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

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

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

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My Job

Question 1. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	49	42	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	46	10	10	3	0	1	76	13	2126
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	44	12	13	5	0	1	70	18	959
2018	Technical	29	43	6	14	8	0	0	72	22	51
2018	Administrative Support	35	40	12	9	3	0	1	77	11	223
2018	Operational	36	45	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	37	44	8	8	2	2	1	83	9	136
2017	Executive	58	34	3	3	1	0	0	93	4	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	42	10	10	4	0	1	75	14	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	40	13	12	8	0	0	67	20	1077
2017	Technical	14	31	15	26	12	2	0	46	38	67
2017	Administrative Support	34	40	11	10	3	1	0	75	14	342
2017	Operational	20	41	25	7	8	0	0	61	15	14
2017	Other	42	39	8	7	1	0	3	84	8	127
2014	Executive	71	26	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	43	12	9	3	0	1	76	12	1983
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	40	16	11	6	0	0	67	17	1082
2014	Technical	14	47	14	17	8	0	0	61	25	65
2014	Administrative Support	33	38	12	11	5	0	0	71	17	449
2014	Operational	24	38	14	14	10	0	0	62	24	19
2014	Other	32	43	8	12	5	0	2	76	17	117

Question 2. My job is a good fit with my interests.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	68	32	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	44	10	7	2	0	0	80	10	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	45	10	4	3	0	0	83	7	958
2018	Technical	42	35	12	10	2	0	0	77	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	27	40	17	10	6	0	0	67	16	223
2018	Operational	45	36	9	0	9	0	0	82	9	11
2018	Other	31	40	15	10	3	1	1	72	13	136
2017	Executive	81	15	3	0	1	0	0	96	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	41	9	7	2	0	0	81	10	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	41	8	6	2	0	0	84	7	1076
2017	Technical	26	38	21	8	7	0	0	64	15	67
2017	Administrative Support	32	37	13	11	6	1	0	70	17	342
2017	Operational	52	41	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	14
2017	Other	32	41	16	9	2	0	1	73	11	127
2014	Executive	85	12	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	46	12	6	3	0	0	78	9	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	10	5	2	0	0	83	7	1083
2014	Technical	26	38	21	11	5	0	0	63	16	65
2014	Administrative Support	25	40	18	10	7	0	1	65	17	448
2014	Operational	50	36	14	0	0	0	0	86	0	20
2014	Other	18	41	18	13	6	1	1	61	20	117

Question 3. My job is a good fit with my skills.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	73	27	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	44	9	5	2	0	0	85	7	2113
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	41	8	5	2	0	0	86	7	949
2018	Technical	47	30	18	4	2	0	0	76	6	51
2018	Administrative Support	36	34	14	9	7	0	0	70	17	222
2018	Operational	45	55	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2018	Other	41	40	8	9	2	0	1	81	11	135
2017	Executive	76	22	0	0	1	0	0	99	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	41	7	6	2	0	0	85	8	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	40	6	5	1	0	0	88	6	1075
2017	Technical	35	35	16	9	4	0	0	70	14	67
2017	Administrative Support	35	36	10	11	6	1	0	72	18	341
2017	Operational	52	41	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	14
2017	Other	38	40	10	5	5	0	1	79	11	127
2014	Executive	82	18	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	46	9	6	2	0	0	83	8	1986
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	42	6	5	2	0	0	87	7	1084
2014	Technical	26	40	13	17	3	0	0	66	21	65
2014	Administrative Support	29	37	14	11	8	0	1	67	19	449
2014	Operational	38	52	10	0	0	0	0	90	0	19
2014	Other	32	41	11	11	5	0	0	73	16	117

Question 4. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	25	37	15	19	3	0	0	63	22	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	33	9	5	3	0	1	82	8	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	34	8	5	3	0	1	84	8	958
2018	Technical	54	27	8	10	2	0	0	81	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	51	29	12	5	1	0	1	81	7	223
2018	Operational	45	36	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	58	23	13	2	0	1	3	83	3	136
2017	Executive	31	28	19	12	7	0	1	61	20	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	32	8	7	3	0	0	83	9	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	34	9	6	3	1	1	82	9	1075
2017	Technical	29	37	13	9	11	1	0	67	20	67
2017	Administrative Support	51	29	11	5	3	0	1	81	8	343
2017	Operational	27	27	25	7	15	0	0	54	21	14
2017	Other	62	25	7	2	1	0	3	90	3	127
2014	Executive	39	39	11	9	0	0	2	80	9	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	46	35	9	5	3	1	1	83	8	1986
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	35	12	5	3	1	1	80	8	1083
2014	Technical	47	34	9	3	6	2	0	82	9	65
2014	Administrative Support	45	32	13	3	4	1	2	79	7	447
2014	Operational	29	19	29	0	19	5	0	50	20	19
2014	Other	50	26	11	0	1	4	8	86	2	117

Question 5. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	43	3	0	0	0	97	0	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	45	10	7	3	0	80	10	2114
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	46	11	5	3	0	80	8	959
2018	Technical	44	29	15	12	0	0	73	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	34	40	13	10	4	0	74	13	221
2018	Operational	55	27	18	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	38	42	13	5	1	0	80	6	135
2017	Executive	61	34	1	1	1	0	96	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	46	10	6	3	0	82	9	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	45	9	6	3	0	82	9	1075
2017	Technical	22	36	26	8	8	0	57	16	67
2017	Administrative Support	32	44	11	8	5	0	76	13	343
2017	Operational	31	54	0	0	8	7	92	8	14
2017	Other	35	49	9	5	3	0	84	8	126
2014	Executive	70	26	5	0	0	0	95	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	29	49	12	8	3	0	77	11	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	48	11	6	3	0	80	8	1085
2014	Technical	24	50	12	9	5	0	74	14	65
2014	Administrative Support	29	44	14	7	5	0	73	12	449
2014	Operational	41	36	14	9	0	0	77	9	20
2014	Other	23	44	17	10	6	0	67	17	117

Question 6. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	44	19	3	2	0	0	76	5	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	39	14	9	6	0	0	71	15	2122
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	38	17	11	6	1	0	67	16	956
2018	Technical	30	35	14	14	6	0	2	66	20	52
2018	Administrative Support	36	36	11	12	4	1	0	73	16	223
2018	Operational	45	9	36	9	0	0	0	55	9	11
2018	Other	45	34	14	3	0	0	4	82	4	136
2017	Executive	39	48	9	3	1	0	0	87	4	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	39	13	10	6	0	0	71	16	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	39	15	9	6	0	0	70	15	1075
2017	Technical	17	31	26	11	13	2	0	49	24	67
2017	Administrative Support	35	34	11	10	8	1	0	70	19	342
2017	Operational	20	18	27	14	21	0	0	38	35	14
2017	Other	53	33	8	3	2	0	0	86	5	126
2014	Executive	61	30	6	3	0	0	0	91	3	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	42	15	11	5	0	0	69	16	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	42	16	10	5	0	0	68	16	1085
2014	Technical	25	34	19	14	8	0	0	59	22	65
2014	Administrative Support	27	36	19	10	7	0	0	64	18	448
2014	Operational	24	19	33	14	10	0	0	43	24	19
2014	Other	46	32	12	8	3	0	0	78	10	117

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	42	42	8	7	0	0	0	85	7	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	45	11	8	3	0	0	77	11	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	44	14	8	3	0	0	75	11	960
2018	Technical	38	39	8	12	4	0	0	77	15	52
2018	Administrative Support	42	40	11	5	1	0	0	83	6	222
2018	Operational	45	36	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	34	42	12	9	2	0	1	76	11	135
2017	Executive	57	31	7	3	1	0	0	88	4	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	45	9	8	3	0	0	80	11	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	44	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1074
2017	Technical	27	36	16	18	3	0	0	63	21	67
2017	Administrative Support	41	40	11	5	3	1	0	82	7	343
2017	Operational	14	65	0	7	15	0	0	79	21	14
2017	Other	35	46	9	7	3	0	0	81	10	126

Question 8. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	78	22	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	42	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	2127
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	40	9	4	1	0	0	87	5	958
2018	Technical	53	30	8	8	2	0	0	82	10	51
2018	Administrative Support	51	38	5	5	1	0	0	89	6	222
2018	Operational	55	27	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	47	44	4	3	1	0	1	92	4	136
2017	Executive	78	21	0	0	1	0	0	99	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	42	6	3	2	0	0	89	5	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	39	8	3	2	0	0	86	5	1072
2017	Technical	36	42	9	6	8	0	0	78	14	67
2017	Administrative Support	47	38	9	2	3	1	0	85	6	341
2017	Operational	52	27	7	0	8	7	0	84	8	14
2017	Other	49	35	9	4	2	0	0	84	6	126
2014	Executive	94	6	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	44	8	3	1	1	0	87	4	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	42	9	3	1	0	0	87	4	1083
2014	Technical	38	39	14	4	5	0	0	77	9	65
2014	Administrative Support	45	39	11	3	1	0	0	84	5	449
2014	Operational	38	38	10	5	5	5	0	80	10	19
2014	Other	37	49	8	2	3	0	0	86	5	117

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	51	37	7	5	0	0	88	5	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	41	12	9	4	0	75	13	2127
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	41	13	9	4	0	74	13	954
2018	Technical	37	26	28	6	4	0	63	10	51
2018	Administrative Support	33	40	12	9	5	0	74	14	222
2018	Operational	27	18	36	18	0	0	45	18	11
2018	Other	42	39	14	3	1	1	82	4	136
2017	Executive	60	36	3	0	1	0	96	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	41	11	8	5	0	76	13	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	41	13	9	4	0	75	13	1072
2017	Technical	19	34	25	9	13	0	53	22	67
2017	Administrative Support	38	31	13	10	8	1	69	18	343
2017	Operational	14	31	20	20	8	7	48	30	14
2017	Other	44	39	10	5	2	1	83	7	125

Question 10. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	73	25	2	0	0	0	98	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	40	9	3	1	0	87	5	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	40	8	3	2	0	87	5	954
2018	Technical	49	34	16	2	0	0	82	2	51
2018	Administrative Support	51	31	13	3	1	0	83	4	220
2018	Operational	50	50	0	0	0	0	100	0	10
2018	Other	50	31	13	4	2	0	81	5	133
2017	Executive	75	22	1	0	1	0	97	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	37	8	3	1	0	88	4	2376
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	38	7	3	1	0	89	4	1075
2017	Technical	38	42	12	5	2	2	81	7	66
2017	Administrative Support	51	33	10	3	2	1	84	5	342
2017	Operational	65	20	7	0	8	0	85	8	14
2017	Other	44	41	9	2	2	1	86	5	126
2014	Executive	83	17	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	35	9	2	1	0	89	3	1986
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	58	33	7	1	1	0	91	2	1084
2014	Technical	57	35	2	3	3	0	92	7	65
2014	Administrative Support	57	30	10	2	1	0	87	2	449
2014	Operational	52	43	5	0	0	0	95	0	19
2014	Other	42	35	17	3	3	0	77	6	117

Question 11. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	26	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	42	12	7	4	0	0	78	11	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	13	8	5	0	0	75	13	956
2018	Technical	36	38	12	10	4	0	0	74	14	50
2018	Administrative Support	28	37	18	10	5	0	1	66	16	221
2018	Operational	45	36	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	42	39	10	4	3	1	2	83	7	136
2017	Executive	72	22	3	0	3	0	0	94	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	42	9	8	3	0	0	80	11	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	43	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1074
2017	Technical	16	33	18	18	12	3	0	51	31	67
2017	Administrative Support	30	38	15	8	8	1	1	69	16	343
2017	Operational	20	27	14	18	21	0	0	47	39	14
2017	Other	45	30	9	10	4	2	1	76	14	126
2014	Executive	82	17	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	28	46	12	9	4	0	0	75	13	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	44	13	10	4	0	0	73	14	1084
2014	Technical	13	52	15	14	6	0	0	65	20	65
2014	Administrative Support	25	36	17	12	6	2	2	64	18	449
2014	Operational	14	41	9	23	14	0	0	55	36	20
2014	Other	20	49	16	8	3	0	3	72	12	117

Question 12. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	74	26	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	37	12	6	3	0	0	79	10	2122
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	39	12	7	4	0	0	77	11	952
2018	Technical	38	32	18	8	4	0	0	70	12	50
2018	Administrative Support	36	33	14	10	6	0	1	70	16	221
2018	Operational	36	45	9	9	0	0	0	82	9	11
2018	Other	48	33	11	3	4	0	1	82	7	133
2017	Executive	81	16	1	0	1	0	0	97	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	37	10	6	3	0	0	81	9	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	38	10	7	4	0	0	79	11	1071
2017	Technical	25	26	18	14	15	2	0	52	30	66
2017	Administrative Support	37	35	16	6	6	1	0	72	12	342
2017	Operational	20	38	14	7	21	0	0	58	28	14
2017	Other	49	31	12	6	2	0	1	80	7	126
2014	Executive	77	20	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	42	12	7	3	0	0	77	11	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	39	13	7	3	0	0	77	10	1084
2014	Technical	21	37	19	12	11	0	0	58	24	65
2014	Administrative Support	30	35	20	8	5	1	1	67	13	449
2014	Operational	18	32	27	5	18	0	0	50	23	20
2014	Other	39	35	12	11	2	0	1	75	13	117

Question 13. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	40	2	5	0	0	0	93	5	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	40	14	8	3	0	0	75	12	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	41	14	7	4	0	0	74	11	952
2018	Technical	37	37	10	10	2	4	0	77	12	51
2018	Administrative Support	40	36	13	5	4	0	1	78	10	222
2018	Operational	36	45	9	0	9	0	0	82	9	11
2018	Other	44	39	11	2	1	2	2	86	3	134
2017	Executive	70	27	1	0	1	0	0	97	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	40	12	6	3	0	0	79	9	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	40	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1073
2017	Technical	25	39	20	8	8	0	0	64	16	67
2017	Administrative Support	43	36	10	7	3	0	2	80	10	341
2017	Operational	38	41	7	0	15	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	48	38	8	3	2	1	1	87	5	126
2014	Executive	76	23	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	42	14	7	3	1	0	75	10	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	40	13	7	3	0	0	77	10	1085
2014	Technical	26	46	15	11	3	0	0	72	14	65
2014	Administrative Support	33	40	17	6	3	0	0	73	9	449
2014	Operational	23	55	14	5	5	0	0	77	9	20
2014	Other	45	34	12	4	1	2	1	82	5	117

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	41	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	43	11	6	2	0	0	82	8	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	43	10	4	2	0	0	83	6	957
2018	Technical	39	49	10	0	2	0	0	88	2	51
2018	Administrative Support	38	41	11	5	4	0	0	79	9	222
2018	Operational	45	55	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2018	Other	46	37	12	4	2	0	0	83	5	135
2017	Executive	70	24	4	0	1	0	0	94	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	41	10	5	3	0	0	83	8	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	41	9	5	2	0	0	84	6	1073
2017	Technical	33	40	13	8	5	2	0	74	13	66
2017	Administrative Support	44	35	12	4	5	0	0	80	8	343
2017	Operational	45	47	0	0	8	0	0	92	8	14
2017	Other	46	40	9	2	2	1	0	87	4	126
2014	Executive	77	21	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	45	13	6	2	0	0	79	8	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	43	10	5	1	0	0	83	7	1085
2014	Technical	37	41	12	8	3	0	0	77	11	65
2014	Administrative Support	39	38	15	5	3	0	0	77	8	448
2014	Operational	50	45	0	5	0	0	0	95	5	20
2014	Other	39	44	5	5	5	0	1	84	11	117

Question 15. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	17	16	36	24	0	0	24	60	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	32	14	7	3	0	0	76	10	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	33	14	6	3	0	0	77	9	958
2018	Technical	61	12	23	2	2	0	0	73	4	52
2018	Administrative Support	67	25	6	1	0	0	0	92	2	223
2018	Operational	50	30	10	10	0	0	0	80	10	10
2018	Other	71	21	4	3	0	1	1	93	3	135
2017	Executive	10	13	18	25	30	0	3	25	57	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	37	13	5	2	0	0	79	8	2378
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	35	10	6	3	0	1	80	9	1077
2017	Technical	50	29	6	12	0	0	3	82	12	67
2017	Administrative Support	66	26	4	1	0	0	1	94	1	343
2017	Operational	14	52	28	0	0	0	7	70	0	14
2017	Other	72	21	3	1	1	0	2	95	2	127
2014	Executive	8	18	21	21	23	0	9	28	48	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	36	13	5	2	0	0	79	8	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	35	15	5	2	0	0	78	7	1085
2014	Technical	63	20	9	6	2	0	0	83	8	65
2014	Administrative Support	59	33	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	449
2014	Operational	64	32	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	20
2014	Other	72	21	5	1	0	0	1	93	1	117

Question 16a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	2	25	56	14	3	0	0	17	27	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	20	37	25	10	0	2	35	28	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	24	35	22	7	0	2	30	34	961
2018	Technical	8	17	29	23	23	0	0	46	25	52
2018	Administrative Support	4	17	30	27	18	3	1	47	22	223
2018	Operational	0	40	30	20	0	0	10	22	44	10
2018	Other	1	11	28	28	20	6	6	55	14	135
2017	Executive	3	27	39	22	7	0	1	30	30	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	18	36	25	11	1	3	38	24	2364
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	22	38	19	10	1	3	30	31	1071
2017	Technical	17	19	33	16	9	1	4	27	39	67
2017	Administrative Support	4	11	25	23	26	2	9	55	17	339
2017	Operational	8	20	38	20	14	0	0	34	28	14
2017	Other	4	6	27	31	25	2	5	61	11	125
2014	Executive	2	8	53	30	8	0	0	38	9	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	6	20	39	25	9	1	1	34	26	1983
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	7	25	39	18	7	2	3	26	33	1084
2014	Technical	2	20	48	14	14	0	3	28	22	65
2014	Administrative Support	6	19	30	24	14	1	6	41	27	446
2014	Operational	14	32	23	23	9	0	0	32	45	20
2014	Other	2	14	22	33	21	2	5	58	18	117

Question 16b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	2	5	32	44	15	2	0	60	7	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	10	25	36	21	3	2	60	14	2110
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	16	26	30	19	2	2	52	21	955
2018	Technical	4	20	12	26	35	2	2	63	25	51
2018	Administrative Support	3	9	20	29	31	5	3	64	14	222
2018	Operational	0	27	27	18	0	9	18	25	38	11
2018	Other	2	1	13	20	53	6	5	83	3	134
2017	Executive	0	6	33	45	16	0	0	61	6	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	8	23	33	23	3	5	62	13	2355
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	11	28	29	20	3	5	53	17	1068
2017	Technical	16	20	26	13	17	3	5	33	39	67
2017	Administrative Support	4	9	20	21	29	6	11	61	16	338
2017	Operational	8	7	38	27	20	0	0	47	15	14
2017	Other	1	5	10	31	45	2	7	83	6	125
2014	Executive	0	3	18	53	24	2	0	78	3	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	4	12	30	31	17	3	3	51	17	1978
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	4	14	29	30	14	4	4	48	20	1080
2014	Technical	7	7	28	25	24	6	3	54	15	65
2014	Administrative Support	5	12	24	25	21	6	7	53	20	443
2014	Operational	14	23	14	23	27	0	0	50	36	20
2014	Other	2	8	21	23	30	8	8	63	12	117

Question 16c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	5	31	47	15	2	0	0	17	36	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	21	34	21	10	3	3	32	32	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	25	33	18	10	2	2	29	36	960
2018	Technical	12	12	31	15	26	0	4	44	24	52
2018	Administrative Support	8	16	23	22	18	6	7	46	28	222
2018	Operational	0	27	27	27	9	0	9	40	30	11
2018	Other	5	12	20	24	26	6	6	58	20	133
2017	Executive	6	28	43	15	7	0	0	22	34	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	18	32	22	12	3	5	37	29	2358
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	19	33	21	11	2	5	34	30	1071
2017	Technical	19	20	36	9	8	3	6	19	42	67
2017	Administrative Support	6	11	23	17	25	7	12	52	20	337
2017	Operational	8	31	27	20	14	0	0	34	39	14
2017	Other	8	13	23	19	26	5	5	51	24	126
2014	Executive	8	27	46	17	3	0	0	20	35	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	23	32	19	10	2	3	30	37	1981
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	33	16	7	2	4	25	40	1079
2014	Technical	14	18	36	14	14	0	3	29	34	65
2014	Administrative Support	7	18	27	19	16	3	10	41	29	447
2014	Operational	9	23	27	5	27	0	9	35	35	20
2014	Other	8	20	21	19	20	4	7	44	32	117

Question 16d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	5	27	53	12	3	0	0	15	32	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	12	33	32	16	1	1	50	17	2114
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	14	35	27	16	0	2	44	20	958
2018	Technical	10	12	17	33	28	0	0	61	21	52
2018	Administrative Support	3	10	16	38	29	3	2	70	13	221
2018	Operational	0	0	36	55	0	0	9	60	0	11
2018	Other	1	3	9	22	55	5	5	86	4	133
2017	Executive	1	19	57	18	3	0	1	21	21	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	11	32	31	18	1	3	51	16	2354
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	12	35	29	15	1	4	46	17	1064
2017	Technical	4	16	29	23	15	4	9	43	23	67
2017	Administrative Support	2	4	17	29	36	3	8	73	8	336
2017	Operational	8	20	45	27	0	0	0	27	28	14
2017	Other	2	0	10	27	52	2	6	87	3	125
2014	Executive	2	16	45	31	6	0	0	37	17	64
2014	Scientific and Professional	4	13	34	31	15	1	1	48	18	1975
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	5	15	36	29	10	1	3	42	21	1083
2014	Technical	2	8	35	32	18	0	5	53	10	65
2014	Administrative Support	1	7	25	34	25	1	7	64	9	444
2014	Operational	5	14	27	9	36	9	0	50	20	20
2014	Other	1	2	9	28	47	5	8	86	3	117

Question 16e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	47	37	5	3	0	0	8	54	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	22	28	22	13	2	2	36	35	2115
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	23	27	22	12	1	2	36	36	960
2018	Technical	14	12	21	27	23	2	2	52	26	52
2018	Administrative Support	6	9	24	26	28	1	6	58	16	221
2018	Operational	27	27	18	18	0	0	9	20	60	11
2018	Other	1	6	11	20	47	5	9	78	9	134
2017	Executive	3	30	43	16	6	0	1	23	33	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	21	29	19	15	2	4	36	33	2361
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	31	19	14	2	5	35	32	1070
2017	Technical	18	20	27	17	6	5	8	26	43	66
2017	Administrative Support	5	8	22	24	28	2	10	60	15	338
2017	Operational	8	14	41	18	20	0	0	38	21	14
2017	Other	5	3	8	22	51	4	8	83	8	125
2014	Executive	6	23	53	12	6	0	0	18	29	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	25	31	16	9	1	2	26	41	1975
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	24	32	17	10	2	4	28	39	1084
2014	Technical	11	25	28	19	11	0	5	32	38	65
2014	Administrative Support	5	14	22	27	21	3	7	54	22	448
2014	Operational	5	18	32	14	23	5	5	40	25	20
2014	Other	1	9	13	24	34	8	11	71	13	117

Question 16f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	12	47	28	14	0	0	41	12	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	15	31	27	16	2	2	45	23	2105
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	14	29	27	17	3	3	47	22	956
2018	Technical	8	29	15	17	26	2	2	46	38	52
2018	Administrative Support	9	15	19	27	22	5	4	53	26	221
2018	Operational	0	9	9	55	0	9	18	75	13	11
2018	Other	2	7	9	13	46	16	8	78	11	135
2017	Executive	1	7	39	37	13	0	1	51	9	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	15	30	23	16	3	5	43	24	2358
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	14	26	27	17	4	6	49	22	1070
2017	Technical	26	15	23	14	8	6	8	25	48	67
2017	Administrative Support	11	11	20	19	24	6	9	50	26	336
2017	Operational	8	14	7	20	27	0	25	63	28	14
2017	Other	1	7	11	20	40	9	13	77	9	125
2014	Executive	3	9	29	44	14	0	2	59	12	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	15	33	25	13	3	4	41	24	1981
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	4	14	28	30	16	4	6	50	19	1081
2014	Technical	7	19	26	17	21	3	6	43	29	64
2014	Administrative Support	8	18	17	24	19	5	9	50	30	447
2014	Operational	5	9	23	23	36	0	5	62	14	20
2014	Other	2	7	12	23	31	14	12	72	12	117

Question 16g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	24	49	17	2	0	0	19	32	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	20	35	20	11	3	2	33	30	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	36	21	9	2	2	31	31	957
2018	Technical	6	17	31	25	15	4	2	42	25	52
2018	Administrative Support	6	14	25	23	21	6	6	50	22	222
2018	Operational	0	18	45	9	18	0	9	30	20	11
2018	Other	3	10	20	22	30	7	7	62	15	133
2017	Executive	6	24	45	18	7	0	0	25	30	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	18	33	20	12	4	4	35	29	2362
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	19	35	20	11	3	4	33	29	1073
2017	Technical	14	16	31	17	11	6	4	32	34	67
2017	Administrative Support	6	8	23	18	28	6	11	55	17	337
2017	Operational	8	38	20	20	7	0	7	29	49	14
2017	Other	4	10	18	20	33	6	9	62	17	126
2014	Executive	8	14	52	20	8	0	0	27	21	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	20	34	19	10	4	2	31	33	1983
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	21	34	21	8	3	4	31	33	1085
2014	Technical	14	23	23	18	13	2	8	34	41	65
2014	Administrative Support	4	13	28	23	18	5	9	48	20	446
2014	Operational	0	32	14	18	23	0	14	47	37	20
2014	Other	5	12	23	16	26	8	9	51	21	117

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Question 17. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	62	33	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	33	15	7	5	6	6	70	13	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	38	14	5	4	7	5	74	10	961
2018	Technical	40	27	10	8	8	6	2	73	17	52
2018	Administrative Support	29	31	15	9	4	6	5	68	15	222
2018	Operational	18	36	36	0	9	0	0	55	9	11
2018	Other	32	27	9	2	0	17	13	84	3	135
2017	Executive	76	21	1	0	1	0	0	97	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	31	10	6	5	6	8	76	12	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	12	7	4	6	7	74	12	1076
2017	Technical	23	37	26	4	4	4	3	64	8	67
2017	Administrative Support	34	29	14	7	5	6	4	71	13	340
2017	Operational	14	14	41	11	21	0	0	27	32	14
2017	Other	46	21	5	2	3	10	12	86	7	126
2014	Executive	68	32	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	33	12	6	4	5	6	76	11	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	31	12	5	3	5	5	77	9	1085
2014	Technical	33	25	15	9	6	6	6	66	16	65
2014	Administrative Support	32	27	16	7	8	6	4	66	17	448
2014	Operational	23	18	5	14	23	9	9	50	44	20
2014	Other	48	22	5	6	2	9	7	84	10	117

Question 18. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	78	19	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	31	7	7	4	1	0	81	11	2121
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	35	7	6	3	1	1	84	9	956
2018	Technical	57	25	2	10	4	2	0	84	14	52
2018	Administrative Support	44	33	7	7	7	1	0	78	15	222
2018	Operational	36	45	0	18	0	0	0	82	18	11
2018	Other	66	23	3	4	1	3	0	92	5	134
2017	Executive	88	12	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	29	6	7	4	1	0	83	10	2376
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	30	7	7	4	1	0	83	10	1076
2017	Technical	44	34	9	8	3	0	2	79	12	67
2017	Administrative Support	50	27	9	6	7	1	1	78	13	341
2017	Operational	34	18	27	14	8	0	0	52	21	14
2017	Other	64	20	5	7	2	2	1	87	8	127
2014	Executive	86	14	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	52	31	7	6	3	1	0	84	9	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	31	7	5	1	2	0	86	7	1085
2014	Technical	46	34	8	6	4	2	0	81	10	65
2014	Administrative Support	45	27	11	7	7	2	1	75	14	449
2014	Operational	36	23	5	5	32	0	0	59	36	20
2014	Other	58	25	9	1	3	3	1	86	5	117

Question 19. In my work unit, unsatisfactory employee performance is managed effectively.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	42	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	26	19	11	6	17	5	55	22	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	19	10	8	16	3	54	22	958
2018	Technical	23	17	10	23	8	17	2	50	38	52
2018	Administrative Support	22	23	20	11	6	15	3	54	21	222
2018	Operational	27	36	9	9	18	0	0	64	27	11
2018	Other	19	23	10	5	1	34	7	71	11	134
2017	Executive	55	39	1	3	1	0	0	94	4	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	26	15	11	6	21	5	57	22	2376
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	25	16	12	8	19	4	54	25	1075
2017	Technical	10	25	16	17	13	13	6	43	37	67
2017	Administrative Support	17	22	18	11	7	22	3	52	24	342
2017	Operational	7	20	32	14	20	7	0	29	36	14
2017	Other	25	15	9	5	2	36	7	71	14	126
2014	Executive	53	44	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	27	18	13	5	19	6	53	23	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	16	12	5	17	5	57	21	1085
2014	Technical	12	23	27	11	11	13	3	41	27	65
2014	Administrative Support	17	21	20	10	11	16	5	48	27	447
2014	Operational	14	14	41	0	18	14	0	32	21	20
2014	Other	18	17	16	11	5	29	4	52	23	117

Question 20. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	76	22	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	31	5	4	2	0	0	89	6	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	35	6	3	1	0	0	90	4	956
2018	Technical	61	32	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	51
2018	Administrative Support	59	32	2	5	1	0	0	91	7	222
2018	Operational	27	55	9	9	0	0	0	82	9	11
2018	Other	81	14	3	1	1	0	0	95	2	134
2017	Executive	82	16	0	1	0	0	0	99	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	31	5	4	2	0	0	89	6	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	36	6	4	2	0	0	89	6	1073
2017	Technical	39	41	7	11	0	0	2	82	11	66
2017	Administrative Support	51	33	7	6	3	0	0	84	9	342
2017	Operational	25	20	27	20	8	0	0	45	28	14
2017	Other	78	14	5	2	1	1	0	93	2	126
2014	Executive	79	21	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	53	35	6	4	2	0	0	89	5	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	55	36	5	3	1	0	0	91	4	1085
2014	Technical	40	44	9	7	0	0	0	84	7	64
2014	Administrative Support	43	36	10	6	3	0	1	81	10	449
2014	Operational	32	45	9	9	5	0	0	77	14	20
2014	Other	68	24	4	3	0	1	0	93	3	117

Question 21. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	68	29	0	2	2	0	0	97	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	37	9	3	2	1	0	86	5	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	40	10	4	1	1	0	85	5	960
2018	Technical	59	23	12	2	2	2	0	84	4	52
2018	Administrative Support	43	33	13	3	4	2	1	79	7	223
2018	Operational	36	27	27	9	0	0	0	64	9	11
2018	Other	58	29	5	3	1	4	0	91	4	134

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 22. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	36	44	14	7	0	0	0	80	7	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	35	9	7	3	1	0	81	10	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	37	13	5	4	0	1	78	9	960
2018	Technical	46	33	14	0	8	0	0	79	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	52	29	8	5	4	1	1	82	10	223
2018	Operational	64	9	27	0	0	0	0	73	0	11
2018	Other	59	24	11	2	2	0	2	85	4	136
2017	Executive	57	31	7	4	0	0	0	88	4	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	35	9	7	3	0	0	82	10	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	36	9	5	3	0	1	82	8	1077
2017	Technical	36	34	18	9	3	0	0	70	12	67
2017	Administrative Support	48	32	9	6	4	1	0	81	9	343
2017	Operational	34	38	15	7	7	0	0	72	14	14
2017	Other	56	31	5	5	2	0	1	88	7	125
2014	Executive	56	35	8	2	0	0	0	91	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	38	9	6	3	0	0	82	10	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	47	36	9	5	2	0	0	84	7	1086
2014	Technical	39	39	16	3	3	0	0	78	6	65
2014	Administrative Support	42	36	10	7	4	0	1	79	11	450
2014	Operational	36	18	23	14	9	0	0	55	23	20
2014	Other	56	30	7	5	1	0	0	87	6	117

Question 23. I can count on my immediate supervisor to keep his or her promises.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	38	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	28	9	4	3	2	1	84	7	2128
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	10	4	2	1	1	82	7	957
2018	Technical	58	23	6	2	6	4	1	86	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	55	24	8	6	3	2	2	82	10	223
2018	Operational	64	18	0	18	0	0	0	82	18	11
2018	Other	72	20	2	3	2	1	1	93	4	136
2017	Executive	71	21	2	5	0	2	0	94	5	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	27	8	4	3	2	1	84	7	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	31	9	3	3	2	1	86	6	1075
2017	Technical	46	30	14	6	2	3	0	78	8	67
2017	Administrative Support	54	26	9	4	3	3	1	83	7	343
2017	Operational	45	27	8	7	14	0	0	72	20	14
2017	Other	68	24	3	3	0	1	1	94	3	127
2014	Executive	85	11	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	53	30	8	5	2	2	1	85	7	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	31	9	3	1	2	1	86	4	1086
2014	Technical	52	33	9	2	5	0	0	85	6	65
2014	Administrative Support	45	32	12	4	3	2	2	80	7	450
2014	Operational	41	23	9	9	14	5	0	67	24	20
2014	Other	66	23	3	2	0	3	3	94	3	117

Question 24. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	42	5	5	0	0	0	89	5	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	32	8	6	3	1	0	82	9	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	10	7	3	1	0	80	10	958
2018	Technical	65	19	10	4	2	0	0	85	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	54	29	8	5	3	1	0	83	9	222
2018	Operational	55	27	9	0	0	9	0	90	0	11
2018	Other	62	24	7	2	2	2	2	89	4	134
2017	Executive	65	30	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	31	7	6	3	1	0	83	9	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	32	8	6	3	1	0	83	9	1076
2017	Technical	43	31	18	9	0	0	0	74	9	67
2017	Administrative Support	53	27	8	6	5	0	0	81	11	343
2017	Operational	34	32	14	7	14	0	0	66	20	14
2017	Other	65	25	3	3	1	2	2	93	4	126
2014	Executive	76	21	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	48	36	7	5	3	1	0	85	8	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	35	9	5	2	1	0	84	7	1086
2014	Technical	42	36	11	3	6	0	2	79	10	65
2014	Administrative Support	43	35	10	7	4	0	1	79	11	449
2014	Operational	41	23	9	0	27	0	0	64	27	20
2014	Other	55	26	9	4	5	0	1	83	9	117

Question 25. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	25	8	3	0	0	0	88	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	61	24	8	3	2	1	0	86	6	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	28	10	3	3	1	0	84	6	957
2018	Technical	71	12	10	4	4	0	0	83	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	59	25	8	3	3	1	0	85	6	220
2018	Operational	73	0	27	0	0	0	0	73	0	11
2018	Other	75	14	7	2	2	0	1	90	3	136
2017	Executive	66	22	9	3	0	0	0	88	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	62	24	8	3	3	1	0	87	5	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	24	8	3	3	2	0	86	6	1076
2017	Technical	45	30	17	4	0	4	0	78	4	67
2017	Administrative Support	60	21	12	3	3	1	0	82	6	343
2017	Operational	45	35	14	0	7	0	0	80	7	14
2017	Other	74	15	7	2	2	0	0	89	4	125

Question 26. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	29	14	2	0	0	0	85	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	27	9	6	3	1	0	82	9	2125
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	957
2018	Technical	69	14	10	2	6	0	0	83	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	55	24	10	6	5	0	0	80	10	222
2018	Operational	73	9	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	71	19	5	2	2	0	1	91	5	136
2017	Executive	66	25	6	1	0	0	1	92	2	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	27	7	5	3	0	0	84	8	2368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	28	8	4	4	0	0	85	8	1076
2017	Technical	48	32	16	2	1	0	0	80	3	67
2017	Administrative Support	58	23	8	6	4	1	0	81	10	341
2017	Operational	38	42	7	7	7	0	0	80	14	14
2017	Other	71	17	9	2	1	0	0	88	3	125
2014	Executive	77	21	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	29	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	55	30	8	5	2	0	0	85	7	1086
2014	Technical	54	33	6	2	5	0	0	88	6	65
2014	Administrative Support	51	29	9	6	4	0	0	80	11	449
2014	Operational	41	23	18	9	5	5	0	67	14	20
2014	Other	68	23	3	4	1	0	0	92	5	117

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Senior Management

Question 28. I receive the support I need from senior management to address unsatisfactory performance issues in my work unit. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	61	31	3	3	0	0	2	93	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	36	13	8	3	4	12	71	13	913
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	35	16	11	3	3	7	66	16	343
2018	Administrative Support	27	36	18	9	0	9	0	70	10	11
2017	Executive	66	27	0	3	1	0	3	95	5	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	35	11	6	2	4	12	77	10	1026
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	12	9	5	2	7	72	15	363
2017	Administrative Support	29	43	14	10	0	0	5	75	10	21
2014	Executive	76	23	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	38	14	6	1	5	10	75	9	838
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	31	17	9	3	4	7	68	13	407
2014	Administrative Support	27	43	17	3	7	0	3	72	10	30

Question 29. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	56	39	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	33	14	6	3	9	0	75	10	2128
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	37	14	6	4	10	0	74	10	960
2018	Technical	48	27	10	4	4	8	0	81	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	41	29	10	9	4	7	0	76	13	222
2018	Operational	27	9	36	18	0	9	0	40	20	11
2018	Other	59	17	5	2	1	15	2	91	4	136
2017	Executive	66	30	3	0	1	0	0	96	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	34	11	6	3	8	0	78	10	2376
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	32	13	6	4	8	1	75	10	1075
2017	Technical	30	28	15	12	7	7	0	63	21	67
2017	Administrative Support	40	30	14	3	3	8	0	77	7	340
2017	Operational	38	20	7	7	15	14	0	67	25	14
2017	Other	60	20	5	1	0	14	1	94	1	126
2014	Executive	76	17	5	2	0	0	2	94	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	38	13	5	2	11	0	78	8	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	15	6	2	11	1	74	9	1084
2014	Technical	35	34	16	3	3	8	0	76	7	65
2014	Administrative Support	37	32	14	6	2	8	1	76	9	449
2014	Operational	27	23	14	5	18	9	5	58	26	20
2014	Other	47	19	8	2	1	20	2	85	4	117

Question 30. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	41	3	0	2	0	0	95	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	38	16	10	4	3	0	70	14	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	39	16	9	6	3	0	69	15	955
2018	Technical	40	31	15	10	2	2	0	72	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	41	31	12	7	5	2	1	75	13	222
2018	Operational	36	18	27	18	0	0	0	55	18	11
2018	Other	55	25	10	0	1	8	1	88	1	135
2017	Executive	58	39	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	36	14	9	4	3	0	72	14	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	16	9	5	3	1	70	14	1074
2017	Technical	26	24	22	15	10	3	0	52	26	67
2017	Administrative Support	41	30	16	5	5	3	0	73	11	343
2017	Operational	27	31	14	14	15	0	0	58	28	14
2017	Other	61	22	5	2	1	8	1	91	3	126
2014	Executive	76	18	5	0	0	0	2	95	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	38	19	10	4	3	0	66	15	1986
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	36	17	11	4	4	0	66	16	1086
2014	Technical	31	35	13	10	6	6	0	70	17	65
2014	Administrative Support	36	34	15	6	5	4	0	73	11	449
2014	Operational	27	27	14	5	18	9	0	60	25	20
2014	Other	48	24	10	1	3	12	1	84	5	117

Question 31. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	36	53	8	3	0	0	0	88	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	35	20	14	5	7	0	59	20	2117
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	32	22	12	6	7	0	57	19	960
2018	Technical	32	23	12	14	6	14	0	64	22	52
2018	Administrative Support	32	29	16	8	4	10	1	69	13	222
2018	Operational	27	18	27	18	0	9	0	50	20	11
2018	Other	47	20	7	2	2	20	2	86	5	135
2017	Executive	41	53	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	35	17	11	5	7	0	64	17	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	36	18	11	5	7	1	63	17	1074
2017	Technical	15	25	22	21	9	7	0	43	33	67
2017	Administrative Support	29	34	14	7	5	10	0	71	14	343
2017	Operational	25	27	20	14	15	0	0	52	28	14
2017	Other	51	20	9	4	1	13	2	84	6	125
2014	Executive	61	33	2	3	0	0	2	95	3	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	36	21	12	4	9	0	58	18	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	20	12	4	9	1	59	19	1084
2014	Technical	23	29	24	11	3	10	0	57	16	65
2014	Administrative Support	30	32	17	5	5	10	1	69	12	447
2014	Operational	32	0	27	9	9	23	0	41	23	20
2014	Other	39	24	9	3	4	20	1	79	9	117

Question 32. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	37	41	12	8	2	0	0	78	10	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	36	19	17	7	3	0	56	25	2127
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	35	19	13	10	4	0	56	24	959
2018	Technical	27	32	16	8	8	10	0	65	18	51
2018	Administrative Support	26	38	15	12	5	4	0	67	18	223
2018	Operational	18	36	27	0	18	0	0	55	18	11
2018	Other	41	31	7	6	2	13	2	84	9	136
2017	Executive	40	54	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	38	14	14	7	4	0	63	21	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	15	14	8	4	1	61	22	1074
2017	Technical	17	23	30	19	9	1	0	40	29	67
2017	Administrative Support	29	33	15	11	6	7	0	66	18	342
2017	Operational	7	38	20	14	21	0	0	45	35	14
2017	Other	46	27	7	6	2	12	0	83	9	126
2014	Executive	53	35	6	3	2	0	2	89	5	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	38	19	14	6	4	0	59	22	1985
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	37	21	12	7	4	0	58	20	1084
2014	Technical	20	35	24	11	6	5	0	57	18	65
2014	Administrative Support	28	33	18	9	6	5	1	65	16	449
2014	Operational	23	9	18	18	14	18	0	39	39	20
2014	Other	35	34	10	4	3	12	1	80	8	117

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My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 33. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	36	42	14	7	2	0	0	78	8	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	45	14	7	2	2	0	77	9	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	46	14	9	1	2	0	76	10	957
2018	Technical	32	50	8	4	4	2	0	84	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	39	41	13	4	1	2	0	82	5	222
2018	Operational	27	18	36	9	0	9	0	50	10	11
2018	Other	48	36	9	3	0	2	2	87	4	135
2017	Executive	34	52	10	3	0	0	0	87	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	45	11	6	1	1	0	81	8	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	44	13	6	2	1	0	79	8	1074
2017	Technical	23	37	26	9	3	2	0	61	12	67
2017	Administrative Support	36	40	14	6	2	2	0	78	8	341
2017	Operational	31	27	34	0	8	0	0	58	8	14
2017	Other	61	27	4	3	0	4	1	93	3	126
2014	Executive	77	21	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	45	13	7	2	2	0	78	8	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	43	16	5	2	1	0	76	7	1086
2014	Technical	25	46	16	6	5	3	0	73	11	65
2014	Administrative Support	33	43	14	5	2	3	0	79	7	450
2014	Operational	23	27	32	5	5	9	0	55	10	20
2014	Other	41	35	13	6	1	3	1	80	7	117

Question 34. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	64	32	0	3	0	0	0	97	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	40	13	9	3	3	2	74	12	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	43	13	7	3	3	1	77	10	956
2018	Technical	44	23	15	6	4	6	2	73	10	52
2018	Administrative Support	39	35	10	6	3	6	0	80	10	222
2018	Operational	9	45	27	0	9	9	0	60	10	11
2018	Other	35	25	11	8	5	9	6	70	16	136
2017	Executive	67	27	5	2	0	0	0	94	2	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	38	11	7	3	3	1	78	10	2371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	37	38	11	5	4	4	2	79	9	1074
2017	Technical	21	35	20	11	6	6	1	60	18	67
2017	Administrative Support	38	34	12	7	4	3	2	76	12	339
2017	Operational	27	31	14	7	21	0	0	58	28	14
2017	Other	43	26	8	5	5	5	9	80	11	127
2014	Executive	82	17	0	0	2	0	0	98	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	40	11	6	2	3	1	80	8	1989
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	41	11	5	3	4	1	80	9	1087
2014	Technical	36	31	12	9	7	6	0	71	17	65
2014	Administrative Support	36	37	13	6	2	5	1	78	8	449
2014	Operational	46	23	14	14	0	5	0	71	14	20
2014	Other	45	22	11	9	4	7	2	74	15	117

Question 35. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	53	43	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	41	14	4	2	2	0	80	6	2113
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	43	14	4	1	2	0	80	6	952
2018	Technical	52	31	10	2	4	2	0	84	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	38	38	11	5	2	5	0	81	8	221
2018	Operational	27	27	36	9	0	0	0	55	9	11
2018	Other	49	32	9	5	0	4	1	86	5	136

Question 36. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	33	29	12	7	0	0	19	77	9	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	24	20	13	11	13	2	49	28	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	28	19	11	9	11	3	54	24	960
2018	Technical	30	14	17	4	14	14	8	56	22	52
2018	Administrative Support	26	28	19	10	9	7	1	59	20	222
2018	Operational	27	9	9	18	27	9	0	40	50	11
2018	Other	38	25	8	4	2	16	8	82	8	136
2017	Executive	25	28	18	7	1	3	16	67	11	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	22	18	14	12	14	4	46	32	2369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	25	17	12	10	14	3	52	27	1076
2017	Technical	12	20	27	19	11	10	2	36	34	67
2017	Administrative Support	21	27	14	14	10	11	4	56	28	341
2017	Operational	20	7	0	25	42	7	0	29	71	14
2017	Other	36	23	10	2	6	17	6	76	11	127
2014	Executive	44	27	9	3	2	3	12	84	6	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	23	20	16	13	14	3	42	34	1986
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	21	13	10	15	3	46	28	1087
2014	Technical	15	21	31	9	12	10	3	40	24	65
2014	Administrative Support	16	24	16	13	13	14	4	49	32	450
2014	Operational	27	14	9	14	32	5	0	43	48	20
2014	Other	31	15	11	6	7	21	9	66	18	117

Question 37. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	44	53	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	41	16	11	5	1	0	69	16	2121
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	38	17	12	8	3	0	62	21	961
2018	Technical	21	27	25	14	14	0	0	48	27	52
2018	Administrative Support	25	30	23	10	7	3	1	57	18	222
2018	Operational	27	27	18	9	9	9	0	60	20	11
2018	Other	48	24	10	5	1	8	3	82	6	134
2017	Executive	59	35	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	41	12	9	4	2	0	75	13	2368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	37	14	12	8	2	0	66	20	1073
2017	Technical	18	24	22	16	18	3	0	43	35	67
2017	Administrative Support	30	31	14	10	9	5	1	65	20	342
2017	Operational	20	27	25	7	15	7	0	51	23	14
2017	Other	48	25	7	5	0	12	3	86	5	127
2014	Executive	74	21	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	40	15	10	4	1	0	71	14	1985
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	37	18	13	6	2	1	63	19	1087
2014	Technical	17	37	12	21	9	3	0	56	31	65
2014	Administrative Support	28	31	16	12	9	4	1	61	22	451
2014	Operational	14	41	5	9	5	27	0	75	19	20
2014	Other	36	20	10	7	1	18	7	75	11	117

Question 38. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	29	10	3	0	2	8	85	4	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	37	13	12	8	2	1	66	20	2124
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	32	15	13	13	2	1	57	28	961
2018	Technical	15	17	17	15	35	0	0	32	50	52
2018	Administrative Support	19	26	18	16	15	5	1	47	33	223
2018	Operational	27	9	27	18	18	0	0	36	36	11
2018	Other	39	11	10	11	2	11	16	69	18	136
2017	Executive	52	22	12	7	0	1	4	80	8	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	34	11	12	8	2	2	67	21	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	30	14	14	16	2	1	55	31	1073
2017	Technical	8	19	20	15	34	3	2	28	51	67
2017	Administrative Support	21	25	16	12	20	5	1	49	34	342
2017	Operational	0	14	14	14	39	14	7	17	66	14
2017	Other	30	26	6	5	3	7	23	79	12	126
2014	Executive	65	14	9	6	2	0	5	83	8	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	33	14	16	12	2	2	57	28	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	17	19	15	2	2	48	35	1087
2014	Technical	14	17	18	14	35	0	2	32	50	65
2014	Administrative Support	15	26	17	16	20	4	2	44	38	451
2014	Operational	5	27	14	9	27	14	5	39	44	20
2014	Other	28	25	4	8	7	8	21	74	20	117

Question 39. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	64	32	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	40	19	7	4	3	0	69	11	2124
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	41	20	7	4	3	1	67	12	959
2018	Technical	21	35	25	8	8	4	0	58	16	52
2018	Administrative Support	27	30	22	10	4	5	2	62	15	223
2018	Operational	27	27	18	18	9	0	0	55	27	11
2018	Other	38	35	17	4	0	4	2	77	4	136
2017	Executive	69	28	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	42	16	7	4	4	1	72	11	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	18	8	4	6	1	69	13	1072
2017	Technical	10	31	20	18	11	9	1	46	32	67
2017	Administrative Support	26	32	22	6	7	7	1	63	13	342
2017	Operational	14	25	20	20	15	7	0	41	37	14
2017	Other	42	27	15	5	1	8	3	77	7	127

Question 40. My department or agency implements activities and practicesthat support a diverse workplace.
A diverse workplace includes everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, religion, age, language, culture, background, interests, views or other dimensions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	61	32	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	36	9	2	1	3	0	88	3	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	35	10	2	1	4	0	86	3	959
2018	Technical	59	31	6	2	2	0	0	90	4	52
2018	Administrative Support	46	35	11	4	0	5	0	85	4	223
2018	Operational	30	40	10	0	0	20	0	88	0	10
2018	Other	61	27	4	2	0	5	1	93	2	133
2017	Executive	76	22	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	34	9	2	2	4	0	87	4	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	35	11	2	2	4	0	85	4	1074
2017	Technical	36	30	24	2	0	7	1	72	2	67
2017	Administrative Support	44	34	9	3	3	5	2	84	6	342
2017	Operational	25	27	20	7	8	14	0	60	17	14
2017	Other	56	26	8	2	0	6	2	90	2	126
2014	Executive	79	20	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	36	8	2	1	4	0	89	3	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	51	33	10	2	1	3	0	88	3	1084
2014	Technical	56	32	9	0	0	3	0	91	0	65
2014	Administrative Support	48	34	9	4	2	4	0	85	6	451
2014	Operational	50	23	14	0	9	0	5	76	10	20
2014	Other	66	19	2	1	1	12	0	96	2	117

Question 41. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	32	3	2	0	0	0	95	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	38	8	3	2	1	0	88	4	2124
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	38	10	3	1	2	0	86	4	962
2018	Technical	57	31	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	48	34	9	5	1	3	0	85	6	221
2018	Operational	40	30	20	0	0	10	0	78	0	10
2018	Other	75	19	3	1	0	2	0	96	1	132
2017	Executive	75	22	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	37	9	3	1	2	0	87	4	2369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	36	10	3	1	2	0	85	5	1073
2017	Technical	39	34	21	1	2	3	0	75	3	67
2017	Administrative Support	48	38	6	2	3	3	0	89	5	342
2017	Operational	45	34	21	0	0	0	0	79	0	14
2017	Other	71	23	2	1	0	2	1	97	1	127
2014	Executive	74	24	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	46	39	9	3	1	2	0	87	4	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	34	11	3	1	2	0	85	4	1085
2014	Technical	53	33	7	3	3	0	2	87	6	65
2014	Administrative Support	47	36	11	3	2	2	0	84	5	451
2014	Operational	45	45	0	5	5	0	0	91	9	20
2014	Other	64	24	7	1	0	5	0	92	1	117

Question 42. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	76	22	2	0	0	0	98	0	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	33	7	2	2	0	89	4	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	34	8	2	1	1	88	4	957
2018	Technical	55	37	4	0	4	0	92	4	51
2018	Administrative Support	55	32	8	3	2	0	87	5	223
2018	Operational	50	10	30	0	0	10	67	0	10
2018	Other	82	14	2	2	0	0	96	2	133
2017	Executive	76	24	0	0	0	0	100	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	33	7	3	1	0	89	4	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	35	7	2	2	0	89	4	1073
2017	Technical	39	37	18	4	2	0	76	6	67
2017	Administrative Support	56	31	7	2	4	0	87	6	343
2017	Operational	45	20	14	14	8	0	65	21	14
2017	Other	75	19	5	0	0	0	95	0	126
2014	Executive	95	5	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	37	8	2	1	1	88	4	1985
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	52	36	8	3	1	0	88	4	1087
2014	Technical	62	28	9	0	1	0	90	1	65
2014	Administrative Support	51	36	9	2	2	0	87	4	451
2014	Operational	41	36	5	5	0	14	89	5	20
2014	Other	74	22	2	1	0	1	97	1	117

Question 43. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	72	21	5	2	0	0	0	93	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	32	13	3	2	0	0	82	6	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	35	13	5	3	0	0	80	8	960
2018	Technical	59	25	8	6	2	0	0	85	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	48	29	10	7	4	1	0	79	11	221
2018	Operational	40	20	20	20	0	0	0	60	20	10
2018	Other	64	24	9	3	0	0	0	88	3	133
2017	Executive	78	19	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	33	11	5	2	1	0	83	7	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	12	6	2	1	0	80	9	1071
2017	Technical	29	37	18	6	9	1	0	67	15	67
2017	Administrative Support	46	32	11	5	6	0	0	79	11	343
2017	Operational	20	20	31	14	15	0	0	41	28	14
2017	Other	66	22	5	3	0	2	2	91	3	127
2014	Executive	79	21	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	40	14	6	2	1	0	78	8	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	36	14	7	2	0	0	77	9	1087
2014	Technical	40	33	13	10	5	0	0	73	14	65
2014	Administrative Support	38	37	13	7	5	1	0	75	12	451
2014	Operational	41	32	5	18	5	0	0	73	23	20
2014	Other	56	29	8	3	3	0	0	85	6	117

Question 44. I am satisfied with my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	71	22	5	2	0	0	0	93	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	36	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	2107
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	37	11	6	2	0	0	81	8	956
2018	Technical	45	34	12	8	2	0	0	78	10	51
2018	Administrative Support	48	31	9	9	4	0	0	79	12	219
2018	Operational	40	10	30	20	0	0	0	50	20	10
2018	Other	66	22	9	3	1	0	0	88	4	133
2017	Executive	73	24	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	36	10	4	2	0	0	83	7	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	35	11	6	2	0	0	81	8	1075
2017	Technical	28	36	21	10	4	1	0	64	14	67
2017	Administrative Support	43	36	11	5	5	1	0	80	10	341
2017	Operational	27	20	31	7	15	0	0	47	21	14
2017	Other	63	29	7	0	0	0	1	93	0	126
2014	Executive	80	18	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	41	14	6	2	0	0	77	8	1987
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	36	14	7	2	0	0	77	10	1087
2014	Technical	35	35	16	9	5	0	0	70	14	65
2014	Administrative Support	38	37	13	7	4	0	0	75	11	451
2014	Operational	41	27	14	9	5	5	0	71	14	20
2014	Other	55	31	10	3	2	0	0	86	5	117

Question 45. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	22	15	0	2	2	0	83	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	28	15	9	4	3	0	71	13	2117
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	27	15	9	5	2	0	71	14	961
2018	Technical	44	19	17	10	6	4	0	66	16	52
2018	Administrative Support	36	22	15	13	9	4	1	61	23	223
2018	Operational	30	0	40	0	30	0	0	30	30	10
2018	Other	45	22	11	11	3	6	2	73	15	133
2017	Executive	66	22	3	6	0	1	1	91	6	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	26	15	8	4	5	0	71	13	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	27	15	9	5	3	0	70	14	1074
2017	Technical	22	29	9	19	12	6	2	56	34	66
2017	Administrative Support	37	24	15	10	10	4	1	64	20	342
2017	Operational	27	0	27	0	28	18	0	33	34	14
2017	Other	42	21	12	9	3	10	2	72	14	127
2014	Executive	68	26	3	0	2	2	0	95	2	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	28	17	9	4	4	0	68	14	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	28	17	9	5	3	0	68	15	1087
2014	Technical	30	21	17	20	9	3	0	53	30	65
2014	Administrative Support	29	25	21	11	8	4	1	58	20	451
2014	Operational	32	23	18	14	14	0	0	55	27	20
2014	Other	31	20	17	13	9	9	1	57	24	116

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Mobility and Retention

Question 46. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not Sure (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	24	54	22	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	45	32	2130
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	44	33	963
2018	Technical	25	42	33	52
2018	Administrative Support	33	30	36	223
2018	Operational	27	36	36	11
2018	Other	55	15	30	136
2017	Executive	22	58	19	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	46	31	2375
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	44	35	1076
2017	Technical	27	33	40	67
2017	Administrative Support	30	35	35	343
2017	Operational	28	27	45	14
2017	Other	48	16	36	126
2014	Executive	14	58	29	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	44	33	1988
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	46	35	1087
2014	Technical	30	32	38	65
2014	Administrative Support	26	38	36	451
2014	Operational	23	27	50	20
2014	Other	53	19	28	117

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.
Survey year	Demographic	To retire (%)	To pursue another position within my department or agency (%)	To pursue a position in another department or agency (%)	To pursue a position outside the federal public service (%)	End of my term, casual or student employment (%)	Other (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	21	29	0	0	0	14
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	54	23	6	3	5	490
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36	33	6	2	7	231
2018	Administrative Support	14	45	28	1	4	8	74
2018	Other	1	2	5	1	89	1	74
2017	Executive	53	33	7	7	0	0	15
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	57	20	3	2	6	550
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	36	32	5	3	8	228
2017	Technical	0	16	35	4	28	16	18
2017	Administrative Support	9	45	26	3	11	6	102
2017	Other	2	5	2	0	90	2	61
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	55	19	6	9999	5	459
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	42	27	8	9999	7	213
2014	Technical	4	40	24	6	9999	27	20
2014	Administrative Support	10	42	33	8	9999	7	116
2014	Other	0	16	17	22	9999	46	61

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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	Scientific and Professional	10	90	2124
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	961
2018	Technical	12	88	52
2018	Administrative Support	9	91	222
2018	Operational	0	100	10

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	77
2018	Administrative Support	57	21

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	77
2018	Administrative Support	57	21

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	77

Question 49d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	77

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	204

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	77
2018	Administrative Support	33	21

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	77
2018	Administrative Support	38	21

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	77
2018	Administrative Support	48	21

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	77
2018	Administrative Support	38	21

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	77
2018	Administrative Support	24	21

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	58	77
2018	Administrative Support	52	21

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	77
2018	Administrative Support	29	21

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	77
2018	Administrative Support	21

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	77

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	77

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	77
2018	Administrative Support	57	21

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	77

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	77

Question 51a. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	77
2018	Administrative Support	67	21

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	Scientific and Professional	30	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	77
2018	Administrative Support	29	21

Question 51c. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	77

Question 51d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	77

Question 51e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	204

Question 51f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	204
2018	Administrative Support	0	21

Question 51g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	77

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	77

Question 51i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	204
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	77
2018	Administrative Support	24	21

Question 52a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	73

Question 52b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	73
2018	Administrative Support	24	21

Question 52c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	73

Question 52d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	197

Question 52e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	73

Question 52f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	197

Question 52g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	73

Question 52h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	73
2018	Administrative Support	24	21

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	Scientific and Professional	11	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	73

Question 52j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	73
2018	Administrative Support	29	21

Question 52k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	73

Question 52l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	73
2018	Administrative Support	48	21

Question 52m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	73

Question 52n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	73
2018	Administrative Support	48	21

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	Scientific and Professional	3	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	73

Question 52p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	197
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	73

Question 53. I am satisfied with how matters related to harassment are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	66	29	2	2	0	2	0	96	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	19	16	5	4	32	7	59	15	2117
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	22	16	4	3	29	5	65	11	958
2018	Technical	21	12	21	8	8	19	12	47	22	52
2018	Administrative Support	29	18	17	3	4	21	8	65	11	223
2018	Operational	10	20	30	0	0	40	0	50	0	10
2018	Other	25	10	4	2	0	44	14	84	6	136
2017	Executive	66	22	3	0	0	9	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	17	15	4	4	32	9	60	14	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	21	15	4	2	28	7	67	9	1075
2017	Technical	19	17	20	3	4	28	10	58	11	67
2017	Administrative Support	29	20	14	2	5	24	6	69	10	342
2017	Operational	20	14	27	0	8	20	11	49	11	14
2017	Other	36	9	6	2	0	35	13	85	3	127
2014	Executive	68	26	2	0	0	3	2	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	19	15	4	3	33	10	62	12	1985
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	19	14	4	2	33	8	66	10	1087
2014	Technical	14	15	26	3	8	27	6	45	17	65
2014	Administrative Support	22	20	15	5	5	23	9	62	15	451
2014	Operational	5	18	23	9	5	32	9	38	23	20
2014	Other	19	5	11	0	1	43	20	65	5	117

Question 54. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	72	24	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	35	14	4	2	8	1	78	7	2121
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	36	15	4	2	7	1	78	6	957
2018	Technical	36	25	21	6	2	10	0	68	9	52
2018	Administrative Support	43	30	14	4	4	5	0	77	8	223
2018	Operational	20	40	20	0	0	20	0	75	0	10
2018	Other	46	21	5	2	0	25	2	92	2	136
2017	Executive	75	25	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	35	12	3	3	8	2	80	7	2368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	33	11	3	2	10	1	82	6	1073
2017	Technical	27	29	26	2	2	12	2	66	5	67
2017	Administrative Support	40	29	12	3	3	12	1	80	6	343
2017	Operational	45	27	7	0	8	14	0	83	9	14
2017	Other	46	25	6	0	0	19	3	92	0	126
2014	Executive	80	18	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	36	14	3	1	12	1	79	5	1984
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	34	14	3	1	12	2	80	4	1087
2014	Technical	30	24	25	5	3	14	0	62	9	65
2014	Administrative Support	33	33	14	5	3	11	2	75	9	450
2014	Operational	32	32	18	5	5	0	9	70	10	20
2014	Other	31	18	9	1	0	31	9	81	3	117

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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	Scientific and Professional	5	95	2126
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	959
2018	Administrative Support	6	94	223
2018	Operational	0	100	11

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	36

Question 56b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	79	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	72	36

Question 56d. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	101

Question 56e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	36

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	36

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	36

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	36

Question 57c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	101

Question 57d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	101

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	36
2018	Administrative Support	36	14

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36

Question 57h. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Gender identity or expression (including gender diverse identities or expressions such as transgender, two-spirit, or non-binary)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	101

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	36

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	36

Question 57k. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	36

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	36

Question 57m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	36

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	101
2018	Administrative Support	43	14

Question 58a. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36
2018	Administrative Support	43	14

Question 58b. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	101

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	Scientific and Professional	7	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	36

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	36

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	Administrative Support	0	14

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	36

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	101

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	101
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	36

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	97

Question 59b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	35

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	97

Question 59d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	97

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	35

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	97

Question 59h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	35
2018	Administrative Support	0	14

Question 59i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	97

Question 59j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	35

Question 59k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	35

Question 59l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	35
2018	Administrative Support	43	14

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	Administration and Foreign Services	0	35
2018	Administrative Support	0	14

Question 59n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	97
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	35

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	Administrative Support	0	14

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	97

Question 60. I am satisfied with how matters related to discrimination are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	31	2	2	0	3	0	96	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	18	16	2	2	37	6	63	8	2117
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	21	16	2	2	32	6	68	5	960
2018	Technical	23	10	27	2	4	27	8	50	9	52
2018	Administrative Support	27	22	14	3	2	26	6	72	7	223
2018	Operational	9	18	18	0	0	55	0	60	0	11
2018	Other	29	9	4	1	0	44	13	88	2	135
2017	Executive	64	22	3	0	0	10	0	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	16	14	2	2	38	8	66	7	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	19	15	2	1	32	7	71	5	1074
2017	Technical	17	21	19	4	3	32	4	59	12	67
2017	Administrative Support	27	18	15	3	3	27	6	68	9	342
2017	Operational	20	20	14	0	8	27	11	66	13	14
2017	Other	38	10	4	2	1	34	12	88	4	125
2014	Executive	62	18	3	0	0	12	5	96	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	18	14	2	2	40	8	66	7	1985
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	20	14	1	1	36	7	73	3	1087
2014	Technical	19	13	26	3	1	31	7	52	7	65
2014	Administrative Support	22	24	16	3	2	25	10	69	7	449
2014	Operational	14	18	9	5	0	32	23	70	10	20
2014	Other	23	9	5	0	1	44	18	86	1	117

Question 61. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	73	24	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	33	14	2	2	10	1	79	5	2124
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	35	13	2	2	10	1	81	4	959
2018	Technical	38	27	17	0	2	15	0	77	2	52
2018	Administrative Support	43	31	13	1	3	9	0	81	5	221
2018	Operational	18	36	9	9	0	27	0	75	13	11
2018	Other	48	17	4	1	0	27	2	93	1	135
2017	Executive	79	19	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	33	11	2	2	11	2	83	4	2371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	32	10	2	1	12	1	85	4	1073
2017	Technical	26	31	21	3	2	16	1	69	5	67
2017	Administrative Support	39	27	14	3	2	13	1	77	6	341
2017	Operational	41	44	0	0	8	7	0	91	9	13
2017	Other	52	18	5	0	0	21	3	93	0	127
2014	Executive	76	21	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	66
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	36	13	2	1	14	1	82	3	1984
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	33	13	2	0	13	2	82	3	1087
2014	Technical	31	27	22	1	1	17	0	71	3	65
2014	Administrative Support	36	30	14	3	1	13	2	79	4	450
2014	Operational	27	32	18	0	5	14	5	72	6	20
2014	Other	37	21	4	0	0	31	7	93	0	117

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 62a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	27	8	2	0	0	3	89	2	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	30	15	5	4	0	1	76	9	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	27	16	9	5	0	2	70	14	958
2018	Technical	30	29	15	12	14	0	0	59	25	52
2018	Administrative Support	43	25	18	5	6	1	2	69	12	223
2018	Operational	55	27	9	0	9	0	0	82	9	11
2018	Other	46	26	18	5	3	2	0	73	8	134
2017	Executive	60	21	15	3	0	0	1	82	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	27	16	8	6	1	2	70	14	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	26	16	8	7	0	3	68	15	1070
2017	Technical	22	32	25	9	9	0	2	55	19	66
2017	Administrative Support	37	25	20	5	8	0	3	65	14	342
2017	Operational	14	34	7	18	28	0	0	47	46	14
2017	Other	39	27	10	11	9	2	3	69	21	126

Question 62b. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Heavy workload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	3	10	37	31	19	0	0	14	49	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	30	27	16	10	0	1	47	26	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	29	27	15	8	0	1	49	23	958
2018	Technical	28	23	21	19	6	0	2	53	26	52
2018	Administrative Support	34	35	16	10	3	0	2	70	13	221
2018	Operational	36	9	36	9	9	0	0	45	18	11
2018	Other	42	32	15	6	1	2	2	77	7	135
2017	Executive	6	21	29	24	20	0	0	27	44	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	30	28	13	9	0	1	49	22	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	25	13	9	0	2	52	22	1074
2017	Technical	15	32	29	19	5	0	0	47	23	67
2017	Administrative Support	39	31	15	10	2	0	2	72	13	341
2017	Operational	34	45	14	0	8	0	0	79	8	14
2017	Other	51	29	13	4	2	0	2	81	6	127

Question 62c. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Unreasonable deadlines
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	17	39	31	5	0	0	25	36	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	34	23	12	6	0	1	59	18	2116
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	31	23	13	5	0	1	58	19	956
2018	Technical	32	29	17	10	12	0	0	61	21	52
2018	Administrative Support	47	26	14	6	2	0	4	77	8	222
2018	Operational	55	18	27	0	0	0	0	73	0	11
2018	Other	58	23	9	4	1	3	2	85	6	135
2017	Executive	10	28	34	21	6	0	0	39	27	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	32	22	11	5	0	2	60	17	2365
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	32	21	13	6	0	3	59	20	1069
2017	Technical	21	38	14	18	4	0	4	62	23	66
2017	Administrative Support	51	25	12	5	3	0	4	79	8	339
2017	Operational	45	47	0	0	8	0	0	92	8	14
2017	Other	68	17	6	2	2	0	5	89	4	126

Question 62d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	3	19	46	25	7	0	0	22	32	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	27	25	15	9	1	1	50	25	2114
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	26	23	14	10	1	1	52	25	950
2018	Technical	31	20	22	14	14	0	0	51	28	51
2018	Administrative Support	42	26	15	11	3	0	3	70	14	223
2018	Operational	36	18	18	0	27	0	0	55	27	11
2018	Other	59	16	13	5	2	3	2	79	7	134
2017	Executive	18	31	30	15	6	0	0	49	21	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	26	25	14	9	1	3	51	24	2369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	27	20	15	9	1	3	53	26	1075
2017	Technical	19	25	32	12	12	0	0	44	24	67
2017	Administrative Support	42	27	16	7	4	1	4	73	11	341
2017	Operational	31	47	7	7	8	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	57	21	10	3	4	0	5	82	7	127

Question 62e. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Overtime or long work hours
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	8	17	34	25	14	0	2	26	40	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	24	13	5	3	1	6	78	8	2117
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	21	10	4	3	0	7	82	8	957
2018	Technical	57	21	12	4	0	0	6	84	4	52
2018	Administrative Support	67	11	5	1	1	1	13	91	3	221
2018	Operational	64	9	9	0	0	0	18	89	0	11
2018	Other	79	12	2	2	1	1	4	96	2	134
2017	Executive	16	18	33	18	12	0	3	35	31	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	27	12	5	3	1	9	78	9	2368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	49	23	8	6	2	1	11	81	9	1071
2017	Technical	45	34	9	0	0	2	11	90	0	67
2017	Administrative Support	64	12	5	1	1	0	17	91	3	339
2017	Operational	54	7	11	0	0	0	28	85	0	14
2017	Other	75	8	5	2	1	0	9	91	3	126

Question 62f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	20	31	25	17	0	0	27	42	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	30	21	10	7	0	0	62	17	2122
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	27	21	8	7	0	1	63	15	959
2018	Technical	36	25	19	8	12	0	0	61	19	52
2018	Administrative Support	53	23	11	5	6	0	1	77	11	222
2018	Operational	36	36	18	0	9	0	0	73	9	11
2018	Other	52	27	11	5	3	2	0	80	8	135
2017	Executive	12	33	33	18	4	0	0	45	22	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	33	20	10	6	0	1	64	16	2363
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	20	8	5	0	2	66	14	1072
2017	Technical	29	34	19	9	8	0	0	64	17	67
2017	Administrative Support	50	24	13	6	5	1	1	76	11	342
2017	Operational	34	14	25	14	15	0	0	47	28	14
2017	Other	45	23	19	7	2	0	3	71	10	124

Question 62g. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of control or input in decision-making
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	28	50	19	2	2	0	0	78	3	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	37	22	7	4	1	1	66	12	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	36	23	9	4	1	1	64	12	962
2018	Technical	32	35	25	2	6	0	0	67	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	41	28	16	8	3	1	3	72	11	221
2018	Operational	45	18	36	0	0	0	0	64	0	11
2018	Other	53	29	10	3	1	2	2	85	4	134
2017	Executive	39	43	10	6	0	0	1	83	6	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	35	20	8	5	1	1	66	13	2363
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	34	19	9	4	1	3	67	13	1072
2017	Technical	19	35	29	11	3	2	2	56	14	67
2017	Administrative Support	43	29	13	6	4	2	4	76	11	341
2017	Operational	47	18	7	14	15	0	0	65	28	14
2017	Other	50	29	13	2	1	0	4	83	3	124

Question 62h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Competing or constantly changing priorities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	11	44	33	11	2	0	0	54	12	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	33	25	12	6	1	1	57	17	2116
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	32	25	12	6	1	1	56	18	958
2018	Technical	23	37	21	12	8	0	0	59	19	52
2018	Administrative Support	41	31	15	7	3	1	2	74	10	222
2018	Operational	36	36	18	9	0	0	0	73	9	11
2018	Other	48	30	12	4	2	2	3	82	6	135
2017	Executive	21	52	15	9	1	0	1	74	11	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	35	22	11	5	0	1	61	17	2367
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	36	20	11	7	0	2	60	19	1073
2017	Technical	25	25	24	14	8	2	3	52	23	66
2017	Administrative Support	45	32	11	6	2	2	3	81	8	340
2017	Operational	58	20	7	7	8	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	53	25	17	2	1	0	2	80	3	124

Question 62i. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of clear expectations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	26	41	21	7	5	0	0	67	12	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	34	22	10	5	0	1	63	15	2114
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	21	10	5	0	1	63	16	958
2018	Technical	34	37	17	8	4	0	0	71	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	47	27	13	8	2	1	2	76	10	223
2018	Operational	45	18	27	9	0	0	0	64	9	11
2018	Other	36	28	18	11	3	2	1	66	15	134
2017	Executive	31	40	21	6	0	0	1	73	6	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	33	19	10	5	0	1	65	15	2363
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	34	18	9	6	0	2	66	16	1073
2017	Technical	32	33	16	12	7	0	0	66	19	67
2017	Administrative Support	46	28	15	5	4	1	3	76	8	341
2017	Operational	41	38	7	0	15	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	44	28	14	11	2	0	1	73	13	124

Question 62j. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Information overload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	48	12	17	9	2	0	61	26	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	34	20	10	4	0	1	65	14	2112
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	34	20	9	4	0	1	66	13	958
2018	Technical	21	42	24	4	8	0	0	64	12	50
2018	Administrative Support	46	31	13	5	2	1	2	79	8	222
2018	Operational	45	27	18	9	0	0	0	73	9	11
2018	Other	42	33	15	6	2	2	1	77	8	134
2017	Executive	18	32	33	9	6	0	2	51	15	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	34	19	9	4	1	1	67	13	2362
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	17	7	5	1	2	70	13	1069
2017	Technical	39	28	14	11	5	2	2	70	16	65
2017	Administrative Support	49	30	11	4	2	1	3	82	7	337
2017	Operational	58	14	14	0	15	0	0	72	15	14
2017	Other	39	36	14	7	2	0	2	76	9	125

Question 62k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	62	22	5	9	2	0	0	84	10	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	24	12	6	4	0	2	78	10	2110
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	25	13	4	3	0	3	79	8	955
2018	Technical	57	15	14	6	4	0	4	76	10	52
2018	Administrative Support	64	14	10	4	4	1	4	82	8	222
2018	Operational	45	27	9	18	0	0	0	73	18	11
2018	Other	77	12	7	2	2	0	1	89	4	134
2017	Executive	75	16	7	0	1	0	0	91	1	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	24	12	6	3	0	2	78	9	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	11	3	3	0	3	82	7	1069
2017	Technical	51	26	13	4	6	0	0	77	10	67
2017	Administrative Support	66	16	8	4	2	0	5	86	6	340
2017	Operational	72	7	7	15	0	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	67	15	7	5	2	0	5	86	7	126

Question 62l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	88	9	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	75	11	5	1	1	1	6	92	3	2112
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	72	13	6	1	1	1	6	91	3	955
2018	Technical	71	12	6	4	2	0	6	88	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	68	13	6	2	1	2	8	90	3	223
2018	Operational	55	9	27	0	0	0	9	70	0	11
2018	Other	87	8	2	2	0	1	2	96	2	135

Question 62m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Harassment or discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	91	7	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	76	11	5	2	3	1	3	91	5	2110
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	75	11	4	2	3	1	5	90	5	958
2018	Technical	77	6	10	0	6	0	2	84	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	72	9	7	2	3	2	5	87	5	222
2018	Operational	64	27	0	0	0	0	9	100	0	11
2018	Other	94	4	0	1	2	0	0	98	2	135
2017	Executive	91	4	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	76	11	4	2	3	1	3	91	5	2368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	74	12	3	2	3	1	4	91	6	1070
2017	Technical	73	8	7	3	3	0	7	86	6	67
2017	Administrative Support	75	9	4	4	3	1	3	88	7	339
2017	Operational	79	7	7	0	8	0	0	85	8	14
2017	Other	91	2	0	2	0	0	6	98	2	126

Question 62n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	67	22	7	2	0	0	2	91	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	24	10	3	2	0	1	85	5	2120
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	27	9	3	2	0	2	86	5	960
2018	Technical	69	12	12	2	6	0	0	81	8	52
2018	Administrative Support	63	22	9	2	2	0	1	86	5	222
2018	Operational	55	27	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	11
2018	Other	85	6	6	2	0	0	2	92	2	136
2017	Executive	73	25	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	61	24	8	3	2	0	2	87	5	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	58	24	8	3	2	0	4	86	5	1071
2017	Technical	57	24	16	1	0	0	2	82	1	67
2017	Administrative Support	65	19	7	4	1	1	2	87	6	340
2017	Operational	38	34	14	15	0	0	0	72	15	14
2017	Other	81	8	2	4	0	1	5	94	4	127

Question 62o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	16	14	2	0	0	0	84	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	59	21	10	4	4	0	1	81	8	2114
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	21	9	5	3	1	2	82	9	958
2018	Technical	63	14	10	6	6	0	2	78	12	52
2018	Administrative Support	64	18	8	6	3	1	0	83	9	221
2018	Operational	64	27	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	11
2018	Other	81	9	3	3	2	1	2	92	5	135
2017	Executive	79	18	0	3	0	0	0	97	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	63	18	8	4	4	0	3	84	8	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	63	18	8	3	4	1	3	84	7	1072
2017	Technical	61	18	12	3	3	0	3	82	6	67
2017	Administrative Support	62	18	8	4	5	1	3	83	9	340
2017	Operational	34	45	7	7	8	0	0	79	15	14
2017	Other	83	9	1	2	1	0	5	97	2	125

Question 62p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	42	9	2	0	0	0	89	2	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	16	7	2	1	0	19	88	4	2105
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	16	6	3	1	0	21	88	4	956
2018	Technical	62	4	6	2	0	0	26	89	3	50
2018	Administrative Support	59	5	3	1	0	1	30	93	3	221
2018	Operational	45	18	18	9	0	0	9	70	10	11
2018	Other	76	3	0	2	0	0	20	98	2	136
2017	Executive	59	24	8	6	2	0	2	85	8	66
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	15	6	2	1	0	20	88	4	2366
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	17	5	2	1	0	22	89	5	1069
2017	Technical	50	9	5	1	0	2	33	91	2	66
2017	Administrative Support	62	6	3	1	0	2	26	94	2	337
2017	Operational	79	0	0	7	0	0	15	92	8	14
2017	Other	78	2	2	0	0	0	18	98	0	125

Question 62q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	69	22	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	70	16	5	1	0	0	6	93	1	2116
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	70	14	5	1	1	1	8	92	2	958
2018	Technical	71	10	8	4	2	0	6	86	6	52
2018	Administrative Support	71	13	5	1	0	1	10	93	2	222
2018	Operational	73	27	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2018	Other	87	3	4	2	0	1	2	94	2	135
2017	Executive	73	25	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	14	5	1	0	0	8	93	2	2358
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	70	14	4	1	1	0	10	93	3	1067
2017	Technical	59	15	13	3	3	0	7	80	7	66
2017	Administrative Support	75	8	4	1	0	2	10	94	2	339
2017	Operational	72	14	0	0	8	0	7	92	8	14
2017	Other	83	8	1	0	1	0	7	98	1	126

Question 62r. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of job security
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	96	0	2	0	0	0	2	98	0	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	78	12	5	1	2	0	2	92	3	2119
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	72	13	5	2	3	1	4	88	6	959
2018	Technical	57	16	10	10	6	0	2	74	16	51
2018	Administrative Support	56	15	13	5	6	1	4	75	12	221
2018	Operational	64	9	18	0	0	0	9	80	0	11
2018	Other	68	10	10	7	4	0	2	79	11	136
2017	Executive	91	4	3	0	0	0	1	97	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	74	14	4	2	2	1	4	93	3	2371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	67	16	5	3	4	1	4	87	8	1070
2017	Technical	42	16	16	10	13	2	2	61	23	67
2017	Administrative Support	49	14	11	7	13	1	5	67	21	341
2017	Operational	61	18	7	0	8	7	0	84	8	14
2017	Other	57	16	9	5	5	0	8	79	11	127

Question 62s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Personal issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	70	19	9	0	0	0	2	91	0	57
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	29	14	4	2	0	2	80	6	2115
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	28	15	4	3	1	2	78	7	956
2018	Technical	44	33	14	8	2	0	0	77	10	52
2018	Administrative Support	51	25	14	6	1	0	3	79	7	221
2018	Operational	27	45	9	18	0	0	0	73	18	11
2018	Other	50	25	15	5	4	0	1	76	10	136
2017	Executive	75	19	4	0	0	0	1	95	0	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	30	12	4	2	0	2	81	6	2370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	29	11	4	3	0	3	82	8	1069
2017	Technical	44	40	4	4	3	0	4	88	7	67
2017	Administrative Support	54	23	11	4	3	0	3	80	8	341
2017	Operational	34	14	18	7	7	0	21	60	17	14
2017	Other	52	27	11	4	3	0	4	82	7	126

Question 63. Overall, my level of work-related stress is…
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very high (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	3	15	58	24	0	0	0	19	24	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	35	32	12	3	0	0	52	15	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	35	32	12	4	0	0	52	15	960
2018	Technical	26	33	25	15	0	0	0	59	15	52
2018	Administrative Support	33	35	23	8	1	1	0	68	9	222
2018	Operational	30	40	30	0	0	0	0	70	0	10
2018	Other	37	41	20	2	0	0	0	78	2	136
2017	Executive	1	33	39	22	4	0	0	34	27	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	33	37	12	4	0	0	47	16	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	33	37	11	5	0	0	46	16	1077
2017	Technical	11	39	34	11	3	0	2	51	14	67
2017	Administrative Support	25	37	24	5	5	1	3	64	11	342
2017	Operational	20	34	31	7	8	0	0	54	15	14
2017	Other	25	53	16	3	0	0	2	80	3	127

Question 64. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	10	28	45	10	7	0	0	17	38	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	17	38	27	10	0	0	37	25	2107
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	17	37	27	12	0	0	40	24	957
2018	Technical	8	14	39	21	19	0	0	40	21	52
2018	Administrative Support	5	9	33	30	21	1	0	52	15	221
2018	Operational	0	20	20	40	20	0	0	60	20	10
2018	Other	7	5	32	34	22	0	1	57	11	134
2017	Executive	3	21	46	27	3	0	0	30	24	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	17	39	25	13	0	0	38	23	2373
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	16	38	27	12	0	0	39	23	1075
2017	Technical	4	22	29	37	8	0	0	44	27	67
2017	Administrative Support	5	11	28	31	22	1	2	55	17	342
2017	Operational	15	7	31	27	14	0	7	44	23	14
2017	Other	5	6	23	38	25	0	2	64	12	126

Question 65. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	44	3	7	0	0	0	90	7	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	46	13	4	2	2	0	80	7	2123
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	44	13	5	2	3	0	79	8	959
2018	Technical	35	32	22	6	0	6	0	71	6	51
2018	Administrative Support	44	33	10	5	4	4	0	80	9	223
2018	Operational	40	40	20	0	0	0	0	80	0	10
2018	Other	36	33	16	8	0	8	0	74	8	135
2017	Executive	37	46	9	4	1	1	0	85	6	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	46	15	7	4	4	0	73	11	2372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	42	15	6	4	6	0	74	10	1076
2017	Technical	20	26	21	12	4	16	2	55	19	67
2017	Administrative Support	29	35	16	6	5	9	0	70	12	342
2017	Operational	20	25	42	0	0	14	0	52	0	14
2017	Other	18	31	19	10	5	16	2	59	18	127

Question 66. I would describe my workplace as being psychologically healthy.
A psychologically healthy workplace is one that promotes employees’ psychological well-being and actively works to prevent harm to employee psychological health due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	34	49	12	5	0	0	0	83	5	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	40	16	9	4	2	0	71	13	2126
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	39	16	8	4	2	0	72	11	960
2018	Technical	32	38	16	6	6	2	0	71	12	50
2018	Administrative Support	41	36	11	5	6	1	0	78	11	222
2018	Operational	20	40	30	10	0	0	0	60	10	10
2018	Other	43	31	15	5	1	5	0	78	6	136
2017	Executive	31	57	9	1	1	0	0	88	3	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	44	15	10	5	2	0	69	15	2374
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	41	17	8	5	3	0	69	13	1075
2017	Technical	18	35	19	13	9	6	0	57	23	67
2017	Administrative Support	30	41	15	4	7	3	0	73	11	341
2017	Operational	20	27	14	11	21	7	0	51	35	14
2017	Other	39	32	17	5	1	5	1	76	7	127

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Compensation

Question 67. To what extent has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	63	25	10	2	0	0	0	63	37	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	24	10	3	2	3	1	60	40	2127
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	58	23	10	4	2	2	1	60	40	959
2018	Technical	60	12	10	6	6	4	3	65	35	52
2018	Administrative Support	57	21	8	4	2	5	3	62	38	223
2018	Operational	80	10	10	0	0	0	0	80	20	10
2018	Other	60	13	9	6	0	10	3	68	32	136
2017	Executive	58	25	9	3	1	3	0	60	40	67
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	22	11	5	3	7	1	56	44	2376
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	23	9	3	4	6	1	58	42	1077
2017	Technical	53	16	14	6	9	1	1	54	46	67
2017	Administrative Support	52	20	11	4	4	5	4	57	43	342
2017	Operational	47	7	7	15	18	7	0	51	49	14
2017	Other	43	19	13	6	5	10	4	50	50	127

Question 68a. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Missing regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	379
2018	Administrative Support	23	77
2018	Other	24	38
2017	Executive	12	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	421
2017	Technical	35	31
2017	Administrative Support	31	131
2017	Other	47	55

Question 68b. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Underpayment of regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	379
2018	Administrative Support	32	77
2018	Other	49	38
2017	Executive	19	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	421
2017	Technical	23	31
2017	Administrative Support	33	131
2017	Other	49	55

Question 68c. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Overpayment of regular pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	379
2018	Administrative Support	26	77
2018	Other	44	38
2017	Executive	4	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	421
2017	Technical	23	31
2017	Administrative Support	24	131
2017	Other	39	55

Question 68d. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing acting pay, overtime pay or other related extra duty pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	379
2018	Administrative Support	23	77
2018	Other	4	38
2017	Executive	27	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	421
2017	Technical	38	31
2017	Administrative Support	24	131
2017	Other	5	55

Question 68e. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing pay relating to a disability, maternity, or parental leave
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	379
2018	Administrative Support	4	77
2018	Other	0	38
2017	Executive	0	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	421
2017	Technical	16	31
2017	Administrative Support	5	131
2017	Other	0	55

Question 68f. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing retroactive pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	379
2018	Administrative Support	10	77
2018	Other	13	38

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	825
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	379
2018	Administrative Support	32	77
2018	Other	42	38
2017	Executive	65	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	960
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	421
2017	Technical	23	31
2017	Administrative Support	35	131
2017	Other	25	55

Question 69. Please estimate the number of hours you have spent, at work or outside of work, attempting to resolve your pay or other compensation issue(s).
Survey year	Demographic	0 hours (%)	1 to 9 hours (%)	10 to 19 hours (%)	20 to 29 hours (%)	30 to 39 hours (%)	40 hours or more (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	68	14	9	0	0	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	59	16	7	3	4	775
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	55	15	7	4	7	364
2018	Administrative Support	10	61	16	7	1	4	70
2018	Other	8	63	23	3	0	3	34
2017	Executive	38	46	4	8	0	4	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	64	12	6	2	4	938
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	62	13	4	2	4	411
2017	Technical	4	55	9	24	3	6	31
2017	Administrative Support	8	72	7	4	4	5	125
2017	Other	7	62	16	8	4	4	53

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	55	45	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	75	25	818
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	38	376
2018	Administrative Support	80	20	74
2018	Other	65	35	38

Question 71. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	32	5	0	9	5	5	85	10	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	31	15	13	10	2	9	58	25	823
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	28	15	11	7	2	9	63	20	379
2018	Administrative Support	30	30	13	8	7	1	11	69	16	76
2018	Other	32	18	21	14	8	3	4	54	24	38
2017	Executive	35	15	15	4	4	8	19	68	11	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	25	16	16	12	4	13	46	34	976
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	12	12	10	3	12	59	26	427
2017	Technical	16	10	23	28	23	0	0	26	51	31
2017	Administrative Support	19	32	15	14	10	4	6	57	27	133
2017	Other	34	21	7	25	8	0	5	58	35	55

Question 72. I am satisfied with the support I received from the Pay Centre to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	18	9	14	5	18	5	32	43	36	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	21	16	14	14	2	23	41	38	823
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	19	15	10	13	4	27	44	34	379
2018	Administrative Support	19	22	18	12	6	1	21	53	23	77
2018	Other	17	11	13	25	8	6	21	38	45	38
2017	Executive	12	15	15	4	4	8	42	54	15	26
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	14	15	16	18	6	25	30	48	975
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	16	15	10	16	5	29	37	41	426
2017	Technical	10	22	12	20	34	0	3	33	55	31
2017	Administrative Support	11	19	11	19	17	5	18	39	46	133
2017	Other	19	12	15	19	17	4	13	38	44	55

Question 73. To what extent have issues with the Phoenix pay system affected your decision to seek or accept another position (e.g., deployment, promotion, secondment, assignment, acting assignment) within your organization or the federal public service?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	78	5	3	3	2	0	8	91	6	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	14	8	4	4	1	8	82	9	2118
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	15	10	6	6	1	8	76	13	962
2018	Technical	45	15	10	2	12	0	17	72	16	52
2018	Administrative Support	57	14	7	4	4	4	11	82	10	221
2018	Operational	80	10	10	0	0	0	0	90	0	10
2018	Other	52	12	8	2	1	6	19	85	4	134

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Date modified:: 2017-08-24

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

Survey Themes

My Job

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.

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

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.

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

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

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

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

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Work Unit

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

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

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

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

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

My Immediate Supervisor

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Management

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

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

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

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

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

My Organization (Department or Agency)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mobility and Retention

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

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Harassment

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

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

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

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

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

Question 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

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other