2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Theme for Veterans Affairs 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	47	13	0	0	0	88	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	38	9	7	8	0	76	15	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	44	10	7	4	0	79	11	1083
2018	Administrative Support	37	37	15	8	3	0	74	11	171
2018	Other	32	32	9	20	7	0	64	27	57
2017	Executive	47	43	2	0	8	0	90	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	35	7	8	5	0	79	14	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	46	7	7	4	0	81	11	1327
2017	Administrative Support	38	38	13	8	3	0	76	11	227
2017	Other	31	34	20	7	9	0	65	15	75
2014	Executive	49	39	2	4	6	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	43	9	14	7	1	70	21	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	43	12	10	6	0	72	16	1130
2014	Administrative Support	29	41	16	7	7	0	70	14	196
2014	Other	24	48	14	6	8	0	72	14	40

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	34	16	9	0	0	75	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	34	12	10	13	0	65	23	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	37	13	12	10	0	64	23	1085
2018	Administrative Support	26	33	20	12	8	1	60	20	171
2018	Other	36	33	12	13	6	0	69	19	57
2017	Executive	39	43	2	4	12	0	82	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	34	13	14	10	0	63	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	13	12	11	0	64	23	1325
2017	Administrative Support	30	35	15	8	11	0	65	19	227
2017	Other	52	26	13	9	1	0	78	9	75

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	25	6	0	0	0	94	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	33	9	9	3	0	78	13	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	35	10	4	1	0	86	4	1075
2018	Administrative Support	58	26	10	2	3	0	84	5	172
2018	Other	40	33	18	6	3	0	73	9	57
2017	Executive	59	35	4	2	0	0	94	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	30	7	3	2	0	88	5	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	34	7	3	1	0	89	4	1325
2017	Administrative Support	67	24	6	2	1	0	91	3	227
2017	Other	48	34	12	6	0	0	82	6	75
2014	Executive	84	6	6	4	0	0	90	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	58	27	7	4	2	1	86	6	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	58	28	8	3	2	0	87	5	1130
2014	Administrative Support	68	23	6	2	1	0	90	3	196
2014	Other	54	28	8	4	6	0	82	10	40

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.
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	44	47	3	6	0	0	91	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	36	12	4	7	0	77	11	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	40	11	7	2	0	79	10	1086
2018	Administrative Support	44	34	15	6	2	0	77	8	172
2018	Other	35	35	9	14	7	0	70	21	56
2017	Executive	43	41	6	2	8	0	84	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	36	8	5	4	0	83	9	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	40	11	5	3	0	80	9	1326
2017	Administrative Support	48	37	8	4	3	0	85	7	226
2017	Other	42	39	5	14	0	0	81	14	75
2014	Executive	70	16	8	4	2	0	86	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	34	9	15	2	1	74	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	40	12	9	4	0	75	13	1126
2014	Administrative Support	40	39	10	4	7	0	79	11	196
2014	Other	60	27	7	1	6	0	86	7	40

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	20	23	7	0	0	70	7	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	33	13	13	11	0	64	23	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	17	13	8	0	62	20	1087
2018	Administrative Support	39	28	14	9	10	1	67	19	173
2018	Other	47	27	20	4	2	0	74	6	56
2017	Executive	39	35	6	10	10	0	74	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	36	15	9	10	0	66	19	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	33	18	11	9	0	62	21	1327
2017	Administrative Support	42	28	14	8	8	0	70	16	225
2017	Other	54	29	11	7	0	0	82	7	75
2014	Executive	15	45	14	21	6	0	59	27	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	30	12	14	24	0	50	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	30	19	18	15	0	48	33	1131
2014	Administrative Support	21	37	22	12	6	1	59	19	196
2014	Other	57	24	14	3	2	0	80	6	40

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	50	22	19	9	0	0	0	72	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	36	11	11	11	0	0	67	22	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	36	17	12	6	0	0	64	18	1078
2018	Administrative Support	38	32	15	11	5	0	1	70	15	171
2018	Other	38	37	14	7	3	1	0	76	9	56
2017	Executive	43	31	10	8	8	0	0	74	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	39	13	9	8	0	0	69	18	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	35	18	12	7	0	0	63	19	1328
2017	Administrative Support	37	34	13	11	4	0	0	72	15	227
2017	Other	58	29	5	9	0	0	0	87	9	75
2014	Executive	23	37	16	19	6	0	0	59	25	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	27	16	12	25	0	0	47	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	31	18	20	14	0	0	48	34	1131
2014	Administrative Support	24	38	18	12	7	0	0	63	19	196
2014	Other	57	29	9	5	1	0	0	85	6	40

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	38	19	28	6	6	3	0	58	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	21	16	13	14	5	0	54	28	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	26	18	16	9	2	0	56	25	1087
2018	Administrative Support	36	21	19	9	10	5	1	60	20	173
2018	Other	28	16	24	12	15	6	0	46	28	56
2017	Executive	27	33	20	6	12	2	0	61	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	21	18	13	13	3	0	55	26	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	25	18	14	10	4	0	57	25	1325
2017	Administrative Support	35	25	17	11	6	5	0	64	18	227
2017	Other	38	15	17	11	12	4	3	57	25	75
2014	Executive	31	31	17	8	10	4	0	64	19	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	17	22	13	17	9	0	44	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	23	20	15	14	5	1	49	30	1131
2014	Administrative Support	28	21	16	16	10	3	5	54	28	196
2014	Other	41	13	24	13	1	5	3	59	15	40

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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	53	25	13	9	0	0	0	78	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	33	11	4	7	1	0	79	10	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	29	13	7	6	1	0	74	13	1084
2018	Administrative Support	40	30	16	5	5	3	1	73	10	168
2018	Other	56	22	13	3	5	0	1	79	8	56
2017	Executive	51	28	6	8	6	0	0	80	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	28	11	8	5	4	1	74	14	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	28	11	8	5	2	0	76	13	1326
2017	Administrative Support	44	30	10	7	6	2	2	77	13	227
2017	Other	65	19	8	5	1	0	1	85	7	75
2014	Executive	68	18	8	2	2	2	0	88	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	22	11	3	9	2	3	75	13	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	45	28	11	8	6	1	0	74	14	1129
2014	Administrative Support	49	26	10	6	6	3	1	78	12	196
2014	Other	59	20	6	1	6	2	7	86	7	40

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	58	23	6	10	3	0	0	81	13	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	8	7	9	1	0	76	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	31	11	11	6	0	0	71	17	1080
2018	Administrative Support	36	26	16	9	11	1	1	63	21	170
2018	Other	50	18	10	10	7	2	3	71	19	56
2017	Executive	45	35	4	12	4	0	0	80	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	36	11	7	6	1	0	76	13	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	10	10	7	0	0	73	17	1325
2017	Administrative Support	39	36	7	8	8	0	0	76	17	227
2017	Other	60	17	12	6	2	0	3	79	8	74
2014	Executive	44	44	2	6	4	0	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	48	22	12	8	10	0	0	70	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	10	11	7	0	0	73	17	1131
2014	Administrative Support	40	35	9	8	6	0	0	76	15	196
2014	Other	61	13	16	1	6	0	3	77	7	40

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	22	6	6	3	0	84	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	8	6	11	0	75	17	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	26	12	10	7	0	71	17	1087
2018	Administrative Support	46	22	12	11	9	0	68	20	170
2018	Other	49	26	9	11	5	1	75	16	56
2017	Executive	50	35	4	4	6	0	85	10	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	25	10	10	7	0	72	18	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	25	9	8	7	0	76	16	1319
2017	Administrative Support	53	23	8	8	8	0	76	16	226
2017	Other	67	21	9	1	1	1	89	2	75
2014	Executive	54	36	0	6	4	0	90	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	18	11	10	7	0	72	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	50	26	9	7	8	0	75	15	1128
2014	Administrative Support	54	25	10	5	5	0	80	11	196
2014	Other	72	10	8	0	6	3	86	6	40

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	34	44	3	13	6	0	0	78	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	37	13	8	11	9	0	65	21	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	20	12	6	7	0	60	19	1091
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	18	6	6	9	0	67	13	173
2018	Other	56	21	5	8	3	7	0	83	12	56
2017	Executive	31	41	4	16	8	0	0	72	24	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	33	15	8	6	9	0	68	16	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	32	18	9	7	9	0	63	17	1325
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	10	9	6	8	1	73	16	227
2017	Other	60	25	7	1	1	4	1	90	2	75
2014	Executive	20	45	10	15	10	0	0	65	25	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	17	25	10	16	8	0	44	29	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	22	16	14	8	0	43	32	1131
2014	Administrative Support	18	30	23	8	9	11	0	55	19	196
2014	Other	45	21	9	5	13	4	3	71	20	40

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	41	34	9	13	3	0	0	75	16	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	35	16	11	17	2	0	55	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	19	18	9	2	0	52	28	1086
2018	Administrative Support	27	35	15	10	10	3	0	64	21	173
2018	Other	49	29	4	7	7	4	0	82	15	56
2017	Executive	35	37	6	14	8	0	0	72	22	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	35	14	12	11	2	0	62	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	18	16	10	3	0	54	27	1324
2017	Administrative Support	32	29	14	14	7	3	1	64	22	227
2017	Other	52	32	8	6	1	0	1	85	7	75
2014	Executive	16	37	6	17	12	0	11	60	33	40
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	20	14	19	26	4	0	38	47	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	24	21	21	22	2	0	34	44	1131
2014	Administrative Support	15	25	20	17	13	10	0	45	34	196
2014	Other	43	22	3	18	7	3	3	70	27	40

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	19	31	25	19	6	0	0	50	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	31	17	16	18	5	0	47	35	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	26	20	22	14	5	0	41	38	1090
2018	Administrative Support	18	28	22	14	10	9	0	50	26	170
2018	Other	31	32	5	15	4	13	0	73	21	56
2017	Executive	19	28	14	28	10	0	0	47	39	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	29	19	16	16	4	0	46	34	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	19	22	13	6	0	42	37	1325
2017	Administrative Support	21	28	16	16	12	5	1	52	30	226
2017	Other	39	28	15	7	4	6	3	72	11	74
2014	Executive	8	49	8	27	8	0	0	57	35	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	20	14	20	31	6	0	31	54	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	7	19	19	25	26	4	0	27	53	1130
2014	Administrative Support	11	21	23	19	16	11	0	36	38	195
2014	Other	40	12	9	15	13	7	3	59	31	40

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	25	22	19	25	9	0	0	47	34	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	28	19	19	20	1	0	41	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	27	18	25	17	2	0	39	43	1089
2018	Administrative Support	17	27	23	16	13	3	0	46	31	172
2018	Other	36	20	13	13	13	7	0	60	27	56
2017	Executive	20	33	8	22	16	0	0	53	39	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	30	14	21	15	4	0	48	38	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	31	17	22	14	3	0	45	37	1322
2017	Administrative Support	23	27	16	16	14	3	0	52	31	226
2017	Other	42	29	15	10	1	3	0	74	11	74
2014	Executive	12	43	23	14	8	0	0	55	22	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	27	12	17	30	2	0	41	47	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	20	17	25	27	3	0	28	54	1128
2014	Administrative Support	8	24	18	18	23	8	0	36	45	196
2014	Other	33	13	13	16	15	7	3	51	34	40

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Workforce

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	22	44	9	25	0	0	0	66	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	34	12	18	14	1	1	55	33	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	34	17	15	11	0	0	56	26	1090
2018	Administrative Support	22	27	20	21	10	0	0	49	32	173
2018	Other	40	24	11	17	9	0	0	63	26	57
2017	Executive	35	39	6	12	8	0	0	74	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	30	19	19	11	0	0	51	30	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	35	17	12	11	0	0	60	23	1326
2017	Administrative Support	26	34	14	14	12	0	0	61	25	225
2017	Other	38	36	12	10	4	1	0	74	14	75
2014	Executive	26	50	8	8	8	0	0	76	16	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	32	24	16	18	0	0	43	34	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	35	16	16	12	0	0	55	29	1130
2014	Administrative Support	23	34	20	13	10	0	0	58	22	196
2014	Other	27	48	6	8	11	0	0	75	19	40

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	28	50	9	9	3	78	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	46	11	12	3	74	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	41	14	13	6	66	19	1093
2018	Administrative Support	30	39	11	14	6	69	20	173
2018	Other	34	26	18	16	6	60	22	57
2017	Executive	35	37	8	14	6	72	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	35	9	16	5	69	21	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	43	13	11	6	70	17	1326
2017	Administrative Support	39	35	11	8	6	75	14	226
2017	Other	35	37	15	9	4	72	13	75

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	41	16	19	9	0	0	56	28	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	16	17	23	16	18	2	28	50	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	18	21	20	15	11	2	34	41	1088
2018	Administrative Support	8	15	20	20	20	14	2	28	48	171
2018	Other	22	12	12	22	12	19	0	42	43	57
2017	Executive	12	49	14	18	2	4	0	64	21	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	12	14	25	19	18	1	27	55	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	18	18	21	16	17	2	32	45	1324
2017	Administrative Support	10	20	14	19	16	19	3	38	44	226
2017	Other	26	10	11	10	13	28	1	51	33	75
2014	Executive	10	43	27	15	4	2	0	54	19	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	18	16	17	15	21	2	37	42	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	22	16	19	18	12	2	39	42	1131
2014	Administrative Support	5	22	13	21	19	19	2	34	50	196
2014	Other	28	7	6	21	17	19	4	44	48	40

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	31	50	9	3	6	0	0	81	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	36	9	9	9	0	1	73	18	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	33	13	11	8	0	0	68	19	1087
2018	Administrative Support	33	26	19	11	8	1	1	61	19	170
2018	Other	36	29	10	13	10	2	1	67	23	56
2017	Executive	39	39	6	6	10	0	0	78	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	38	12	7	9	0	1	71	17	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	11	10	8	0	0	71	17	1327
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	16	8	8	0	0	68	16	227
2017	Other	47	24	8	12	5	1	3	74	17	75
2014	Executive	53	33	6	4	4	0	0	86	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	27	12	11	8	3	0	68	20	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	35	10	8	7	0	0	74	16	1131
2014	Administrative Support	45	31	12	6	6	1	0	76	12	196
2014	Other	47	27	8	6	6	3	3	79	12	40

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	39	45	3	3	6	0	3	87	10	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	28	0	17	11	11	0	69	31	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	38	19	7	3	4	7	67	12	240
2017	Executive	29	40	6	17	4	4	0	72	22	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	53	12	3	10	0	0	75	13	27
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	32	17	11	4	6	6	62	18	248
2014	Executive	38	44	8	4	2	0	4	85	7	39
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	10	29	35	4	2	0	30	40	19
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	38	16	9	6	2	8	66	17	234

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	50	3	9	0	0	88	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	43	11	12	7	1	70	20	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	48	9	19	9	0	62	29	1091
2018	Administrative Support	20	41	9	22	8	0	61	30	172
2018	Other	32	42	6	8	11	1	75	19	57
2017	Executive	35	41	10	6	8	0	76	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	41	11	16	9	0	64	25	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	43	11	20	10	0	60	29	1324
2017	Administrative Support	24	38	11	19	8	0	62	27	226
2017	Other	40	36	7	13	4	0	76	17	75
2014	Executive	32	56	2	10	0	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	35	7	19	19	0	55	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	36	13	22	13	0	51	36	1131
2014	Administrative Support	23	33	11	22	10	0	57	33	195
2014	Other	42	27	19	5	7	0	68	13	40

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	59	34	3	3	0	0	94	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	34	7	8	4	0	81	12	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	41	10	7	2	0	81	10	1086
2018	Administrative Support	29	41	14	11	6	0	70	16	170
2018	Other	27	20	21	13	18	0	47	32	56
2017	Executive	55	35	2	4	4	0	90	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	39	7	6	3	0	85	8	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	41	8	7	3	0	81	11	1327
2017	Administrative Support	38	36	12	10	5	0	74	15	227
2017	Other	25	37	16	11	8	3	64	20	75
2014	Executive	68	28	2	0	2	0	96	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	32	11	9	3	0	76	12	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	41	11	8	4	0	77	12	1131
2014	Administrative Support	28	38	15	10	8	0	67	19	195
2014	Other	37	34	12	11	6	0	71	17	40

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	56	41	3	0	0	0	97	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	29	7	6	4	0	83	10	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	38	6	7	2	0	85	9	1074
2018	Administrative Support	37	32	12	12	7	0	70	19	171
2018	Other	37	35	17	0	12	0	71	12	56
2017	Executive	63	33	0	2	2	0	96	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	34	3	9	2	0	86	11	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	38	5	6	3	0	85	9	1326
2017	Administrative Support	43	32	11	9	5	0	75	15	227
2017	Other	40	32	13	10	3	1	73	14	75
2014	Executive	70	28	2	0	0	0	98	0	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	35	4	7	6	0	83	13	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	41	7	6	3	0	84	9	1130
2014	Administrative Support	37	31	12	10	10	0	68	20	195
2014	Other	51	25	12	6	6	0	76	12	40

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	50	3	19	0	0	0	78	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	31	20	19	10	2	0	50	29	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	17	21	15	2	0	45	38	1078
2018	Administrative Support	23	20	24	15	14	3	0	45	31	173
2018	Other	27	24	21	13	4	9	2	58	19	57
2017	Executive	25	53	2	8	10	2	0	79	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	31	14	20	11	4	0	53	33	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	29	18	20	15	3	0	46	35	1327
2017	Administrative Support	26	24	19	13	11	6	0	54	26	227
2017	Other	44	34	4	8	1	6	3	85	10	74
2014	Executive	12	47	10	23	7	2	0	60	30	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	21	17	20	16	5	1	43	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	26	17	22	22	2	0	38	45	1129
2014	Administrative Support	13	21	20	19	12	10	5	40	37	196
2014	Other	26	18	16	12	10	8	10	54	26	40

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	38	31	6	16	6	0	3	71	23	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	23	21	17	19	5	3	37	39	147
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	14	18	20	2	2	46	39	1087
2018	Administrative Support	14	27	16	15	22	3	3	44	39	172
2018	Other	32	30	4	18	6	4	6	68	27	57
2017	Executive	23	47	4	14	10	2	0	71	25	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	27	19	13	18	2	6	46	34	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	15	18	21	3	1	43	41	1325
2017	Administrative Support	19	21	17	19	20	4	2	42	40	226
2017	Other	31	17	12	9	10	10	10	61	24	74
2014	Executive	39	33	6	6	15	0	2	73	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	15	15	20	23	9	3	33	49	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	23	15	21	27	2	2	34	51	1131
2014	Administrative Support	8	18	17	17	30	5	6	29	52	196
2014	Other	14	22	20	11	6	11	15	49	24	40

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	45	42	6	3	3	0	0	87	6	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	35	12	15	17	0	0	56	32	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	40	12	16	10	0	0	63	26	1085
2018	Administrative Support	20	33	17	13	17	1	0	53	30	172
2018	Other	30	29	21	7	13	0	1	60	19	56
2017	Executive	51	39	0	4	6	0	0	90	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	33	11	14	13	0	0	61	27	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	39	12	15	10	0	0	63	25	1324
2017	Administrative Support	29	30	14	15	12	0	0	59	27	227
2017	Other	31	34	14	13	7	0	1	66	20	75
2014	Executive	45	41	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	37	6	11	32	0	0	52	42	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	37	13	15	16	0	0	56	31	1129
2014	Administrative Support	15	40	14	16	10	0	5	58	27	196
2014	Other	32	44	6	16	0	0	2	77	17	40

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	59	22	19	0	0	0	0	81	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	31	19	15	14	0	0	53	29	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	34	16	14	9	0	0	61	23	1077
2018	Administrative Support	22	32	22	10	14	1	0	54	24	171
2018	Other	36	32	14	5	12	0	1	69	17	57
2017	Executive	53	26	6	6	8	0	0	80	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	33	11	14	13	0	0	62	27	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	34	15	13	10	0	0	63	23	1325
2017	Administrative Support	31	31	19	8	8	0	1	63	17	227
2017	Other	29	49	10	6	4	0	1	79	10	74
2014	Executive	44	42	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	29	21	13	20	0	0	46	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	33	15	15	14	0	0	56	29	1131
2014	Administrative Support	23	39	17	10	9	1	1	63	20	196
2014	Other	36	41	9	7	6	0	0	78	13	40

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	38	41	19	3	0	0	0	78	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	42	13	14	11	0	0	62	25	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	39	14	13	8	0	0	65	21	1086
2018	Administrative Support	31	32	16	14	7	0	0	63	21	173
2018	Other	39	23	24	9	5	0	0	62	14	57
2017	Executive	47	31	10	2	10	0	0	78	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	37	10	14	12	0	0	64	26	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	38	13	12	9	0	0	66	21	1325
2017	Administrative Support	37	31	16	9	7	0	0	69	15	227
2017	Other	47	34	11	6	1	0	1	82	7	75
2014	Executive	38	42	11	8	2	0	0	79	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	26	13	18	19	1	0	50	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	33	15	15	12	0	0	59	27	1128
2014	Administrative Support	22	34	26	14	4	0	0	56	17	196
2014	Other	44	42	5	4	6	0	0	86	10	40

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	53	28	16	0	0	3	0	84	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	39	17	17	11	3	0	54	29	148
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36	21	16	9	3	0	53	25	1087
2018	Administrative Support	12	34	27	10	13	6	0	48	24	173
2018	Other	29	33	22	7	3	4	1	66	10	56
2017	Executive	35	49	4	4	8	0	0	84	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	39	15	14	11	3	0	59	26	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	33	22	15	10	4	0	52	26	1327
2017	Administrative Support	19	30	22	17	6	6	1	53	24	227
2017	Other	29	32	11	9	8	10	0	68	19	75

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	28	31	13	13	16	0	0	59	28	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	30	11	7	6	0	0	76	13	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	32	9	10	7	0	0	74	18	1089
2018	Administrative Support	43	33	13	5	5	1	1	77	11	173
2018	Other	52	27	17	0	3	0	2	80	3	57
2017	Executive	29	26	12	22	10	0	0	55	33	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	35	7	10	6	0	0	77	16	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	7	9	9	0	0	75	18	1327
2017	Administrative Support	50	26	8	8	6	1	1	78	15	227
2017	Other	59	21	13	5	0	0	1	82	5	75
2014	Executive	15	26	19	31	10	0	0	40	41	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	24	10	14	15	1	0	60	30	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	11	13	9	0	0	68	21	1131
2014	Administrative Support	33	31	14	15	6	0	1	66	21	195
2014	Other	56	23	11	2	2	3	3	85	4	40

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	25	9	25	31	0	0	34	56	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	31	21	8	8	0	1	63	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	26	19	15	15	0	1	50	30	1091
2018	Administrative Support	41	22	17	9	9	0	2	64	18	173
2018	Other	65	17	9	5	1	2	1	84	7	57
2017	Executive	8	20	26	28	16	0	0	29	45	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	37	14	11	9	0	1	66	20	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	19	15	13	0	1	53	28	1326
2017	Administrative Support	40	29	16	8	6	0	0	70	15	225
2017	Other	61	36	1	0	2	0	0	97	2	75
2014	Executive	10	21	16	33	18	0	2	32	52	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	22	26	10	20	0	1	43	31	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	26	21	12	16	0	1	50	29	1131
2014	Administrative Support	35	27	23	6	8	0	1	63	14	196
2014	Other	37	39	18	3	2	0	0	77	6	40

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	53	19	28	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	49	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	37	37	1087
2018	Administrative Support	20	43	36	173
2018	Other	57	16	27	56
2017	Executive	41	22	37	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	52	31	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	39	37	1328
2017	Administrative Support	17	41	41	227
2017	Other	58	11	31	75
2014	Executive	34	48	18	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	41	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	36	39	1130
2014	Administrative Support	18	45	37	196
2014	Other	52	17	31	40

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	24	47	18	0	0	12	17
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	21	32	3	6	12	34
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	37	33	8	2	4	285
2018	Administrative Support	14	40	29	0	11	6	35
2018	Other	3	8	13	1	74	1	29
2017	Executive	15	40	40	0	0	5	20
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	24	21	14	0	3	34
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	34	28	7	6	6	313
2017	Administrative Support	23	15	39	3	18	3	39
2017	Other	4	2	2	5	86	0	43
2014	Executive	18	41	35	6	9999	0	17
2014	Scientific and Professional	46	5	18	25	9999	7	32
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	28	27	10	9999	14	277
2014	Administrative Support	21	31	32	8	9999	7	38
2014	Other	4	14	7	26	9999	49	20

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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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	31	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	38	7	9	1	1	83	10	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	43	8	4	1	0	86	6	1088
2018	Administrative Support	47	39	7	5	2	1	86	7	173
2018	Other	44	40	2	7	5	2	85	13	57
2017	Executive	63	29	0	2	6	0	92	8	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	40	5	5	3	0	86	9	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	10	5	3	0	82	8	1325
2017	Administrative Support	52	36	5	3	3	0	89	6	227
2017	Other	47	41	11	1	0	0	88	1	75
2014	Executive	70	20	4	4	2	0	90	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	32	13	7	11	0	69	18	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	40	15	8	5	1	71	13	1131
2014	Administrative Support	33	41	18	4	3	1	74	8	195
2014	Other	50	36	6	8	0	0	86	8	40

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	44	44	6	6	0	0	0	88	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	39	17	15	5	2	0	62	21	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	45	16	11	5	1	0	68	16	1084
2018	Administrative Support	24	46	15	9	4	2	0	71	14	172
2018	Other	34	42	20	4	0	0	0	76	4	57
2017	Executive	31	53	4	4	8	0	0	84	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	40	11	10	4	1	1	75	14	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	42	16	11	4	1	0	69	15	1327
2017	Administrative Support	35	39	15	6	4	2	0	75	9	227
2017	Other	50	37	11	2	0	0	0	87	2	75
2014	Executive	16	51	12	17	4	0	0	67	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	33	16	15	13	1	0	55	28	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	30	23	18	14	2	0	44	33	1130
2014	Administrative Support	15	34	23	11	7	9	0	54	20	196
2014	Other	34	34	12	6	6	1	7	74	12	40

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	19	31	31	16	3	0	0	19	50	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	28	33	23	5	1	1	29	38	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	32	35	11	4	1	1	16	49	1089
2018	Administrative Support	9	28	27	21	12	1	3	34	39	172
2018	Other	9	17	29	18	18	0	9	39	28	57
2017	Executive	14	26	47	6	4	0	2	11	42	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	24	38	15	9	0	2	24	36	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	29	34	12	5	0	2	17	49	1322
2017	Administrative Support	7	25	26	23	14	0	4	38	34	223
2017	Other	5	11	35	22	23	0	4	47	16	74
2014	Executive	18	33	43	4	2	0	0	6	51	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	25	26	15	8	0	1	23	51	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	37	29	9	2	0	1	11	59	1130
2014	Administrative Support	10	24	42	17	6	0	0	24	35	196
2014	Other	13	18	25	20	16	3	4	39	34	40

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	6	19	38	34	3	0	0	38	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	21	29	29	10	1	1	40	31	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	31	20	7	1	1	28	41	1086
2018	Administrative Support	9	23	25	20	17	3	2	39	34	169
2018	Other	4	14	29	18	24	6	4	48	19	57
2017	Executive	12	26	24	20	12	0	4	34	40	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	19	35	22	12	3	2	36	27	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	23	32	18	9	2	2	28	38	1319
2017	Administrative Support	9	17	28	17	23	3	3	43	28	225
2017	Other	1	11	23	29	31	0	6	63	13	74
2014	Executive	27	18	30	11	4	0	11	16	50	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	34	23	15	6	1	2	22	55	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	27	29	11	4	1	1	16	55	1127
2014	Administrative Support	16	22	34	16	8	3	1	25	40	194
2014	Other	11	16	21	32	15	0	4	49	29	40

Question 16c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	22	6	38	28	3	0	3	32	29	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	21	37	20	7	1	1	27	35	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	31	17	6	0	1	23	45	1086
2018	Administrative Support	9	20	26	17	18	4	6	39	32	170
2018	Other	5	19	22	22	24	4	4	50	26	57
2017	Executive	16	14	37	24	6	0	2	31	31	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	21	30	21	9	3	4	32	36	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	33	14	7	1	3	22	44	1319
2017	Administrative Support	9	19	27	17	18	2	7	39	31	223
2017	Other	7	17	33	17	17	3	6	38	26	74
2014	Executive	14	16	45	19	4	2	0	23	31	40
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	23	23	11	10	6	4	23	51	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	26	28	12	4	1	2	16	55	1129
2014	Administrative Support	14	21	29	18	9	3	5	30	39	194
2014	Other	15	17	24	14	23	3	4	40	34	40

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	16	44	16	22	3	0	0	25	59	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	15	35	25	11	1	1	37	27	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	34	23	8	0	1	31	34	1078
2018	Administrative Support	4	8	28	29	25	3	4	58	12	171
2018	Other	1	7	22	27	34	2	7	67	9	57
2017	Executive	20	26	35	12	6	0	0	18	47	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	15	34	25	14	0	1	39	26	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	21	33	21	8	1	3	30	36	1315
2017	Administrative Support	5	9	23	28	28	2	5	60	16	222
2017	Other	3	4	26	17	43	0	7	65	7	74
2014	Executive	22	37	23	6	2	0	11	9	66	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	12	21	22	9	0	2	31	47	167
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	22	32	17	5	0	2	23	45	1124
2014	Administrative Support	10	11	36	27	11	2	2	40	22	194
2014	Other	15	9	11	32	26	0	7	63	25	40

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	16	28	31	19	3	0	3	23	45	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	19	36	17	5	1	3	23	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	27	13	5	1	1	19	53	1087
2018	Administrative Support	17	17	23	20	17	3	2	40	36	172
2018	Other	3	12	29	17	27	0	13	50	17	56
2017	Executive	31	35	23	2	8	0	2	11	66	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	24	26	19	10	1	3	31	42	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	25	26	12	8	1	2	20	53	1320
2017	Administrative Support	9	21	24	18	20	1	6	42	32	223
2017	Other	4	7	18	13	40	7	10	64	14	74
2014	Executive	20	35	41	2	2	0	0	4	55	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	22	24	8	8	1	1	17	58	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	28	20	8	4	1	1	12	68	1129
2014	Administrative Support	22	23	27	15	7	3	3	23	49	196
2014	Other	13	13	19	24	20	3	7	49	29	40

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	3	22	41	31	3	0	0	34	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	19	31	26	10	5	3	39	27	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	23	30	18	9	1	1	27	42	1083
2018	Administrative Support	16	20	23	18	15	4	5	36	39	171
2018	Other	9	14	19	24	20	6	7	51	27	57
2017	Executive	12	16	37	24	8	0	2	33	29	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	15	33	24	18	3	2	44	22	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	29	20	9	3	3	31	38	1318
2017	Administrative Support	7	18	29	20	16	4	7	40	28	224
2017	Other	5	17	17	12	28	12	9	51	28	74
2014	Executive	14	29	31	21	6	0	0	27	43	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	21	20	22	14	1	6	38	40	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	17	28	24	9	1	3	35	36	1127
2014	Administrative Support	15	16	33	20	10	3	4	32	33	195
2014	Other	16	9	19	23	19	9	4	49	29	40

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	13	38	25	22	3	0	0	25	50	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	25	39	17	6	0	1	23	38	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	28	34	12	3	1	1	16	49	1089
2018	Administrative Support	17	16	35	17	10	2	2	28	35	172
2018	Other	9	20	32	19	14	4	3	35	31	57
2017	Executive	26	26	24	14	6	0	2	21	54	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	27	31	21	5	0	1	27	42	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	27	35	10	5	1	1	15	50	1318
2017	Administrative Support	8	21	32	19	14	3	4	35	31	225
2017	Other	4	16	32	24	20	0	4	46	21	72
2014	Executive	12	44	26	19	0	0	0	19	56	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	22	27	12	7	2	3	21	51	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	27	31	11	4	1	2	15	53	1123
2014	Administrative Support	14	25	32	17	8	1	2	26	41	195
2014	Other	15	14	29	21	11	2	7	36	32	40

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	41	44	0	13	3	0	0	84	16	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	33	12	11	12	0	0	65	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	31	9	13	9	1	0	68	22	1085
2018	Administrative Support	28	34	10	12	14	2	0	62	27	173
2018	Other	48	25	3	19	4	0	0	73	24	57
2017	Executive	47	39	2	6	4	2	0	88	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	32	13	9	11	2	1	67	20	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	8	11	9	0	0	71	20	1327
2017	Administrative Support	38	28	13	8	12	0	0	67	21	226
2017	Other	56	26	2	9	4	1	0	84	13	75
2014	Executive	42	50	6	0	2	0	0	92	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	27	9	7	16	0	0	68	23	168
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	31	9	11	7	1	0	72	19	1131
2014	Administrative Support	34	26	11	12	10	6	1	65	23	196
2014	Other	43	29	8	19	1	0	0	72	20	40

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	44	47	6	3	0	0	0	91	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	35	3	17	6	0	0	74	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	7	9	3	0	0	81	12	1090
2018	Administrative Support	40	36	10	8	5	1	0	77	13	173
2018	Other	50	32	5	10	3	0	0	82	13	57
2017	Executive	48	37	4	8	2	0	0	85	10	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	33	10	12	4	0	0	74	16	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	38	8	7	4	0	0	80	12	1323
2017	Administrative Support	45	30	10	9	6	0	0	75	15	226
2017	Other	61	27	5	4	0	3	1	91	4	75
2014	Executive	34	54	4	6	2	0	0	88	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	34	6	15	4	0	1	75	19	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	39	9	9	4	0	0	78	13	1131
2014	Administrative Support	39	36	11	8	4	1	0	77	13	195
2014	Other	55	16	14	13	3	0	0	70	16	40

Question 21. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	44	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	43	10	6	8	1	0	76	14	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	39	13	6	3	1	0	77	10	1089
2018	Administrative Support	32	34	18	6	6	3	1	68	13	173
2018	Other	40	27	19	7	4	2	0	69	11	57

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	31	53	13	3	0	0	0	84	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	30	11	6	6	5	0	76	13	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	39	15	6	3	3	0	76	8	1087
2018	Administrative Support	48	31	11	2	3	3	1	83	5	172
2018	Other	46	36	5	9	2	1	0	83	12	56
2017	Executive	35	55	4	0	4	2	0	92	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	35	18	3	4	3	1	74	7	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	35	16	5	4	4	0	74	9	1323
2017	Administrative Support	39	33	15	6	4	4	0	75	10	226
2017	Other	51	28	9	1	2	4	4	87	4	74
2014	Executive	32	54	12	2	0	0	0	86	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	43	13	2	2	2	1	82	5	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	17	5	3	6	0	74	8	1129
2014	Administrative Support	40	27	18	4	3	8	0	73	7	196
2014	Other	43	36	10	2	0	5	4	87	2	39

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	34	59	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	34	11	5	7	5	0	76	12	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	42	14	6	3	2	0	77	9	1086
2018	Administrative Support	42	38	12	3	4	1	0	81	7	172
2018	Other	48	36	11	2	0	3	0	86	2	55
2017	Executive	45	43	4	4	4	0	0	88	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	39	12	8	3	3	0	75	12	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	39	13	7	3	2	0	77	10	1327
2017	Administrative Support	42	37	9	7	3	2	0	81	10	226
2017	Other	59	23	12	1	1	1	1	85	2	75
2014	Executive	30	62	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	40	9	7	7	2	0	76	15	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	38	14	8	3	3	0	74	12	1131
2014	Administrative Support	41	33	16	6	1	3	0	76	7	196
2014	Other	61	26	7	2	3	0	0	87	6	40

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	50	9	0	0	0	91	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	33	6	9	7	1	79	15	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	10	6	3	0	81	9	1085
2018	Administrative Support	50	34	10	2	3	0	84	6	173
2018	Other	70	22	3	2	3	0	92	5	56
2017	Executive	51	33	2	8	6	0	84	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	35	6	7	6	0	82	12	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	38	10	8	3	0	79	11	1324
2017	Administrative Support	48	34	10	5	3	0	82	8	226
2017	Other	76	18	2	4	0	0	94	4	75
2014	Executive	39	49	6	4	2	0	88	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	39	34	8	6	13	0	73	19	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	38	13	9	5	0	72	14	1129
2014	Administrative Support	45	37	9	7	1	0	82	8	195
2014	Other	54	31	5	10	0	0	85	10	40

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	19	53	9	9	9	0	0	72	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	33	17	13	14	5	3	51	30	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	31	20	13	9	4	3	55	23	1089
2018	Administrative Support	20	27	20	16	11	5	2	50	28	173
2018	Other	32	20	23	6	6	13	0	59	14	57
2017	Executive	43	35	10	4	4	4	0	81	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	32	16	14	12	6	1	55	28	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	15	11	11	5	3	60	23	1326
2017	Administrative Support	28	30	13	10	14	4	1	61	25	226
2017	Other	43	13	13	8	4	13	7	70	14	75
2014	Executive	34	43	17	0	2	0	4	80	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	28	23	15	9	13	5	7	58	25	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	32	15	11	10	3	2	63	22	1130
2014	Administrative Support	20	24	21	12	10	6	6	51	26	195
2014	Other	39	23	12	6	7	7	5	71	15	40

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	50	41	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	34	17	14	9	3	0	59	23	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	41	13	10	6	2	0	69	17	1083
2018	Administrative Support	28	38	14	10	8	3	0	67	18	173
2018	Other	35	24	12	22	2	2	2	62	25	57
2017	Executive	51	31	6	6	4	2	0	83	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	39	13	5	7	2	1	74	13	190
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	36	12	10	6	2	1	72	16	1325
2017	Administrative Support	37	33	11	11	6	2	1	72	17	227
2017	Other	48	21	11	7	6	4	2	75	14	75
2014	Executive	61	31	2	2	4	0	0	92	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	36	8	8	11	4	0	72	20	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	39	13	5	5	2	1	77	10	1130
2014	Administrative Support	34	37	16	8	2	1	1	73	10	196
2014	Other	48	18	14	7	7	2	4	70	16	40

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	34	41	13	9	3	0	0	75	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	29	20	12	8	1	0	60	20	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	21	10	5	1	0	65	14	1079
2018	Administrative Support	31	35	20	9	2	1	1	68	11	172
2018	Other	41	34	18	3	0	4	0	78	3	57

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	19	34	16	19	3	0	9	59	24	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	17	24	9	20	12	3	38	34	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	23	21	15	16	7	1	44	33	1086
2018	Administrative Support	19	19	20	12	16	12	1	44	33	171
2018	Other	29	19	14	14	8	14	3	57	26	57
2017	Executive	27	20	20	12	6	0	14	55	21	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	24	17	16	10	13	2	49	31	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	24	18	19	14	8	1	45	36	1325
2017	Administrative Support	18	25	18	15	15	7	1	47	33	227
2017	Other	37	17	11	4	8	17	7	70	15	75
2014	Executive	12	30	10	12	2	2	32	64	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	23	14	11	18	14	1	50	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	26	18	17	15	7	1	46	35	1128
2014	Administrative Support	15	23	19	17	12	7	8	44	34	196
2014	Other	21	20	16	17	5	9	13	52	27	40

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	Scientific and Professional	19	81	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	1091
2018	Administrative Support	18	82	171

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	178
2018	Administrative Support	70	30

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	59	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	178
2018	Administrative Support	33	30

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	178

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	0	29
2018	Administrative Support	0	30

Question 49e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	178

Question 49f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	178

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	178

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	178
2018	Administrative Support	40	30

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	178
2018	Administrative Support	27	30

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	30

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	30

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	178
2018	Administrative Support	30	30

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	30

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	178
2018	Administrative Support	27	30

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	178
2018	Administrative Support	0	30

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	178

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	178

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	178
2018	Administrative Support	33	30

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	178
2018	Administrative Support	17	30

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	178
2018	Administrative Support	23	30

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	Scientific and Professional	55	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	178
2018	Administrative Support	48	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	28	178
2018	Administrative Support	28	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	6	178

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	Scientific and Professional	27	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	178

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	Administration and Foreign Services	6	178

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	Administration and Foreign Services	7	178

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	Administration and Foreign Services	14	178

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	178
2018	Administrative Support	0	29

Question 51i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	178
2018	Administrative Support	41	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	11	165

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	34	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	165
2018	Administrative Support	17	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	9	165

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	0	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	165

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	Administration and Foreign Services	9	165

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	Administration and Foreign Services	7	165

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	Administration and Foreign Services	9	165

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	Scientific and Professional	23	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	165

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	Administration and Foreign Services	10	165

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	31	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	165
2018	Administrative Support	28	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	5	165

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	Scientific and Professional	43	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	165
2018	Administrative Support	41	29

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	Scientific and Professional	0	26

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	Scientific and Professional	54	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	165
2018	Administrative Support	59	29

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	Administration and Foreign Services	4	165
2018	Administrative Support	0	29

Question 52p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	165

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	19	41	6	13	9	9	3	68	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	13	21	7	12	30	3	40	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	17	26	9	8	23	4	40	24	1090
2018	Administrative Support	16	18	28	9	7	19	3	44	20	172
2018	Other	26	16	11	1	5	35	6	72	10	57
2017	Executive	23	39	6	6	6	14	6	77	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	13	18	8	9	32	9	42	28	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	16	22	8	8	25	7	43	24	1326
2017	Administrative Support	16	13	22	7	11	23	8	42	26	227
2017	Other	32	6	10	3	0	34	16	75	6	75
2014	Executive	16	39	23	2	4	15	2	66	7	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	11	19	7	11	33	5	39	30	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	23	7	8	26	5	44	23	1129
2014	Administrative Support	11	16	23	9	4	32	5	43	21	196
2014	Other	23	20	17	0	4	25	11	67	6	40

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	34	31	16	19	0	0	0	66	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	24	21	11	8	9	0	56	21	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	34	18	11	5	8	1	64	17	1089
2018	Administrative Support	30	30	20	8	6	6	1	64	14	172
2018	Other	29	23	23	6	0	19	0	64	8	57
2017	Executive	41	39	8	8	2	2	0	81	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	22	18	8	7	15	1	61	18	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	29	21	7	6	11	1	61	15	1325
2017	Administrative Support	28	27	18	7	9	9	2	62	18	227
2017	Other	47	17	14	1	0	19	2	81	2	75
2014	Executive	30	48	15	2	6	0	0	77	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	26	16	10	11	16	1	56	25	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	20	10	6	13	1	58	18	1130
2014	Administrative Support	23	25	18	9	3	19	2	61	16	194
2014	Other	34	29	16	0	4	14	4	76	5	40

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	Scientific and Professional	8	92	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	1086
2018	Administrative Support	8	92	173

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	89
2018	Administrative Support	54	13

Question 56b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	81	89

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	12

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	0	12
2018	Administrative Support	0	13

Question 56e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	12

Question 56f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	89

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	12

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	90

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	90
2018	Administrative Support	0	13

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	90
2018	Administrative Support	38	13

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	90

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	12
2018	Administrative Support	0	13

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	90
2018	Administrative Support	0	13

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	90

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	Scientific and Professional	0	12
2018	Administrative Support	0	13

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	90
2018	Administrative Support	62	13

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	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	90

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	90

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	Administration and Foreign Services	35	90

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	Administration and Foreign Services	20	90

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	5	90

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	Administration and Foreign Services	33	90

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	0	12

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	15	90

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	Administration and Foreign Services	13	90

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	90

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	50	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	90

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	Scientific and Professional	0	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	76

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	0	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	76

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	Scientific and Professional	0	10

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	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	76

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	10

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	10

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	Scientific and Professional	0	10

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	Administration and Foreign Services	13	76

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	Administration and Foreign Services	15	76

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	50	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	76

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	Administration and Foreign Services	57	76

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	Scientific and Professional	0	10

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	Administration and Foreign Services	61	76

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	8	76

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	76

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	38	19	3	0	16	0	74	4	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	15	25	3	5	38	1	46	13	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	18	27	5	4	27	4	48	14	1089
2018	Administrative Support	18	17	29	3	3	25	3	50	8	173
2018	Other	27	14	12	3	2	32	12	71	9	57
2017	Executive	23	35	14	0	4	18	6	76	5	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	11	21	1	3	37	10	52	8	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	16	24	3	3	33	6	50	10	1328
2017	Administrative Support	19	15	22	3	4	29	8	54	11	227
2017	Other	34	13	7	1	0	28	17	85	3	75
2014	Executive	22	35	21	2	2	19	0	70	5	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	10	20	1	8	40	6	47	16	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	17	26	3	2	32	5	50	8	1130
2014	Administrative Support	13	14	24	3	3	36	7	47	11	196
2014	Other	21	20	11	0	0	29	18	78	0	40

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	38	44	13	6	0	0	0	81	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	25	25	5	4	13	0	62	10	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	21	6	4	10	1	66	11	1087
2018	Administrative Support	32	32	20	5	2	8	1	70	8	173
2018	Other	34	21	17	3	0	23	2	73	4	57
2017	Executive	35	43	14	2	4	0	2	79	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	26	16	3	3	15	2	73	8	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	30	18	4	3	14	2	70	8	1327
2017	Administrative Support	31	27	19	4	3	15	2	69	8	227
2017	Other	46	29	5	1	1	12	4	91	3	74
2014	Executive	38	44	12	2	2	2	0	84	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	25	20	1	8	17	1	64	11	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	29	23	4	2	17	1	64	7	1128
2014	Administrative Support	27	26	21	5	1	16	4	65	9	196
2014	Other	31	26	28	0	0	11	4	67	0	38

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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	72	6	9	13	0	0	0	78	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	29	5	4	7	1	0	84	11	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	27	10	5	5	0	0	80	10	1084
2018	Administrative Support	55	19	14	7	5	0	0	74	13	167
2018	Other	59	21	9	5	4	2	1	82	9	56
2017	Executive	61	25	8	0	6	0	0	85	6	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	22	11	4	6	1	0	79	10	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	23	10	4	5	1	0	81	9	1325
2017	Administrative Support	57	19	10	7	5	1	0	77	12	227
2017	Other	73	14	8	4	0	0	1	88	4	75

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	44	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	9	3	3	0	85	6	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	39	10	4	3	0	83	7	1083
2018	Administrative Support	47	37	8	6	1	2	85	6	173
2018	Other	56	35	4	2	0	2	93	2	57
2017	Executive	57	37	0	4	2	0	94	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	40	4	5	1	0	90	6	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	39	9	5	3	0	82	9	1327
2017	Administrative Support	44	33	14	5	4	0	78	9	226
2017	Other	40	45	6	8	1	0	85	9	75

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	53	19	6	3	0	72	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	36	11	13	14	1	63	27	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	33	15	16	12	0	57	28	1091
2018	Administrative Support	29	36	14	9	10	1	66	20	173
2018	Other	45	33	6	9	3	3	81	13	57
2017	Executive	19	45	16	6	14	0	63	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	41	12	15	9	1	63	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	39	14	15	13	1	57	28	1323
2017	Administrative Support	26	37	11	13	10	2	65	23	227
2017	Other	31	43	11	11	0	4	77	11	75

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	29	26	6	19	0	48	26	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	30	20	16	20	1	44	36	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	22	13	20	1	45	33	1090
2018	Administrative Support	21	20	23	12	23	1	42	35	172
2018	Other	19	26	19	17	19	0	45	36	57
2017	Executive	37	20	18	18	6	0	57	24	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	24	16	15	25	1	43	40	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	22	20	17	24	1	39	41	1323
2017	Administrative Support	19	18	23	19	20	1	37	39	226
2017	Other	27	14	18	19	21	1	42	40	75

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	6	13	26	16	39	0	0	19	55	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	27	30	14	16	0	0	41	30	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	22	28	19	21	0	0	31	41	1090
2018	Administrative Support	19	37	19	14	11	1	0	56	25	171
2018	Other	31	35	23	7	1	0	3	67	9	57
2017	Executive	10	16	28	26	18	0	0	27	45	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	27	26	17	14	0	1	42	32	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	23	26	18	22	0	1	33	41	1322
2017	Administrative Support	29	25	24	12	9	0	1	54	22	226
2017	Other	42	32	22	1	2	0	1	75	3	75

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	3	10	27	27	33	0	0	13	60	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	35	20	12	10	0	1	56	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	28	29	16	12	0	0	43	28	1083
2018	Administrative Support	33	30	18	9	4	1	5	67	13	169
2018	Other	50	25	6	11	3	0	5	79	14	57
2017	Executive	10	18	26	24	18	0	2	29	44	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	31	18	13	13	0	3	55	27	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	26	15	13	0	2	46	28	1319
2017	Administrative Support	41	23	15	9	6	0	7	68	16	225
2017	Other	57	11	20	5	0	0	7	73	5	75

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	26	26	19	23	0	0	32	42	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	30	26	16	15	1	0	43	31	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	23	19	27	0	1	31	46	1083
2018	Administrative Support	28	24	20	15	13	0	0	52	28	171
2018	Other	29	33	17	12	9	0	1	63	20	57
2017	Executive	8	18	20	28	24	0	0	27	53	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	26	23	19	14	0	1	43	33	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	23	22	18	25	1	1	34	44	1323
2017	Administrative Support	25	25	19	16	11	0	3	52	29	227
2017	Other	39	20	21	12	5	0	4	61	17	74

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	13	19	16	29	23	0	0	32	52	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	23	11	5	4	1	7	79	9	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	24	13	5	4	0	7	76	10	1084
2018	Administrative Support	64	15	6	0	1	1	13	92	1	168
2018	Other	58	21	2	4	1	0	14	92	6	56
2017	Executive	21	22	16	22	18	0	0	43	41	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	20	11	4	3	0	12	79	8	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	25	12	4	3	0	10	78	9	1321
2017	Administrative Support	62	11	5	3	1	1	17	89	5	226
2017	Other	71	16	4	0	0	0	9	96	0	74

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	6	19	26	23	26	0	0	26	48	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	35	20	7	10	0	0	63	17	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	26	23	11	13	0	1	53	24	1086
2018	Administrative Support	42	22	22	7	5	1	2	65	13	172
2018	Other	43	24	17	9	6	0	1	68	15	56
2017	Executive	8	31	21	21	19	0	0	40	39	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	36	23	7	6	0	2	63	14	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	21	13	10	0	0	55	23	1322
2017	Administrative Support	40	28	18	8	4	0	0	69	13	224
2017	Other	49	28	19	2	2	0	0	78	4	74

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	31	38	25	6	0	0	0	69	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	43	18	9	15	1	0	58	24	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	39	22	12	7	0	1	58	19	1086
2018	Administrative Support	28	37	19	5	8	2	1	67	14	170
2018	Other	40	35	10	6	4	0	6	79	10	57
2017	Executive	25	29	27	15	4	0	0	54	19	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	27	22	10	14	0	1	54	24	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	22	11	7	0	1	59	18	1323
2017	Administrative Support	32	31	22	9	4	0	2	65	13	225
2017	Other	46	30	14	5	2	1	2	79	7	75

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	19	34	22	16	0	0	28	38	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	40	23	12	10	0	1	55	22	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	31	27	19	11	0	1	42	30	1087
2018	Administrative Support	25	32	25	9	5	1	2	59	15	170
2018	Other	35	32	19	8	3	0	4	69	11	57
2017	Executive	13	23	31	23	10	0	0	36	33	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	32	23	10	13	0	1	53	23	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	28	27	17	12	1	1	43	30	1320
2017	Administrative Support	30	30	23	11	4	2	1	61	15	224
2017	Other	44	30	16	5	3	0	2	75	9	75

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	19	25	34	6	16	0	0	44	22	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	35	19	11	9	0	0	62	19	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	25	14	9	0	1	51	23	1086
2018	Administrative Support	32	30	23	8	6	1	1	63	14	171
2018	Other	37	16	32	10	4	0	2	54	14	56
2017	Executive	19	27	33	8	12	0	0	46	21	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	31	20	7	10	1	2	62	17	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	32	23	14	9	0	1	54	23	1321
2017	Administrative Support	32	29	20	10	4	2	2	64	15	225
2017	Other	25	30	29	12	2	0	1	56	14	75

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	19	19	31	22	9	0	0	38	31	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	40	25	9	10	0	0	57	18	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	25	16	14	0	1	44	30	1085
2018	Administrative Support	33	25	25	9	8	0	1	58	17	171
2018	Other	41	27	19	9	1	0	2	70	10	57
2017	Executive	27	35	19	15	4	0	0	63	19	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	31	18	11	11	0	2	59	22	190
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	26	24	17	13	0	1	45	31	1318
2017	Administrative Support	33	35	16	8	5	1	1	70	14	224
2017	Other	30	41	24	1	2	0	1	73	3	75

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	34	9	6	3	0	81	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	21	19	6	7	1	67	13	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	27	12	7	7	1	75	14	1085
2018	Administrative Support	52	21	14	5	6	2	74	12	170
2018	Other	55	20	14	8	0	3	78	8	57
2017	Executive	73	21	6	0	0	0	94	0	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	27	16	8	5	1	70	13	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	23	13	7	5	1	74	12	1326
2017	Administrative Support	55	22	13	4	4	2	78	9	226
2017	Other	67	16	12	4	0	1	84	4	75

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	75	13	13	0	0	0	0	88	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	13	11	2	3	1	5	83	6	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	15	8	4	3	0	4	85	7	1079
2018	Administrative Support	69	12	6	4	4	0	5	86	8	169
2018	Other	77	11	3	1	0	0	9	96	1	57

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	71	23	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	68	14	4	4	6	3	1	86	10	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	15	8	3	5	1	2	83	8	1083
2018	Administrative Support	66	13	11	3	4	1	2	81	7	170
2018	Other	73	6	10	0	1	1	9	88	1	56
2017	Executive	76	18	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	75	9	5	4	2	2	3	89	6	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	72	13	6	3	3	0	2	88	6	1324
2017	Administrative Support	67	11	10	4	4	0	4	81	9	227
2017	Other	75	15	4	1	0	0	4	94	1	75

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	38	6	3	0	0	91	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	7	5	3	1	85	8	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	27	13	3	2	1	81	5	1087
2018	Administrative Support	55	21	15	3	5	1	77	8	173
2018	Other	65	19	9	2	2	2	86	5	56
2017	Executive	47	33	16	2	2	0	80	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	30	8	1	3	2	87	5	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	9	3	3	1	85	6	1322
2017	Administrative Support	50	31	10	4	4	2	82	7	227
2017	Other	75	17	2	1	0	4	97	1	75

Question 62o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	22	16	6	0	0	0	78	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	20	8	7	10	0	1	74	18	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	22	12	7	6	0	1	75	13	1077
2018	Administrative Support	60	22	8	3	8	0	0	82	11	173
2018	Other	68	13	9	1	2	3	3	87	4	56
2017	Executive	67	14	4	8	6	0	0	82	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	25	4	4	4	0	2	87	9	189
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	20	8	5	5	0	1	82	10	1316
2017	Administrative Support	66	15	8	6	4	0	1	82	10	227
2017	Other	80	8	6	1	0	0	5	93	1	75

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	45	19	10	0	0	71	10	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	14	3	5	0	34	89	7	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	11	6	2	0	32	88	3	1081
2018	Administrative Support	54	6	1	0	0	39	99	0	172
2018	Other	71	1	0	0	0	28	100	0	56
2017	Executive	51	26	12	8	2	0	78	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	13	3	1	2	35	92	4	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	10	4	2	1	31	90	4	1324
2017	Administrative Support	57	4	4	2	0	32	91	3	226
2017	Other	73	6	1	0	0	20	98	0	74

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	59	25	9	6	0	0	0	84	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	26	9	3	1	0	9	86	4	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	22	10	4	3	0	4	82	8	1083
2018	Administrative Support	68	16	9	1	2	0	4	88	2	172
2018	Other	78	7	7	0	1	0	7	91	1	56
2017	Executive	63	20	10	4	2	0	0	84	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	60	22	7	2	1	0	8	90	2	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	59	20	9	4	3	0	5	83	7	1319
2017	Administrative Support	67	16	8	1	1	1	5	90	2	225
2017	Other	79	7	4	3	0	0	7	93	3	74

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	94	6	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	77	11	5	3	2	0	3	90	5	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	70	16	5	3	3	0	3	89	6	1086
2018	Administrative Support	62	13	9	5	8	0	3	77	13	173
2018	Other	37	21	24	3	15	0	0	58	18	56
2017	Executive	90	6	0	0	2	0	2	98	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	14	5	2	3	0	4	89	6	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	64	18	7	3	4	1	3	86	8	1327
2017	Administrative Support	49	16	11	9	9	1	4	69	20	226
2017	Other	50	18	17	9	5	0	1	69	14	75

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	63	19	13	3	3	0	0	81	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	11	1	1	0	1	87	2	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	13	4	2	0	2	81	6	1083
2018	Administrative Support	46	32	12	5	4	0	2	79	9	173
2018	Other	53	26	15	0	4	0	2	81	4	56
2017	Executive	55	24	10	6	2	0	2	81	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	25	10	3	1	1	1	85	4	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	11	3	2	0	2	84	5	1323
2017	Administrative Support	49	30	9	6	3	0	3	81	9	227
2017	Other	60	16	17	4	0	0	3	78	4	75

Question 63. Overall, my level of work-related stress is…
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very high (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	6	28	31	22	13	0	34	34	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	35	29	9	11	0	51	20	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	35	16	9	0	39	26	1091
2018	Administrative Support	15	36	33	13	3	1	51	16	172
2018	Other	27	45	22	6	1	0	72	6	57
2017	Executive	4	18	47	22	8	0	23	31	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	33	36	12	5	0	46	17	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	27	38	16	10	0	36	26	1326
2017	Administrative Support	18	31	32	11	6	0	50	17	226
2017	Other	31	40	23	4	3	0	71	7	75

Question 64. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	32	26	13	6	0	0	19	55	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	28	30	21	9	0	0	29	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	22	38	17	5	0	0	22	40	1080
2018	Administrative Support	11	21	34	25	9	0	0	34	32	170
2018	Other	4	16	30	37	14	0	0	50	20	57
2017	Executive	16	37	33	10	4	0	0	14	53	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	24	35	23	10	0	0	32	33	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	26	37	16	7	0	0	22	40	1321
2017	Administrative Support	10	20	37	21	12	0	1	33	30	225
2017	Other	5	11	35	28	19	1	0	48	16	75

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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	28	34	16	16	6	0	0	28	72	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	28	27	13	15	1	0	17	83	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	26	22	12	14	1	0	26	74	1088
2018	Administrative Support	32	20	23	9	13	2	0	33	67	173
2018	Other	28	28	22	9	11	0	2	29	71	57
2017	Executive	41	26	22	6	4	0	0	41	59	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	30	16	15	17	2	0	21	79	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	21	22	13	18	2	0	24	76	1325
2017	Administrative Support	25	20	22	14	15	3	0	26	74	227
2017	Other	25	25	14	14	20	1	1	25	75	75

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	9	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	795
2018	Administrative Support	33	113
2018	Other	41	41
2017	Executive	7	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	976
2017	Administrative Support	34	161
2017	Other	59	54

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	39	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	795
2018	Administrative Support	31	113
2018	Other	49	41
2017	Executive	31	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	976
2017	Administrative Support	31	161
2017	Other	49	54

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	0	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	795
2018	Administrative Support	35	113
2018	Other	47	41
2017	Executive	3	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	976
2017	Administrative Support	24	161
2017	Other	34	54

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	52	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	795
2018	Administrative Support	27	113
2018	Other	16	41
2017	Executive	38	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	976
2017	Administrative Support	34	161
2017	Other	22	54

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	0	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	795
2018	Administrative Support	4	113
2018	Other	3	41
2017	Executive	0	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	976
2017	Administrative Support	4	161
2017	Other	2	54

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	39	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	795
2018	Administrative Support	19	113
2018	Other	22	41

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	795
2018	Administrative Support	46	113
2018	Other	27	41
2017	Executive	59	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	146
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	976
2017	Administrative Support	48	161
2017	Other	29	54

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	13	26	22	13	4	22	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	40	22	9	9	17	121
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	34	22	12	4	24	768
2018	Administrative Support	5	44	14	14	4	21	110
2018	Other	0	59	23	11	1	6	39
2017	Executive	4	46	18	7	7	18	28
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	42	20	9	5	14	145
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	43	22	11	5	15	968
2017	Administrative Support	4	43	20	15	6	10	162
2017	Other	8	51	13	16	1	10	52

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	61	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	73	123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	793
2018	Administrative Support	32	68	111
2018	Other	43	57	41

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	69	6	9	6	0	0	9	83	7	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	16	14	8	11	0	11	63	21	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	18	16	10	12	1	5	59	24	1084
2018	Administrative Support	37	20	16	7	12	2	6	62	20	173
2018	Other	40	21	14	5	1	0	19	75	8	57

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	22	17	26	13	17	0	4	41	32	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	20	19	22	26	2	6	28	52	125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	22	17	20	28	1	5	32	51	787
2018	Administrative Support	13	19	19	19	27	1	2	33	48	113
2018	Other	25	33	16	10	11	0	4	60	23	41
2017	Executive	3	34	7	17	14	3	21	50	41	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	19	18	19	22	2	10	33	46	149
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	21	11	19	32	2	6	33	55	977
2017	Administrative Support	12	23	19	15	25	2	3	37	43	162
2017	Other	23	32	10	7	23	0	6	58	32	54

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	9	13	9	13	43	0	13	25	65	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	14	13	18	41	2	8	19	66	123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	11	14	20	49	1	3	14	71	791
2018	Administrative Support	6	12	11	18	48	1	5	19	70	113
2018	Other	6	26	18	23	25	3	0	33	49	41
2017	Executive	0	10	14	21	34	0	21	13	70	29
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	6	16	18	45	3	6	12	70	149
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	8	9	17	56	1	6	11	79	976
2017	Administrative Support	6	9	9	19	52	3	2	16	74	162
2017	Other	9	16	11	21	33	0	10	28	60	54

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Date modified:: 2017-08-24

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

Table of Contents

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