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	59	30	6	2	1	90	4	4396
2014	Technical	57	32	7	3	1	89	4	74
2014	Administrative Support	63	28	7	2	1	91	2	1279
2014	Operational	44	34	13	4	5	78	9	3690
2014	Other	66	21	10	1	1	87	3	74

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	30	5	2	0	93	2	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	42	12	5	3	80	8	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	44	10	6	2	82	8	3316
2018	Technical	31	41	15	8	5	72	13	78
2018	Administrative Support	42	40	10	5	3	81	8	878
2018	Operational	24	37	19	10	9	61	19	1940
2018	Other	40	34	15	3	8	75	11	85
2017	Executive	67	27	4	2	0	94	2	122
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	44	10	6	3	81	9	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	44	10	5	3	82	8	3492
2017	Technical	37	45	11	5	1	82	6	76
2017	Administrative Support	44	40	9	4	3	84	7	1009
2017	Operational	22	41	18	9	10	64	19	2542
2017	Other	43	43	5	5	4	86	9	112
2014	Executive	60	34	4	1	1	94	2	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	42	13	7	2	77	9	1013
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	9	5	3	83	8	4397
2014	Technical	49	31	13	3	5	79	8	74
2014	Administrative Support	43	39	10	4	3	82	7	1280
2014	Operational	28	45	15	6	6	73	12	3686
2014	Other	58	30	8	2	1	88	4	76

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	33	36	17	11	4	0	0	69	15	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	28	23	16	14	1	0	47	30	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	32	23	15	12	0	0	50	27	3303
2018	Technical	16	36	26	17	5	0	0	52	22	78
2018	Administrative Support	34	28	21	10	8	0	0	61	17	881
2018	Operational	11	21	20	18	30	0	0	31	48	1934
2018	Other	44	33	8	3	12	1	0	77	15	83
2017	Executive	38	40	6	10	4	0	1	80	14	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	30	22	14	12	1	0	52	26	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	32	22	15	12	1	0	50	27	3502
2017	Technical	19	36	24	11	10	0	0	55	21	77
2017	Administrative Support	32	34	16	10	8	0	0	66	17	1009
2017	Operational	9	23	20	20	28	0	0	31	48	2561
2017	Other	47	22	21	4	2	3	2	72	6	112
2014	Executive	46	31	15	6	2	0	0	77	9	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	29	22	17	16	1	0	44	33	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	36	19	15	11	1	0	54	26	4406
2014	Technical	27	41	15	9	9	0	0	68	18	74
2014	Administrative Support	27	33	18	12	9	1	0	61	22	1280
2014	Operational	12	30	22	18	17	1	0	43	35	3700
2014	Other	40	36	12	6	6	0	0	76	12	75

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	35	40	16	6	4	0	0	74	10	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	33	22	16	10	0	0	53	25	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	36	21	14	9	0	0	56	23	3296
2018	Technical	16	43	23	14	4	0	0	59	18	77
2018	Administrative Support	33	31	20	10	6	0	0	64	16	874
2018	Operational	10	23	21	19	27	0	0	33	46	1919
2018	Other	44	35	8	5	7	0	1	79	13	83
2017	Executive	42	40	7	6	5	0	1	83	11	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	35	19	15	10	0	0	56	25	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	37	19	16	9	0	0	56	25	3501
2017	Technical	23	41	16	9	11	0	0	64	20	77
2017	Administrative Support	33	36	16	10	5	0	0	69	15	1006
2017	Operational	8	25	22	20	24	0	0	34	45	2561
2017	Other	46	30	13	4	4	3	1	78	8	112
2014	Executive	48	34	9	7	1	0	0	83	9	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	32	21	18	14	0	0	47	32	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	38	18	15	10	0	0	58	25	4401
2014	Technical	30	44	14	3	8	0	0	74	11	73
2014	Administrative Support	27	35	17	12	8	0	0	63	20	1282
2014	Operational	12	31	24	18	15	0	0	43	33	3695
2014	Other	39	34	14	9	4	0	0	73	13	75

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	41	24	12	14	4	2	2	68	19	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	24	23	14	13	3	1	47	28	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	22	15	12	2	0	49	28	3310
2018	Technical	17	18	34	14	12	4	1	37	27	78
2018	Administrative Support	31	26	18	11	11	2	0	59	22	877
2018	Operational	13	18	21	18	27	2	0	32	47	1936
2018	Other	35	24	18	6	10	5	1	63	17	83
2017	Executive	47	20	13	9	7	2	3	70	17	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	25	20	15	12	5	0	50	29	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	26	21	15	11	4	0	51	27	3495
2017	Technical	24	22	29	9	11	4	1	49	21	77
2017	Administrative Support	33	27	20	9	6	5	0	63	16	1010
2017	Operational	12	21	21	16	25	4	1	35	43	2563
2017	Other	32	24	13	8	9	10	3	66	20	112
2014	Executive	44	28	15	8	4	1	0	73	12	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	24	20	16	16	5	1	45	34	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	27	20	14	12	4	1	52	27	4406
2014	Technical	29	21	18	15	14	4	0	51	30	74
2014	Administrative Support	29	27	17	10	11	5	1	60	23	1282
2014	Operational	15	24	23	16	18	4	1	41	35	3698
2014	Other	35	22	14	10	8	4	6	64	20	75

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Leadership

Immediate supervisor

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	50	34	6	9	2	0	0	84	11	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	34	14	9	7	0	1	70	16	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	33	12	9	6	1	0	73	14	3310
2018	Technical	28	31	26	9	4	1	0	60	13	77
2018	Administrative Support	47	28	13	6	5	1	0	76	11	881
2018	Operational	21	30	20	12	16	1	1	51	29	1933
2018	Other	59	20	5	10	4	0	2	81	14	84
2017	Executive	57	28	6	2	5	0	1	86	8	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	34	12	8	7	2	0	72	15	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	32	12	8	6	1	0	74	14	3504
2017	Technical	33	33	15	10	8	1	0	67	18	77
2017	Administrative Support	46	32	11	6	3	1	1	79	10	1012
2017	Operational	19	32	20	12	14	2	1	52	27	2570
2017	Other	48	33	9	2	5	3	1	84	6	111
2014	Executive	55	30	7	4	1	1	1	87	6	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	34	15	12	8	1	0	65	20	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	32	13	8	6	1	0	73	14	4402
2014	Technical	46	28	11	6	7	1	1	76	13	74
2014	Administrative Support	43	30	12	8	5	1	1	75	13	1279
2014	Operational	21	33	21	12	10	2	0	56	23	3697
2014	Other	49	22	15	4	7	3	0	73	12	77

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	50	33	6	9	2	0	0	83	11	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	36	14	9	6	0	0	71	15	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	11	10	6	0	0	73	16	3305
2018	Technical	26	31	25	10	7	1	0	57	17	76
2018	Administrative Support	44	30	11	9	5	1	0	75	14	879
2018	Operational	18	30	19	15	16	1	0	49	31	1926
2018	Other	42	32	12	10	1	1	2	76	11	84
2017	Executive	57	30	5	3	4	0	1	88	8	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	36	10	8	6	1	1	76	14	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	34	10	10	6	0	0	74	16	3496
2017	Technical	28	37	14	13	6	1	1	66	19	77
2017	Administrative Support	45	32	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1011
2017	Operational	19	32	18	14	16	1	0	52	30	2568
2017	Other	45	28	10	8	4	3	1	76	13	113
2014	Executive	51	36	7	6	1	0	0	86	6	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	36	13	12	7	0	0	68	19	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	35	10	10	6	0	0	73	17	4405
2014	Technical	47	30	7	8	5	1	0	79	14	74
2014	Administrative Support	41	32	10	10	6	0	0	74	16	1280
2014	Operational	20	35	20	14	11	1	0	55	25	3696
2014	Other	49	25	12	6	6	2	0	75	12	77

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	47	32	11	7	3	0	0	79	11	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	31	14	8	9	0	0	69	17	659
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	12	9	7	0	0	72	15	3308
2018	Technical	28	27	27	9	8	1	0	55	17	77
2018	Administrative Support	50	27	11	6	6	0	0	77	12	880
2018	Operational	22	29	21	12	16	0	0	51	28	1932
2018	Other	58	19	10	7	5	0	1	78	12	84
2017	Executive	58	28	3	6	4	0	1	87	10	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	28	13	7	7	0	0	73	15	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	30	11	7	6	0	0	76	14	3496
2017	Technical	42	25	18	9	6	0	0	67	15	76
2017	Administrative Support	55	26	10	6	4	0	0	81	10	1007
2017	Operational	22	30	21	10	16	1	0	53	27	2564
2017	Other	58	22	11	3	4	1	2	82	7	113
2014	Executive	55	31	7	6	1	0	0	85	7	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	32	15	9	9	0	0	67	18	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	45	31	11	7	6	0	0	76	13	4401
2014	Technical	39	41	6	7	7	0	0	80	14	74
2014	Administrative Support	51	27	11	7	5	0	0	78	11	1276
2014	Operational	23	34	22	10	10	1	1	58	20	3694
2014	Other	56	22	10	4	6	2	0	79	10	76

Senior management

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	36	39	8	10	7	0	0	75	17	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	28	22	13	12	7	0	50	26	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	31	17	16	13	3	0	52	30	3316
2018	Technical	17	34	24	15	3	7	1	55	19	77
2018	Administrative Support	29	35	15	9	9	3	0	66	19	878
2018	Operational	9	21	17	16	36	1	0	30	53	1947
2018	Other	42	27	8	8	7	8	1	75	17	85
2017	Executive	44	34	5	7	7	0	4	81	14	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	32	17	11	12	8	0	57	24	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	33	16	15	12	4	0	54	29	3504
2017	Technical	22	31	19	6	8	11	3	62	16	77
2017	Administrative Support	26	33	17	10	9	5	0	62	20	1012
2017	Operational	8	21	20	18	30	2	0	30	50	2567
2017	Other	31	39	9	8	2	9	2	78	12	113
2014	Executive	41	41	6	9	2	0	0	83	11	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	30	22	14	11	6	0	50	27	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	35	16	15	11	4	0	56	27	4402
2014	Technical	25	37	12	7	5	15	0	72	14	74
2014	Administrative Support	26	34	16	11	8	4	0	63	20	1279
2014	Operational	10	25	21	19	22	3	0	36	42	3691
2014	Other	36	16	11	7	9	19	2	65	21	76

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	40	37	10	8	5	0	0	77	13	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	25	21	18	16	2	0	43	35	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	29	19	19	15	1	0	47	34	3316
2018	Technical	14	31	28	15	7	4	1	48	23	77
2018	Administrative Support	28	31	18	12	10	2	0	59	22	878
2018	Operational	8	19	15	18	39	0	0	27	57	1941
2018	Other	43	13	12	10	10	9	3	64	23	84
2017	Executive	51	26	9	5	7	0	3	79	12	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	29	18	16	15	4	0	48	33	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	33	17	18	14	1	0	50	33	3499
2017	Technical	22	21	29	15	6	5	1	47	23	77
2017	Administrative Support	26	31	19	11	11	2	0	58	23	1012
2017	Operational	6	19	17	21	35	1	0	26	57	2566
2017	Other	31	38	17	8	2	3	2	72	10	112
2014	Executive	46	37	8	7	2	0	0	83	9	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	26	22	19	17	2	0	40	37	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	32	19	18	13	2	0	49	32	4402
2014	Technical	23	35	20	8	7	7	0	62	16	74
2014	Administrative Support	23	31	18	15	11	2	0	55	27	1279
2014	Operational	9	23	20	20	27	1	0	32	48	3695
2014	Other	30	19	14	9	13	13	2	58	26	76

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	24	51	9	10	7	0	0	75	16	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	24	22	20	17	5	0	38	38	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	28	23	21	15	2	0	41	36	3311
2018	Technical	13	16	36	22	7	5	1	31	30	77
2018	Administrative Support	21	29	21	14	10	4	0	52	26	874
2018	Operational	6	16	17	20	40	1	0	22	61	1936
2018	Other	32	19	11	15	9	11	3	59	28	85
2017	Executive	27	48	8	10	4	0	3	77	15	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	26	18	20	16	6	0	42	39	848
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	29	21	21	14	3	0	42	37	3498
2017	Technical	16	21	27	14	10	10	1	42	27	77
2017	Administrative Support	20	31	20	14	10	6	0	54	26	1009
2017	Operational	5	16	19	23	35	1	0	22	59	2564
2017	Other	27	32	18	12	3	6	3	65	16	112
2014	Executive	25	43	10	21	1	0	0	68	22	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	22	21	25	19	4	0	32	46	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	29	20	22	15	3	0	42	38	4400
2014	Technical	16	31	16	19	8	9	0	52	30	74
2014	Administrative Support	20	28	19	18	12	4	0	49	31	1280
2014	Operational	6	20	22	24	27	2	0	26	52	3695
2014	Other	26	15	16	13	11	15	2	50	30	75

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	26	42	12	17	3	0	0	68	20	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	26	21	20	19	2	0	39	40	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	19	23	18	1	0	39	42	3311
2018	Technical	11	27	37	18	4	3	1	39	23	76
2018	Administrative Support	18	32	19	15	15	2	0	51	30	875
2018	Operational	6	16	14	19	44	1	0	21	64	1935
2018	Other	31	26	11	14	9	7	3	62	25	85
2017	Executive	29	52	8	6	3	0	2	82	9	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	27	19	19	15	4	0	44	36	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	30	17	21	19	1	0	42	41	3498
2017	Technical	17	25	28	15	8	6	1	46	24	77
2017	Administrative Support	19	32	16	16	15	3	0	52	32	1011
2017	Operational	5	16	16	22	40	1	0	21	63	2566
2017	Other	28	29	18	9	6	9	2	63	16	112
2014	Executive	30	49	10	11	1	0	0	79	11	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	26	20	21	20	3	0	37	43	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	30	18	22	18	1	0	41	41	4401
2014	Technical	18	33	18	17	8	6	0	54	26	74
2014	Administrative Support	18	30	16	18	16	2	0	49	35	1279
2014	Operational	6	19	19	23	31	1	0	25	55	3694
2014	Other	22	26	18	10	14	8	2	54	26	76

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Performance management

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	35	37	11	12	5	0	0	72	17	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	31	18	19	12	0	0	52	30	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	34	16	16	12	0	0	55	28	3314
2018	Technical	16	32	23	15	14	0	0	48	29	78
2018	Administrative Support	30	34	14	11	11	0	0	64	22	873
2018	Operational	7	21	16	17	38	0	0	28	55	1935
2018	Other	45	25	13	10	7	0	0	70	17	84
2017	Executive	31	47	11	9	2	0	0	78	12	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	36	17	14	14	0	0	55	28	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	36	16	16	12	0	0	56	28	3504
2017	Technical	19	36	15	19	10	1	0	56	29	77
2017	Administrative Support	29	39	13	10	8	0	0	68	18	1010
2017	Operational	7	19	17	21	35	0	0	26	57	2565
2017	Other	34	38	17	7	2	0	2	73	9	113
2014	Executive	32	39	14	9	5	0	0	72	14	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	33	17	21	15	0	0	47	36	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	36	16	17	12	0	0	55	29	4400
2014	Technical	22	35	19	18	6	0	0	57	24	74
2014	Administrative Support	27	35	14	13	10	0	0	62	23	1280
2014	Operational	7	24	21	22	26	0	0	31	49	3694
2014	Other	38	30	10	8	10	1	2	71	19	76

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	44	4	3	2	90	6	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	46	14	10	5	70	15	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	47	13	11	4	72	15	3323
2018	Technical	27	37	17	13	6	64	19	78
2018	Administrative Support	31	43	14	7	5	75	12	874
2018	Operational	14	35	20	17	14	49	31	1941
2018	Other	29	44	13	8	6	73	14	83
2017	Executive	52	40	4	4	0	92	4	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	42	12	11	5	72	16	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	45	12	11	5	72	16	3504
2017	Technical	32	37	11	13	8	68	20	76
2017	Administrative Support	34	44	12	7	3	79	10	1011
2017	Operational	12	36	20	17	14	49	31	2564
2017	Other	32	42	14	7	5	74	12	113

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	16	43	16	20	3	1	0	60	24	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	22	19	21	21	8	1	33	46	664
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	21	19	22	20	7	1	33	46	3307
2018	Technical	7	21	18	28	17	9	0	30	50	77
2018	Administrative Support	12	23	19	18	18	9	1	38	41	878
2018	Operational	4	12	16	21	45	2	1	16	68	1931
2018	Other	13	24	17	12	15	15	5	45	34	84
2017	Executive	21	55	6	12	5	1	1	77	17	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	21	17	22	20	11	2	32	48	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	22	17	24	19	10	1	33	48	3500
2017	Technical	14	11	11	19	25	16	4	31	55	77
2017	Administrative Support	11	21	18	20	15	14	2	37	42	1010
2017	Operational	3	11	17	23	42	3	1	14	69	2561
2017	Other	19	20	19	18	5	20	1	48	28	113
2014	Executive	21	48	12	13	4	1	0	71	17	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	19	17	25	23	8	1	29	52	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	22	17	24	20	8	2	33	48	4402
2014	Technical	11	14	19	19	14	23	0	32	43	74
2014	Administrative Support	9	22	18	22	17	11	1	35	45	1279
2014	Operational	4	14	19	27	31	4	1	19	61	3698
2014	Other	20	17	26	9	9	14	5	45	22	77

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	36	34	12	12	5	0	0	70	17	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	35	14	10	8	0	0	68	17	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	37	11	10	7	0	0	72	16	3310
2018	Technical	24	31	22	15	7	1	0	55	22	77
2018	Administrative Support	41	31	14	8	5	1	0	73	13	880
2018	Operational	16	31	18	15	19	0	0	48	34	1935
2018	Other	38	28	13	18	3	0	0	66	21	84
2017	Executive	42	38	9	5	5	0	1	81	10	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	36	12	11	6	0	0	71	17	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	37	12	10	7	0	0	72	16	3502
2017	Technical	25	36	22	10	6	0	0	62	16	77
2017	Administrative Support	42	37	10	5	5	0	0	79	11	1012
2017	Operational	16	31	18	16	18	1	0	47	35	2569
2017	Other	38	32	12	10	5	1	3	73	15	113
2014	Executive	43	33	13	7	3	1	0	77	10	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	38	16	12	8	0	0	64	20	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	37	11	10	7	0	0	72	16	4405
2014	Technical	30	42	14	6	7	0	1	73	13	73
2014	Administrative Support	39	35	12	7	6	0	1	75	13	1280
2014	Operational	17	34	21	15	13	1	0	51	28	3696
2014	Other	45	32	10	4	7	2	1	79	11	77

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	37	45	10	6	2	0	0	82	8	115
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	39	18	16	5	0	1	61	22	108
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	39	15	14	6	1	4	62	22	935
2018	Administrative Support	22	26	29	6	17	0	0	49	22	20
2018	Operational	10	33	21	20	15	0	1	44	35	327
2017	Executive	38	45	7	6	3	0	2	84	9	119
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	34	16	17	3	0	4	63	20	148
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	39	15	14	6	2	4	63	21	940
2017	Administrative Support	4	64	3	0	29	0	0	68	29	14
2017	Operational	11	37	20	17	14	0	0	49	31	405
2014	Executive	35	46	8	7	3	1	0	82	10	136
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	40	20	12	6	1	3	60	19	164
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	39	14	12	6	2	3	65	20	1207
2014	Administrative Support	16	47	13	16	6	0	2	65	22	25
2014	Operational	10	36	22	18	13	1	0	47	31	570

Job fit and development

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	34	49	8	7	0	0	1	84	7	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	50	12	15	7	0	0	66	23	670
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	49	10	19	8	0	0	64	27	3327
2018	Technical	12	50	12	12	13	0	1	62	25	78
2018	Administrative Support	21	46	11	16	7	0	0	66	23	879
2018	Operational	11	44	11	20	14	0	0	55	34	1943
2018	Other	25	42	18	11	4	0	0	67	15	84
2017	Executive	47	39	7	4	3	0	0	86	7	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	43	12	16	10	0	0	62	26	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	40	12	19	12	0	0	57	31	3505
2017	Technical	17	32	20	17	13	1	0	50	30	77
2017	Administrative Support	22	41	12	16	9	0	0	63	25	1009
2017	Operational	10	36	14	22	19	0	0	46	41	2570
2017	Other	33	38	11	11	5	0	1	72	16	113
2014	Executive	34	50	8	5	2	0	1	85	7	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	37	14	23	13	0	0	50	36	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	39	12	20	11	0	0	57	31	4398
2014	Technical	23	40	12	13	12	0	0	63	25	74
2014	Administrative Support	21	37	12	20	10	0	0	58	30	1279
2014	Operational	11	38	15	21	16	0	0	48	37	3697
2014	Other	39	33	10	5	12	0	2	73	17	76

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	68	27	2	2	1	0	95	2	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	38	6	4	1	0	89	5	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	40	7	4	2	0	87	6	3314
2018	Technical	36	39	16	4	5	0	75	9	77
2018	Administrative Support	35	40	14	7	4	0	76	11	879
2018	Operational	27	45	16	7	4	0	72	12	1932
2018	Other	36	33	19	6	4	2	70	10	84
2017	Executive	73	24	1	2	0	0	97	2	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	37	7	3	2	0	88	5	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	36	8	4	2	0	86	6	3497
2017	Technical	47	42	4	4	3	0	90	6	76
2017	Administrative Support	37	41	12	6	4	0	78	10	1012
2017	Operational	29	43	15	6	6	0	72	12	2566
2017	Other	45	27	17	7	4	0	72	11	113
2014	Executive	68	25	4	2	1	0	93	3	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	47	37	9	5	2	0	85	6	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	47	38	8	4	3	0	85	7	4401
2014	Technical	50	35	7	6	1	0	85	8	74
2014	Administrative Support	33	41	13	7	6	0	74	13	1280
2014	Operational	31	43	15	6	5	0	74	11	3696
2014	Other	46	30	17	1	5	1	76	6	76

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	65	31	1	3	1	0	96	3	119
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	36	4	5	2	0	89	7	664
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	38	5	4	2	0	90	5	3293
2018	Technical	55	28	9	4	4	0	83	8	78
2018	Administrative Support	41	37	9	8	4	0	79	12	875
2018	Operational	33	47	10	6	4	0	80	10	1926
2018	Other	42	37	10	8	2	2	80	10	84
2017	Executive	75	23	1	1	0	0	98	1	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	35	4	3	3	0	90	6	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	35	5	4	2	0	89	6	3494
2017	Technical	61	28	5	4	2	0	89	6	76
2017	Administrative Support	44	39	7	6	4	0	83	10	1012
2017	Operational	36	43	10	5	5	0	79	10	2565
2017	Other	55	25	10	7	3	0	80	10	113
2014	Executive	73	23	2	1	1	0	96	2	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	52	35	6	5	3	0	87	7	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	35	5	4	2	0	88	7	4397
2014	Technical	55	34	4	5	1	0	89	7	74
2014	Administrative Support	42	36	10	6	6	0	78	12	1278
2014	Operational	37	44	10	6	3	0	81	9	3697
2014	Other	58	29	5	2	5	1	88	7	76

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	28	40	15	11	6	0	0	68	17	118
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	28	21	19	16	2	0	42	36	670
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	30	18	21	16	1	0	44	37	3312
2018	Technical	18	23	31	19	8	1	0	42	27	78
2018	Administrative Support	23	32	19	12	11	2	1	56	24	875
2018	Operational	7	19	19	21	33	1	0	26	55	1935
2018	Other	32	33	13	5	11	3	2	69	17	85
2017	Executive	36	43	11	6	3	0	1	80	9	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	34	17	15	13	2	1	54	29	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	30	18	20	15	2	0	47	35	3499
2017	Technical	24	19	19	23	9	5	1	46	34	77
2017	Administrative Support	23	33	16	13	9	4	1	59	24	1008
2017	Operational	8	20	20	21	28	2	0	29	50	2561
2017	Other	36	27	16	6	3	9	3	71	10	113
2014	Executive	34	42	14	5	5	0	0	76	10	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	27	18	23	19	3	0	38	43	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	30	18	20	16	2	0	45	37	4403
2014	Technical	19	31	14	20	12	4	0	52	34	74
2014	Administrative Support	20	29	18	15	14	3	1	50	31	1278
2014	Operational	9	23	24	20	21	3	0	33	43	3697
2014	Other	32	20	18	12	12	5	1	55	25	75

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	44	31	6	11	6	0	3	77	17	119
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	22	21	17	22	2	4	36	41	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	31	16	17	17	1	1	48	35	3315
2018	Technical	14	19	24	21	18	0	4	35	40	77
2018	Administrative Support	20	28	19	14	15	2	1	50	30	876
2018	Operational	10	26	18	16	28	1	1	37	45	1935
2018	Other	27	33	9	7	13	4	7	68	22	84
2017	Executive	54	26	8	4	5	0	3	82	9	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	25	19	15	18	3	3	45	35	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	30	15	18	17	1	2	49	36	3498
2017	Technical	12	28	14	16	15	5	10	47	37	77
2017	Administrative Support	19	27	18	16	14	3	4	49	32	1006
2017	Operational	11	25	18	16	28	2	1	36	45	2565
2017	Other	28	19	18	10	8	7	9	56	22	113
2014	Executive	49	29	7	8	5	0	1	80	13	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	25	18	20	21	3	3	37	44	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	29	16	17	19	2	1	47	37	4400
2014	Technical	11	21	16	19	22	4	7	36	46	74
2014	Administrative Support	14	24	16	18	21	3	4	41	42	1278
2014	Operational	12	30	19	16	21	3	1	43	38	3696
2014	Other	28	27	11	9	15	2	9	61	27	75

Empowerment

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	43	47	5	5	0	0	0	90	5	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	39	17	14	11	0	0	59	25	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	40	14	16	10	0	0	61	25	3313
2018	Technical	24	46	15	13	3	0	0	69	15	77
2018	Administrative Support	26	37	16	12	8	0	0	63	20	873
2018	Operational	9	27	15	20	29	0	0	36	49	1939
2018	Other	27	34	14	17	8	0	0	61	25	85
2017	Executive	58	33	3	3	3	0	0	91	6	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	43	12	12	10	0	0	65	22	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	40	12	16	9	0	0	63	25	3495
2017	Technical	32	42	10	11	5	0	0	73	17	76
2017	Administrative Support	26	39	13	13	6	0	0	66	20	1007
2017	Operational	10	27	16	21	26	0	0	37	47	2550
2017	Other	29	38	17	12	3	0	1	68	15	112
2014	Executive	43	43	6	6	3	0	0	85	9	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	34	12	23	18	0	0	47	41	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	39	13	18	12	0	0	57	30	4402
2014	Technical	33	37	12	9	7	1	0	71	17	74
2014	Administrative Support	19	38	15	16	12	0	0	57	28	1279
2014	Operational	8	29	17	24	22	0	0	36	46	3694
2014	Other	15	48	16	13	6	0	1	64	19	75

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	46	38	12	3	1	0	0	84	4	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	36	17	13	10	0	0	60	22	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	34	18	13	9	0	0	60	22	3295
2018	Technical	27	32	25	15	1	0	0	59	16	75
2018	Administrative Support	32	38	14	9	6	0	0	71	15	872
2018	Operational	11	24	18	18	30	0	0	34	48	1933
2018	Other	28	37	24	7	4	0	0	65	11	84
2017	Executive	59	29	5	5	3	0	0	88	7	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	37	15	11	10	0	0	64	21	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	36	16	14	8	0	0	63	22	3498
2017	Technical	33	34	19	6	8	0	0	67	14	76
2017	Administrative Support	33	38	14	9	5	0	0	72	14	1009
2017	Operational	10	24	18	20	28	0	0	34	48	2549
2017	Other	35	35	12	13	4	1	1	71	17	112
2014	Executive	43	38	6	10	3	0	0	82	12	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	36	17	14	14	0	0	54	29	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	35	16	14	9	0	0	60	24	4402
2014	Technical	38	34	15	7	7	0	0	72	13	74
2014	Administrative Support	28	40	15	11	6	0	0	68	17	1280
2014	Operational	10	27	21	20	21	0	0	38	41	3694
2014	Other	31	33	27	7	2	0	0	64	10	75

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	41	45	8	2	2	0	0	87	5	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	33	19	16	10	0	0	55	27	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	36	17	15	9	0	0	59	24	3304
2018	Technical	21	40	21	14	5	0	0	60	19	78
2018	Administrative Support	31	38	16	9	6	0	0	69	16	872
2018	Operational	9	23	20	20	27	0	0	32	48	1931
2018	Other	29	38	13	12	6	2	0	68	18	85
2017	Executive	44	42	7	4	2	0	0	87	6	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	37	16	16	9	0	0	59	25	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	37	15	15	8	0	0	62	23	3494
2017	Technical	25	32	24	14	5	0	0	57	19	76
2017	Administrative Support	34	39	12	10	4	0	0	73	14	1006
2017	Operational	8	25	22	20	24	0	0	33	45	2551
2017	Other	35	34	16	12	2	1	0	70	14	112
2014	Executive	46	37	9	7	2	0	0	83	9	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	34	20	18	12	0	0	50	30	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	37	16	14	8	0	0	61	23	4402
2014	Technical	31	35	16	12	5	0	0	66	18	74
2014	Administrative Support	30	39	15	10	5	0	1	70	15	1279
2014	Operational	9	27	26	20	17	0	0	37	38	3692
2014	Other	42	34	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	75

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	33	47	13	5	2	0	0	80	7	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	33	26	13	11	3	0	49	25	671
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	34	25	15	10	2	0	50	25	3312
2018	Technical	16	35	32	11	5	1	0	51	17	78
2018	Administrative Support	21	35	25	10	6	2	0	57	17	878
2018	Operational	7	22	22	18	29	2	0	30	48	1933
2018	Other	27	29	21	10	7	2	4	60	18	84
2017	Executive	44	42	7	2	3	0	1	88	5	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	36	21	13	10	3	0	54	24	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36	23	14	8	3	0	53	23	3499
2017	Technical	19	43	22	7	6	3	0	63	14	77
2017	Administrative Support	20	38	19	10	6	5	1	62	17	1010
2017	Operational	7	20	24	19	27	3	1	28	48	2563
2017	Other	27	25	23	12	2	10	2	59	15	113

Work-life balance and workload

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	30	44	8	13	5	0	0	74	18	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	34	15	11	8	0	1	66	19	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	37	11	11	6	0	0	72	18	3312
2018	Technical	36	42	14	4	4	0	0	78	8	78
2018	Administrative Support	45	32	11	6	5	0	1	78	11	878
2018	Operational	14	29	19	18	19	0	0	44	37	1940
2018	Other	48	26	12	9	3	2	0	76	12	83
2017	Executive	38	35	7	12	7	0	0	73	19	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	35	13	12	9	0	0	66	21	851
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	36	10	12	8	0	0	70	20	3493
2017	Technical	35	44	9	5	5	1	1	81	10	76
2017	Administrative Support	43	35	9	7	4	1	0	79	12	1011
2017	Operational	13	29	18	18	21	0	0	42	40	2567
2017	Other	47	36	8	1	4	0	4	86	5	113
2014	Executive	30	30	20	14	6	0	1	61	20	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	24	33	16	15	11	0	1	57	26	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	36	13	11	8	0	0	68	19	4397
2014	Technical	39	36	13	4	6	1	0	76	10	72
2014	Administrative Support	39	34	12	8	6	0	1	74	14	1280
2014	Operational	13	31	20	18	18	1	0	44	36	3692
2014	Other	45	25	18	3	7	0	3	71	10	76

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	9	23	23	25	20	0	0	32	45	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	34	22	10	8	0	0	59	19	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	32	22	12	8	0	0	57	21	3321
2018	Technical	37	33	18	9	1	1	0	71	10	78
2018	Administrative Support	41	29	17	7	6	0	0	70	13	880
2018	Operational	31	36	19	7	4	0	3	69	11	1945
2018	Other	59	24	8	5	4	0	0	83	9	85
2017	Executive	9	30	23	22	13	0	3	40	36	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	38	21	11	5	0	0	62	17	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	37	21	11	6	0	0	63	16	3507
2017	Technical	34	39	16	9	1	0	1	74	10	77
2017	Administrative Support	42	35	16	4	3	0	0	77	7	1011
2017	Operational	34	37	17	6	2	0	3	73	9	2568
2017	Other	48	35	8	4	3	1	1	84	7	113
2014	Executive	9	25	21	29	14	1	1	35	43	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	39	22	9	7	0	1	61	17	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	35	22	11	6	0	0	61	17	4399
2014	Technical	38	29	17	12	4	0	0	68	16	74
2014	Administrative Support	37	33	18	6	5	0	0	70	12	1279
2014	Operational	30	37	22	6	3	0	2	69	9	3695
2014	Other	46	29	14	8	1	1	1	77	9	75

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	32	47	21	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	49	34	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	44	34	3328
2018	Technical	16	51	33	78
2018	Administrative Support	22	39	39	885
2018	Operational	16	49	36	1946
2018	Other	35	21	44	85
2017	Executive	33	45	22	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	55	29	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	46	33	3503
2017	Technical	6	67	26	77
2017	Administrative Support	22	42	36	1009
2017	Operational	16	50	34	2569
2017	Other	26	39	35	112
2014	Executive	32	37	31	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	47	35	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	47	32	4403
2014	Technical	12	56	32	74
2014	Administrative Support	26	40	34	1281
2014	Operational	14	55	31	3696
2014	Other	39	39	22	77

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	46	23	26	3	0	3	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	13	18	24	3	6	111
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	37	28	5	4	5	769
2018	Technical	27	36	18	18	0	0	11
2018	Administrative Support	15	39	24	1	15	5	204
2018	Operational	23	29	21	17	1	10	304
2018	Other	0	11	8	17	55	8	26
2017	Executive	27	43	25	2	0	2	41
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	10	23	20	8	7	135
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	39	27	6	2	7	765
2017	Administrative Support	23	33	19	1	17	6	228
2017	Operational	26	28	21	17	0	8	412
2017	Other	4	7	16	4	69	0	28
2014	Executive	26	44	15	7	9999	7	45
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	15	17	26	9999	10	192
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	33	28	8	9999	10	987
2014	Administrative Support	19	36	23	7	9999	15	333
2014	Operational	25	30	19	18	9999	9	513
2014	Other	8	0	12	25	9999	55	28

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Organizational goals

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	21	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	44	13	4	3	0	0	79	7	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	44	8	4	2	0	0	85	7	3315
2018	Technical	38	38	16	5	1	1	0	78	7	78
2018	Administrative Support	42	41	11	4	2	0	0	83	6	879
2018	Operational	18	38	19	12	12	1	0	56	24	1941
2018	Other	47	37	7	9	0	0	0	83	9	85
2017	Executive	76	19	1	4	0	0	0	95	4	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	41	13	7	2	0	0	78	9	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	37	45	9	6	3	0	0	82	9	3496
2017	Technical	46	31	11	6	5	0	0	77	11	77
2017	Administrative Support	43	43	9	4	2	1	0	86	6	1009
2017	Operational	16	34	21	12	15	1	0	51	28	2560
2017	Other	38	41	12	6	3	0	0	79	9	113
2014	Executive	63	32	4	1	0	0	0	95	1	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	42	16	9	5	0	0	70	14	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	43	11	6	4	1	0	80	9	4402
2014	Technical	39	38	8	9	4	0	1	78	14	74
2014	Administrative Support	39	41	12	4	3	1	0	81	7	1279
2014	Operational	16	37	22	13	11	1	0	54	24	3693
2014	Other	44	36	13	1	6	0	0	80	7	75

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	45	46	8	1	1	0	0	91	2	119
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	40	20	11	6	1	0	62	17	670
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	46	17	11	5	1	0	67	16	3309
2018	Technical	23	42	24	8	3	0	0	66	10	78
2018	Administrative Support	25	43	18	7	5	1	0	68	13	877
2018	Operational	9	30	23	19	19	1	0	39	38	1936
2018	Other	29	51	8	8	2	1	2	82	10	85
2017	Executive	53	40	2	1	2	1	1	95	3	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	40	17	11	6	2	0	66	17	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	44	17	11	6	1	0	66	17	3500
2017	Technical	26	35	19	11	7	1	0	62	19	77
2017	Administrative Support	26	42	16	9	5	2	0	69	15	1011
2017	Operational	9	31	24	17	19	1	0	40	36	2557
2017	Other	25	40	18	10	3	4	1	68	14	112
2014	Executive	52	40	3	4	1	0	0	92	5	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	41	22	12	7	2	0	58	20	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	41	17	12	7	1	0	63	19	4405
2014	Technical	21	44	13	8	6	6	2	71	15	73
2014	Administrative Support	26	36	19	11	6	1	0	63	18	1280
2014	Operational	10	33	26	16	13	1	0	44	30	3697
2014	Other	36	34	9	9	6	4	2	74	16	76

Organizational performance

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	14	27	42	15	2	0	0	17	41	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	34	33	16	4	1	2	21	45	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	31	37	14	4	0	1	18	45	3315
2018	Technical	9	28	30	21	12	0	0	32	38	78
2018	Administrative Support	10	24	31	24	9	1	1	33	35	880
2018	Operational	21	33	32	9	3	1	1	12	55	1940
2018	Other	1	17	39	27	15	0	2	42	18	85
2017	Executive	9	26	40	17	7	0	1	24	36	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	30	34	14	7	1	2	22	44	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	28	36	13	5	1	1	19	44	3489
2017	Technical	7	20	38	22	10	0	3	33	28	77
2017	Administrative Support	10	23	34	20	10	1	3	30	34	1002
2017	Operational	20	33	30	10	4	1	3	14	55	2557
2017	Other	6	12	31	25	17	2	6	46	20	111
2014	Executive	10	27	43	11	8	1	0	19	38	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	37	34	10	4	0	1	15	51	1013
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	34	35	11	5	0	1	17	48	4397
2014	Technical	10	19	36	19	12	0	3	33	30	74
2014	Administrative Support	12	26	33	18	9	0	2	28	38	1273
2014	Operational	14	34	35	11	4	1	1	15	50	3689
2014	Other	7	14	35	26	10	3	4	39	23	76

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	11	26	37	23	3	0	0	26	37	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	27	31	17	8	1	2	26	42	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	29	31	15	6	1	1	21	47	3307
2018	Technical	10	28	24	19	14	1	3	35	40	78
2018	Administrative Support	14	24	24	22	13	3	1	36	39	878
2018	Operational	29	31	24	10	4	1	1	15	61	1934
2018	Other	7	27	27	16	21	0	2	38	35	85
2017	Executive	11	16	37	20	14	0	2	35	27	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	26	27	20	10	2	2	30	42	847
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	26	32	16	8	1	1	24	43	3492
2017	Technical	14	21	26	16	20	1	3	37	36	77
2017	Administrative Support	13	22	28	18	14	2	3	34	36	1005
2017	Operational	26	29	27	11	4	1	3	15	57	2544
2017	Other	7	12	25	24	22	4	7	52	21	112
2014	Executive	6	19	34	29	12	1	0	41	25	138
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	32	28	13	6	1	1	19	52	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	26	31	15	7	1	1	23	45	4397
2014	Technical	21	13	24	22	14	3	4	38	36	74
2014	Administrative Support	17	25	26	17	11	2	2	29	44	1273
2014	Operational	18	31	31	12	5	2	1	17	51	3693
2014	Other	10	14	18	31	16	9	3	52	28	75

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	19	34	31	12	3	0	0	16	53	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	30	29	13	8	2	3	22	47	664
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	27	31	14	6	1	1	20	48	3306
2018	Technical	19	23	27	13	14	0	4	28	44	78
2018	Administrative Support	11	23	31	20	10	3	2	32	36	878
2018	Operational	27	29	26	9	4	2	3	14	59	1933
2018	Other	14	20	29	15	18	2	2	35	35	85
2017	Executive	18	20	39	19	4	0	1	23	38	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	26	28	16	8	3	3	25	45	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	27	30	16	7	1	2	23	46	3491
2017	Technical	22	16	30	11	14	1	5	27	41	77
2017	Administrative Support	12	20	28	21	13	2	4	36	34	1005
2017	Operational	25	28	26	11	3	2	4	15	57	2553
2017	Other	16	15	28	11	17	4	9	32	35	111
2014	Executive	25	27	28	15	5	1	0	20	52	138
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	30	26	11	5	2	3	17	55	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	27	30	14	6	1	2	20	49	4392
2014	Technical	19	24	25	15	12	1	4	29	45	74
2014	Administrative Support	15	23	31	16	10	2	4	27	41	1275
2014	Operational	22	32	28	10	3	2	2	14	57	3691
2014	Other	15	17	20	15	16	9	8	37	38	76

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	13	32	40	12	3	0	0	15	45	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	18	36	26	9	1	2	36	27	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	21	39	21	7	0	1	28	32	3286
2018	Technical	5	17	36	27	16	0	0	42	22	78
2018	Administrative Support	6	13	30	31	17	1	2	50	19	876
2018	Operational	10	14	34	26	9	1	6	38	25	1928
2018	Other	5	6	26	27	35	0	1	63	11	85
2017	Executive	9	26	44	16	4	0	1	20	36	122
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	16	35	27	11	1	2	39	25	846
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	35	22	8	1	1	31	33	3487
2017	Technical	3	21	33	29	13	0	1	43	24	77
2017	Administrative Support	5	11	30	31	20	1	4	53	16	997
2017	Operational	10	15	32	24	9	2	9	37	28	2540
2017	Other	10	3	20	30	28	1	9	64	14	111
2014	Executive	14	35	32	12	6	1	0	18	50	139
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	20	36	21	9	1	2	31	32	1011
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	37	21	7	0	1	29	34	4370
2014	Technical	6	13	33	33	12	1	1	47	19	74
2014	Administrative Support	7	15	32	30	13	1	2	44	23	1270
2014	Operational	8	17	34	26	8	2	5	37	27	3676
2014	Other	6	10	18	37	23	2	5	65	16	75

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	30	32	31	4	2	1	0	7	62	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	29	23	9	4	1	2	13	63	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	30	24	10	5	1	1	15	60	3303
2018	Technical	17	23	29	22	9	0	0	31	40	78
2018	Administrative Support	19	20	23	21	12	2	2	34	41	874
2018	Operational	28	26	27	11	5	1	3	17	56	1936
2018	Other	11	17	27	12	29	4	1	42	29	84
2017	Executive	22	27	37	8	4	0	2	12	50	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	26	24	11	7	1	1	18	57	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	28	26	11	6	1	2	17	56	3494
2017	Technical	19	20	32	14	14	0	1	28	39	77
2017	Administrative Support	16	19	26	20	14	1	4	36	37	1002
2017	Operational	22	25	29	14	5	1	4	21	49	2555
2017	Other	7	9	28	20	24	2	10	50	18	109
2014	Executive	28	31	29	8	3	1	0	11	60	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	30	20	7	4	0	1	11	69	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	29	25	10	5	0	1	15	59	4394
2014	Technical	16	26	23	15	15	3	1	31	45	74
2014	Administrative Support	22	26	26	14	9	1	2	24	49	1272
2014	Operational	19	27	30	14	5	2	3	20	49	3687
2014	Other	11	18	18	22	21	8	2	47	33	75

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	15	34	32	14	6	0	0	20	49	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	23	28	21	7	2	3	30	40	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	27	28	17	7	1	1	24	47	3298
2018	Technical	7	11	34	14	30	0	4	46	19	77
2018	Administrative Support	17	27	25	17	9	3	2	27	46	878
2018	Operational	19	22	24	22	8	2	3	31	44	1927
2018	Other	18	17	25	8	24	7	1	35	39	84
2017	Executive	10	29	37	19	4	0	1	23	39	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	19	26	23	12	2	3	37	36	851
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	28	18	9	2	2	28	43	3495
2017	Technical	13	17	21	22	19	2	6	45	32	76
2017	Administrative Support	17	22	26	16	12	2	5	30	42	1003
2017	Operational	16	18	26	22	9	2	7	34	37	2550
2017	Other	8	12	19	21	21	8	11	51	25	111
2014	Executive	6	16	42	26	9	1	0	35	22	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	21	29	21	10	1	4	32	37	1013
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	30	21	9	1	2	31	37	4386
2014	Technical	8	14	19	27	26	1	5	56	23	74
2014	Administrative Support	19	24	23	18	12	2	3	31	44	1276
2014	Operational	12	20	28	24	10	2	4	36	34	3693
2014	Other	15	12	22	25	17	5	4	46	29	76

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	20	33	33	11	3	0	0	15	53	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	32	30	10	4	2	2	16	54	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	29	32	11	5	1	1	17	50	3311
2018	Technical	10	20	35	16	14	0	5	31	32	78
2018	Administrative Support	12	23	31	19	11	2	2	31	37	880
2018	Operational	25	28	24	12	5	2	4	18	56	1933
2018	Other	12	18	27	18	20	3	2	39	32	85
2017	Executive	19	24	39	12	3	0	3	16	44	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	26	31	12	5	3	2	18	49	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	28	33	12	6	2	2	19	47	3487
2017	Technical	10	28	29	14	14	1	4	29	40	76
2017	Administrative Support	11	20	31	18	12	3	4	33	34	1006
2017	Operational	22	25	27	13	4	3	7	19	51	2549
2017	Other	8	14	32	14	17	7	8	36	26	111
2014	Executive	16	35	30	15	4	1	0	19	51	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	29	27	8	4	2	2	13	58	1008
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	28	33	11	5	1	2	17	48	4389
2014	Technical	15	21	32	15	14	3	1	30	37	74
2014	Administrative Support	17	21	30	16	10	2	4	27	40	1271
2014	Operational	19	28	29	13	6	3	4	19	50	3680
2014	Other	11	17	22	29	14	4	3	46	30	75

Respectful workplace

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	51	34	7	5	2	0	0	85	7	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	33	11	13	13	1	1	62	26	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	34	11	14	9	0	0	66	23	3314
2018	Technical	26	38	16	17	4	0	0	63	21	77
2018	Administrative Support	33	33	12	12	9	1	0	67	21	879
2018	Operational	14	25	16	18	25	0	0	40	44	1926
2018	Other	43	27	8	15	8	0	0	70	22	84
2017	Executive	63	29	3	3	2	0	1	92	4	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	35	11	12	11	1	0	66	23	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	11	12	10	0	0	67	22	3503
2017	Technical	24	38	5	17	16	0	0	62	33	77
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	11	12	8	1	0	69	20	1008
2017	Operational	14	24	18	19	25	1	1	38	44	2569
2017	Other	46	24	12	10	5	3	1	72	15	112
2014	Executive	64	28	2	4	1	0	0	93	5	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	29	33	10	16	11	0	0	62	27	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	32	10	13	9	0	0	69	22	4401
2014	Technical	28	35	12	17	8	0	0	63	25	74
2014	Administrative Support	36	33	11	11	10	0	0	69	20	1278
2014	Operational	18	31	17	18	16	1	0	49	34	3696
2014	Other	47	25	13	5	8	2	0	74	12	77

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	39	45	5	10	2	0	0	83	12	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	41	13	10	8	0	0	69	17	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	42	11	11	5	0	0	73	16	3304
2018	Technical	20	43	19	14	4	0	0	62	18	77
2018	Administrative Support	35	40	10	10	5	0	0	76	14	880
2018	Operational	14	34	20	17	15	0	0	48	32	1930
2018	Other	46	36	8	7	3	0	0	82	9	85
2017	Executive	42	42	7	4	3	0	1	85	7	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	43	10	13	7	0	0	71	19	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	44	10	11	6	0	0	73	17	3500
2017	Technical	35	33	14	10	9	0	0	67	19	77
2017	Administrative Support	36	39	9	10	5	0	0	75	15	1010
2017	Operational	10	33	20	18	18	1	0	43	37	2556
2017	Other	49	27	13	7	3	0	1	77	10	113
2014	Executive	48	43	5	5	0	0	0	90	5	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	43	11	13	7	0	0	69	20	1012
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	44	10	11	5	0	0	75	15	4399
2014	Technical	38	34	10	13	4	0	0	73	18	74
2014	Administrative Support	33	42	11	9	5	0	0	75	15	1278
2014	Operational	11	41	22	16	9	0	0	53	25	3692
2014	Other	43	35	11	3	5	2	1	80	9	77

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	53	5	1	0	0	94	1	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	43	19	5	6	1	70	11	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	45	15	7	4	1	75	10	3314
2018	Technical	20	43	24	10	1	1	63	12	77
2018	Administrative Support	31	40	18	6	3	2	72	10	880
2018	Operational	12	36	24	12	14	1	49	26	1930
2018	Other	38	31	19	8	3	0	69	12	85

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	48	47	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	44	15	5	3	2	0	76	8	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	43	15	5	4	2	0	75	10	3312
2018	Technical	34	39	21	0	4	3	0	75	4	78
2018	Administrative Support	40	35	17	3	3	2	0	77	5	880
2018	Operational	19	34	25	9	11	2	1	54	20	1938
2018	Other	43	35	14	1	0	5	2	84	1	83
2017	Executive	62	32	2	1	1	0	1	96	2	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	37	16	4	4	3	0	75	9	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	41	16	6	4	2	0	74	10	3495
2017	Technical	37	28	14	6	6	6	3	71	14	77
2017	Administrative Support	37	37	16	4	2	3	1	77	7	1009
2017	Operational	16	30	27	11	13	3	1	48	24	2562
2017	Other	40	29	19	4	1	6	2	74	5	113
2014	Executive	62	31	5	1	1	0	0	93	1	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	39	18	7	3	3	0	72	10	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	40	13	5	3	2	0	79	8	4401
2014	Technical	39	35	14	4	4	4	0	77	9	74
2014	Administrative Support	41	35	13	3	3	3	1	79	7	1278
2014	Operational	22	38	21	8	7	3	1	62	16	3695
2014	Other	41	31	13	5	4	3	2	77	10	75

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	45	46	5	3	0	0	0	92	3	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	41	18	7	5	1	0	70	13	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	43	15	9	5	1	0	71	13	3307
2018	Technical	26	57	10	4	3	0	0	83	7	77
2018	Administrative Support	39	38	14	5	3	1	0	78	7	874
2018	Operational	15	33	24	13	14	1	0	49	27	1931
2018	Other	53	28	7	6	3	2	1	84	9	83
2017	Executive	54	39	2	2	3	0	1	93	4	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	43	16	7	4	1	0	73	11	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	46	14	9	4	1	0	73	13	3500
2017	Technical	34	38	13	5	6	4	0	75	12	76
2017	Administrative Support	38	42	11	4	3	2	0	82	7	1007
2017	Operational	13	36	22	14	13	2	0	50	28	2565
2017	Other	40	39	12	3	2	3	1	82	5	111
2014	Executive	58	32	7	1	1	0	0	90	3	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	40	19	7	5	2	0	68	13	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	40	13	7	5	2	0	75	12	4406
2014	Technical	32	48	11	4	4	1	0	80	9	74
2014	Administrative Support	38	37	14	5	3	2	0	77	9	1280
2014	Operational	19	38	21	12	8	2	0	58	21	3700
2014	Other	43	36	8	6	4	1	2	82	11	75

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	49	37	7	7	1	0	0	86	7	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	43	12	8	6	0	0	74	14	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	42	13	8	5	0	0	74	13	3302
2018	Technical	34	46	10	6	4	0	0	79	10	78
2018	Administrative Support	45	35	11	6	3	0	0	79	9	875
2018	Operational	15	34	19	13	19	0	0	49	32	1931
2018	Other	53	32	5	5	4	1	1	86	9	83
2017	Executive	53	35	6	3	3	0	1	88	6	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	44	11	9	5	0	0	75	14	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	43	13	8	5	0	0	74	14	3497
2017	Technical	35	47	5	6	6	1	0	82	13	77
2017	Administrative Support	42	40	9	5	4	0	0	82	9	1009
2017	Operational	15	35	17	15	18	0	0	50	33	2563
2017	Other	56	29	10	1	2	2	1	86	3	112
2014	Executive	57	31	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	39	15	9	6	0	0	70	15	1015
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	41	11	8	5	0	0	76	13	4401
2014	Technical	44	38	11	6	1	0	0	82	7	74
2014	Administrative Support	41	37	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1279
2014	Operational	19	39	18	13	10	0	0	59	24	3696
2014	Other	52	30	8	7	1	2	0	84	8	75

Ethical workplace

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	27	45	12	13	2	0	1	73	15	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	31	18	17	15	2	1	47	33	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	36	17	16	12	3	1	53	29	3318
2018	Technical	15	21	34	17	9	4	0	37	28	76
2018	Administrative Support	19	35	19	12	11	4	2	56	24	881
2018	Operational	7	22	20	20	29	1	1	29	50	1935
2018	Other	16	34	19	13	7	5	6	56	23	83
2017	Executive	37	46	7	6	2	1	1	84	8	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	32	15	16	14	2	2	53	31	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	33	16	15	11	2	2	55	28	3502
2017	Technical	18	25	14	20	16	4	3	46	39	77
2017	Administrative Support	23	33	15	12	10	4	3	60	24	1009
2017	Operational	8	22	21	19	26	2	1	31	47	2569
2017	Other	27	37	16	5	6	6	3	71	11	112
2014	Executive	43	42	4	6	2	0	3	88	8	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	32	14	18	14	3	2	51	34	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	33	15	14	10	2	2	60	25	4406
2014	Technical	23	34	16	12	10	3	1	60	23	73
2014	Administrative Support	26	32	15	12	11	3	2	61	23	1279
2014	Operational	12	31	22	18	15	2	1	43	34	3698
2014	Other	31	30	20	10	4	2	3	65	15	77

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	67	25	5	1	2	0	0	92	3	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	38	14	10	7	1	0	69	17	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	44	12	10	6	1	0	73	16	3310
2018	Technical	23	44	9	16	4	1	3	70	21	78
2018	Administrative Support	34	38	13	8	6	1	1	73	14	879
2018	Operational	13	30	20	16	20	1	0	44	36	1937
2018	Other	33	32	14	11	5	2	3	68	17	85
2017	Executive	68	22	4	2	3	0	1	91	5	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	40	10	10	6	2	0	74	16	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	42	11	9	5	1	0	75	14	3495
2017	Technical	26	37	10	13	8	5	1	67	22	76
2017	Administrative Support	35	39	10	7	5	2	1	76	13	1007
2017	Operational	15	33	19	14	16	2	1	50	31	2558
2017	Other	28	28	18	15	2	5	2	61	19	113
2014	Executive	68	26	2	1	2	0	0	94	4	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	29	40	12	11	7	2	1	70	18	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	39	11	8	5	2	0	75	13	4403
2014	Technical	28	38	15	9	4	6	0	70	14	74
2014	Administrative Support	37	36	12	8	3	3	0	76	11	1280
2014	Operational	16	39	18	13	10	3	1	57	24	3692
2014	Other	36	28	15	7	5	7	2	71	13	76

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	38	8	5	3	0	0	85	8	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	38	20	10	8	1	0	62	18	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	38	19	12	8	0	0	61	20	3310
2018	Technical	25	35	31	5	4	0	0	60	9	77
2018	Administrative Support	30	37	18	7	6	1	0	68	13	874
2018	Operational	10	28	20	19	23	0	0	38	42	1934
2018	Other	44	31	9	10	4	1	2	76	15	85

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	32	25	17	15	8	2	1	59	24	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	28	18	18	16	5	1	44	37	670
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	25	18	19	20	4	1	41	40	3312
2018	Technical	11	26	25	18	13	8	0	40	33	78
2018	Administrative Support	19	28	19	13	14	5	1	51	29	876
2018	Operational	8	21	16	19	33	2	0	30	54	1942
2018	Other	27	21	16	8	14	7	7	56	25	85
2017	Executive	32	25	12	11	8	5	6	65	22	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	26	15	19	17	6	1	46	38	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	26	17	19	19	5	1	43	40	3497
2017	Technical	16	29	14	11	24	5	0	48	37	77
2017	Administrative Support	19	28	16	14	14	7	2	52	30	1010
2017	Operational	9	24	16	18	30	2	0	34	49	2553
2017	Other	24	19	18	14	7	10	9	52	25	113
2014	Executive	36	25	13	9	7	3	8	68	18	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	24	19	18	20	5	1	38	41	1016
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	25	17	19	18	5	1	42	40	4404
2014	Technical	15	27	20	12	13	14	0	48	29	74
2014	Administrative Support	14	29	16	17	17	6	2	46	36	1279
2014	Operational	10	29	17	19	22	3	0	40	42	3694
2014	Other	16	26	22	7	12	11	5	50	23	76

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	19	81	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	75	668
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	3320
2018	Technical	13	87	78
2018	Administrative Support	20	80	876
2018	Operational	41	59	1942
2018	Other	15	85	85

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	22	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	759
2018	Administrative Support	65	176
2018	Operational	57	732

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	48	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	759
2018	Technical	50	10
2018	Administrative Support	58	176
2018	Operational	70	732
2018	Other	59	14

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	57	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	759
2018	Operational	10	732
2018	Other	0	14

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	Scientific and Professional	26	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	759
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	7	176
2018	Operational	45	732

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	759
2018	Administrative Support	7	176
2018	Operational	11	732

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	3	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	759
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	4	176
2018	Operational	14	732

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	759
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Operational	5	732
2018	Other	0	14

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	48	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	761
2018	Technical	50	10
2018	Administrative Support	32	176
2018	Operational	49	731
2018	Other	37	14

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	761
2018	Administrative Support	34	176
2018	Operational	42	731

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	761
2018	Administrative Support	56	176
2018	Operational	54	731

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	761
2018	Administrative Support	35	176
2018	Operational	49	731
2018	Other	39	14

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	30	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	761
2018	Administrative Support	35	176
2018	Operational	38	731

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	48	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	65	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	761
2018	Administrative Support	53	176
2018	Operational	70	731

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	761
2018	Administrative Support	34	176
2018	Operational	52	731

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	23
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	1	761
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Operational	11	731
2018	Other	0	14

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	761
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	6	176
2018	Operational	21	731
2018	Other	41	14

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	761
2018	Administrative Support	9	176
2018	Operational	27	731

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	30	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	761
2018	Administrative Support	46	176
2018	Operational	59	731

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	30	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	761
2018	Administrative Support	26	176
2018	Operational	45	731

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	761
2018	Administrative Support	20	176
2018	Operational	16	731

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	43	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	757
2018	Administrative Support	53	175
2018	Operational	39	733

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	52	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	757
2018	Administrative Support	21	175
2018	Operational	32	733

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	Scientific and Professional	8	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	757
2018	Administrative Support	7	175
2018	Operational	7	733
2018	Other	0	14

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	757
2018	Administrative Support	25	175
2018	Operational	31	733

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	19	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	757
2018	Administrative Support	11	175
2018	Operational	15	733
2018	Other	0	14

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	Executive	0	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	757
2018	Administrative Support	5	175
2018	Operational	10	733

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	Executive	22	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	757
2018	Administrative Support	11	175
2018	Operational	22	733

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	757
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	13	175
2018	Operational	14	733

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	22	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	167
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	757
2018	Administrative Support	24	175
2018	Operational	28	733

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	15	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	688
2018	Administrative Support	8	166
2018	Operational	12	653

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	18	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	688
2018	Administrative Support	19	166
2018	Operational	12	653

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	11	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	688
2018	Administrative Support	6	166
2018	Operational	9	653

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	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	688
2018	Administrative Support	8	166
2018	Operational	6	653
2018	Other	0	13

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	8	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	688
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	9	166
2018	Operational	5	653

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	11	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	688
2018	Administrative Support	11	166
2018	Operational	6	653

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	8	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	688
2018	Technical	0	10
2018	Administrative Support	13	166
2018	Operational	4	653

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	688
2018	Administrative Support	12	166
2018	Operational	11	653

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	688
2018	Administrative Support	17	166
2018	Operational	13	653

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	27	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	688
2018	Administrative Support	28	166
2018	Operational	41	653
2018	Other	36	13

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	Scientific and Professional	7	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	688
2018	Administrative Support	10	166
2018	Operational	13	653

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	26	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	688
2018	Administrative Support	49	166
2018	Operational	52	653

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	688
2018	Operational	4	653
2018	Other	0	13

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	22	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	688
2018	Administrative Support	55	166
2018	Operational	68	653

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	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	688
2018	Administrative Support	3	166
2018	Operational	4	653

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	19	155
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	688
2018	Administrative Support	12	166
2018	Operational	14	653

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	20	36	19	14	8	1	2	58	22	119
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	21	23	15	15	12	3	38	35	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	22	23	16	15	11	2	37	36	3319
2018	Technical	14	21	32	9	6	16	3	43	18	78
2018	Administrative Support	16	22	26	8	11	13	3	45	23	881
2018	Operational	6	17	22	18	32	4	1	24	53	1944
2018	Other	24	13	12	12	9	20	10	53	30	83
2017	Executive	27	43	7	10	5	6	2	75	17	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	22	21	12	14	15	5	42	32	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	22	21	13	14	15	5	39	34	3507
2017	Technical	17	20	20	11	10	17	5	47	27	77
2017	Administrative Support	15	22	22	7	10	17	7	49	22	1009
2017	Operational	6	16	21	16	29	9	3	26	50	2569
2017	Other	19	15	20	3	3	24	15	57	10	113
2014	Executive	40	33	10	6	4	5	2	79	11	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	20	23	14	16	14	5	35	36	1013
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	22	20	13	12	16	4	43	31	4402
2014	Technical	12	21	20	10	9	19	9	47	26	74
2014	Administrative Support	15	21	21	8	12	18	5	47	25	1279
2014	Operational	8	21	25	14	19	10	2	33	38	3696
2014	Other	15	15	17	12	6	24	11	46	28	77

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	35	45	7	10	2	0	1	80	13	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	32	20	13	11	3	0	54	25	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	33	21	14	11	2	0	53	26	3318
2018	Technical	30	24	26	10	6	4	0	56	17	78
2018	Administrative Support	29	33	19	8	7	3	0	64	16	878
2018	Operational	10	24	21	17	26	2	0	35	44	1939
2018	Other	36	25	12	19	3	5	1	64	23	83
2017	Executive	45	33	10	6	3	2	1	80	9	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	33	18	11	11	6	1	57	25	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	33	20	13	12	5	0	53	26	3498
2017	Technical	24	28	29	6	5	8	0	57	12	77
2017	Administrative Support	26	35	16	8	7	7	1	66	17	1010
2017	Operational	9	22	22	17	26	4	1	33	45	2564
2017	Other	36	23	13	5	3	13	7	75	10	113
2014	Executive	51	34	10	1	3	1	0	86	4	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	31	20	14	13	7	1	48	29	1012
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	32	20	13	10	6	1	55	24	4400
2014	Technical	24	27	23	11	3	10	1	58	16	74
2014	Administrative Support	25	29	19	9	9	7	1	59	20	1278
2014	Operational	11	28	23	16	18	5	1	40	35	3688
2014	Other	34	23	14	7	5	13	4	69	14	77

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	7	93	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	92	665
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	3315
2018	Administrative Support	6	94	879
2018	Operational	21	79	1936

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	333
2018	Administrative Support	54	52
2018	Operational	45	359

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	65	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	76	333
2018	Administrative Support	68	52
2018	Operational	74	359

Question 56c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	333
2018	Operational	4	359

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	20	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	333
2018	Operational	30	359

Question 56e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	333
2018	Administrative Support	13	52
2018	Operational	12	359

Question 56f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	333
2018	Operational	12	359

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	333
2018	Administrative Support	0	52
2018	Operational	9	359

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	333
2018	Administrative Support	11	52
2018	Operational	38	359

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	333
2018	Operational	25	359

Question 57c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	333
2018	Administrative Support	17	52
2018	Operational	27	359

Question 57d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	333
2018	Operational	11	359

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	333
2018	Administrative Support	18	52
2018	Operational	18	359

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	333
2018	Administrative Support	17	52
2018	Operational	40	359

Question 57g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	333
2018	Operational	10	359

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	Scientific and Professional	0	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	333
2018	Administrative Support	0	52
2018	Operational	4	359

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	333
2018	Operational	13	359

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	333
2018	Administrative Support	17	52
2018	Operational	13	359

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	Administrative Support	0	52
2018	Operational	3	359

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	333
2018	Administrative Support	20	52
2018	Operational	18	359

Question 57m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	52
2018	Administrative Support	0	52

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	333
2018	Administrative Support	26	52
2018	Operational	16	359

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	27	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	334
2018	Administrative Support	35	52
2018	Operational	24	359

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	24	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	334
2018	Administrative Support	18	52
2018	Operational	17	359

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	6	334
2018	Operational	4	359

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	Scientific and Professional	17	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	334
2018	Administrative Support	15	52
2018	Operational	24	359

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	Scientific and Professional	11	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	334
2018	Operational	6	359

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	Administration and Foreign Services	14	334
2018	Operational	8	359

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	Scientific and Professional	10	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	334
2018	Administrative Support	11	52
2018	Operational	12	359

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	334
2018	Administrative Support	13	52
2018	Operational	8	359

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	47	52
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	334
2018	Administrative Support	41	52
2018	Operational	49	359

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	Administration and Foreign Services	7	289
2018	Administrative Support	9	51
2018	Operational	6	330

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	Scientific and Professional	21	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	289
2018	Administrative Support	11	51
2018	Operational	6	330

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	Administration and Foreign Services	4	289
2018	Operational	3	330

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	Scientific and Professional	0	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	289
2018	Operational	1	330

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	Administration and Foreign Services	6	289
2018	Operational	2	330

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	Scientific and Professional	0	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	289
2018	Operational	3	330

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	Administration and Foreign Services	5	289
2018	Operational	3	330

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	Scientific and Professional	10	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	289
2018	Administrative Support	13	51
2018	Operational	9	330

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	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	289
2018	Administrative Support	13	51
2018	Operational	12	330

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	30	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	289
2018	Administrative Support	32	51
2018	Operational	31	330

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	11	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	289
2018	Operational	13	330

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	50	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	289
2018	Administrative Support	45	51
2018	Operational	43	330

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	Operational	3	330

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	57	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	289
2018	Administrative Support	62	51
2018	Operational	68	330

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	Administration and Foreign Services	5	289
2018	Operational	4	330

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	14	50
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	289
2018	Operational	15	330

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	25	42	13	7	3	7	2	74	12	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	23	27	8	6	18	4	48	18	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	25	29	8	8	16	3	45	19	3306
2018	Technical	9	23	33	6	3	19	7	43	12	75
2018	Administrative Support	18	23	29	5	4	17	4	52	11	877
2018	Operational	8	19	31	12	21	7	1	29	36	1942
2018	Other	23	18	23	4	0	22	9	60	6	84
2017	Executive	39	38	9	4	3	6	2	83	7	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	23	24	5	4	23	5	54	13	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	23	25	8	6	21	5	47	19	3502
2017	Technical	11	25	24	6	4	22	8	51	14	77
2017	Administrative Support	18	22	25	3	4	22	7	55	10	1007
2017	Operational	7	21	29	10	18	12	4	33	33	2566
2017	Other	23	20	17	1	4	24	12	66	7	113
2014	Executive	40	36	8	3	2	8	3	85	6	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	21	27	5	6	23	6	47	16	1014
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	22	24	6	5	24	4	51	16	4403
2014	Technical	23	18	21	4	2	21	11	60	9	74
2014	Administrative Support	17	19	26	5	4	23	6	50	13	1280
2014	Operational	9	24	28	11	11	14	3	39	27	3698
2014	Other	21	16	19	3	4	23	13	58	11	77

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	41	41	6	7	2	2	1	85	9	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	33	23	8	5	7	0	60	15	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	36	24	8	7	5	1	59	15	3303
2018	Technical	28	23	29	8	1	7	4	57	10	76
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	23	5	3	5	1	66	9	876
2018	Operational	12	26	26	12	20	3	1	39	34	1937
2018	Other	36	31	16	7	1	7	2	74	9	85
2017	Executive	54	35	6	3	3	0	1	89	5	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	34	19	7	4	10	1	67	12	851
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	35	21	7	6	8	1	62	14	3496
2017	Technical	30	25	24	6	4	9	1	62	11	76
2017	Administrative Support	31	31	20	3	4	10	2	70	8	1006
2017	Operational	10	25	27	12	17	7	2	39	31	2561
2017	Other	37	26	12	0	4	15	7	80	5	113
2014	Executive	52	36	5	3	1	2	0	90	4	140
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	30	23	6	6	12	2	59	14	1012
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	34	21	6	5	10	1	64	13	4400
2014	Technical	33	22	18	7	0	15	4	69	9	72
2014	Administrative Support	28	29	20	7	4	11	1	65	12	1280
2014	Operational	13	29	27	11	11	8	1	46	24	3688
2014	Other	34	22	18	3	4	19	1	69	9	77

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Workplace well-being

A psychologically healthy workplace

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	24	7	11	2	0	0	80	13	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	28	12	6	7	0	0	75	13	661
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	28	11	6	6	1	0	77	12	3296
2018	Technical	29	26	30	7	7	3	0	56	13	77
2018	Administrative Support	54	27	8	5	5	1	0	82	9	877
2018	Operational	24	28	21	10	16	1	0	53	26	1932
2018	Other	63	19	9	4	5	0	0	82	8	84
2017	Executive	57	26	8	3	5	0	1	84	8	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	27	10	6	6	2	0	77	12	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	27	10	5	6	1	0	78	11	3501
2017	Technical	48	27	9	6	8	1	0	77	14	77
2017	Administrative Support	56	27	9	4	3	1	0	84	7	1012
2017	Operational	23	30	20	8	17	3	1	54	26	2568
2017	Other	60	24	4	4	3	3	1	88	8	113

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	42	45	8	4	1	0	0	87	5	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	43	17	13	5	1	0	64	18	661
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	48	16	11	5	1	0	68	17	3308
2018	Technical	22	41	20	10	1	5	0	67	12	78
2018	Administrative Support	27	41	18	8	4	1	0	69	12	876
2018	Operational	11	36	20	16	17	1	0	47	33	1942
2018	Other	17	46	12	12	6	6	1	68	20	85
2017	Executive	49	39	6	3	1	0	1	89	4	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	44	17	11	7	2	0	65	18	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	45	16	11	7	2	0	65	19	3502
2017	Technical	15	38	24	8	9	6	0	57	17	77
2017	Administrative Support	24	42	15	8	5	4	0	69	14	1010
2017	Operational	10	36	18	15	19	2	0	47	35	2564
2017	Other	21	32	19	8	5	13	2	62	16	113

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	13	50	14	16	7	0	0	63	23	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	28	18	20	21	1	0	40	42	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	30	18	21	18	1	0	42	40	3321
2018	Technical	18	32	20	23	6	0	0	50	29	78
2018	Administrative Support	22	34	16	16	10	1	0	57	26	879
2018	Operational	5	15	13	21	45	0	0	21	66	1941
2018	Other	26	29	10	14	14	5	1	59	30	85
2017	Executive	17	47	14	11	9	1	1	65	21	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	30	16	23	22	0	0	39	45	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	32	18	22	19	1	0	41	41	3501
2017	Technical	18	33	18	19	13	0	0	51	32	77
2017	Administrative Support	18	36	18	16	10	2	0	55	27	1005
2017	Operational	4	14	14	20	46	1	0	18	67	2567
2017	Other	19	43	18	11	5	4	1	65	17	113

Work-related stress

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	25	23	20	13	0	0	43	34	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	14	18	18	44	0	1	20	62	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	21	24	17	24	0	1	35	41	3314
2018	Technical	17	22	19	19	23	0	0	39	42	78
2018	Administrative Support	16	20	21	17	24	0	2	37	42	884
2018	Operational	11	14	17	17	40	0	0	25	57	1952
2018	Other	12	26	23	12	22	3	2	40	35	85
2017	Executive	28	20	19	19	11	0	3	50	31	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	18	18	17	35	0	0	30	52	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	22	19	17	24	0	1	39	42	3498
2017	Technical	28	22	14	17	17	1	0	51	35	77
2017	Administrative Support	15	19	21	16	26	0	2	36	43	1007
2017	Operational	12	14	14	18	40	1	1	26	59	2569
2017	Other	21	13	18	20	25	1	2	35	46	112

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	7	20	26	25	21	0	0	27	47	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	22	32	20	17	0	0	30	38	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	31	21	18	0	0	29	39	3318
2018	Technical	16	25	25	19	14	0	0	41	34	78
2018	Administrative Support	19	26	28	15	11	0	1	46	26	882
2018	Operational	21	30	27	11	8	0	1	52	20	1946
2018	Other	31	33	21	6	8	2	0	64	14	85
2017	Executive	7	26	26	20	20	0	1	33	41	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	24	27	22	19	0	0	32	41	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	28	21	19	0	0	32	40	3494
2017	Technical	15	20	36	14	15	0	0	35	29	77
2017	Administrative Support	19	28	26	14	11	0	1	48	25	1009
2017	Operational	23	29	26	12	8	0	2	53	20	2557
2017	Other	29	30	23	9	3	1	5	63	13	110

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	6	25	39	16	16	0	0	30	31	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	30	27	14	10	0	1	48	24	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	29	29	17	11	0	0	43	28	3295
2018	Technical	17	25	36	10	10	0	1	42	21	77
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	23	9	6	0	1	62	15	879
2018	Operational	27	31	22	10	7	1	3	60	17	1923
2018	Other	39	32	13	11	4	2	0	72	15	84
2017	Executive	9	35	27	13	15	0	1	45	28	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	31	21	14	12	1	1	52	26	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	27	17	11	0	1	44	28	3492
2017	Technical	15	34	23	20	5	0	3	51	26	77
2017	Administrative Support	31	31	22	9	5	1	3	63	14	1005
2017	Operational	28	30	21	9	7	1	4	61	17	2552
2017	Other	42	28	10	9	3	2	6	76	13	113

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	6	17	33	22	23	0	1	23	45	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	20	26	18	24	0	1	30	43	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	19	25	21	21	0	1	32	43	3303
2018	Technical	17	16	26	22	20	0	0	33	41	77
2018	Administrative Support	23	22	17	18	18	0	2	46	37	880
2018	Operational	12	20	21	19	27	0	1	33	46	1939
2018	Other	25	27	21	15	8	2	2	54	24	84
2017	Executive	7	26	31	17	18	0	1	34	35	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	21	22	19	24	1	1	34	43	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	23	19	20	1	1	37	40	3492
2017	Technical	15	27	20	21	16	0	0	42	38	77
2017	Administrative Support	21	23	23	16	14	1	2	46	31	1008
2017	Operational	15	22	25	18	18	1	2	38	37	2559
2017	Other	34	20	22	9	9	1	5	58	19	113

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	10	28	28	15	18	0	1	38	33	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	28	16	10	5	0	7	66	16	666
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	24	16	8	6	0	7	68	15	3303
2018	Technical	50	24	9	4	3	0	10	82	7	77
2018	Administrative Support	57	17	9	3	2	0	12	84	6	880
2018	Operational	34	25	18	9	12	0	3	60	21	1938
2018	Other	56	18	11	0	5	2	8	83	6	85
2017	Executive	9	35	19	21	13	0	3	46	35	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	27	12	10	8	0	7	68	19	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	25	16	7	5	1	9	69	14	3494
2017	Technical	46	24	7	6	0	0	16	84	8	77
2017	Administrative Support	51	16	8	3	2	1	21	85	5	1005
2017	Operational	37	27	16	9	6	1	4	67	16	2554
2017	Other	49	19	7	3	2	0	21	85	6	113

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	8	22	28	24	19	0	0	30	42	118
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	29	24	15	11	0	0	49	27	664
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	25	14	12	0	1	49	26	3311
2018	Technical	41	18	26	5	9	0	0	60	14	78
2018	Administrative Support	37	26	20	10	5	0	2	65	15	879
2018	Operational	20	23	25	13	18	0	1	43	32	1942
2018	Other	39	31	17	9	2	2	0	71	11	85
2017	Executive	12	27	35	14	11	0	1	39	25	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	32	25	15	8	0	0	52	23	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	30	25	13	10	0	1	52	23	3482
2017	Technical	33	29	26	4	5	1	1	64	9	75
2017	Administrative Support	34	31	21	7	4	0	2	67	12	1006
2017	Operational	20	27	24	14	13	0	1	48	28	2559
2017	Other	41	31	13	8	2	0	6	76	10	112

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	36	29	9	3	1	0	58	13	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	28	31	13	9	1	1	47	22	659
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	35	28	12	7	0	1	53	19	3319
2018	Technical	22	42	20	10	5	0	0	64	16	77
2018	Administrative Support	34	32	20	6	4	1	3	68	11	883
2018	Operational	14	24	25	17	19	1	0	38	36	1938
2018	Other	35	32	18	5	4	3	3	72	9	83
2017	Executive	27	42	19	3	7	0	2	70	10	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	33	23	14	9	1	1	53	23	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	25	14	7	0	1	54	21	3480
2017	Technical	27	33	23	10	5	0	1	61	16	75
2017	Administrative Support	34	32	19	8	4	1	3	68	12	1006
2017	Operational	13	24	27	18	15	1	1	39	34	2555
2017	Other	35	29	24	3	3	1	5	68	6	112

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	9	39	25	18	9	0	0	48	27	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	30	30	17	9	1	0	44	26	661
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	31	29	17	9	0	0	46	26	3316
2018	Technical	18	35	25	14	8	0	0	53	22	78
2018	Administrative Support	28	33	20	9	6	1	2	63	16	881
2018	Operational	13	23	25	18	20	0	1	36	39	1939
2018	Other	41	30	13	6	5	3	2	74	12	83
2017	Executive	20	37	19	14	8	0	1	58	23	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	27	27	17	10	1	1	45	28	851
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	30	26	18	11	0	1	45	29	3483
2017	Technical	23	37	15	15	6	0	4	62	22	76
2017	Administrative Support	28	33	21	8	7	1	2	62	16	1007
2017	Operational	13	25	24	19	16	1	1	39	36	2554
2017	Other	45	24	14	5	5	1	6	74	10	112

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	24	44	21	7	2	0	1	68	10	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	32	24	13	8	0	1	54	21	660
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	35	24	12	6	0	1	57	18	3309
2018	Technical	22	39	17	16	5	0	0	62	21	77
2018	Administrative Support	36	30	18	9	5	1	1	68	14	880
2018	Operational	14	25	25	16	18	0	1	40	35	1929
2018	Other	35	18	21	11	10	3	2	56	22	83
2017	Executive	34	40	13	6	4	0	1	76	11	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	34	19	12	7	1	1	60	20	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	34	23	12	8	0	1	57	20	3480
2017	Technical	30	34	15	14	6	0	1	64	21	76
2017	Administrative Support	35	31	17	8	5	1	3	69	13	1006
2017	Operational	16	26	23	18	16	1	1	43	34	2556
2017	Other	36	25	15	11	7	0	6	65	19	112

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	25	28	28	8	11	0	0	53	19	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	29	26	17	10	0	1	47	27	659
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	25	15	9	0	0	51	24	3305
2018	Technical	26	34	25	9	6	0	0	60	15	77
2018	Administrative Support	32	30	21	9	7	1	1	63	16	878
2018	Operational	23	33	21	11	10	0	1	57	21	1924
2018	Other	42	17	17	15	3	3	3	63	19	82
2017	Executive	26	30	22	13	7	0	2	57	21	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	29	25	16	12	1	1	47	28	849
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	30	24	15	10	0	1	51	25	3476
2017	Technical	29	41	14	9	5	0	1	71	14	75
2017	Administrative Support	27	35	19	10	5	1	2	64	16	1004
2017	Operational	26	31	21	10	9	1	2	59	20	2543
2017	Other	37	35	18	4	3	0	4	74	7	112

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	55	31	8	5	1	0	1	87	6	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	29	22	13	10	0	0	55	23	654
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	15	7	5	0	1	72	12	3295
2018	Technical	45	31	13	8	3	0	1	76	10	78
2018	Administrative Support	50	23	15	6	4	0	3	75	10	885
2018	Operational	26	27	21	13	12	0	0	54	25	1925
2018	Other	49	21	12	6	3	3	5	76	10	83
2017	Executive	66	23	7	1	2	0	1	90	3	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	32	21	11	7	0	0	61	18	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	27	16	8	4	0	1	72	12	3496
2017	Technical	38	27	19	10	5	0	1	66	15	77
2017	Administrative Support	46	27	14	5	4	0	3	75	10	1007
2017	Operational	26	26	22	14	11	0	1	53	25	2568
2017	Other	63	17	9	1	4	2	4	85	5	113

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	77	17	3	3	0	0	2	95	3	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	23	9	4	5	2	4	80	10	662
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	63	19	7	3	3	0	4	86	7	3307
2018	Technical	67	19	5	3	4	1	1	88	7	78
2018	Administrative Support	62	17	8	3	3	1	6	85	6	878
2018	Operational	44	23	14	6	9	1	2	70	16	1927
2018	Other	70	11	4	3	0	5	8	93	3	82

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	57	20	15	3	4	1	0	78	7	119
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	23	11	5	8	1	2	75	13	661
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	21	11	6	6	1	2	77	12	3317
2018	Technical	69	20	7	0	4	0	0	89	4	77
2018	Administrative Support	62	15	8	5	5	1	5	81	11	881
2018	Operational	34	20	18	11	14	1	1	56	26	1930
2018	Other	63	18	6	3	3	3	3	87	6	83
2017	Executive	68	16	6	3	3	0	3	86	7	123
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	21	8	6	6	0	2	79	13	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	59	20	9	5	5	0	2	80	10	3498
2017	Technical	70	16	5	1	4	1	3	90	5	77
2017	Administrative Support	65	16	7	4	4	1	3	84	9	1008
2017	Operational	35	24	16	11	11	1	1	61	23	2564
2017	Other	77	12	2	1	3	1	5	94	4	113

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	13	2	1	0	0	83	3	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	34	15	6	6	0	1	72	13	663
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	33	14	5	3	0	1	78	8	3313
2018	Technical	34	40	14	8	4	0	0	74	12	78
2018	Administrative Support	44	28	16	6	4	0	2	73	10	877
2018	Operational	29	32	19	10	9	0	0	62	19	1936
2018	Other	51	29	9	3	4	2	2	83	7	85
2017	Executive	57	27	11	2	1	0	1	85	3	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	34	14	7	6	0	1	73	13	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	12	5	2	0	1	80	8	3490
2017	Technical	45	29	14	6	5	0	1	75	11	77
2017	Administrative Support	45	31	12	6	3	0	3	78	9	1006
2017	Operational	27	35	18	10	8	1	1	63	18	2567
2017	Other	66	18	8	0	2	1	5	90	2	112

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	51	26	16	3	3	0	1	77	7	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	29	13	6	8	0	1	74	13	660
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	25	14	8	8	0	1	70	16	3303
2018	Technical	45	27	17	5	5	0	1	73	11	77
2018	Administrative Support	56	19	12	6	4	0	3	77	11	877
2018	Operational	26	24	19	11	19	0	0	51	31	1931
2018	Other	58	17	9	6	7	2	2	78	13	85
2017	Executive	64	19	9	4	3	0	1	84	7	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	22	12	6	7	0	1	74	14	853
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	49	24	12	8	6	0	1	74	14	3498
2017	Technical	51	23	11	6	4	3	1	78	11	76
2017	Administrative Support	58	17	12	5	6	0	2	77	11	1005
2017	Operational	28	28	17	12	14	0	1	57	26	2562
2017	Other	66	20	4	3	2	0	5	90	5	112

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	38	31	24	3	3	0	1	69	7	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	12	8	3	2	0	33	81	7	659
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	15	8	3	1	0	27	84	6	3289
2018	Technical	49	8	5	1	1	0	36	89	4	78
2018	Administrative Support	53	8	3	1	1	0	33	92	3	872
2018	Operational	47	16	9	4	3	0	22	80	9	1909
2018	Other	67	6	2	1	1	2	22	95	2	83
2017	Executive	38	36	14	6	4	0	1	75	11	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	12	7	2	1	0	31	84	5	850
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	14	7	3	1	0	26	85	5	3491
2017	Technical	50	11	1	0	1	0	37	96	2	77
2017	Administrative Support	54	7	4	1	1	0	33	91	3	1006
2017	Operational	43	19	9	3	3	1	22	80	8	2558
2017	Other	68	7	2	1	1	1	21	95	2	112

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	62	25	9	0	1	0	2	90	1	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	21	11	4	2	0	8	83	6	658
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	23	9	2	1	0	6	87	4	3294
2018	Technical	61	21	8	5	0	0	5	86	6	76
2018	Administrative Support	64	20	5	2	1	0	8	92	3	871
2018	Operational	50	24	13	3	4	1	5	79	8	1930
2018	Other	69	14	7	1	0	2	8	91	1	85
2017	Executive	68	23	3	1	2	0	3	94	3	122
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	24	9	3	2	1	7	86	5	849
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	62	21	7	2	1	0	7	89	3	3474
2017	Technical	64	13	14	1	0	0	8	83	1	76
2017	Administrative Support	66	17	5	2	1	0	8	92	3	1001
2017	Operational	47	28	11	4	3	1	7	81	8	2537
2017	Other	74	11	4	2	3	1	7	91	5	111

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	88	5	2	2	1	0	3	96	3	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	58	18	6	4	7	0	7	82	12	660
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	67	16	6	3	5	0	3	85	9	3304
2018	Technical	55	18	14	1	8	0	4	76	9	78
2018	Administrative Support	51	14	11	8	11	0	5	69	19	879
2018	Operational	67	17	6	2	4	0	4	87	6	1935
2018	Other	48	11	13	10	14	2	2	61	25	85
2017	Executive	84	10	1	1	1	0	3	97	2	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	61	17	7	5	6	0	4	81	12	852
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	65	17	6	4	4	1	4	85	9	3502
2017	Technical	63	14	9	6	6	0	1	78	13	77
2017	Administrative Support	52	16	9	7	10	1	5	72	18	1010
2017	Operational	65	17	7	3	3	1	5	87	6	2562
2017	Other	47	11	9	13	13	0	6	62	28	113

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	60	31	4	3	1	0	1	92	4	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	31	13	3	2	0	2	82	5	658
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	34	14	4	2	0	2	79	6	3303
2018	Technical	57	22	13	4	0	0	3	82	4	75
2018	Administrative Support	48	27	15	4	3	0	3	77	8	876
2018	Operational	46	28	14	5	4	0	2	76	9	1921
2018	Other	61	19	8	6	2	2	2	83	9	85
2017	Executive	63	29	4	0	3	0	2	93	3	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	30	12	4	2	0	2	82	6	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	14	4	2	0	2	80	6	3498
2017	Technical	54	23	16	4	2	1	0	77	6	77
2017	Administrative Support	49	30	13	3	2	0	3	81	5	1010
2017	Operational	44	31	14	4	3	0	3	78	8	2557
2017	Other	61	28	6	1	1	1	4	93	2	113

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	4	23	46	19	8	0	0	27	27	123
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	27	42	17	8	0	0	33	25	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	26	41	19	8	0	0	33	26	3317
2018	Technical	14	33	32	12	9	0	0	47	21	78
2018	Administrative Support	15	32	36	12	4	0	0	47	16	881
2018	Operational	6	19	36	23	16	0	0	26	38	1940
2018	Other	26	35	26	9	2	2	0	62	12	85
2017	Executive	9	24	40	18	8	0	1	33	26	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	26	37	21	9	1	0	32	30	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	23	43	19	9	0	0	29	28	3505
2017	Technical	10	24	41	13	13	0	0	34	25	77
2017	Administrative Support	14	31	37	12	5	0	0	45	18	1008
2017	Operational	6	18	38	20	16	1	0	25	37	2569
2017	Other	26	36	29	5	3	0	1	63	8	113

Question 64. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	15	25	43	16	2	0	18	40	120
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	25	39	15	4	0	19	41	659
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	27	39	14	4	0	18	42	3304
2018	Technical	12	24	36	18	10	0	28	35	77
2018	Administrative Support	12	20	37	20	11	0	31	32	878
2018	Operational	21	27	34	12	5	0	17	49	1923
2018	Other	4	21	34	19	22	0	41	25	84
2017	Executive	8	31	35	18	6	1	24	40	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	27	40	15	5	0	20	41	847
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	42	13	5	0	18	40	3499
2017	Technical	13	17	41	16	12	0	29	30	77
2017	Administrative Support	7	22	40	19	10	0	29	30	1003
2017	Operational	16	29	37	12	5	0	18	45	2561
2017	Other	4	19	23	32	20	2	53	24	113

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Compensation

Pay or other compensation issues

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	20	30	32	11	7	0	0	20	80	122
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	17	24	17	34	1	1	6	94	669
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	25	24	14	15	1	0	21	79	3321
2018	Technical	17	25	19	22	16	1	0	17	83	78
2018	Administrative Support	25	23	24	11	16	1	1	25	75	882
2018	Operational	17	22	23	15	22	2	0	17	83	1937
2018	Other	16	27	25	10	13	8	2	17	83	84
2017	Executive	33	30	22	8	5	0	1	34	66	124
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	23	22	14	24	2	1	16	84	854
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	24	20	11	14	3	1	28	72	3500
2017	Technical	38	22	14	4	18	4	0	40	60	77
2017	Administrative Support	30	21	21	13	14	2	1	31	69	1012
2017	Operational	21	22	20	13	21	3	0	21	79	2571
2017	Other	19	20	15	16	25	3	2	20	80	113

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	15	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	2579
2018	Technical	17	64
2018	Administrative Support	32	651
2018	Operational	33	1618
2018	Other	33	66
2017	Executive	19	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	2419
2017	Technical	29	44
2017	Administrative Support	30	677
2017	Operational	28	1988
2017	Other	50	86

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	38	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	63	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	2579
2018	Technical	46	64
2018	Administrative Support	38	651
2018	Operational	43	1618
2018	Other	45	66
2017	Executive	35	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	37	2419
2017	Technical	37	44
2017	Administrative Support	31	677
2017	Operational	38	1988
2017	Other	53	86

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	11	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	2579
2018	Technical	43	64
2018	Administrative Support	24	651
2018	Operational	17	1618
2018	Other	41	66
2017	Executive	20	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	2419
2017	Technical	14	44
2017	Administrative Support	19	677
2017	Operational	14	1988
2017	Other	31	86

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	45	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	2579
2018	Technical	40	64
2018	Administrative Support	34	651
2018	Operational	63	1618
2018	Other	22	66
2017	Executive	46	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	2419
2017	Technical	47	44
2017	Administrative Support	35	677
2017	Operational	68	1988
2017	Other	33	86

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	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	2579
2018	Technical	6	64
2018	Administrative Support	6	651
2018	Operational	10	1618
2018	Other	1	66
2017	Executive	4	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	2419
2017	Technical	6	44
2017	Administrative Support	5	677
2017	Operational	9	1988
2017	Other	5	86

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	47	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	2579
2018	Technical	46	64
2018	Administrative Support	34	651
2018	Operational	60	1619
2018	Other	22	66

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	616
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	2579
2018	Technical	39	64
2018	Administrative Support	42	651
2018	Operational	25	1618
2018	Other	32	66
2017	Executive	39	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	692
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	2419
2017	Technical	51	44
2017	Administrative Support	47	677
2017	Operational	29	1988
2017	Other	31	86

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	4	32	27	17	5	14	92
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	28	17	13	4	35	586
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	36	20	12	5	21	2459
2018	Technical	8	47	10	11	6	18	62
2018	Administrative Support	6	43	18	11	6	17	599
2018	Operational	9	26	17	14	4	31	1508
2018	Other	2	59	12	9	1	17	61
2017	Executive	16	42	23	4	6	8	78
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	38	21	13	5	19	671
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	45	18	11	4	15	2374
2017	Technical	8	43	18	11	2	18	43
2017	Administrative Support	7	51	18	9	3	13	652
2017	Operational	8	37	17	11	4	24	1906
2017	Other	1	47	17	14	4	17	81

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	18	82	98
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	614
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	2564
2018	Technical	20	80	62
2018	Administrative Support	27	73	643
2018	Operational	26	74	1609
2018	Other	30	70	66

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	18	11	6	7	0	7	74	14	121
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	18	12	13	21	1	10	50	37	667
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	17	17	12	17	1	6	51	31	3313
2018	Technical	40	17	11	12	14	0	6	60	28	78
2018	Administrative Support	31	16	16	12	17	1	7	51	31	881
2018	Operational	22	10	14	14	34	1	5	34	51	1934
2018	Other	35	14	16	10	5	7	13	61	19	84

Support to resolve pay or other compensation issues

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	14	23	21	18	19	0	6	39	39	96
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	13	14	21	41	1	5	19	66	613
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	18	18	18	32	1	7	26	54	2570
2018	Technical	13	17	18	15	30	0	6	32	48	64
2018	Administrative Support	9	20	22	14	26	1	8	32	44	651
2018	Operational	4	13	17	16	43	2	6	18	64	1617
2018	Other	5	30	19	18	19	2	7	39	41	66
2017	Executive	21	26	16	15	11	1	10	52	30	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	19	14	20	33	1	6	27	57	696
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	20	16	18	28	2	9	30	52	2437
2017	Technical	9	15	12	22	28	0	14	28	58	45
2017	Administrative Support	12	24	18	13	23	3	8	40	39	681
2017	Operational	4	13	16	16	41	2	7	19	64	1999
2017	Other	23	24	16	15	16	1	4	49	33	85

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	1	12	13	26	43	0	4	14	72	97
2018	Scientific and Professional	2	7	10	16	59	2	4	10	79	615
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	8	14	18	51	2	5	11	75	2574
2018	Technical	3	11	17	26	38	0	5	15	67	64
2018	Administrative Support	3	10	18	17	45	1	6	14	66	652
2018	Operational	2	8	15	14	54	2	5	11	73	1610
2018	Other	0	11	25	22	27	4	11	13	58	66
2017	Executive	2	7	15	15	43	4	13	12	71	81
2017	Scientific and Professional	2	7	11	20	52	2	6	9	78	696
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	2	8	11	17	53	2	8	10	78	2437
2017	Technical	0	4	9	13	58	0	16	5	84	45
2017	Administrative Support	3	8	12	18	50	3	5	13	74	682
2017	Operational	2	6	12	12	59	2	7	8	79	1998
2017	Other	4	17	14	16	39	1	9	24	61	86

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2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Theme for Correctional Service Canada by Question 78.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 78)

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Employee engagement

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

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.

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

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.

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.

Leadership

Immediate supervisor

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

Senior management

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.

Workforce

Performance management

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

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.

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

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

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

Job fit and development

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 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.

Empowerment

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

Work-life balance and workload

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

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

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.

Workplace

Organizational goals

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

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

Organizational performance

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.

Respectful workplace

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

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

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

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.

Ethical workplace

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

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.

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