2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Department of National Defence by Question 77. What is your current employee status?

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

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

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Question 1. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	41	12	14	7	0	1	67	21	9788
2018	Term	30	44	11	10	2	0	2	76	13	346
2018	Casual	27	35	15	12	3	1	6	68	16	198
2018	Student	31	53	11	4	1	0	1	84	5	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	38	12	15	9	0	0	63	25	11878
2017	Seasonal	36	11	30	11	0	0	11	54	13	10
2017	Term	31	39	10	12	8	0	0	70	20	410
2017	Casual	37	32	12	13	4	0	2	71	17	142
2017	Student	52	37	6	3	1	0	1	90	4	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	37	12	16	11	0	0	60	27	14033
2014	Seasonal	23	34	30	7	5	0	0	57	13	18
2014	Term	27	40	14	12	7	0	1	67	19	364
2014	Casual	35	34	14	11	2	0	4	72	14	234
2014	Student	36	35	12	13	2	0	3	72	15	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	40	12	12	7	0	1	69	19	15415
2011	Seasonal	18	33	28	17	4	0	0	50	21	24
2011	Term	32	38	14	10	5	0	2	71	15	544
2011	Casual	37	41	10	7	2	0	3	80	9	100
2011	Student	38	28	10	11	2	0	10	74	14	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	41	12	12	7	0	1	69	19	10808
2008	Seasonal	29	44	11	9	0	0	7	78	10	21
2008	Term	28	40	14	12	4	1	2	69	17	782
2008	Casual	34	42	11	5	5	0	3	79	10	93
2008	Student	38	38	10	8	2	0	4	79	10	104

Question 2. My job is a good fit with my interests.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	38	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	9747
2018	Term	51	35	9	3	3	0	0	85	6	346
2018	Casual	53	32	8	4	2	0	0	85	7	197
2018	Student	29	39	19	10	3	0	0	68	13	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	44	38	9	5	3	0	0	83	8	11867
2017	Seasonal	48	41	11	0	0	0	0	89	0	10
2017	Term	51	31	9	7	2	0	0	82	9	405
2017	Casual	61	24	10	3	2	0	0	85	5	141
2017	Student	45	28	14	7	6	0	0	73	13	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	38	10	6	3	0	0	81	9	14038
2014	Seasonal	53	38	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	18
2014	Term	48	35	7	4	5	1	1	84	9	364
2014	Casual	58	29	8	4	1	0	1	88	5	234
2014	Student	38	33	19	7	3	0	0	71	10	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	46	36	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	15417
2011	Seasonal	47	23	11	15	0	0	4	73	15	24
2011	Term	52	33	8	4	2	0	0	85	6	540
2011	Casual	63	27	6	2	2	0	0	90	5	101
2011	Student	49	34	6	8	2	0	0	83	10	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	39	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	10812
2008	Seasonal	85	2	14	0	0	0	0	86	0	21
2008	Term	46	38	10	4	2	0	0	85	5	784
2008	Casual	51	37	9	1	1	0	1	88	2	93
2008	Student	39	31	14	7	8	0	0	70	15	104

Question 3. My job is a good fit with my skills.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	50	35	7	5	3	0	0	85	8	9692
2018	Term	58	28	8	4	3	0	0	85	7	344
2018	Casual	62	27	6	2	3	0	0	89	6	197
2018	Student	41	36	13	10	0	1	0	78	10	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	52	34	6	5	3	0	0	87	7	11862
2017	Seasonal	51	38	11	0	0	0	0	89	0	10
2017	Term	56	33	5	3	3	0	0	89	6	408
2017	Casual	65	26	4	3	2	0	0	91	5	141
2017	Student	44	35	10	9	1	0	1	80	10	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	50	35	7	5	3	0	0	85	8	14034
2014	Seasonal	52	39	4	5	0	0	0	91	5	18
2014	Term	51	32	9	5	3	1	0	84	7	365
2014	Casual	65	24	4	4	2	0	1	90	6	234
2014	Student	41	34	15	9	2	0	0	74	11	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	52	36	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	15417
2011	Seasonal	55	23	7	7	4	0	4	81	12	24
2011	Term	52	32	8	5	3	0	1	84	8	545
2011	Casual	64	26	7	2	2	0	0	90	3	100
2011	Student	43	39	7	5	5	0	0	82	10	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	38	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	10812
2008	Seasonal	60	12	28	0	0	0	0	72	0	21
2008	Term	52	35	6	3	3	0	0	88	6	782
2008	Casual	63	31	5	0	1	0	0	94	1	93
2008	Student	37	43	10	5	6	0	0	79	11	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	35	13	7	5	0	0	75	12	9765
2018	Term	52	32	10	4	2	0	0	84	6	348
2018	Casual	65	22	7	2	1	0	3	89	4	196
2018	Student	71	20	6	2	0	1	0	92	2	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	35	11	8	5	0	0	76	13	11862
2017	Seasonal	36	34	19	0	0	11	0	79	0	10
2017	Term	53	31	9	4	2	1	1	85	6	408
2017	Casual	66	25	8	1	1	0	0	91	1	141
2017	Student	71	18	7	3	0	0	1	90	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	34	13	8	6	0	1	72	15	14032
2014	Seasonal	32	47	16	0	5	0	0	79	5	18
2014	Term	42	38	11	3	4	1	1	82	7	365
2014	Casual	51	30	11	4	1	0	4	84	5	234
2014	Student	61	25	7	3	0	2	1	89	4	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	36	12	8	5	0	1	75	13	15427
2011	Seasonal	53	15	7	18	8	0	0	68	25	24
2011	Term	47	35	12	4	0	1	1	84	4	545
2011	Casual	50	28	10	5	5	2	1	80	10	101
2011	Student	72	16	7	0	2	0	3	91	2	62

Question 5. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	41	12	8	5	0	0	75	13	9725
2018	Term	45	39	8	6	3	0	0	84	9	346
2018	Casual	53	36	5	2	2	1	0	90	5	197
2018	Student	33	44	15	8	1	0	0	77	9	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	44	11	7	5	0	0	77	12	11875
2017	Seasonal	36	41	22	0	0	0	0	78	0	10
2017	Term	42	38	10	8	2	0	0	80	10	409
2017	Casual	55	36	4	2	2	1	0	91	5	142
2017	Student	42	35	15	6	1	0	0	77	8	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	45	11	9	5	0	0	75	14	14050
2014	Seasonal	34	60	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	18
2014	Term	40	41	11	4	3	0	0	82	7	365
2014	Casual	51	37	6	3	2	0	1	88	5	234
2014	Student	37	30	21	8	4	0	0	67	12	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	41	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	15425
2011	Seasonal	50	25	11	10	0	0	4	78	11	24
2011	Term	48	37	10	4	1	0	0	85	5	544
2011	Casual	52	41	2	2	2	0	0	93	5	101
2011	Student	44	44	4	5	0	2	0	91	5	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	41	10	7	4	0	0	79	11	10759
2008	Seasonal	72	7	21	0	0	0	0	79	0	21
2008	Term	47	39	8	4	2	0	0	86	6	780
2008	Casual	63	29	6	1	1	0	1	93	1	93
2008	Student	43	33	11	7	6	0	0	76	13	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	32	20	13	13	0	0	54	27	9763
2018	Term	33	37	18	8	5	0	1	70	12	348
2018	Casual	46	31	12	6	3	0	1	78	9	198
2018	Student	38	38	18	1	1	1	2	79	2	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	34	18	14	12	0	0	56	26	11875
2017	Seasonal	9	35	34	0	11	0	11	50	13	10
2017	Term	33	36	13	12	4	1	0	70	17	407
2017	Casual	42	37	12	5	2	1	1	81	7	142
2017	Student	55	31	10	2	1	1	0	87	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	33	19	16	13	0	0	52	29	14042
2014	Seasonal	13	35	35	0	17	0	0	48	17	18
2014	Term	24	43	18	10	4	0	1	68	14	365
2014	Casual	41	33	12	9	3	0	1	76	12	234
2014	Student	35	41	15	9	0	0	1	76	9	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	37	16	15	11	0	0	57	26	15451
2011	Seasonal	25	26	14	14	21	0	0	50	35	24
2011	Term	29	42	16	9	4	0	0	71	13	545
2011	Casual	35	33	13	11	7	0	0	68	18	101
2011	Student	45	42	12	1	0	0	0	87	1	62

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	38	16	12	7	0	65	19	9770
2018	Term	36	38	13	8	4	0	75	12	347
2018	Casual	44	33	14	5	4	0	77	9	198
2018	Student	20	48	17	13	2	0	68	14	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	40	14	12	6	0	67	18	11871
2017	Seasonal	20	46	11	22	0	0	66	22	10
2017	Term	35	43	10	9	3	0	78	11	408
2017	Casual	43	43	5	6	1	1	87	8	141
2017	Student	39	50	8	4	0	0	88	4	102

Question 8. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	42	41	10	4	3	0	0	83	7	9820
2018	Term	50	38	7	4	0	0	0	89	4	351
2018	Casual	57	32	4	3	2	2	0	90	5	198
2018	Student	39	53	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	40	11	6	4	0	0	80	9	11871
2017	Seasonal	36	30	11	0	11	11	0	75	13	10
2017	Term	48	37	9	5	1	0	0	85	6	408
2017	Casual	58	34	4	3	1	1	0	92	4	141
2017	Student	43	42	12	4	0	0	0	85	4	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	38	40	12	5	4	1	0	79	9	14036
2014	Seasonal	44	43	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	18
2014	Term	39	44	12	2	2	1	0	84	4	365
2014	Casual	52	33	9	3	0	2	1	87	4	234
2014	Student	45	39	9	3	3	0	0	85	6	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	41	11	5	3	1	0	81	8	15442
2011	Seasonal	28	35	18	11	7	0	0	63	19	24
2011	Term	44	40	11	3	1	0	0	85	4	545
2011	Casual	57	33	6	1	1	2	0	92	2	101
2011	Student	43	42	7	5	0	0	2	87	5	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	45	39	9	4	3	1	0	84	7	10800
2008	Seasonal	64	4	32	0	0	0	0	68	0	21
2008	Term	53	38	6	2	1	0	0	90	3	783
2008	Casual	70	24	6	1	0	0	0	94	1	93
2008	Student	43	34	14	6	1	1	0	79	7	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	37	15	12	9	0	64	21	9788
2018	Term	38	39	11	6	5	0	77	12	350
2018	Casual	49	34	9	4	3	1	84	7	198
2018	Student	33	49	12	6	0	0	82	6	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	36	15	11	10	0	64	21	11854
2017	Seasonal	17	49	22	11	0	0	66	11	10
2017	Term	37	37	12	8	4	1	75	13	408
2017	Casual	51	36	6	6	1	1	88	6	140
2017	Student	56	32	8	5	0	0	87	5	102

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	55	32	8	3	2	0	0	87	5	9743
2018	Term	61	27	10	1	2	0	0	87	3	349
2018	Casual	63	27	6	2	1	1	0	91	2	196
2018	Student	30	45	22	2	0	1	0	76	2	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	57	32	7	2	1	0	0	89	4	11832
2017	Seasonal	66	34	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2017	Term	64	26	6	3	1	0	0	90	4	407
2017	Casual	70	27	1	1	1	0	0	97	2	141
2017	Student	54	33	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	64	26	6	2	1	0	0	90	3	14033
2014	Seasonal	77	23	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	18
2014	Term	69	25	4	1	1	0	0	94	1	365
2014	Casual	74	21	3	0	0	0	1	96	1	234
2014	Student	49	34	10	4	3	0	0	83	7	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	63	28	6	2	1	0	0	91	3	15439
2011	Seasonal	68	14	11	3	0	0	4	85	4	24
2011	Term	66	28	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	546
2011	Casual	68	24	6	1	0	0	0	93	1	101
2011	Student	55	30	12	2	0	0	0	85	2	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	39	14	11	9	0	0	65	20	9782
2018	Term	34	38	16	8	4	0	0	72	12	351
2018	Casual	45	31	14	5	3	0	2	78	8	199
2018	Student	36	39	14	7	2	1	1	77	9	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	40	12	11	7	0	0	70	18	11813
2017	Seasonal	0	68	32	0	0	0	0	68	0	10
2017	Term	35	37	11	11	5	0	1	73	16	408
2017	Casual	50	32	9	5	1	0	3	84	6	141
2017	Student	44	38	8	7	1	0	2	84	8	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	42	13	13	10	0	0	63	24	14039
2014	Seasonal	19	54	17	5	5	0	0	73	10	18
2014	Term	24	42	16	10	6	1	0	67	16	364
2014	Casual	30	36	19	7	3	1	4	69	11	234
2014	Student	29	39	14	14	2	0	2	70	16	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	40	11	11	7	0	0	70	18	15437
2011	Seasonal	32	32	7	21	4	0	4	67	26	24
2011	Term	32	43	15	7	2	0	1	75	9	546
2011	Casual	40	29	13	8	7	3	1	71	16	101
2011	Student	33	44	16	6	0	0	1	78	6	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	33	17	10	9	0	0	64	19	9765
2018	Term	39	35	14	6	5	0	0	75	12	350
2018	Casual	51	29	9	4	4	1	2	82	8	198
2018	Student	42	38	11	6	3	0	0	81	9	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	35	15	10	7	0	0	68	17	11823
2017	Seasonal	8	38	32	11	0	0	11	52	13	10
2017	Term	42	33	10	9	4	0	0	76	14	408
2017	Casual	56	28	10	3	1	0	2	86	4	141
2017	Student	50	33	9	5	2	0	1	84	7	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	37	15	11	8	0	0	65	19	14045
2014	Seasonal	15	43	25	17	0	0	0	58	17	18
2014	Term	30	41	16	6	6	1	0	72	11	364
2014	Casual	41	31	18	5	3	0	2	73	9	233
2014	Student	42	25	11	16	6	0	0	67	22	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	35	16	12	9	0	0	63	21	9778
2018	Term	39	35	15	7	4	0	0	74	11	350
2018	Casual	52	34	6	4	2	0	1	88	6	198
2018	Student	36	43	18	3	0	0	0	79	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	37	15	11	7	0	0	67	18	11823
2017	Seasonal	9	46	11	22	0	0	11	62	25	10
2017	Term	39	37	11	8	4	0	0	77	12	408
2017	Casual	54	31	11	2	1	1	1	86	3	141
2017	Student	55	33	9	2	0	0	1	89	2	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	36	16	12	8	0	0	63	21	14037
2014	Seasonal	19	56	12	13	0	0	0	75	13	18
2014	Term	34	39	14	8	4	1	0	73	12	364
2014	Casual	49	28	13	4	4	0	1	78	9	234
2014	Student	36	39	17	5	3	1	0	75	8	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	40	13	8	4	1	0	74	12	15415
2011	Seasonal	53	18	14	7	8	0	0	71	15	24
2011	Term	39	43	12	4	0	1	0	83	5	545
2011	Casual	52	32	7	3	4	2	1	86	7	100
2011	Student	52	37	6	2	0	0	2	92	2	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	42	38	11	6	3	0	80	9	9798
2018	Term	61	27	8	2	2	0	88	4	349
2018	Casual	61	30	5	1	3	0	91	4	199
2018	Student	35	42	19	2	2	0	77	4	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	38	11	5	3	0	81	8	11809
2017	Seasonal	51	27	22	0	0	0	78	0	10
2017	Term	59	26	10	5	1	0	84	6	406
2017	Casual	67	24	7	1	1	0	91	2	140
2017	Student	55	30	11	2	1	0	85	4	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	38	10	5	3	0	81	9	14034
2014	Seasonal	72	21	0	7	0	0	93	7	18
2014	Term	54	36	5	2	3	0	90	5	362
2014	Casual	66	25	6	1	1	1	92	3	234
2014	Student	38	43	13	3	3	0	81	7	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	45	39	8	5	2	0	85	7	15429
2011	Seasonal	58	21	3	10	3	4	82	14	24
2011	Term	56	35	6	3	0	0	91	3	545
2011	Casual	63	30	4	2	1	0	93	3	101
2011	Student	54	32	11	0	2	0	87	2	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	47	39	7	5	2	0	86	7	10810
2008	Seasonal	74	17	9	0	0	0	91	0	21
2008	Term	57	34	4	3	1	0	92	5	782
2008	Casual	70	23	5	1	1	1	93	1	93
2008	Student	49	36	8	3	4	0	85	7	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	32	17	8	5	0	1	70	13	9865
2018	Term	47	38	10	3	1	0	1	85	4	350
2018	Casual	59	26	10	1	1	1	2	88	2	200
2018	Student	66	28	4	2	0	0	1	94	2	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	35	15	7	4	0	1	73	12	11884
2017	Seasonal	58	30	0	0	0	0	11	100	0	10
2017	Term	46	35	12	3	1	0	3	83	5	411
2017	Casual	64	21	9	2	2	0	2	87	4	142
2017	Student	78	17	2	2	1	0	0	95	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	35	18	7	5	0	1	70	12	14043
2014	Seasonal	32	48	7	5	7	0	0	80	13	18
2014	Term	49	33	9	5	2	1	1	84	7	364
2014	Casual	56	30	8	2	3	0	1	87	5	234
2014	Student	58	30	9	3	0	0	0	88	3	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	35	18	8	4	0	1	69	12	15435
2011	Seasonal	68	10	6	4	8	0	3	81	13	24
2011	Term	48	35	12	3	1	0	1	84	4	545
2011	Casual	58	29	6	6	1	0	0	87	7	101
2011	Student	61	35	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	36	20	10	5	0	0	65	15	10807
2008	Seasonal	43	38	3	7	0	0	9	89	7	21
2008	Term	42	35	16	4	3	0	0	78	6	783
2008	Casual	50	31	13	5	1	0	1	82	5	93
2008	Student	51	30	12	1	1	1	3	85	2	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	27	35	18	7	0	1	25	39	9855
2018	Term	6	18	32	25	16	1	2	42	25	349
2018	Casual	5	18	31	20	21	3	3	43	24	197
2018	Student	3	12	21	39	21	2	2	62	16	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	26	35	17	8	0	2	25	39	11817
2017	Seasonal	11	0	22	46	11	0	9	63	12	10
2017	Term	8	19	35	20	11	1	5	33	29	405
2017	Casual	5	12	29	25	19	1	9	49	19	138
2017	Student	2	14	26	31	22	1	4	57	16	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	29	35	16	6	0	2	22	42	14016
2014	Seasonal	11	12	30	37	5	5	0	44	24	18
2014	Term	6	23	37	22	8	1	2	31	31	365
2014	Casual	7	13	30	22	20	2	6	46	22	234
2014	Student	2	17	34	29	15	1	3	45	20	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	28	34	16	7	0	2	23	41	15385
2011	Seasonal	23	23	18	11	18	3	3	31	49	24
2011	Term	9	23	33	19	12	1	2	32	33	543
2011	Casual	4	19	27	21	20	4	5	45	26	101
2011	Student	4	15	33	25	15	2	6	43	21	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	30	34	16	7	0	2	23	42	10767
2008	Seasonal	2	16	19	24	20	0	18	55	22	19
2008	Term	7	24	31	22	12	2	2	35	33	781
2008	Casual	6	17	38	19	17	1	2	37	24	92
2008	Student	6	20	34	15	14	5	6	33	29	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	22	28	21	12	1	1	35	37	9814
2018	Term	8	15	23	25	23	5	1	51	24	349
2018	Casual	3	19	19	21	28	5	5	54	25	196
2018	Student	0	7	16	35	33	6	3	75	7	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	22	29	20	12	1	3	34	36	11763
2017	Seasonal	11	11	27	11	19	11	9	38	28	10
2017	Term	8	16	27	21	18	3	6	44	26	405
2017	Casual	6	17	16	20	27	2	11	55	27	140
2017	Student	2	7	14	25	44	2	6	76	9	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	24	30	19	9	2	2	29	40	14013
2014	Seasonal	25	22	21	18	13	0	0	31	48	18
2014	Term	13	15	28	25	14	3	3	41	29	364
2014	Casual	7	15	22	20	25	4	6	51	24	233
2014	Student	4	16	20	29	22	4	5	57	21	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	21	29	22	12	1	3	36	33	15353
2011	Seasonal	32	15	24	7	19	0	3	27	48	24
2011	Term	7	18	30	23	16	4	2	41	27	539
2011	Casual	8	23	22	14	25	2	5	42	34	101
2011	Student	2	3	20	36	29	1	9	72	6	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	21	29	23	12	1	3	36	33	10747
2008	Seasonal	11	2	11	17	42	0	18	72	15	18
2008	Term	6	14	28	24	21	3	4	48	22	780
2008	Casual	10	7	30	20	24	6	3	48	19	91
2008	Student	1	10	12	27	31	10	8	71	14	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	27	27	13	7	1	2	21	52	9825
2018	Term	13	22	29	19	14	2	2	34	36	348
2018	Casual	9	12	27	21	21	4	6	47	24	197
2018	Student	8	16	30	19	18	6	4	41	26	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	27	26	12	7	1	3	20	52	11796
2017	Seasonal	11	30	19	8	11	11	9	24	52	10
2017	Term	16	23	26	14	12	2	7	29	43	408
2017	Casual	11	16	24	18	14	3	13	38	33	141
2017	Student	12	15	27	17	24	1	4	43	28	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	28	26	12	6	1	2	18	55	14021
2014	Seasonal	28	25	31	5	7	4	0	13	55	18
2014	Term	18	22	26	17	9	3	5	28	43	365
2014	Casual	13	15	21	21	20	2	8	45	31	234
2014	Student	9	27	26	14	17	3	4	33	39	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	26	27	14	7	1	3	22	50	15349
2011	Seasonal	24	18	27	14	11	0	7	27	44	24
2011	Term	13	25	26	17	12	5	2	31	41	538
2011	Casual	17	11	27	15	16	7	5	36	33	101
2011	Student	13	9	28	28	14	3	5	45	24	60
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	26	29	15	8	1	2	23	47	10751
2008	Seasonal	21	20	4	17	21	0	18	46	50	18
2008	Term	12	20	28	18	15	3	4	35	35	780
2008	Casual	13	16	20	19	16	7	9	42	35	90
2008	Student	12	11	29	13	16	9	10	35	29	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	6	15	33	30	13	1	2	44	22	9795
2018	Term	2	7	24	34	29	1	3	66	9	349
2018	Casual	1	5	16	38	32	2	6	76	6	195
2018	Student	3	6	13	30	43	4	2	78	9	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	6	14	32	28	14	1	3	44	22	11718
2017	Seasonal	0	0	19	42	8	0	32	73	0	10
2017	Term	2	8	19	35	26	2	7	67	12	402
2017	Casual	1	9	20	28	28	3	12	65	11	138
2017	Student	1	2	17	18	57	1	4	79	3	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	15	34	30	12	1	2	43	22	13957
2014	Seasonal	4	5	33	34	25	0	0	58	8	18
2014	Term	4	7	26	37	20	2	4	60	12	364
2014	Casual	2	6	19	32	30	1	8	69	9	234
2014	Student	0	3	14	36	43	1	3	82	4	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	16	32	28	13	1	3	43	24	15325
2011	Seasonal	8	32	10	21	21	0	8	46	44	24
2011	Term	5	10	24	30	23	2	6	58	16	541
2011	Casual	6	9	17	26	36	1	5	66	16	101
2011	Student	4	4	21	39	22	3	7	68	9	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	16	33	29	12	0	2	42	24	10748
2008	Seasonal	11	4	31	5	31	0	18	45	18	18
2008	Term	3	9	26	32	26	1	3	61	12	777
2008	Casual	4	10	12	30	36	2	6	72	15	91
2008	Student	3	7	16	26	37	6	6	71	11	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	26	27	15	10	1	1	25	47	9836
2018	Term	6	17	23	27	22	4	2	52	24	349
2018	Casual	3	12	18	30	29	4	5	64	16	197
2018	Student	3	7	13	31	33	5	9	73	11	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	24	28	16	9	1	3	26	45	11811
2017	Seasonal	11	34	8	0	27	0	20	34	56	10
2017	Term	8	16	24	24	21	2	6	49	25	404
2017	Casual	8	12	17	19	32	1	11	57	23	139
2017	Student	2	5	16	30	41	0	7	76	7	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	27	27	13	7	1	2	21	51	14010
2014	Seasonal	24	31	19	18	5	0	4	24	56	18
2014	Term	16	18	25	20	14	2	5	37	36	365
2014	Casual	10	12	21	21	24	3	10	51	25	234
2014	Student	6	8	22	22	31	2	8	59	16	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	17	24	29	17	10	1	3	27	43	15370
2011	Seasonal	15	19	31	18	14	0	3	34	35	24
2011	Term	6	14	29	27	17	3	5	47	22	544
2011	Casual	7	21	17	18	25	4	8	48	32	101
2011	Student	4	7	22	27	28	1	11	62	13	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	16	24	29	18	10	1	2	29	41	10753
2008	Seasonal	0	16	30	5	29	0	20	42	20	18
2008	Term	5	13	29	24	22	3	4	49	20	781
2008	Casual	11	11	20	27	21	2	9	54	24	91
2008	Student	1	6	11	28	32	7	14	76	10	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	21	26	22	13	1	2	37	36	9806
2018	Term	8	14	19	26	26	4	3	56	23	346
2018	Casual	6	13	23	21	23	7	7	51	22	197
2018	Student	6	6	16	19	39	9	6	68	13	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	20	26	22	14	2	5	38	35	11791
2017	Seasonal	11	19	11	0	16	0	43	28	52	10
2017	Term	5	13	22	21	26	5	8	54	21	403
2017	Casual	13	10	18	19	23	2	15	50	28	140
2017	Student	1	7	11	18	47	4	12	77	9	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	19	27	23	14	1	4	39	33	13992
2014	Seasonal	19	7	42	22	5	5	0	29	27	18
2014	Term	9	14	21	25	19	5	7	50	26	363
2014	Casual	12	16	20	19	18	4	11	43	33	234
2014	Student	7	14	11	28	21	10	11	61	26	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	18	25	23	15	1	5	40	32	15361
2011	Seasonal	11	14	4	27	15	3	26	59	36	24
2011	Term	10	19	19	20	18	6	7	44	34	539
2011	Casual	11	19	21	15	18	10	7	39	35	100
2011	Student	8	9	17	21	28	6	11	59	21	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	21	25	21	14	2	4	37	36	10760
2008	Seasonal	0	8	15	18	18	11	30	61	14	18
2008	Term	7	16	21	24	21	4	7	51	25	779
2008	Casual	12	18	21	20	19	5	6	43	34	91
2008	Student	1	7	19	23	22	15	12	62	12	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	25	30	14	8	2	2	23	47	9839
2018	Term	11	20	31	17	15	4	2	35	32	347
2018	Casual	6	13	29	20	21	6	5	46	21	196
2018	Student	4	19	21	21	27	4	4	52	25	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	24	30	13	8	2	4	22	46	11797
2017	Seasonal	11	0	19	42	8	0	20	62	14	10
2017	Term	13	18	28	16	14	5	7	34	35	408
2017	Casual	11	14	26	14	20	3	12	41	29	140
2017	Student	12	11	23	19	22	6	6	46	27	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	25	30	13	7	2	3	21	47	14000
2014	Seasonal	24	7	41	5	10	10	4	17	36	18
2014	Term	14	15	29	17	13	7	4	34	33	365
2014	Casual	10	13	28	18	18	4	9	41	27	232
2014	Student	15	19	18	19	20	3	5	43	37	63

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My Work Unit

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	33	21	12	12	3	1	53	25	9819
2018	Term	26	29	22	10	5	5	2	60	16	352
2018	Casual	35	29	14	6	4	8	4	73	12	200
2018	Student	29	31	11	5	3	10	11	76	10	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	33	17	12	11	3	2	57	25	11878
2017	Seasonal	0	57	11	0	20	11	0	64	23	10
2017	Term	34	28	17	8	7	4	3	65	16	410
2017	Casual	37	29	16	6	3	5	3	72	10	141
2017	Student	49	25	6	5	0	6	8	87	6	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	33	17	13	11	3	1	58	25	14042
2014	Seasonal	27	43	12	5	13	0	0	70	17	18
2014	Term	28	35	16	7	7	5	2	68	15	363
2014	Casual	41	27	10	7	4	6	6	77	12	234
2014	Student	33	27	14	7	2	8	8	72	11	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	32	12	13	11	0	0	64	24	9795
2018	Term	42	29	14	11	4	0	0	71	15	352
2018	Casual	51	28	9	3	5	3	0	82	8	199
2018	Student	59	24	3	10	2	3	0	85	12	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	32	12	12	10	1	0	66	22	11877
2017	Seasonal	22	38	19	0	20	0	0	60	20	10
2017	Term	44	31	9	10	5	1	0	76	15	410
2017	Casual	48	34	7	7	1	1	2	84	8	141
2017	Student	71	23	2	1	3	0	1	94	4	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	32	11	12	11	1	0	65	24	14036
2014	Seasonal	37	34	12	5	12	0	0	71	17	18
2014	Term	37	38	11	8	5	1	0	76	13	363
2014	Casual	47	28	7	9	6	0	3	77	15	234
2014	Student	45	35	4	12	3	0	0	81	15	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	20	22	19	19	9	2	33	42	9791
2018	Term	13	21	21	17	14	13	1	39	36	350
2018	Casual	20	21	18	9	7	22	3	55	21	199
2018	Student	18	15	10	13	8	28	8	51	32	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	20	20	21	19	10	2	33	45	11880
2017	Seasonal	0	16	19	20	22	22	0	21	55	10
2017	Term	14	19	16	20	16	12	2	39	42	409
2017	Casual	16	22	15	14	5	20	6	52	27	142
2017	Student	20	21	11	8	3	30	7	66	17	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	20	19	22	21	8	2	31	47	14046
2014	Seasonal	11	34	14	10	22	9	0	49	35	18
2014	Term	10	24	19	16	19	9	2	39	40	364
2014	Casual	17	19	16	18	8	15	6	46	34	233
2014	Student	14	13	20	18	5	26	4	39	33	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	40	12	9	5	0	0	74	14	9779
2018	Term	46	39	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	351
2018	Casual	64	27	5	2	2	0	0	91	4	200
2018	Student	68	24	3	5	1	0	0	91	6	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	41	12	9	6	0	0	73	15	11861
2017	Term	42	39	7	8	2	1	0	82	11	408
2017	Casual	54	31	8	6	0	0	1	86	6	141
2017	Student	68	27	4	1	0	0	0	95	1	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	43	12	10	5	0	0	72	16	14034
2014	Seasonal	19	49	15	12	5	0	0	67	18	18
2014	Term	32	42	13	9	4	0	0	74	13	364
2014	Casual	50	33	6	7	3	0	1	84	10	233
2014	Student	54	34	11	1	0	0	0	87	1	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	41	16	7	5	1	0	72	12	9799
2018	Term	38	41	14	4	2	1	0	80	6	351
2018	Casual	52	30	10	4	1	3	1	84	5	200
2018	Student	58	32	7	0	1	1	1	92	1	105

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 22. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	35	16	10	7	0	0	66	17	9796
2018	Term	43	34	12	5	5	1	0	78	10	349
2018	Casual	47	32	11	4	3	2	2	81	7	198
2018	Student	43	38	10	5	1	0	4	84	6	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	37	15	9	7	0	0	69	16	11889
2017	Seasonal	9	27	30	11	11	0	11	41	25	10
2017	Term	41	34	11	9	3	0	1	76	13	409
2017	Casual	51	25	11	5	2	2	3	81	8	142
2017	Student	56	31	6	4	1	0	1	89	5	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	37	14	10	7	0	0	68	17	14046
2014	Seasonal	49	26	20	5	0	0	0	75	5	18
2014	Term	39	34	17	6	3	1	0	74	9	365
2014	Casual	47	27	14	4	4	1	3	78	8	234
2014	Student	40	42	7	7	2	0	1	83	9	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	36	15	11	8	0	0	67	18	15428
2011	Seasonal	43	24	11	11	8	4	0	70	19	24
2011	Term	34	40	14	8	3	1	0	74	11	546
2011	Casual	39	38	9	7	8	0	0	77	15	99
2011	Student	40	39	3	15	4	0	0	79	19	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	36	13	11	10	0	0	66	21	10802
2008	Seasonal	57	30	10	2	0	0	0	87	2	20
2008	Term	33	41	11	8	6	1	1	75	14	782
2008	Casual	45	38	9	1	6	0	1	83	7	93
2008	Student	45	34	10	9	1	0	1	80	10	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	38	31	16	8	7	1	0	70	15	9785
2018	Term	49	34	7	4	4	2	0	84	8	348
2018	Casual	60	29	6	2	0	3	0	92	3	198
2018	Student	63	24	5	3	0	4	2	92	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	33	14	8	6	2	1	71	14	11885
2017	Seasonal	8	50	30	0	0	11	0	66	0	10
2017	Term	52	27	10	7	2	1	1	80	9	410
2017	Casual	57	28	8	3	1	2	1	88	4	142
2017	Student	64	25	5	2	1	1	2	92	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	33	14	9	7	2	1	70	16	14046
2014	Seasonal	31	56	7	5	0	0	0	87	5	18
2014	Term	46	28	15	5	3	3	0	77	8	365
2014	Casual	56	27	7	4	2	3	1	87	6	234
2014	Student	54	38	4	3	0	1	0	93	3	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	32	14	9	7	2	0	70	16	15424
2011	Seasonal	43	11	20	18	4	0	4	56	23	24
2011	Term	43	31	16	5	2	3	0	76	7	544
2011	Casual	50	28	5	7	3	6	0	84	11	99
2011	Student	57	12	21	8	0	2	0	70	8	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	32	13	9	8	2	0	69	18	10803
2008	Seasonal	61	26	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	20
2008	Term	43	31	15	4	4	3	0	76	8	782
2008	Casual	44	33	13	5	4	1	1	78	9	93
2008	Student	62	23	6	5	0	2	2	89	5	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	33	14	10	7	0	0	69	18	9766
2018	Term	48	35	7	6	4	0	0	83	10	345
2018	Casual	57	30	5	4	0	2	0	90	4	198
2018	Student	56	29	10	5	0	1	0	85	5	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	34	12	10	7	1	0	71	17	11885
2017	Seasonal	19	70	11	0	0	0	0	89	0	10
2017	Term	47	32	11	5	4	1	0	80	9	410
2017	Casual	61	22	10	3	3	0	1	84	6	141
2017	Student	70	19	4	3	3	0	1	89	6	100
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	35	12	11	8	1	0	69	19	14049
2014	Seasonal	47	28	20	5	0	0	0	75	5	18
2014	Term	42	36	11	5	5	1	0	79	10	364
2014	Casual	52	27	11	6	2	1	2	80	8	234
2014	Student	52	32	8	6	2	0	0	84	8	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	35	12	11	8	0	0	69	19	15420
2011	Seasonal	53	14	7	7	19	0	0	67	26	24
2011	Term	39	34	14	7	4	1	0	74	11	546
2011	Casual	49	26	11	8	4	2	0	76	13	99
2011	Student	50	26	14	9	0	0	0	76	9	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	35	11	11	9	1	0	68	20	10801
2008	Seasonal	59	18	21	2	0	0	0	77	2	20
2008	Term	42	33	12	8	4	1	0	75	13	782
2008	Casual	43	39	10	3	4	0	1	82	8	93
2008	Student	51	24	12	10	1	1	1	76	11	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	45	29	14	6	6	1	0	75	12	9771
2018	Term	56	29	8	2	4	1	0	86	6	349
2018	Casual	70	21	7	1	1	0	0	91	3	198
2018	Student	74	15	7	2	1	1	0	90	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	46	28	13	5	6	2	0	75	11	11869
2017	Seasonal	19	58	11	0	0	11	0	87	0	10
2017	Term	57	25	8	5	3	1	0	83	8	409
2017	Casual	73	16	7	1	1	2	1	92	1	142
2017	Student	81	13	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	101

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	29	14	8	8	0	69	17	9781
2018	Term	53	28	11	3	5	0	81	8	349
2018	Casual	64	23	9	2	2	0	88	4	197
2018	Student	62	26	6	5	1	0	88	6	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	29	13	7	7	0	73	14	11835
2017	Seasonal	30	47	11	0	0	11	87	0	10
2017	Term	54	27	7	5	5	1	83	10	409
2017	Casual	67	21	7	2	2	1	89	4	139
2017	Student	76	18	4	2	0	0	94	2	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	31	12	8	8	0	72	16	14031
2014	Seasonal	40	35	20	5	0	0	75	5	18
2014	Term	47	32	13	5	2	0	80	7	365
2014	Casual	64	20	7	3	3	3	87	6	234
2014	Student	55	26	10	7	0	2	83	7	63

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Senior Management

Question 28. I receive the support I need from senior management to address unsatisfactory performance issues in my work unit. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	35	18	12	7	3	5	59	22	2670
2018	Term	12	59	11	0	8	0	11	79	9	19
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	38	16	12	6	2	5	63	20	3237
2017	Term	36	36	10	9	3	0	6	77	13	30
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	36	16	11	8	2	4	62	20	3573
2014	Term	35	39	10	13	0	4	0	77	13	27

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	32	18	12	10	3	0	59	22	9866
2018	Term	37	34	12	7	4	5	1	75	12	351
2018	Casual	50	28	11	3	1	7	0	85	4	199
2018	Student	56	26	5	5	0	8	1	90	5	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	33	17	11	9	4	0	61	21	11897
2017	Seasonal	19	30	8	34	9	0	0	49	43	10
2017	Term	36	32	15	7	4	5	1	72	12	410
2017	Casual	48	32	8	6	1	4	2	84	7	142
2017	Student	58	24	7	3	0	8	0	89	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	34	17	12	11	5	0	58	24	14034
2014	Seasonal	34	29	30	7	0	0	0	63	7	18
2014	Term	27	32	21	9	5	6	0	62	15	365
2014	Casual	45	28	14	3	3	5	2	79	6	234
2014	Student	37	48	7	2	0	6	0	91	2	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	31	19	12	11	4	0	56	24	15421
2011	Seasonal	26	25	25	10	8	6	0	54	20	24
2011	Term	28	36	18	8	3	5	1	69	12	545
2011	Casual	37	30	12	11	7	3	0	69	18	101
2011	Student	41	40	9	4	1	4	0	85	5	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	30	19	14	13	1	0	53	28	9830
2018	Term	35	32	16	10	5	3	1	69	15	350
2018	Casual	53	29	10	3	3	3	0	84	6	199
2018	Student	56	30	6	4	1	3	1	89	5	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	32	18	15	13	2	0	53	28	11894
2017	Seasonal	19	38	0	22	20	0	0	57	43	10
2017	Term	34	34	14	8	7	3	1	70	15	409
2017	Casual	49	22	17	9	2	2	1	72	11	142
2017	Student	55	20	12	5	2	6	0	80	7	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	30	19	16	14	2	0	49	31	14037
2014	Seasonal	27	36	18	13	7	0	0	63	20	18
2014	Term	24	34	23	10	8	2	0	59	18	365
2014	Casual	41	33	12	8	3	1	2	76	12	234
2014	Student	45	42	7	2	2	3	0	89	4	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	32	19	14	15	2	0	52	29	15419
2011	Seasonal	25	28	10	33	4	0	0	53	37	24
2011	Term	29	35	18	8	7	2	0	66	16	544
2011	Casual	38	25	13	10	11	2	1	65	22	101
2011	Student	41	35	17	3	1	3	0	79	4	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	34	17	13	12	2	0	57	25	10803
2008	Seasonal	22	35	15	21	0	7	0	62	22	20
2008	Term	31	35	17	8	5	3	0	69	13	781
2008	Casual	42	34	15	2	6	1	1	77	8	92
2008	Student	49	33	9	3	0	5	1	87	4	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	28	22	18	15	3	0	44	33	9831
2018	Term	24	29	23	14	6	5	1	55	21	347
2018	Casual	37	36	13	4	4	6	0	78	8	199
2018	Student	40	29	13	6	1	10	2	77	8	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	29	21	18	14	3	0	45	34	11890
2017	Seasonal	11	24	22	20	11	11	0	39	36	10
2017	Term	26	30	16	15	8	4	1	59	24	409
2017	Casual	32	29	19	11	1	7	1	67	13	142
2017	Student	44	19	13	10	3	11	0	70	15	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	27	22	20	16	3	0	40	37	14031
2014	Seasonal	18	33	14	25	7	4	0	53	33	18
2014	Term	17	28	23	15	11	6	0	48	28	365
2014	Casual	35	28	15	10	5	5	2	68	16	233
2014	Student	30	43	10	7	2	8	0	80	9	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	32	21	19	13	4	0	44	34	15413
2011	Seasonal	22	25	27	11	8	3	4	51	20	24
2011	Term	17	36	21	12	7	7	1	57	20	545
2011	Casual	24	32	15	13	8	7	1	61	23	100
2011	Student	23	32	9	22	2	12	0	62	27	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	33	19	19	13	4	0	46	34	10809
2008	Seasonal	22	29	24	18	0	7	0	55	19	20
2008	Term	18	34	20	14	8	6	0	56	23	777
2008	Casual	36	32	19	4	6	3	1	70	10	93
2008	Student	32	34	9	11	3	9	1	74	17	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	28	19	20	18	1	0	42	39	9841
2018	Term	25	30	20	14	8	2	0	57	23	351
2018	Casual	36	35	14	7	4	5	0	74	11	199
2018	Student	37	32	8	9	4	11	1	77	14	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	30	18	20	17	2	0	44	37	11869
2017	Seasonal	8	16	22	32	11	11	0	27	48	10
2017	Term	21	35	15	17	8	3	0	58	26	410
2017	Casual	36	30	15	10	6	2	1	68	16	141
2017	Student	36	33	9	10	2	10	0	77	13	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	29	18	21	18	2	0	41	40	14032
2014	Seasonal	18	37	23	7	14	0	0	55	22	18
2014	Term	18	31	22	16	9	3	0	51	26	364
2014	Casual	32	34	16	8	6	3	1	69	15	233
2014	Student	29	33	14	6	7	8	2	69	15	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	32	18	21	15	2	0	45	37	15405
2011	Seasonal	21	21	18	14	22	3	0	44	38	24
2011	Term	19	36	17	17	6	5	0	58	24	544
2011	Casual	26	32	12	17	8	5	2	62	26	100
2011	Student	22	38	9	18	4	9	0	66	24	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	36	15	21	13	2	0	50	35	10804
2008	Seasonal	21	38	31	4	0	7	0	63	4	20
2008	Term	20	39	15	15	7	3	0	61	23	781
2008	Casual	37	26	17	11	3	6	0	67	15	91
2008	Student	32	36	13	7	2	9	1	76	10	103

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My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 33. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	39	20	13	7	0	0	60	20	9831
2018	Term	27	43	16	10	3	1	1	71	13	349
2018	Casual	38	39	8	6	4	3	1	81	10	198
2018	Student	44	34	11	6	1	4	1	82	7	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	39	19	12	7	1	0	61	20	11874
2017	Seasonal	8	49	20	0	11	0	11	64	13	10
2017	Term	26	42	18	7	5	2	1	70	12	409
2017	Casual	38	42	10	7	1	1	1	82	8	142
2017	Student	47	31	14	4	3	0	1	79	7	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	37	19	13	9	2	0	58	22	14042
2014	Seasonal	23	26	32	7	0	11	0	55	8	18
2014	Term	25	40	20	8	3	4	0	68	12	365
2014	Casual	43	34	10	5	3	4	2	81	8	234
2014	Student	39	34	16	7	2	2	0	75	9	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	42	18	12	6	1	0	64	18	15418
2011	Seasonal	25	34	7	15	19	0	0	59	34	24
2011	Term	26	41	19	6	4	2	0	70	11	543
2011	Casual	34	31	14	14	3	2	2	68	18	101
2011	Student	38	36	8	9	5	1	2	76	15	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	38	16	10	7	1	1	67	17	9827
2018	Term	39	34	12	10	3	2	0	75	13	348
2018	Casual	49	28	10	4	4	2	3	81	8	197
2018	Student	32	36	8	13	6	3	3	71	20	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	39	13	8	5	2	1	73	14	11853
2017	Seasonal	0	46	22	11	9	0	11	52	23	10
2017	Term	39	35	8	9	4	4	1	79	13	410
2017	Casual	51	24	10	7	2	2	3	79	10	142
2017	Student	37	34	11	7	2	6	3	78	10	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	39	12	8	5	2	1	74	13	14044
2014	Seasonal	22	60	0	0	17	0	0	83	17	18
2014	Term	35	38	14	6	2	3	2	77	8	365
2014	Casual	51	28	7	3	2	6	1	86	6	234
2014	Student	38	33	9	9	2	3	5	78	12	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	37	11	7	5	3	1	75	13	15406
2011	Seasonal	30	24	25	6	8	8	0	58	15	24
2011	Term	39	34	13	7	2	4	1	77	10	543
2011	Casual	44	26	11	6	6	5	2	75	13	100
2011	Student	36	27	11	12	2	11	2	72	16	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	36	12	9	6	3	1	73	15	10800
2008	Seasonal	43	33	19	2	0	2	0	78	3	20
2008	Term	38	35	14	6	3	3	1	76	9	781
2008	Casual	44	32	7	7	4	3	3	81	12	93
2008	Student	31	31	12	10	6	5	4	69	18	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	37	19	9	6	1	0	65	15	9814
2018	Term	35	40	16	6	2	0	0	76	8	349
2018	Casual	52	29	12	4	2	1	0	82	6	198
2018	Student	49	26	13	5	0	7	1	81	5	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	29	20	13	13	5	1	51	28	9823
2018	Term	30	29	18	8	8	6	2	64	17	347
2018	Casual	42	25	16	5	3	4	4	73	9	199
2018	Student	34	26	13	9	2	12	5	71	13	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	29	17	13	13	5	1	54	28	11846
2017	Seasonal	8	27	22	22	9	11	0	39	36	10
2017	Term	29	28	16	11	8	7	2	62	20	409
2017	Casual	40	24	12	6	2	13	4	77	9	141
2017	Student	32	27	11	2	7	12	10	75	11	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	28	17	15	14	6	1	50	31	14033
2014	Seasonal	26	17	30	10	13	4	0	45	24	18
2014	Term	22	30	20	10	10	7	1	56	22	365
2014	Casual	30	20	16	7	7	10	9	63	17	234
2014	Student	33	21	20	8	0	14	5	66	10	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	28	18	14	14	7	1	50	30	15426
2011	Seasonal	22	18	18	25	16	0	0	40	41	23
2011	Term	22	27	20	12	8	9	2	55	23	545
2011	Casual	23	22	16	11	11	11	8	55	26	101
2011	Student	35	25	9	12	2	14	4	72	17	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	31	20	15	14	1	0	51	29	9816
2018	Term	30	35	17	9	4	3	1	68	14	350
2018	Casual	38	28	19	3	2	6	4	73	6	198
2018	Student	46	33	12	3	1	5	1	84	4	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	33	17	15	12	2	1	55	28	11888
2017	Seasonal	8	28	30	22	11	0	0	36	34	10
2017	Term	33	36	11	9	6	3	2	73	16	411
2017	Casual	34	27	18	6	1	8	7	71	8	142
2017	Student	61	22	6	5	1	3	2	88	6	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	31	18	17	15	2	0	49	33	14040
2014	Seasonal	15	22	45	7	7	4	0	39	15	18
2014	Term	23	35	18	12	7	4	2	61	20	363
2014	Casual	27	25	10	11	5	9	14	67	20	233
2014	Student	41	28	11	9	2	7	1	76	12	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	34	16	14	12	1	0	57	26	15419
2011	Seasonal	17	29	24	12	12	0	7	50	25	24
2011	Term	29	33	18	12	5	2	1	64	17	544
2011	Casual	31	26	10	8	8	8	8	68	19	100
2011	Student	34	27	13	4	2	13	8	76	8	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	36	16	14	12	1	0	57	26	10806
2008	Seasonal	27	23	41	2	0	7	0	54	2	21
2008	Term	25	37	18	11	6	3	0	64	17	780
2008	Casual	31	27	19	8	7	1	8	63	16	93
2008	Student	35	33	10	5	4	11	1	78	11	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	23	17	16	24	1	3	40	42	9831
2018	Term	24	30	19	11	8	4	5	59	21	348
2018	Casual	26	25	16	6	7	5	16	64	16	199
2018	Student	32	30	15	4	3	5	10	74	8	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	24	16	17	23	2	5	41	42	11889
2017	Seasonal	0	19	28	22	11	0	19	24	42	10
2017	Term	25	30	17	9	9	3	7	61	20	411
2017	Casual	21	19	12	10	6	6	27	59	23	141
2017	Student	45	17	6	7	4	7	14	78	14	101
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	21	15	17	29	2	4	35	49	14046
2014	Seasonal	15	7	54	0	12	11	0	25	14	18
2014	Term	14	26	20	15	14	5	6	45	32	364
2014	Casual	12	14	14	8	15	5	30	42	36	234
2014	Student	23	18	6	15	5	10	23	60	31	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	23	16	17	25	1	4	39	44	15418
2011	Seasonal	18	18	17	28	19	0	0	36	46	24
2011	Term	13	25	19	16	16	3	7	43	36	545
2011	Casual	15	19	6	13	17	6	23	48	43	100
2011	Student	31	12	22	3	6	9	17	58	12	61
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	27	14	17	22	2	3	44	41	10806
2008	Seasonal	21	29	16	2	2	12	19	71	5	21
2008	Term	16	30	21	14	10	4	6	50	26	780
2008	Casual	23	19	12	11	8	6	20	58	26	93
2008	Student	20	36	8	9	5	9	14	73	17	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	37	23	11	9	2	0	56	20	9826
2018	Term	26	41	21	6	3	3	1	69	9	350
2018	Casual	42	34	13	4	3	2	2	79	7	199
2018	Student	28	47	15	2	1	5	3	81	3	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	38	21	11	8	3	0	59	20	11896
2017	Seasonal	0	38	39	11	11	0	0	38	22	10
2017	Term	28	36	19	8	4	4	1	67	13	411
2017	Casual	37	39	12	3	1	6	2	83	4	140
2017	Student	42	32	14	5	1	4	2	78	7	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	36	18	4	3	2	0	74	8	9820
2018	Term	43	34	15	4	1	2	1	80	5	347
2018	Casual	57	26	11	1	1	4	0	87	2	198
2018	Student	52	30	8	3	0	7	0	89	3	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	36	18	5	4	3	1	72	9	11880
2017	Seasonal	0	36	30	22	0	11	0	41	25	10
2017	Term	45	33	12	3	2	3	2	81	6	411
2017	Casual	54	29	6	1	1	5	3	92	2	141
2017	Student	59	19	8	3	1	9	1	87	4	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	36	17	4	3	4	1	75	7	14045
2014	Seasonal	33	47	20	0	0	0	0	80	0	18
2014	Term	38	39	13	2	3	4	1	81	5	364
2014	Casual	52	26	12	2	2	4	2	83	4	233
2014	Student	56	23	8	5	0	4	3	86	6	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	39	16	6	4	1	0	74	10	9819
2018	Term	48	33	13	3	1	1	0	82	5	346
2018	Casual	57	32	7	2	1	1	0	90	3	199
2018	Student	62	29	5	3	0	2	0	92	3	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	41	15	6	3	2	0	75	10	11861
2017	Seasonal	8	49	32	0	11	0	0	57	11	10
2017	Term	46	36	10	6	1	2	0	83	7	408
2017	Casual	53	35	7	2	0	2	1	91	2	141
2017	Student	68	22	9	1	0	0	0	90	1	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	38	16	6	4	3	0	74	10	14041
2014	Seasonal	26	50	19	0	0	0	5	80	0	18
2014	Term	37	40	14	4	2	3	0	79	6	364
2014	Casual	52	31	10	4	0	1	1	85	5	234
2014	Student	55	31	11	1	0	0	1	88	1	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	38	18	8	5	3	0	68	13	15416
2011	Seasonal	33	24	22	10	8	3	0	59	18	24
2011	Term	34	40	16	5	2	3	0	77	7	545
2011	Casual	41	39	9	7	0	2	1	83	8	100
2011	Student	54	35	5	3	0	3	0	92	3	62

Question 42. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	41	38	11	6	4	0	0	79	10	9819
2018	Term	61	30	5	2	2	0	0	91	4	346
2018	Casual	67	27	5	0	1	0	0	94	1	198
2018	Student	76	22	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	40	10	6	4	0	0	80	10	11875
2017	Seasonal	8	60	11	20	0	0	0	68	20	10
2017	Term	58	29	6	5	1	0	0	87	6	408
2017	Casual	69	25	3	1	1	0	1	95	2	142
2017	Student	78	15	5	0	1	0	0	94	1	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	40	38	11	6	4	0	0	78	10	14031
2014	Seasonal	47	26	13	7	7	0	0	73	14	18
2014	Term	48	38	9	3	1	1	0	87	4	364
2014	Casual	64	23	8	2	1	0	1	89	3	234
2014	Student	67	24	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	39	12	6	5	0	0	77	11	15401
2011	Seasonal	40	38	11	3	8	0	0	78	11	24
2011	Term	47	41	8	3	1	0	0	87	4	542
2011	Casual	59	26	10	3	2	0	0	85	5	100
2011	Student	67	28	3	0	0	1	0	97	0	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	35	41	11	7	5	0	0	76	13	10799
2008	Seasonal	47	41	12	0	0	0	0	88	0	20
2008	Term	47	39	8	4	2	0	0	87	6	779
2008	Casual	60	24	11	3	2	0	0	84	5	91
2008	Student	67	28	3	2	0	1	0	95	2	103

Question 43. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	32	19	9	7	1	0	65	16	9825
2018	Term	51	29	12	5	3	0	0	80	8	348
2018	Casual	57	28	9	2	3	0	0	85	5	197
2018	Student	56	31	9	3	1	1	0	87	4	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	34	17	9	7	1	0	66	16	11862
2017	Seasonal	27	41	11	0	11	9	0	75	12	10
2017	Term	51	29	12	6	2	0	0	80	8	410
2017	Casual	53	34	9	2	1	1	1	88	3	141
2017	Student	66	22	10	1	1	0	0	88	2	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	36	17	11	8	1	0	64	19	14048
2014	Seasonal	32	33	20	14	0	0	0	65	14	18
2014	Term	39	39	14	4	4	1	0	79	8	365
2014	Casual	56	27	9	4	3	0	0	83	7	233
2014	Student	46	38	11	1	4	0	0	83	5	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	37	18	8	6	1	0	67	15	15431
2011	Seasonal	40	29	16	3	12	0	0	69	15	24
2011	Term	39	40	14	6	1	1	0	79	7	544
2011	Casual	51	29	11	7	2	0	0	80	9	100
2011	Student	57	32	8	2	0	1	0	90	2	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	34	18	10	7	0	0	66	17	9789
2018	Term	48	33	11	4	4	0	0	81	8	340
2018	Casual	58	29	10	1	2	0	0	87	3	198
2018	Student	57	34	7	0	2	0	1	91	2	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	36	16	10	7	0	0	67	17	11864
2017	Seasonal	27	41	9	22	0	0	0	68	22	10
2017	Term	47	33	12	5	3	0	0	80	8	409
2017	Casual	57	31	8	2	1	0	1	89	3	142
2017	Student	64	25	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	38	17	12	8	0	0	63	20	14047
2014	Seasonal	32	41	13	7	7	0	0	73	14	18
2014	Term	34	43	12	6	5	1	0	78	10	365
2014	Casual	58	24	10	5	2	0	1	83	7	234
2014	Student	52	35	10	0	3	0	0	86	3	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	40	16	10	7	0	0	67	16	15416
2011	Seasonal	33	49	11	3	4	0	0	82	7	24
2011	Term	37	40	16	5	2	0	0	77	7	545
2011	Casual	49	28	6	11	5	0	0	77	16	100
2011	Student	59	30	8	2	1	0	0	89	3	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	40	13	10	5	0	0	71	15	10798
2008	Seasonal	52	36	12	0	0	0	0	88	0	20
2008	Term	42	40	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	781
2008	Casual	47	34	12	3	4	0	0	81	7	92
2008	Student	52	30	5	13	0	0	0	82	13	103

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	26	19	11	9	2	0	60	20	9828
2018	Term	47	24	15	6	4	3	0	74	11	348
2018	Casual	52	21	12	6	3	2	3	77	10	200
2018	Student	36	19	19	11	2	11	1	63	15	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	27	18	11	9	3	1	61	21	11865
2017	Seasonal	8	30	30	22	9	0	0	38	32	10
2017	Term	43	23	16	7	5	5	1	71	12	410
2017	Casual	51	18	19	2	2	4	4	76	4	142
2017	Student	44	29	8	9	5	4	1	77	15	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	27	18	12	10	3	0	58	23	14039
2014	Seasonal	32	26	12	13	7	10	0	64	22	18
2014	Term	37	31	13	9	6	4	0	70	16	365
2014	Casual	52	17	15	7	3	2	3	73	10	233
2014	Student	37	20	17	13	9	3	1	59	23	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	28	16	11	9	4	0	62	21	15425
2011	Seasonal	36	25	7	15	3	10	4	71	21	24
2011	Term	42	24	18	7	4	4	1	69	12	545
2011	Casual	45	26	10	8	6	3	3	75	15	100
2011	Student	50	22	11	8	2	6	0	77	11	62
2008	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	28	15	11	9	4	1	63	21	10792
2008	Seasonal	69	6	19	0	2	3	0	78	2	20
2008	Term	40	26	16	7	6	5	0	70	13	781
2008	Casual	48	17	16	4	4	8	2	73	9	92
2008	Student	33	31	5	9	9	9	4	73	21	103

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Mobility and Retention

Question 46. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not Sure (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	44	32	9872
2018	Term	19	51	30	351
2018	Casual	32	30	38	198
2018	Student	49	15	36	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	46	30	11899
2017	Seasonal	19	19	62	10
2017	Term	18	55	27	410
2017	Casual	29	41	31	141
2017	Student	46	22	32	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	46	32	14044
2014	Seasonal	20	54	25	18
2014	Term	20	51	29	363
2014	Casual	41	25	34	233
2014	Student	49	13	38	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	50	29	15439
2011	Seasonal	18	57	25	24
2011	Term	21	50	28	544
2011	Casual	49	30	20	101
2011	Student	51	20	29	62

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	29	27	5	0	7	2434
2018	Term	11	28	21	5	31	4	77
2018	Casual	18	3	8	1	66	3	67
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	28	27	5	0	7	2905
2017	Term	4	14	18	11	46	7	83
2017	Casual	13	11	6	2	64	4	43
2017	Student	0	5	7	0	88	0	48
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	24	26	9	9999	9	3329
2014	Term	16	25	21	11	9999	28	83
2014	Casual	23	6	6	11	9999	53	100
2014	Student	0	9	21	24	9999	46	32
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	31	28	6	9999	7	3504
2011	Term	11	20	27	9	9999	32	130
2011	Casual	19	9	5	7	9999	59	52
2011	Student	0	23	8	12	9999	57	34

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Harassment

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

Question 48. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	16	84	9851
2018	Term	13	87	353
2018	Casual	5	95	198
2018	Student	10	90	102

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	1512
2018	Term	51	47

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	63	1512
2018	Term	50	47

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	1512

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	1512
2018	Term	47
2018	Casual	10
2018	Student	10

Question 49e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	1512
2018	Student	0	10

Question 49f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	1512
2018	Term	0	47
2018	Casual	0	10
2018	Student	0	10

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	1512
2018	Student	0	10

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	42	1510
2018	Term	37	47

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	43	1510
2018	Term	39	47

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	44	1510
2018	Term	29	47

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	41	1510
2018	Term	38	47

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	37	1510
2018	Term	33	47

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	55	1510
2018	Term	53	47

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	1510
2018	Term	34	47

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	1510
2018	Casual	0	10

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	1510

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	1510
2018	Term	20	47

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	1510
2018	Term	47	47

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	1510
2018	Term	29	47

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	14	1510
2018	Term	19	47

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	1513
2018	Term	50	47

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	1513
2018	Term	23	47

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	1513

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	26	1513
2018	Term	12	47
2018	Casual	0	10
2018	Student	0	10

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	1513

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1513
2018	Term	12	47
2018	Casual	0	10
2018	Student	0	10

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	1513
2018	Term	17	47

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1513

Question 51i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	1513
2018	Term	29	47

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1346
2018	Term	25	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	16	1346
2018	Term	24	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	10	1346
2018	Term	18	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	1346
2018	Term	18	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1346
2018	Term	16	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1346

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	1346
2018	Term	11	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	1346
2018	Student	50	10

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	1346

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	1346
2018	Term	14	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	1346
2018	Casual	0	10

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	44	1346
2018	Term	38	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	2	1346
2018	Term	0	42
2018	Casual	0	10
2018	Student	0	10

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	57	1346
2018	Term	53	42

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	1346

Question 52p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	1346

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	24	22	9	9	13	3	52	22	9826
2018	Term	27	24	18	5	5	17	5	65	12	351
2018	Casual	38	18	16	1	2	19	6	75	4	200
2018	Student	26	11	8	2	3	39	12	75	10	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	26	20	9	8	13	3	55	21	11888
2017	Seasonal	0	8	30	32	0	30	0	11	45	10
2017	Term	26	21	19	5	4	16	9	63	12	410
2017	Casual	33	19	18	1	1	18	10	72	2	142
2017	Student	27	17	11	3	0	30	12	76	6	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	17	25	21	9	9	16	3	52	22	14046
2014	Seasonal	24	38	12	0	13	5	8	71	15	18
2014	Term	22	24	23	5	5	17	5	58	12	365
2014	Casual	33	21	14	3	4	19	7	72	9	233
2014	Student	25	11	15	2	0	29	18	68	4	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	33	18	7	7	3	0	67	14	9823
2018	Term	41	32	14	4	3	5	1	77	7	352
2018	Casual	53	29	9	1	2	4	1	87	3	200
2018	Student	43	18	13	1	1	22	2	81	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	34	16	7	6	3	0	70	14	11865
2017	Seasonal	8	19	30	20	0	22	0	35	26	10
2017	Term	44	32	13	4	2	4	2	81	6	410
2017	Casual	52	29	8	2	0	6	3	89	2	141
2017	Student	49	27	9	4	0	9	2	85	5	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	26	34	19	8	7	6	1	65	15	14029
2014	Seasonal	42	16	14	10	7	0	10	64	20	18
2014	Term	31	35	18	5	3	7	2	72	8	364
2014	Casual	44	24	11	5	2	12	3	80	8	234
2014	Student	38	20	23	0	0	13	6	71	0	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	37	16	7	4	3	0	72	11	15405
2011	Seasonal	32	30	27	0	8	3	0	64	8	23
2011	Term	45	33	14	3	1	4	0	81	5	544
2011	Casual	43	27	11	12	1	7	0	75	13	101
2011	Student	40	31	8	5	0	17	0	84	6	62

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Discrimination

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

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you been the victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	92	9831
2018	Term	3	97	353
2018	Casual	0	100	200

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	715

Question 56b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	76	715

Question 56c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	6	715

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	1	715

Question 56e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	715

Question 56f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	4	715

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	715

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	716

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	16	715

Question 57c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	715

Question 57d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	715

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	715

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	715

Question 57g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	715

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	2	715

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	715

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	715

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	1	715

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	715

Question 57m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	1	715

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	715

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	6	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	714

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	714

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	714

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	46	715

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	2	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	4	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	12	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	650

Question 59k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	10	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	42	651

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	4	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	68	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	4	650

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	10	650

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	23	27	5	4	17	3	55	11	9830
2018	Term	27	27	16	1	2	23	4	73	4	349
2018	Casual	34	16	19	1	1	24	5	71	3	197
2018	Student	26	10	10	2	0	42	10	74	4	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	25	23	4	4	19	4	60	10	11874
2017	Seasonal	0	30	19	0	0	51	0	62	0	10
2017	Term	26	22	18	1	2	22	8	69	5	410
2017	Casual	30	14	23	0	1	23	10	65	1	142
2017	Student	37	17	9	1	1	22	13	83	3	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	23	23	4	4	22	5	58	11	14041
2014	Seasonal	24	4	35	0	0	25	13	44	0	18
2014	Term	20	27	19	5	3	21	5	64	10	363
2014	Casual	33	18	18	2	1	19	8	70	4	233
2014	Student	22	22	14	1	0	24	17	74	2	63

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	32	21	5	4	5	0	69	9	9819
2018	Term	42	33	13	2	2	6	1	82	4	349
2018	Casual	54	22	12	1	1	8	1	84	2	197
2018	Student	43	18	12	1	1	23	2	82	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	34	17	4	3	7	1	74	8	11867
2017	Seasonal	8	36	11	11	0	34	0	66	17	10
2017	Term	43	32	13	2	1	7	2	82	3	409
2017	Casual	43	24	16	1	1	10	6	80	1	142
2017	Student	50	25	13	2	0	6	4	83	2	102
2014	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	33	20	5	3	10	1	69	9	14023
2014	Seasonal	35	28	27	0	0	10	0	70	0	18
2014	Term	32	34	16	4	3	10	2	75	7	364
2014	Casual	46	19	13	4	2	12	4	77	7	234
2014	Student	43	22	18	1	0	13	3	77	2	63
2011	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	37	15	4	2	5	0	77	7	15425
2011	Seasonal	32	33	8	3	0	16	8	85	5	24
2011	Term	44	33	14	3	1	6	0	82	4	546
2011	Casual	46	30	9	4	0	11	0	85	4	100
2011	Student	47	26	9	4	0	11	2	85	5	62

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 62a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	22	21	15	21	0	1	42	37	9875
2018	Term	22	20	19	18	20	0	1	42	38	351
2018	Casual	27	28	18	11	14	1	0	56	26	200
2018	Student	20	30	22	11	14	1	2	51	26	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	21	22	20	15	20	0	1	44	36	11856
2017	Seasonal	8	30	19	0	43	0	0	38	43	10
2017	Term	12	26	22	14	25	0	1	38	39	410
2017	Casual	20	21	12	20	24	0	2	42	46	142
2017	Student	19	18	19	16	26	0	2	38	42	102

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	28	27	14	9	1	49	23	9869
2018	Term	36	34	22	4	4	0	70	8	353
2018	Casual	53	27	13	3	2	1	81	5	199
2018	Student	39	27	25	7	1	2	67	8	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	28	25	14	9	1	52	23	11858
2017	Seasonal	36	22	11	19	0	11	66	21	10
2017	Term	39	32	17	7	2	2	73	10	410
2017	Casual	52	24	11	7	2	4	79	10	141
2017	Student	49	35	10	2	2	1	86	4	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	27	32	22	11	5	0	1	61	17	9814
2018	Term	45	31	15	6	1	0	1	78	7	348
2018	Casual	62	22	9	3	1	0	2	86	5	197
2018	Student	52	24	14	4	3	1	2	79	7	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	30	31	21	10	5	0	2	62	16	11817
2017	Seasonal	38	22	9	19	0	0	11	69	21	10
2017	Term	48	26	16	4	3	0	3	76	7	407
2017	Casual	56	25	8	2	2	1	6	86	5	141
2017	Student	69	20	5	3	1	0	2	90	4	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	22	23	17	18	0	1	41	35	9834
2018	Term	34	26	18	10	10	1	1	62	20	351
2018	Casual	41	28	16	8	4	1	2	72	12	197
2018	Student	48	20	16	7	6	1	3	70	13	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	18	23	22	18	17	1	2	43	35	11851
2017	Seasonal	27	11	28	22	0	0	11	43	25	10
2017	Term	33	22	17	14	10	1	3	57	25	409
2017	Casual	41	24	14	8	6	1	6	70	15	141
2017	Student	50	31	7	6	3	0	2	83	10	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	51	22	12	5	3	0	7	79	9	9838
2018	Term	67	16	6	3	2	1	5	88	5	351
2018	Casual	73	13	3	0	1	1	9	95	2	197
2018	Student	68	20	6	2	0	0	5	92	2	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	47	23	12	5	3	1	10	79	8	11823
2017	Seasonal	38	11	17	0	0	0	34	75	0	10
2017	Term	58	18	10	1	1	1	10	86	3	407
2017	Casual	67	8	2	1	1	1	21	95	2	138
2017	Student	82	11	2	0	1	0	4	97	1	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	28	19	9	6	0	1	65	16	9858
2018	Term	49	26	15	5	4	0	1	76	9	351
2018	Casual	66	18	9	2	2	0	4	86	4	199
2018	Student	41	29	19	4	7	0	1	70	11	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	36	31	19	8	5	0	1	68	13	11809
2017	Seasonal	50	32	8	11	0	0	0	81	11	10
2017	Term	47	30	12	7	4	0	1	77	10	409
2017	Casual	69	16	11	1	0	1	3	88	1	139
2017	Student	54	23	12	8	2	1	0	78	10	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	25	33	24	11	6	1	1	59	17	9821
2018	Term	39	30	19	7	3	0	1	70	10	351
2018	Casual	56	27	10	1	1	1	3	87	2	199
2018	Student	54	25	14	3	1	1	2	81	4	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	32	22	11	5	0	1	61	16	11808
2017	Seasonal	30	22	27	20	0	0	0	53	20	10
2017	Term	41	31	14	5	3	3	2	76	9	408
2017	Casual	57	19	11	9	0	1	4	80	9	140
2017	Student	54	26	17	2	1	1	0	81	3	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	31	24	14	8	0	1	54	22	9815
2018	Term	34	36	21	6	2	0	1	70	9	349
2018	Casual	51	28	13	7	0	1	0	80	8	197
2018	Student	43	30	18	4	3	0	2	75	7	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	31	23	14	7	0	1	55	21	11809
2017	Seasonal	30	42	9	8	11	0	0	72	19	10
2017	Term	33	34	18	6	5	2	1	70	11	407
2017	Casual	51	23	10	9	2	2	4	79	11	140
2017	Student	53	24	18	3	0	1	1	78	3	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	30	22	12	8	0	1	58	20	9800
2018	Term	40	29	18	9	3	0	1	69	12	349
2018	Casual	49	27	13	8	3	1	0	77	10	200
2018	Student	27	38	19	8	6	0	2	67	14	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	29	31	20	12	7	0	1	61	19	11813
2017	Seasonal	30	42	17	0	11	0	0	72	11	10
2017	Term	38	33	15	6	5	2	2	74	11	409
2017	Casual	54	21	12	8	2	1	3	78	10	141
2017	Student	48	21	20	7	2	1	0	71	9	101

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	32	32	19	11	5	0	1	65	15	9788
2018	Term	47	28	17	6	2	0	0	75	7	350
2018	Casual	49	28	17	3	2	0	1	78	5	197
2018	Student	38	24	25	10	2	0	1	63	12	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	33	31	19	9	5	1	2	66	14	11761
2017	Seasonal	53	40	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	10
2017	Term	45	32	12	5	2	2	2	80	7	408
2017	Casual	57	21	7	8	1	1	5	83	9	139
2017	Student	50	30	15	1	2	1	1	82	3	102

Question 62k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	50	27	14	5	3	0	2	78	8	9764
2018	Term	62	18	13	4	1	0	2	82	5	349
2018	Casual	74	13	8	1	1	1	2	89	2	197
2018	Student	66	18	10	4	0	0	2	86	4	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	51	27	13	5	2	0	1	80	7	11862
2017	Seasonal	48	34	8	11	0	0	0	81	11	10
2017	Term	67	21	8	1	1	0	2	90	3	410
2017	Casual	77	15	6	0	0	0	2	94	0	142
2017	Student	79	14	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	65	18	7	2	2	1	4	87	5	9782
2018	Term	73	15	7	1	0	0	4	92	1	349
2018	Casual	77	14	5	0	0	1	2	94	0	199
2018	Student	79	12	6	0	0	0	4	94	0	104

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	67	14	7	4	5	1	2	83	9	9784
2018	Term	78	9	5	3	3	0	2	88	6	350
2018	Casual	85	9	1	0	2	1	2	97	2	198
2018	Student	82	6	6	1	2	0	4	91	3	103
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	69	15	6	4	3	1	2	86	7	11861
2017	Seasonal	53	38	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	10
2017	Term	76	11	8	2	1	0	2	89	3	410
2017	Casual	86	7	2	1	1	0	3	97	1	141
2017	Student	87	7	0	2	1	1	2	97	3	102

Question 62n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	29	12	5	3	0	1	79	8	9829
2018	Term	63	22	9	3	3	0	1	85	6	351
2018	Casual	72	19	5	3	0	1	1	92	3	200
2018	Student	74	14	3	5	1	1	2	91	6	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	50	30	11	5	3	0	1	82	8	11850
2017	Seasonal	48	52	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2017	Term	58	26	8	3	2	1	2	86	5	410
2017	Casual	77	14	6	1	1	0	1	93	2	142
2017	Student	77	15	5	1	1	0	1	93	2	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	23	13	7	6	0	1	73	14	9804
2018	Term	66	19	6	4	3	0	1	86	8	349
2018	Casual	78	12	5	1	2	1	1	91	4	198
2018	Student	75	13	7	2	1	0	2	90	3	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	54	24	10	6	5	0	1	79	12	11861
2017	Seasonal	42	19	19	20	0	0	0	61	20	10
2017	Term	67	16	7	4	3	0	3	86	7	409
2017	Casual	82	12	2	1	2	0	2	96	2	141
2017	Student	81	9	6	1	1	0	2	92	2	102

Question 62p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	52	14	6	2	1	0	25	87	5	9749
2018	Term	62	4	2	0	1	1	31	96	2	349
2018	Casual	62	6	1	2	1	1	27	95	3	198
2018	Student	65	3	2	0	0	0	30	97	0	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	54	15	5	2	1	0	22	88	5	11847
2017	Seasonal	53	19	0	0	0	0	28	100	0	10
2017	Term	67	9	2	1	0	0	21	96	1	411
2017	Casual	73	1	1	1	1	0	24	97	1	142
2017	Student	79	4	0	0	1	0	16	99	1	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	61	22	7	2	1	0	5	88	4	9762
2018	Term	69	19	4	1	0	1	6	94	1	348
2018	Casual	78	13	3	2	0	1	2	94	3	200
2018	Student	77	12	4	0	0	0	7	96	0	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	64	20	7	2	1	0	6	89	4	11801
2017	Seasonal	62	38	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2017	Term	68	20	3	2	1	0	5	93	4	407
2017	Casual	76	8	5	1	0	0	11	94	1	137
2017	Student	81	11	3	1	1	0	2	95	2	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	73	14	5	2	2	0	4	91	4	9807
2018	Term	28	17	17	18	18	1	2	47	36	350
2018	Casual	46	16	11	10	12	0	4	65	24	199
2018	Student	50	17	15	5	9	0	4	70	14	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	70	17	5	2	2	1	4	90	4	11865
2017	Seasonal	30	19	8	32	0	0	11	56	36	10
2017	Term	27	19	19	14	19	0	2	47	34	411
2017	Casual	51	14	12	6	12	0	4	68	19	142
2017	Student	69	11	8	6	4	0	3	82	10	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	53	28	12	4	2	0	2	82	6	9786
2018	Term	57	25	11	3	1	0	3	84	4	350
2018	Casual	69	17	7	3	1	1	2	88	5	199
2018	Student	48	29	17	4	1	0	2	78	5	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	53	29	10	3	2	0	2	84	5	11835
2017	Seasonal	70	30	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2017	Term	58	23	9	5	1	0	3	84	6	410
2017	Casual	77	13	5	1	3	0	2	92	3	142
2017	Student	56	25	10	6	3	0	1	82	8	101

Question 63. Overall, my level of work-related stress is…
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very high (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	17	32	33	13	5	0	0	49	18	9891
2018	Term	27	37	26	8	2	0	0	64	10	351
2018	Casual	43	36	18	2	1	0	0	79	3	200
2018	Student	37	37	19	7	0	0	0	74	7	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	15	31	36	12	5	0	0	46	18	11898
2017	Seasonal	38	11	50	0	0	0	0	50	0	10
2017	Term	23	40	26	7	4	1	0	63	11	411
2017	Casual	41	33	21	2	1	1	2	75	3	142
2017	Student	38	40	21	0	1	0	0	78	1	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	10	18	35	24	12	0	0	36	28	9750
2018	Term	3	12	24	36	25	0	0	61	15	348
2018	Casual	1	4	24	34	36	0	0	70	6	194
2018	Student	5	13	25	33	24	0	0	57	18	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	8	18	38	23	12	0	1	35	26	11826
2017	Seasonal	0	0	39	30	19	0	11	56	0	10
2017	Term	4	12	34	27	21	1	0	49	17	411
2017	Casual	1	3	27	29	38	0	2	68	4	139
2017	Student	2	5	29	38	24	0	2	63	7	101

Question 65. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	26	39	19	9	5	2	0	67	14	9846
2018	Term	32	34	17	9	4	3	1	68	14	348
2018	Casual	34	32	19	4	3	7	2	71	7	197
2018	Student	34	33	15	7	2	9	0	74	9	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	23	39	19	9	6	3	0	64	16	11857
2017	Seasonal	0	44	34	0	0	22	0	57	0	10
2017	Term	27	38	16	7	4	7	1	71	12	409
2017	Casual	34	32	15	6	1	10	2	75	8	141
2017	Student	28	38	14	10	1	8	1	73	12	102

Question 66. I would describe my workplace as being psychologically healthy.
A psychologically healthy workplace is one that promotes employees’ psychological well-being and actively works to prevent harm to employee psychological health due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	22	35	19	13	9	1	0	58	23	9863
2018	Term	30	40	14	9	5	2	0	71	15	348
2018	Casual	37	40	13	4	2	2	2	80	6	199
2018	Student	34	36	17	5	0	8	0	76	5	105
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	37	19	14	10	2	0	57	24	11872
2017	Seasonal	16	41	11	11	9	11	0	64	23	10
2017	Term	28	35	18	9	7	2	0	65	17	411
2017	Casual	38	37	16	6	1	1	1	77	7	142
2017	Student	34	38	15	7	1	5	0	75	9	102

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Compensation

Question 67. To what extent has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	24	26	22	13	14	1	0	24	76	9874
2018	Term	23	24	20	17	14	1	1	23	77	352
2018	Casual	31	18	16	14	11	7	2	35	65	198
2018	Student	30	26	22	11	4	6	2	32	68	104
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	26	23	21	12	14	3	1	27	73	11886
2017	Seasonal	0	27	30	0	43	0	0	0	100	10
2017	Term	12	19	22	21	24	2	1	13	87	411
2017	Casual	20	14	21	16	26	2	1	20	80	142
2017	Student	18	16	22	12	32	0	0	18	82	102

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	19	7194
2018	Term	40	261
2018	Casual	49	119
2018	Student	54	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	16	8110
2017	Seasonal	20	10
2017	Term	36	348
2017	Casual	60	110
2017	Student	58	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	7194
2018	Term	37	261
2018	Casual	42	119
2018	Student	62	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	28	8110
2017	Seasonal	58	10
2017	Term	37	348
2017	Casual	39	110
2017	Student	67	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	20	7194
2018	Term	18	261
2018	Casual	28	119
2018	Student	38	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	13	8110
2017	Seasonal	30	10
2017	Term	17	348
2017	Casual	23	110
2017	Student	45	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	45	7194
2018	Term	27	261
2018	Casual	12	119
2018	Student	3	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	49	8110
2017	Seasonal	22	10
2017	Term	29	348
2017	Casual	12	110
2017	Student	17	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	6	7194
2018	Term	2	261
2018	Casual	2	119
2018	Student	0	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	8110
2017	Seasonal	0	10
2017	Term	4	348
2017	Casual	1	110
2017	Student	1	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	34	7194
2018	Term	27	261
2018	Casual	17	119
2018	Student	9	65

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	7194
2018	Term	43	261
2018	Casual	35	119
2018	Student	22	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	47	8110
2017	Seasonal	72	10
2017	Term	53	348
2017	Casual	46	110
2017	Student	36	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	5	34	18	12	5	27	6923
2018	Term	3	42	16	13	4	22	255
2018	Casual	7	53	16	6	5	14	119
2018	Student	5	71	11	3	3	6	63
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	7	41	18	11	4	19	8000
2017	Seasonal	0	27	28	22	0	22	10
2017	Term	6	41	17	12	5	20	344
2017	Casual	1	45	14	16	7	18	108
2017	Student	3	51	19	12	3	12	81

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Indeterminate (permanent)	31	69	7146
2018	Term	32	68	261
2018	Casual	40	60	120
2018	Student	55	45	65

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	11	21	19	18	24	1	5	34	45	7163
2018	Term	12	26	16	19	20	1	6	40	42	261
2018	Casual	15	18	30	14	15	2	6	36	32	120
2018	Student	23	33	16	9	6	2	11	64	18	64
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	9	20	18	17	26	2	9	32	48	8183
2017	Seasonal	0	19	19	17	45	0	0	19	62	10
2017	Term	16	25	13	18	23	1	5	43	44	350
2017	Casual	27	27	9	8	21	0	6	58	32	111
2017	Student	39	28	12	4	15	0	2	69	19	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	4	11	16	19	44	2	4	16	67	7166
2018	Term	5	20	18	20	33	1	3	26	55	260
2018	Casual	9	15	20	25	27	3	2	25	54	119
2018	Student	8	25	28	18	17	2	3	34	37	65
2017	Indeterminate (permanent)	3	9	13	17	50	2	7	12	73	8173
2017	Seasonal	0	11	27	8	54	0	0	11	62	10
2017	Term	5	11	11	18	49	1	5	17	71	351
2017	Casual	3	16	7	21	45	3	5	21	72	111
2017	Student	10	22	9	11	45	0	4	34	57	84

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	Indeterminate (permanent)	39	15	14	11	14	1	6	59	26	9819
2018	Term	48	15	13	9	4	1	10	70	15	350
2018	Casual	56	13	6	6	6	3	11	80	13	194
2018	Student	38	17	14	6	7	5	14	68	15	103

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Date modified:: 2017-08-24

2018 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Department of National Defence by Question 77. What is your current employee status?

Survey Themes

My Job

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.

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

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.

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

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

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

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

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Work Unit

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

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

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

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

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

My Immediate Supervisor

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Management

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

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

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

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

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

My Organization (Department or Agency)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mobility and Retention

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

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Harassment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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