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

The results of the 2018 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented by key people management themes (i.e., employee engagement, leadership, workforce, workplace). Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

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

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Employee engagement

Question 5. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	57	34	4	4	0	0	92	4	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	43	9	9	3	0	79	12	456
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	45	10	6	4	0	79	11	2521
2018	Technical	35	35	12	12	6	0	71	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	37	41	19	2	2	0	78	3	59
2018	Operational	30	40	10	20	0	0	70	20	10
2018	Other	42	37	9	8	4	0	79	12	129
2017	Executive	55	35	6	3	1	0	90	4	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	41	7	8	3	0	82	11	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	44	10	6	4	0	80	10	2978
2017	Technical	42	29	19	8	3	0	71	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	33	45	14	3	5	0	77	9	92
2017	Operational	66	18	16	0	0	0	84	0	12
2017	Other	46	43	6	1	4	1	90	5	121
2014	Executive	48	41	6	4	1	0	89	5	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	48	10	10	5	0	74	15	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	44	12	9	5	0	74	14	2947
2014	Technical	35	30	19	15	0	0	65	15	26
2014	Administrative Support	26	41	21	4	7	0	68	11	106
2014	Other	36	44	15	5	0	0	79	5	83

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	40	10	8	4	0	0	79	11	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	40	12	12	6	0	0	71	18	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	41	14	11	7	0	0	67	19	2530
2018	Technical	18	47	18	18	0	0	0	65	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	31	41	10	9	9	0	0	72	17	58
2018	Operational	20	40	10	20	10	0	0	60	30	10
2018	Other	47	30	9	8	5	0	0	77	13	128
2017	Executive	34	44	8	9	5	0	0	77	14	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	38	12	13	6	0	0	68	20	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	40	15	12	7	0	0	66	19	2977
2017	Technical	29	42	13	5	11	0	0	71	16	38
2017	Administrative Support	35	35	10	12	9	0	0	70	21	92
2017	Operational	57	16	9	18	0	0	0	73	18	12
2017	Other	44	35	12	4	3	1	1	80	8	122

Question 10. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	71	23	5	1	0	0	94	1	303
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	37	8	5	1	0	86	6	455
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	39	9	3	2	0	86	5	2506
2018	Technical	59	18	18	0	6	0	76	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	59	31	7	0	2	2	91	2	58
2018	Operational	60	20	10	0	10	0	80	10	10
2018	Other	50	34	10	2	3	0	84	6	127
2017	Executive	70	25	4	1	0	0	95	1	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	37	7	5	1	0	88	6	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	36	8	3	2	0	87	5	2969
2017	Technical	58	27	11	3	3	0	84	5	38
2017	Administrative Support	61	29	7	2	1	0	90	3	92
2017	Operational	91	9	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2017	Other	49	38	9	2	0	2	89	2	122
2014	Executive	74	21	5	0	0	0	94	1	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	31	8	4	1	0	87	5	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	55	32	9	3	1	0	87	4	2942
2014	Technical	65	23	8	4	0	0	88	4	26
2014	Administrative Support	58	29	11	0	2	0	87	2	106
2014	Other	61	30	7	1	0	1	92	1	83

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	57	34	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	40	8	7	1	0	0	83	9	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	42	11	5	3	0	0	81	8	2529
2018	Technical	65	18	12	0	6	0	0	82	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	47	37	12	2	2	0	0	84	4	57
2018	Operational	70	20	0	10	0	0	0	90	10	10
2018	Other	50	36	4	5	4	0	0	86	9	128
2017	Executive	54	36	8	2	1	0	0	90	3	410
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	41	8	7	2	0	0	83	9	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	10	6	3	0	0	82	9	2968
2017	Technical	50	32	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	38
2017	Administrative Support	49	35	8	5	2	1	0	85	8	92
2017	Operational	82	18	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2017	Other	52	34	7	2	4	0	1	87	6	122
2014	Executive	55	35	7	3	0	0	0	90	3	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	42	15	8	3	0	0	74	10	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	43	12	6	3	0	0	79	9	2942
2014	Technical	65	23	8	4	0	0	0	89	4	26
2014	Administrative Support	38	37	11	6	7	1	0	75	13	106
2014	Other	47	41	8	2	1	0	0	88	3	83

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	32	37	16	11	3	0	0	69	15	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	31	23	13	7	0	0	57	20	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	32	23	14	7	1	0	57	20	2531
2018	Technical	18	41	18	18	6	0	0	59	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	40	33	19	2	5	0	0	74	7	57
2018	Operational	30	30	20	10	0	10	0	67	11	10
2018	Other	55	21	12	6	5	1	0	77	11	124
2017	Executive	31	37	17	11	3	0	1	68	14	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	30	24	15	5	1	0	55	20	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	35	22	12	7	1	0	59	19	2973
2017	Technical	39	18	19	13	8	3	0	59	22	38
2017	Administrative Support	38	38	12	4	7	0	0	76	11	89
2017	Operational	59	0	23	0	18	0	0	59	18	12
2017	Other	51	27	11	6	2	1	1	80	9	122
2014	Executive	23	44	17	12	3	0	0	68	15	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	33	18	20	9	1	0	53	29	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	38	22	14	6	1	0	57	21	2944
2014	Technical	28	28	24	16	4	0	0	56	20	25
2014	Administrative Support	26	31	21	10	8	2	1	59	19	106
2014	Other	48	34	13	4	1	1	0	82	5	83

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	29	39	17	10	4	0	0	68	15	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	30	23	16	6	0	0	54	23	455
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	35	21	13	6	0	0	59	20	2521
2018	Technical	24	41	18	12	6	0	0	65	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	45	29	16	4	5	0	0	75	9	55
2018	Operational	40	30	30	0	0	0	0	70	0	10
2018	Other	54	25	9	4	5	1	1	81	9	125
2017	Executive	30	43	13	11	3	0	1	73	13	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	34	19	16	5	1	0	59	21	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	40	19	12	7	0	0	62	18	2976
2017	Technical	34	24	19	13	8	3	0	59	22	38
2017	Administrative Support	40	33	13	7	8	0	0	73	14	91
2017	Operational	50	9	32	9	0	0	0	59	9	12
2017	Other	50	31	9	6	3	0	1	81	9	122
2014	Executive	25	43	17	12	3	0	0	68	15	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	36	17	19	10	0	0	55	29	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	38	21	16	7	0	0	56	23	2945
2014	Technical	28	30	23	11	7	0	0	58	19	26
2014	Administrative Support	26	32	24	9	8	0	1	59	17	106
2014	Other	43	31	14	12	1	0	0	74	12	83

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	45	28	15	7	4	1	1	74	11	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	28	16	9	6	2	0	68	16	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	29	18	11	7	2	0	63	18	2535
2018	Technical	29	24	12	12	18	6	0	56	31	17
2018	Administrative Support	41	24	19	10	5	2	0	66	16	59
2018	Operational	10	40	30	0	10	10	0	56	11	10
2018	Other	48	21	15	3	5	3	4	75	9	127
2017	Executive	43	34	11	6	2	2	2	80	9	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	31	15	9	5	4	0	69	15	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	33	16	10	7	3	1	67	17	2972
2017	Technical	35	16	24	8	11	6	0	54	20	37
2017	Administrative Support	39	28	12	5	12	3	0	69	18	91
2017	Operational	57	0	9	0	27	7	0	61	29	12
2017	Other	47	21	10	8	5	5	4	74	15	122
2014	Executive	41	32	15	7	2	3	1	75	9	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	30	15	13	7	4	1	64	20	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	30	17	11	7	3	1	63	19	2944
2014	Technical	31	19	27	11	8	4	0	52	20	26
2014	Administrative Support	25	20	20	15	15	5	1	47	32	106
2014	Other	46	25	10	7	4	3	5	78	11	82

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Leadership

Immediate supervisor

Question 23. I can count on my immediate supervisor to keep his or her promises.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	51	26	11	7	2	2	0	79	10	307
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	29	10	9	5	3	1	75	15	456
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	32	13	6	5	2	1	75	12	2513
2018	Administrative Support	36	36	12	5	9	2	0	74	14	58
2018	Other	55	25	9	4	4	1	1	82	8	128
2017	Executive	44	35	11	4	4	2	1	80	8	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	32	12	9	5	3	1	73	14	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	34	11	5	5	3	1	78	10	2980
2017	Technical	30	38	14	11	8	0	0	68	19	37
2017	Administrative Support	47	24	15	9	3	2	0	72	12	92
2017	Operational	82	0	0	0	18	0	0	82	18	12
2017	Other	48	34	4	6	3	0	4	86	10	122
2014	Executive	46	31	12	6	2	2	0	80	8	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	29	15	8	6	3	0	69	15	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	12	7	4	3	1	75	12	2944
2014	Technical	42	39	4	15	0	0	0	81	15	26
2014	Administrative Support	34	38	13	8	6	1	1	73	13	106
2014	Other	54	24	13	5	3	1	1	79	8	83

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	49	32	8	7	3	1	0	81	10	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	30	11	11	6	1	0	72	17	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	11	9	6	1	0	74	15	2504
2018	Administrative Support	40	35	9	7	7	2	0	77	14	57
2018	Other	54	24	11	4	4	2	1	80	9	127
2017	Executive	39	40	9	9	4	0	0	79	12	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	39	8	10	6	1	0	76	16	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	36	11	8	5	1	0	76	13	2982
2017	Technical	32	21	16	19	5	5	3	57	26	38
2017	Administrative Support	42	36	12	7	3	0	0	78	10	92
2017	Operational	73	9	0	0	18	0	0	82	18	12
2017	Other	50	29	7	4	7	1	2	82	11	122
2014	Executive	42	36	10	9	2	0	0	78	12	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	34	11	10	7	1	1	71	18	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	37	11	10	5	1	0	74	15	2945
2014	Technical	26	39	19	11	4	0	0	65	15	26
2014	Administrative Support	29	41	14	9	6	0	1	70	15	106
2014	Other	51	30	5	8	4	1	1	83	12	83

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	42	33	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	27	8	10	8	1	0	73	18	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	12	9	6	1	0	72	15	2517
2018	Technical	47	12	18	12	12	0	0	59	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	49	30	4	7	9	2	0	80	16	57
2018	Operational	50	10	30	10	0	0	0	60	10	10
2018	Other	59	25	7	6	3	0	1	85	8	129
2017	Executive	41	35	11	8	3	0	2	77	12	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	28	11	9	9	1	0	72	18	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	29	12	8	5	1	0	75	13	2975
2017	Technical	42	21	13	13	5	5	0	67	19	38
2017	Administrative Support	60	27	9	2	2	0	0	87	4	92
2017	Operational	71	10	0	0	19	0	0	81	19	11
2017	Other	59	25	5	7	3	0	1	84	10	122
2014	Executive	47	30	11	8	3	0	1	78	12	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	30	13	12	7	1	0	68	19	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	13	8	5	1	0	74	13	2940
2014	Technical	39	42	11	8	0	0	0	81	8	26
2014	Administrative Support	39	35	12	6	6	1	2	76	12	106
2014	Other	53	24	14	5	3	0	0	77	8	83

Senior management

Question 29. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	33	13	9	4	1	0	74	14	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	33	19	7	5	7	0	66	14	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	36	18	11	6	6	0	63	18	2542
2018	Technical	18	24	35	12	0	12	0	47	13	17
2018	Administrative Support	28	36	12	7	5	10	2	73	14	58
2018	Operational	40	0	30	10	0	20	0	50	13	10
2018	Other	44	26	8	3	1	17	0	85	5	129
2017	Executive	36	39	10	10	3	2	0	76	13	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	33	18	8	5	9	0	65	15	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	36	18	12	6	6	0	61	19	2975
2017	Technical	30	14	16	16	11	13	0	50	31	37
2017	Administrative Support	31	26	17	3	10	10	2	65	15	92
2017	Operational	30	20	18	9	9	14	0	58	21	12
2017	Other	51	28	6	4	2	9	1	87	6	121
2014	Executive	35	39	13	8	1	3	0	76	10	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	37	20	12	7	8	0	58	21	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	35	21	11	7	8	0	58	19	2945
2014	Technical	16	15	27	8	19	15	0	37	32	26
2014	Administrative Support	23	35	22	7	7	5	2	62	15	106
2014	Other	34	44	13	1	3	4	1	83	4	83

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	32	34	15	14	5	0	0	66	19	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	34	19	13	7	2	0	60	21	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	34	21	14	9	2	0	55	24	2538
2018	Technical	18	18	29	24	12	0	0	35	35	17
2018	Administrative Support	32	26	16	12	5	7	2	63	19	57
2018	Operational	40	20	0	10	10	20	0	75	25	10
2018	Other	46	28	10	4	4	7	1	80	9	129
2017	Executive	26	44	13	12	4	1	0	70	16	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	33	19	13	7	3	0	60	21	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	35	22	14	9	2	0	54	23	2977
2017	Technical	24	21	24	16	10	5	0	47	28	38
2017	Administrative Support	30	30	12	9	11	7	1	66	21	92
2017	Operational	30	27	18	0	18	7	0	61	19	12
2017	Other	48	29	12	3	2	4	2	82	5	122
2014	Executive	29	41	17	9	4	0	0	70	13	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	31	18	20	13	2	0	48	34	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	32	24	18	11	3	0	46	30	2944
2014	Technical	11	24	20	11	34	0	0	35	45	26
2014	Administrative Support	22	23	27	16	10	0	2	45	27	106
2014	Other	38	31	17	7	2	4	1	73	10	83

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	14	36	22	22	5	1	0	50	28	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	29	19	22	10	3	0	47	33	463
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	24	20	11	4	0	42	32	2531
2018	Administrative Support	26	28	16	14	5	10	2	61	22	58
2018	Other	33	31	13	9	4	10	0	71	15	128
2017	Executive	10	44	18	20	7	1	0	55	27	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	30	20	19	10	6	0	48	31	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	25	20	10	5	0	41	32	2975
2017	Technical	19	18	21	19	16	8	0	40	37	38
2017	Administrative Support	23	28	18	10	10	9	2	57	22	92
2017	Operational	23	34	0	18	18	7	0	61	39	12
2017	Other	35	29	13	8	2	13	1	74	11	122
2014	Executive	11	37	21	24	6	0	0	48	30	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	25	20	24	19	3	0	36	44	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	7	25	25	22	15	5	0	34	39	2944
2014	Technical	7	12	27	19	30	4	0	20	51	26
2014	Administrative Support	17	19	32	18	9	4	2	38	28	105
2014	Other	28	32	14	11	6	6	3	65	19	83

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	12	41	21	19	7	0	0	53	26	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	28	20	24	15	2	0	40	39	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	29	21	23	13	2	0	41	37	2537
2018	Technical	12	12	41	18	12	6	0	25	31	17
2018	Administrative Support	26	28	17	9	9	10	2	61	20	58
2018	Operational	20	20	30	0	10	20	0	50	13	10
2018	Other	29	33	13	10	8	7	0	67	19	129
2017	Executive	11	45	21	18	5	0	0	56	23	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	31	18	22	16	3	0	43	39	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	32	20	21	12	3	0	44	35	2975
2017	Technical	22	24	19	14	19	3	0	47	34	37
2017	Administrative Support	24	31	15	13	11	4	1	59	25	92
2017	Operational	30	27	0	0	36	7	0	61	39	12
2017	Other	36	29	14	10	3	8	1	71	14	122
2014	Executive	12	39	20	22	7	0	0	51	29	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	25	14	27	26	2	0	32	54	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	7	28	21	26	16	2	0	36	43	2943
2014	Technical	4	12	12	31	34	8	0	17	70	26
2014	Administrative Support	16	26	21	22	9	6	1	44	33	106
2014	Other	26	38	12	11	11	1	1	65	22	82

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Performance management

Question 6. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	41	13	13	6	0	68	19	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	36	16	14	8	0	63	22	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	38	17	12	9	0	61	22	2536
2018	Technical	12	29	12	24	24	0	41	47	17
2018	Administrative Support	32	39	15	5	8	0	71	14	59
2018	Operational	40	10	10	20	20	0	50	40	10
2018	Other	44	38	7	5	5	1	83	10	129
2017	Executive	24	41	15	14	6	0	65	20	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	39	14	16	6	0	64	22	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	38	16	14	8	0	62	21	2978
2017	Technical	26	34	21	5	13	0	61	18	38
2017	Administrative Support	28	36	14	11	11	0	64	22	92
2017	Operational	57	18	7	9	9	0	75	18	12
2017	Other	48	29	11	3	6	2	79	10	122
2014	Executive	23	43	15	14	5	0	66	19	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	39	14	16	10	0	60	26	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	38	18	15	9	0	58	24	2946
2014	Technical	15	31	19	23	11	0	46	34	26
2014	Administrative Support	24	36	21	11	7	1	61	18	106
2014	Other	44	35	10	8	3	0	79	11	83

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	35	44	11	6	4	0	0	80	10	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	43	14	11	5	0	0	70	16	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	43	15	12	6	0	0	67	18	2535
2018	Technical	35	35	12	0	18	0	0	71	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	42	34	8	7	8	0	0	76	15	59
2018	Operational	60	20	10	0	10	0	0	80	10	10
2018	Other	40	36	16	4	4	0	1	76	8	128
2017	Executive	29	49	11	8	2	0	0	78	11	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	44	12	13	6	0	0	69	18	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	44	15	12	5	0	0	68	17	2979
2017	Technical	26	37	13	13	11	0	0	63	24	38
2017	Administrative Support	41	39	7	7	5	1	0	81	12	92
2017	Operational	50	23	0	18	9	0	0	73	27	12
2017	Other	37	39	10	10	2	1	1	78	12	122

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	24	46	14	12	3	2	0	71	15	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	19	18	19	12	18	4	37	39	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	21	20	18	13	13	4	39	37	2521
2018	Administrative Support	12	36	16	3	14	17	2	60	21	58
2018	Other	18	21	16	12	4	26	4	55	22	127
2017	Executive	21	47	12	11	5	2	1	70	17	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	19	19	18	12	19	4	35	39	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	23	19	19	12	14	4	40	37	2973
2017	Technical	8	13	29	14	16	11	8	27	37	37
2017	Administrative Support	14	17	20	14	11	21	3	41	33	92
2017	Operational	36	7	25	9	9	14	0	50	21	12
2017	Other	17	17	12	9	2	36	7	59	20	122
2014	Executive	20	48	16	12	2	1	1	70	14	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	19	23	16	13	18	4	34	36	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	20	18	13	14	4	38	38	2945
2014	Technical	4	23	24	19	19	7	4	30	43	26
2014	Administrative Support	9	24	23	16	12	11	5	39	34	106
2014	Other	14	12	13	16	10	26	8	41	40	83

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	34	38	10	11	6	1	0	73	17	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	37	10	12	7	1	0	71	19	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	37	13	11	6	1	1	70	17	2517
2018	Administrative Support	33	40	12	7	7	0	0	74	14	57
2018	Other	51	29	9	5	5	0	0	80	10	129
2017	Executive	29	40	10	13	7	1	0	70	20	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	42	10	10	6	1	0	74	16	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	38	12	10	6	1	1	71	16	2983
2017	Technical	29	24	23	18	3	3	0	54	22	38
2017	Administrative Support	39	34	15	5	4	0	1	74	10	91
2017	Operational	64	9	9	0	18	0	0	73	18	12
2017	Other	47	39	4	4	4	0	2	87	8	122
2014	Executive	32	38	11	12	5	0	1	71	17	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	34	13	13	5	1	0	68	19	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	40	13	10	6	1	1	70	16	2944
2014	Technical	27	46	12	15	0	0	0	73	15	26
2014	Administrative Support	26	44	14	9	4	1	2	73	13	106
2014	Other	48	30	10	8	4	0	0	78	12	83

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	26	39	13	11	4	3	3	70	16	302
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	27	19	15	4	5	11	54	24	113
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	35	18	12	4	3	10	61	19	907
2018	Other	8	55	17	4	12	0	4	65	17	15
2017	Executive	23	42	14	12	4	2	4	68	17	406
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	34	19	10	8	4	11	57	21	122
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	37	18	13	4	4	8	61	19	1034
2017	Other	29	46	0	16	4	0	4	79	21	17
2014	Executive	28	39	11	10	4	1	8	73	15	403
2014	Scientific and Professional	12	33	22	13	5	5	10	53	20	126
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	36	17	10	5	5	8	63	17	973
2014	Other	13	65	0	15	7	0	0	78	22	14

Job fit and development

Question 1. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	55	10	10	1	0	1	79	11	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	44	12	19	5	0	0	64	24	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	44	13	15	6	0	0	66	21	2541
2018	Technical	24	29	18	12	18	0	0	53	29	17
2018	Administrative Support	32	51	10	2	5	0	0	83	7	59
2018	Operational	20	10	0	40	30	0	0	30	70	10
2018	Other	36	42	9	10	2	0	0	79	12	129
2017	Executive	23	47	14	12	3	0	0	71	15	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	43	12	14	10	0	0	63	25	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	40	13	16	8	0	0	62	24	2976
2017	Technical	16	37	16	18	13	0	0	53	32	38
2017	Administrative Support	36	36	11	8	9	0	1	73	16	92
2017	Operational	36	30	25	9	0	0	0	66	9	12
2017	Other	33	36	13	13	4	0	1	70	17	122
2014	Executive	27	45	13	12	3	0	0	72	15	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	38	14	21	10	0	0	55	31	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	40	15	16	7	0	1	61	24	2944
2014	Technical	30	8	12	30	20	0	0	38	50	26
2014	Administrative Support	32	32	23	7	5	1	0	65	12	106
2014	Other	30	32	13	15	4	0	5	65	21	83

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	71	27	1	1	0	0	0	98	1	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	36	6	5	1	0	0	88	6	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	39	8	5	3	0	0	84	8	2528
2018	Administrative Support	47	38	10	3	2	0	0	84	5	58
2018	Other	42	40	9	5	3	1	0	83	8	129
2017	Executive	67	27	3	2	1	0	0	94	3	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	54	34	6	4	2	0	0	87	7	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	38	9	5	3	0	0	83	8	2975
2017	Technical	58	21	10	8	3	0	0	79	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	40	33	15	8	3	1	0	74	11	92
2017	Operational	66	25	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	12
2017	Other	47	35	10	5	2	0	1	83	7	122
2014	Executive	66	30	3	1	0	0	0	95	2	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	44	41	7	5	2	0	0	86	7	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	8	7	3	0	0	81	10	2946
2014	Technical	54	38	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	26
2014	Administrative Support	29	38	14	14	5	0	0	67	19	106
2014	Other	49	29	14	5	3	0	0	79	8	83

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	70	27	3	0	0	0	0	97	1	306
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	36	4	5	1	0	0	89	6	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	38	7	5	3	0	0	85	8	2514
2018	Administrative Support	49	36	10	3	2	0	0	85	5	59
2018	Other	41	41	10	5	2	1	0	83	7	127
2017	Executive	69	26	2	2	1	0	0	95	3	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	36	3	6	2	0	0	89	8	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	7	5	3	0	0	85	9	2976
2017	Technical	68	19	5	8	0	0	0	87	8	38
2017	Administrative Support	46	30	11	8	4	1	0	77	12	92
2017	Operational	75	16	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	12
2017	Other	43	42	6	4	3	1	1	86	7	122
2014	Executive	68	28	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	51	35	7	6	2	0	0	86	7	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	37	7	7	3	0	0	83	10	2943
2014	Technical	62	38	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	26
2014	Administrative Support	28	39	18	10	5	0	0	67	15	106
2014	Other	43	34	10	9	3	0	0	78	12	83

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	12	25	19	25	19	0	0	37	44	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	21	15	25	27	2	0	32	52	463
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	27	17	20	23	2	0	39	44	2526
2018	Technical	12	29	18	24	18	0	0	41	41	17
2018	Administrative Support	22	45	14	9	9	2	0	68	18	58
2018	Operational	20	20	20	10	30	0	0	40	40	10
2018	Other	27	33	15	10	7	6	2	65	19	128
2017	Executive	7	36	18	25	13	1	0	44	39	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	27	14	22	23	2	0	40	46	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	17	18	19	2	0	44	38	2974
2017	Technical	26	23	13	11	24	3	0	51	36	38
2017	Administrative Support	33	25	13	12	10	8	0	62	24	92
2017	Operational	45	14	16	9	9	7	0	63	20	12
2017	Other	30	35	10	12	6	8	1	70	20	122
2014	Executive	11	36	18	24	12	0	0	46	36	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	25	17	22	23	2	0	37	45	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	29	20	21	17	2	0	41	38	2947
2014	Technical	22	23	20	15	15	0	4	47	32	26
2014	Administrative Support	20	38	18	12	8	2	2	60	22	106
2014	Other	26	28	15	11	9	6	6	61	22	83

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	18	28	14	19	17	1	3	48	38	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	17	12	24	38	1	0	25	63	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	21	15	19	32	1	1	33	52	2528
2018	Technical	0	24	18	18	24	6	12	29	50	17
2018	Administrative Support	15	31	22	8	17	0	7	49	27	59
2018	Operational	20	20	0	10	40	10	0	44	56	10
2018	Other	21	29	11	15	13	1	10	56	32	127
2017	Executive	17	33	12	20	16	1	2	51	37	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	17	9	23	39	2	1	26	64	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	22	13	18	33	1	1	34	53	2975
2017	Technical	18	21	10	24	24	3	0	41	49	38
2017	Administrative Support	18	22	18	12	23	1	5	43	37	92
2017	Operational	39	0	9	32	0	7	13	49	40	12
2017	Other	18	24	18	11	10	5	14	52	26	122
2014	Executive	23	35	15	17	9	0	1	59	26	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	20	13	21	34	3	1	30	56	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	21	14	24	29	2	1	31	54	2946
2014	Technical	19	8	16	19	38	0	0	27	57	26
2014	Administrative Support	12	16	26	14	22	5	5	31	40	106
2014	Other	19	27	7	15	17	4	11	55	38	83

Empowerment

Question 11. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	47	41	6	4	1	0	0	88	6	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	41	12	15	5	0	0	68	20	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	43	13	11	5	0	0	70	17	2516
2018	Administrative Support	30	39	16	11	5	0	0	68	16	57
2018	Other	34	38	11	11	4	1	1	74	15	125
2017	Executive	44	45	7	3	2	0	0	89	4	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	41	12	12	5	0	0	71	17	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	43	13	11	5	0	0	72	16	2969
2017	Technical	34	36	14	11	5	0	0	71	16	38
2017	Administrative Support	31	33	13	10	11	0	2	65	21	91
2017	Operational	59	25	7	0	9	0	0	84	9	12
2017	Other	43	41	8	5	2	0	2	85	7	121
2014	Executive	40	44	6	9	1	0	0	84	10	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	42	13	15	8	0	0	65	22	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	44	14	14	7	0	0	65	21	2946
2014	Technical	15	39	19	11	15	0	0	54	27	26
2014	Administrative Support	19	41	13	12	14	0	1	60	27	106
2014	Other	33	33	23	7	4	0	1	66	11	83

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	47	37	10	5	2	0	0	83	7	307
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	37	17	11	6	0	0	67	16	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	37	15	10	6	0	0	69	16	2523
2018	Technical	44	25	0	13	19	0	0	69	31	16
2018	Administrative Support	31	45	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	58
2018	Operational	30	40	30	0	0	0	0	70	0	10
2018	Other	49	33	9	6	4	0	0	81	10	127
2017	Executive	42	40	10	7	2	0	0	81	9	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	37	15	11	6	0	0	68	17	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	37	15	11	6	0	0	69	17	2968
2017	Technical	34	44	6	6	11	0	0	78	16	38
2017	Administrative Support	36	32	17	8	7	1	0	68	14	92
2017	Operational	61	14	7	9	9	0	0	75	18	12
2017	Other	41	39	7	9	3	0	2	81	12	122
2014	Executive	37	38	12	9	4	0	0	75	13	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	37	14	13	10	0	0	64	23	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	39	16	13	6	0	0	65	19	2945
2014	Technical	11	54	11	8	15	0	0	66	23	26
2014	Administrative Support	21	42	22	5	9	0	2	64	14	106
2014	Other	37	36	10	8	10	0	0	73	17	83

Question 13. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	41	11	7	3	0	0	79	10	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	38	16	14	7	0	1	64	21	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	40	15	12	5	0	0	68	18	2523
2018	Technical	47	12	12	18	12	0	0	59	29	17
2018	Administrative Support	35	44	7	7	7	0	0	79	14	57
2018	Operational	30	40	10	20	0	0	0	70	20	10
2018	Other	44	35	8	5	5	1	1	81	10	128
2017	Executive	33	42	13	9	3	0	0	75	12	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	35	18	12	5	0	1	66	17	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	39	15	11	5	0	0	69	16	2970
2017	Technical	32	35	19	5	8	0	0	68	14	37
2017	Administrative Support	37	36	14	7	5	1	0	74	12	92
2017	Operational	75	7	9	0	9	0	0	82	9	12
2017	Other	42	38	13	3	2	0	2	81	5	122
2014	Executive	40	35	15	9	2	0	0	74	11	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	37	16	12	8	1	0	64	20	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	40	16	11	5	0	0	68	16	2944
2014	Technical	19	39	19	11	12	0	0	58	23	26
2014	Administrative Support	26	40	18	8	7	0	1	68	14	106
2014	Other	41	34	13	5	3	0	4	78	9	83

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	20	44	25	10	2	1	0	64	11	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	34	29	14	7	4	0	48	23	463
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	34	29	14	7	4	0	48	21	2535
2018	Administrative Support	21	36	21	7	12	2	2	59	20	58
2018	Other	29	41	15	7	3	4	2	74	10	127
2017	Executive	18	51	19	9	3	1	0	69	12	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	38	24	14	8	5	0	52	23	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	35	28	14	7	4	0	49	22	2970
2017	Technical	21	26	21	19	8	5	0	50	28	38
2017	Administrative Support	26	32	14	10	10	9	0	63	21	92
2017	Operational	23	52	18	0	0	7	0	81	0	12
2017	Other	23	37	22	6	1	8	3	67	9	122

Work-life balance and workload

Question 4. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	27	34	15	17	8	0	0	61	25	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	33	14	12	6	0	0	68	19	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	36	11	11	6	0	1	71	17	2532
2018	Technical	29	24	24	6	18	0	0	53	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	45	29	14	7	5	0	0	74	12	58
2018	Operational	20	40	10	0	30	0	0	60	30	10
2018	Other	48	26	12	4	6	0	4	77	11	129
2017	Executive	21	33	14	25	7	0	1	54	32	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	34	13	16	6	1	0	64	22	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	35	12	12	8	0	0	68	20	2976
2017	Technical	34	32	3	23	8	0	0	66	32	38
2017	Administrative Support	45	37	9	3	5	1	0	82	9	92
2017	Operational	66	18	7	9	0	0	0	84	9	12
2017	Other	50	22	13	5	5	2	3	76	11	122
2014	Executive	22	35	17	17	8	0	0	58	25	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	35	14	14	7	0	0	66	21	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	36	14	12	7	1	1	67	19	2945
2014	Technical	30	38	12	8	11	0	0	69	19	26
2014	Administrative Support	35	28	24	6	6	0	2	64	12	105
2014	Other	39	28	16	6	3	4	4	73	9	83

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	6	14	22	28	28	2	20	57	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	34	20	12	8	0	60	20	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	31	20	14	9	0	58	23	2538
2018	Technical	12	35	29	12	6	6	50	19	17
2018	Administrative Support	48	34	10	3	3	0	83	7	58
2018	Operational	30	50	10	0	0	10	89	0	10
2018	Other	56	27	11	4	1	1	83	5	128
2017	Executive	6	22	21	26	24	1	29	50	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	41	20	11	5	0	63	16	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	20	12	7	1	61	19	2981
2017	Technical	32	42	13	5	5	3	76	10	38
2017	Administrative Support	44	35	13	7	2	0	78	9	92
2017	Operational	43	25	16	0	9	7	73	10	12
2017	Other	56	26	9	4	3	2	83	8	122
2014	Executive	8	21	24	22	25	1	29	47	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	39	22	11	7	0	60	18	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	21	11	9	0	59	20	2947
2014	Technical	23	50	11	16	0	0	73	16	26
2014	Administrative Support	49	30	10	9	2	0	79	10	106
2014	Other	51	35	7	2	5	0	86	6	83

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	49	34	18	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	29	33	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	34	28	2541
2018	Administrative Support	21	45	34	58
2018	Other	44	18	38	129
2017	Executive	48	33	19	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	29	31	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	37	28	2983
2017	Technical	16	47	37	38
2017	Administrative Support	27	33	40	92
2017	Operational	18	66	16	12
2017	Other	40	21	39	120
2014	Executive	47	34	19	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	25	30	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	34	31	2946
2014	Technical	24	57	19	26
2014	Administrative Support	38	32	30	106
2014	Other	48	25	27	83

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	15	68	10	3	1	4	151
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	52	23	9	7	6	178
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	52	24	5	5	7	947
2018	Other	7	3	4	10	73	3	53
2017	Executive	16	65	8	3	1	7	197
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	50	17	7	11	9	196
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	47	25	7	4	7	1044
2017	Administrative Support	20	56	16	4	0	4	25
2017	Other	4	5	5	10	77	0	46
2014	Executive	11	72	10	5	9999	2	192
2014	Scientific and Professional	4	59	15	14	9999	8	194
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	51	22	10	9999	7	1042
2014	Administrative Support	13	43	32	3	9999	10	40
2014	Other	7	38	6	12	9999	37	36

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Organizational goals

Question 8. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department’s or agency’s goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	66	28	5	1	0	0	0	94	1	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	41	6	5	1	1	0	88	6	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	43	8	5	2	0	0	85	6	2533
2018	Technical	35	59	0	6	0	0	0	94	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	40	47	10	0	2	2	0	88	2	58
2018	Operational	70	20	0	10	0	0	0	90	10	10
2018	Other	51	34	8	6	1	0	0	86	7	126
2017	Executive	56	37	4	2	1	0	0	92	3	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	44	7	7	2	0	0	84	9	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	43	10	5	3	0	0	82	8	2979
2017	Technical	42	34	8	8	8	0	0	76	16	38
2017	Administrative Support	50	33	11	2	2	2	0	84	5	92
2017	Operational	41	34	7	9	9	0	0	75	18	12
2017	Other	44	42	5	3	4	0	1	87	8	121
2014	Executive	57	35	4	4	1	0	0	91	5	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	40	10	9	4	1	0	77	13	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	44	12	7	3	0	0	79	10	2944
2014	Technical	30	43	8	15	4	0	0	73	19	26
2014	Administrative Support	36	43	15	3	3	0	1	79	6	106
2014	Other	45	35	12	4	3	0	1	81	7	83

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	21	49	15	11	4	0	0	70	15	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	50	17	13	4	0	0	67	17	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	46	20	12	5	1	0	63	17	2528
2018	Technical	0	47	29	12	12	0	0	47	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	22	50	14	3	5	3	2	76	9	58
2018	Operational	30	0	30	10	10	20	0	38	25	10
2018	Other	35	41	13	7	2	0	1	77	9	127
2017	Executive	17	52	13	14	3	0	0	70	17	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	47	17	13	6	1	0	64	18	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	46	20	12	5	1	0	63	17	2974
2017	Technical	19	31	24	11	13	3	0	51	24	38
2017	Administrative Support	30	38	18	4	7	2	0	70	11	92
2017	Operational	36	14	16	18	9	7	0	54	29	12
2017	Other	38	45	6	5	2	3	1	86	8	122
2014	Executive	15	46	17	16	6	0	0	62	21	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	36	19	21	14	1	0	45	35	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	39	22	17	8	1	0	53	25	2945
2014	Technical	11	20	11	31	27	0	0	31	57	26
2014	Administrative Support	22	27	29	10	8	2	2	51	19	106
2014	Other	33	36	18	7	4	2	0	71	11	82

Organizational performance

Question 16a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	26	42	19	4	0	0	23	35	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	24	42	20	5	1	0	25	33	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	37	17	5	1	1	22	40	2530
2018	Technical	29	41	12	12	0	0	6	13	75	17
2018	Administrative Support	13	21	27	29	5	0	5	36	36	56
2018	Operational	0	60	10	20	0	0	10	22	67	10
2018	Other	3	16	35	29	11	2	3	42	21	129
2017	Executive	8	24	46	18	3	0	1	21	32	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	24	39	18	7	0	1	25	35	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	37	15	6	1	3	22	40	2965
2017	Technical	8	43	30	8	3	3	5	12	56	37
2017	Administrative Support	10	19	33	19	11	3	4	33	31	90
2017	Operational	14	18	25	20	9	7	7	33	38	12
2017	Other	6	13	31	28	16	2	4	47	20	122
2014	Executive	9	30	41	16	4	0	0	20	39	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	28	34	14	5	0	1	19	46	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	32	34	13	4	0	1	18	47	2939
2014	Technical	34	31	27	5	4	0	0	9	65	26
2014	Administrative Support	12	34	23	15	11	1	5	28	48	104
2014	Other	8	18	39	21	8	2	4	30	27	83

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	8	20	34	30	7	0	1	38	28	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	22	33	27	7	0	1	35	32	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	24	34	21	8	2	1	30	36	2522
2018	Administrative Support	16	14	23	28	11	5	4	42	33	57
2018	Other	5	16	22	32	18	1	5	54	22	129
2017	Executive	8	21	42	22	5	0	2	27	30	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	21	34	22	9	2	1	32	33	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	22	32	20	8	2	4	31	36	2960
2017	Technical	11	30	32	16	3	3	5	21	44	37
2017	Administrative Support	10	13	23	20	21	8	4	47	27	90
2017	Operational	25	18	7	9	20	7	14	36	55	12
2017	Other	4	9	20	28	30	6	4	64	14	121
2014	Executive	13	32	37	15	3	0	0	18	44	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	27	21	16	6	1	1	23	55	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	29	28	15	5	1	2	21	50	2943
2014	Technical	15	38	23	11	12	0	0	24	54	26
2014	Administrative Support	13	27	22	15	11	4	7	30	46	105
2014	Other	9	22	16	24	16	5	8	47	35	83

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	17	29	35	15	4	0	0	19	46	307
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	30	32	11	5	1	2	16	51	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	29	28	13	5	1	1	18	54	2523
2018	Administrative Support	14	17	22	21	16	3	7	40	35	58
2018	Other	9	18	32	21	11	4	5	35	30	126
2017	Executive	15	30	32	18	3	0	1	22	46	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	27	31	14	4	1	1	18	50	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	28	28	11	5	1	2	16	55	2969
2017	Technical	41	29	19	3	3	3	3	6	74	37
2017	Administrative Support	14	18	29	13	14	6	6	31	36	90
2017	Operational	34	0	9	16	13	14	14	40	48	12
2017	Other	15	19	27	20	12	5	2	34	37	122
2014	Executive	23	31	26	17	3	0	0	20	54	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	34	19	10	3	1	1	14	67	428
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	30	25	10	3	1	2	13	61	2941
2014	Technical	53	20	23	0	4	0	0	4	73	26
2014	Administrative Support	13	31	27	11	10	2	7	22	49	105
2014	Other	21	24	25	17	10	0	3	28	47	83

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	20	32	37	9	2	0	0	10	52	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	32	31	15	4	0	0	20	48	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	26	36	16	6	1	1	22	41	2524
2018	Administrative Support	5	9	33	31	14	5	3	49	15	58
2018	Other	5	9	26	23	31	1	4	57	15	128
2017	Executive	19	35	36	8	2	0	0	10	54	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	31	32	15	3	0	1	18	49	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	35	17	6	1	2	23	41	2966
2017	Technical	8	17	44	19	5	3	5	26	26	37
2017	Administrative Support	8	7	29	29	17	7	4	51	16	90
2017	Operational	7	0	25	16	45	7	0	65	8	12
2017	Other	7	9	26	27	26	3	2	56	17	121
2014	Executive	15	34	39	10	2	0	0	12	50	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	31	33	12	4	1	0	16	51	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	28	35	17	4	1	1	21	43	2933
2014	Technical	11	31	26	28	4	0	0	31	42	26
2014	Administrative Support	9	15	34	18	13	3	9	35	27	104
2014	Other	4	11	26	33	19	2	5	56	16	83

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	24	27	36	10	2	0	1	12	52	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	29	26	15	6	1	2	22	51	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	28	12	5	1	2	18	53	2527
2018	Administrative Support	9	17	28	22	19	3	2	44	27	58
2018	Other	6	12	21	25	27	4	5	56	20	129
2017	Executive	30	36	26	6	1	0	1	7	67	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	26	29	12	4	2	2	16	53	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	29	26	11	5	1	3	17	56	2975
2017	Technical	10	29	32	16	8	3	3	25	42	38
2017	Administrative Support	16	16	22	24	15	3	2	42	35	91
2017	Operational	25	16	14	22	16	7	0	40	44	12
2017	Other	7	10	15	25	30	8	5	63	20	121
2014	Executive	27	37	25	9	2	0	0	11	64	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	28	25	13	4	1	3	17	57	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	31	25	10	4	1	2	14	61	2942
2014	Technical	19	28	34	4	15	0	0	19	47	26
2014	Administrative Support	24	21	22	14	11	0	8	28	49	106
2014	Other	11	21	20	20	21	0	8	44	34	83

Question 16f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/ Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/ Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	12	28	32	22	4	0	1	27	41	306
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	26	27	17	7	2	1	25	46	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	26	30	17	7	2	2	25	43	2518
2018	Administrative Support	23	23	21	16	11	4	4	28	49	57
2018	Other	6	27	11	20	20	9	6	48	39	128
2017	Executive	11	28	37	19	4	0	1	23	40	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	24	32	14	8	1	3	23	44	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	30	17	7	2	4	26	43	2968
2017	Technical	11	30	13	21	16	3	5	41	45	37
2017	Administrative Support	19	21	23	18	11	4	3	31	43	90
2017	Operational	41	9	13	0	14	16	7	18	65	12
2017	Other	7	18	24	18	19	11	4	43	29	122
2014	Executive	10	24	39	21	5	0	1	26	34	405
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	23	30	16	7	2	2	24	45	427
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	23	31	18	7	1	4	26	41	2943
2014	Technical	4	23	38	24	11	0	0	35	26	26
2014	Administrative Support	18	20	27	12	13	1	9	28	42	105
2014	Other	8	24	17	22	11	8	10	40	38	83

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	28	36	28	8	1	0	0	9	64	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	27	34	12	5	1	1	17	48	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	28	30	12	4	1	1	16	53	2529
2018	Administrative Support	3	26	21	24	19	3	3	46	31	58
2018	Other	9	18	36	12	16	3	6	31	30	129
2017	Executive	25	35	32	6	1	0	1	7	61	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	23	33	13	3	2	3	18	48	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	31	10	5	1	2	16	52	2974
2017	Technical	27	35	19	5	8	3	3	14	66	37
2017	Administrative Support	11	8	27	24	18	6	7	48	22	90
2017	Operational	27	10	0	40	0	8	15	52	48	11
2017	Other	5	19	24	28	15	5	3	47	26	122
2014	Executive	25	37	31	6	1	0	0	7	62	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	25	28	13	4	2	2	17	53	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	29	29	10	4	1	2	14	56	2939
2014	Technical	38	19	28	4	11	0	0	15	57	26
2014	Administrative Support	15	20	27	13	13	3	9	30	40	105
2014	Other	11	23	26	15	11	6	7	30	40	83

Respectful workplace

Question 18. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	58	30	6	4	1	1	0	90	5	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	30	9	11	7	1	1	72	18	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	34	10	10	7	1	0	73	17	2522
2018	Administrative Support	39	32	7	9	12	2	0	71	21	57
2018	Other	46	35	4	10	2	2	0	83	13	129
2017	Executive	61	31	4	3	1	0	0	92	4	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	33	8	11	7	1	0	73	18	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	10	8	6	1	0	76	15	2977
2017	Technical	37	23	8	19	11	3	0	62	30	38
2017	Administrative Support	41	35	5	9	10	0	0	76	18	92
2017	Operational	43	24	9	18	0	7	0	71	19	12
2017	Other	49	28	8	12	1	1	1	79	13	122
2014	Executive	60	32	3	4	0	0	1	93	4	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	31	7	11	8	1	0	74	19	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	43	32	10	9	5	1	0	75	15	2945
2014	Technical	35	35	8	19	4	0	0	70	23	26
2014	Administrative Support	42	27	11	12	7	1	1	70	19	105
2014	Other	46	33	8	8	5	0	0	79	13	83

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	61	34	2	3	0	0	0	95	3	306
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	31	5	8	3	0	0	84	11	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	36	8	6	3	0	0	83	9	2529
2018	Administrative Support	43	36	10	9	2	0	0	79	10	58
2018	Other	61	25	10	0	3	0	0	87	3	129
2017	Executive	58	35	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	410
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	35	8	8	2	0	0	82	10	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	40	7	6	3	0	0	85	8	2975
2017	Technical	37	37	11	10	0	5	0	78	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	42	40	7	8	3	1	0	82	11	91
2017	Operational	43	50	0	0	0	7	0	100	0	12
2017	Other	63	26	5	5	0	0	1	90	5	122
2014	Executive	63	33	2	3	0	0	0	95	3	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	42	7	6	3	0	0	85	9	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	41	7	6	2	0	0	85	8	2944
2014	Technical	43	34	7	11	4	0	0	78	15	26
2014	Administrative Support	44	41	8	3	3	0	1	87	6	106
2014	Other	60	31	5	2	2	0	0	91	4	83

Question 21. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	58	35	4	2	0	0	93	3	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	38	9	5	2	1	83	8	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	42	11	5	3	1	81	8	2530
2018	Administrative Support	34	43	10	5	2	5	82	7	58
2018	Other	44	41	10	3	2	0	85	5	128

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	37	44	11	5	3	1	0	82	7	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	40	18	5	4	4	0	71	10	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	40	15	6	3	4	0	75	9	2537
2018	Administrative Support	41	33	17	5	2	2	0	75	7	58
2018	Other	39	37	8	8	1	7	0	81	10	127
2017	Executive	38	44	10	5	1	2	0	84	6	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	42	16	8	4	6	0	71	12	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	40	17	5	3	4	1	73	9	2977
2017	Technical	26	29	29	5	5	3	3	58	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	30	32	23	4	3	7	1	67	8	91
2017	Operational	63	22	9	0	0	7	0	90	0	12
2017	Other	47	33	7	2	2	8	1	87	5	122
2014	Executive	40	46	8	4	1	2	0	88	4	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	37	18	5	2	6	0	73	8	429
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	38	14	4	2	5	0	79	6	2944
2014	Technical	54	31	8	4	0	4	0	88	4	26
2014	Administrative Support	35	42	13	2	1	6	1	83	3	106
2014	Other	48	27	9	5	1	10	0	84	6	83

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	31	45	13	6	3	1	0	77	9	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	41	17	11	4	2	0	68	15	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	41	15	8	4	1	0	73	12	2530
2018	Technical	29	35	29	6	0	0	0	65	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	43	36	14	5	2	0	0	79	7	58
2018	Operational	40	50	10	0	0	0	0	90	0	10
2018	Other	50	35	8	4	1	1	0	86	6	125
2017	Executive	31	50	10	7	1	1	0	82	8	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	44	12	14	3	2	0	70	17	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	44	14	8	3	2	0	75	11	2974
2017	Technical	32	29	21	11	3	5	0	64	14	38
2017	Administrative Support	39	37	15	2	2	3	1	79	5	91
2017	Operational	64	9	18	0	9	0	0	73	9	12
2017	Other	46	38	5	8	1	2	1	86	8	122
2014	Executive	38	47	9	5	1	0	0	85	6	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	28	40	16	8	4	3	0	71	12	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	41	14	7	3	2	0	75	10	2945
2014	Technical	50	27	11	8	0	4	0	80	8	26
2014	Administrative Support	35	41	15	4	1	3	1	79	5	106
2014	Other	43	40	13	5	0	0	0	82	5	83

Question 42. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	40	12	5	2	0	0	81	7	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	38	16	9	3	0	0	72	12	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	41	14	8	4	0	0	74	12	2527
2018	Technical	35	41	18	6	0	0	0	76	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	56	25	10	7	2	0	0	81	8	59
2018	Operational	40	40	20	0	0	0	0	80	0	10
2018	Other	60	27	7	3	2	1	0	88	5	127
2017	Executive	38	44	9	7	3	0	0	82	10	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	42	14	8	4	0	0	74	12	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	43	13	8	4	0	0	75	12	2977
2017	Technical	42	34	11	8	3	3	0	78	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	52	26	12	8	2	0	0	78	10	91
2017	Operational	66	9	9	0	9	7	0	81	10	12
2017	Other	63	28	4	2	1	0	1	92	4	122
2014	Executive	42	44	9	4	2	0	0	86	5	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	40	14	9	6	0	0	71	15	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	42	14	8	5	0	0	73	13	2944
2014	Technical	50	35	8	4	4	0	0	85	7	26
2014	Administrative Support	37	42	12	6	3	0	1	79	9	106
2014	Other	60	31	6	1	0	1	0	93	1	83

Ethical workplace

Question 17. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	41	42	10	4	2	1	1	84	5	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	31	20	11	8	6	4	56	22	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	34	20	10	7	6	3	59	19	2530
2018	Administrative Support	25	37	14	9	12	4	0	64	22	57
2018	Other	30	25	9	5	5	14	12	74	14	129
2017	Executive	40	41	8	4	3	1	3	85	7	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	32	12	12	8	6	6	63	23	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	33	16	11	7	5	5	62	20	2979
2017	Technical	16	39	13	11	11	3	8	61	24	38
2017	Administrative Support	20	31	26	7	5	5	5	57	13	92
2017	Operational	30	14	9	18	9	7	13	55	33	12
2017	Other	36	21	7	6	6	8	14	74	16	122
2014	Executive	50	36	6	5	0	1	1	87	6	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	29	30	13	13	6	4	5	65	21	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	31	15	9	7	5	5	66	17	2947
2014	Technical	38	20	15	15	4	8	0	63	20	26
2014	Administrative Support	31	30	14	9	7	4	6	68	17	106
2014	Other	37	34	8	3	3	3	11	83	8	83

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	58	30	6	4	2	1	0	88	6	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	39	13	12	5	3	1	68	18	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	41	12	10	5	2	1	72	15	2527
2018	Administrative Support	22	39	15	10	5	2	7	67	17	59
2018	Other	35	28	17	7	5	3	5	69	13	128
2017	Executive	62	29	4	4	1	0	0	91	5	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	42	11	12	7	4	0	69	20	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	40	11	9	5	3	1	73	15	2975
2017	Technical	26	34	13	13	10	3	0	62	24	38
2017	Administrative Support	27	31	16	9	9	7	2	63	19	92
2017	Operational	61	13	0	0	27	0	0	73	27	12
2017	Other	45	17	10	14	5	7	3	68	21	122
2014	Executive	61	31	4	3	1	0	0	92	4	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	37	9	12	6	4	1	71	19	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	38	12	9	4	3	1	75	13	2946
2014	Technical	30	34	9	15	4	4	4	70	20	26
2014	Administrative Support	29	38	11	9	3	6	4	74	14	106
2014	Other	31	20	14	12	5	12	6	62	20	83

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	35	43	15	5	3	0	0	77	8	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	38	26	10	4	2	0	60	14	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	42	21	9	5	1	0	66	13	2525
2018	Technical	29	29	29	6	0	0	6	63	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	26	39	16	11	5	2	2	67	16	57
2018	Operational	50	0	20	20	0	10	0	56	22	10
2018	Other	39	36	15	6	2	0	1	76	9	126

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	22	22	18	15	11	6	5	50	29	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	18	16	21	18	14	2	34	47	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	21	18	18	10	1	36	40	2528
2018	Administrative Support	10	31	19	21	7	5	7	47	31	58
2018	Other	27	21	11	9	8	15	9	63	23	128
2017	Executive	21	23	16	12	9	7	12	55	26	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	17	17	19	21	14	4	30	48	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	18	16	19	11	4	36	42	2972
2017	Technical	16	24	21	11	19	10	0	44	33	38
2017	Administrative Support	20	20	18	11	11	15	5	50	28	91
2017	Operational	44	0	0	9	27	7	13	55	45	12
2017	Other	26	14	10	10	5	23	12	62	23	122
2014	Executive	26	24	14	14	8	6	9	58	26	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	17	17	20	21	17	1	29	50	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	20	20	18	10	2	35	43	2946
2014	Technical	15	19	19	19	11	9	7	41	37	26
2014	Administrative Support	14	17	20	22	13	9	5	36	41	106
2014	Other	16	16	12	9	7	24	16	53	27	83

Harassment

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

Question 48. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	91	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	85	463
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	2541
2018	Administrative Support	9	91	58
2018	Other	6	94	129

Question 49a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	18	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	340

Question 49b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	68	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	61	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	70	340

Question 49c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	25	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	340

Question 49d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Executive	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	71
2018	Other	10

Question 49e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 49f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 49g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 50a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	50	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	340

Question 50b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	340

Question 50c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	340

Question 50d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	340

Question 50e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work / withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	340

Question 50f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	39	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	340

Question 50g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	340

Question 50h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 50i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 50j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	340

Question 50k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	43	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	340

Question 50l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling / shouting
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	340

Question 50m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	340

Question 51a. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	46	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	340

Question 51b. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	21	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	340

Question 51c. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	21	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	340

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	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 51e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 51f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 51g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 51h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	340
2018	Other	0	10

Question 51i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	28
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	71
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	340

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	8	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	323

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	20	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	323

Question 52c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	323
2018	Other	0	10

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	Executive	0	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	323

Question 52e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	323
2018	Other	0	10

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	13	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	323

Question 52g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	323
2018	Other	0	10

Question 52h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	323

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	18	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	323

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	Executive	23	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	323

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	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	323

Question 52l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	42	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	323

Question 52m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	323
2018	Other	0	10

Question 52n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	35	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	58	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	323

Question 52o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I intend to file a grievance or a formal complaint but I have not done so yet.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	323
2018	Other	0	10

Question 52p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	70
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	323

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	18	37	18	8	6	12	1	63	16	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	11	21	12	9	34	7	30	35	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	15	23	10	9	28	6	37	29	2535
2018	Technical	12	12	29	0	12	29	6	36	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	19	28	22	0	5	19	7	63	7	58
2018	Operational	30	10	10	0	0	50	0	80	0	10
2018	Other	19	16	8	2	6	35	15	69	16	129
2017	Executive	21	29	19	8	2	16	5	63	13	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	10	17	11	8	38	8	33	36	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	20	8	10	29	10	39	29	2978
2017	Technical	16	5	29	0	13	23	13	33	21	38
2017	Administrative Support	14	22	11	8	8	25	13	58	25	92
2017	Operational	44	9	0	9	9	16	13	74	26	12
2017	Other	16	12	7	5	2	37	20	65	17	121
2014	Executive	21	28	19	8	3	18	4	63	14	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	8	23	6	9	39	8	29	28	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	16	21	8	8	31	8	39	26	2945
2014	Technical	16	12	23	8	8	27	7	43	23	26
2014	Administrative Support	11	26	19	4	9	22	9	54	19	106
2014	Other	17	14	6	9	3	29	21	63	25	83

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	32	34	17	8	5	3	0	69	13	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	26	27	12	8	16	1	44	24	463
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	29	24	10	7	12	1	53	20	2537
2018	Technical	12	29	41	0	0	12	6	50	0	17
2018	Administrative Support	29	34	21	3	3	5	3	70	8	58
2018	Operational	40	0	10	0	10	40	0	67	17	10
2018	Other	29	25	10	5	2	23	6	75	11	128
2017	Executive	27	41	17	8	1	5	0	72	10	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	23	22	11	7	22	3	47	24	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	21	9	7	16	3	54	20	2977
2017	Technical	21	19	32	3	8	18	0	48	13	38
2017	Administrative Support	22	28	12	11	4	21	2	65	20	92
2017	Operational	57	9	18	0	0	16	0	78	0	12
2017	Other	27	19	14	6	2	28	5	68	12	122
2014	Executive	30	39	18	6	2	5	0	73	8	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	19	23	9	8	26	1	44	24	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	27	24	9	6	19	2	51	19	2943
2014	Technical	24	27	15	11	4	11	7	62	19	26
2014	Administrative Support	17	34	20	5	8	14	2	61	16	106
2014	Other	22	24	11	5	2	26	9	71	12	83

Discrimination

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

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you been the victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	10	90	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	462
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	2534
2018	Other	3	97	128

Question 56a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	232

Question 56b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	84	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	80	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	81	232

Question 56c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	232

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	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47

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	5	232

Question 56f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	232

Question 56g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	232

Question 57a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	19	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	232

Question 57b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	232

Question 57c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	232

Question 57d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	232

Question 57e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	23	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	232

Question 57f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	71	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	232

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	Administration and Foreign Services	2	232

Question 57i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	232

Question 57j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	232

Question 57k. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test)
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47

Question 57l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	232

Question 57m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	Total responses
2018	Executive	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	232

Question 57n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	232

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	Executive	26	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	233

Question 58b. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	233

Question 58c. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	233

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	233

Question 58e. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	233

Question 58f. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	233

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	233

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	233

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	52	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	69	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	233

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	220

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	15	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	220

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47

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	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47

Question 59f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	220

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	220

Question 59h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	220

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	Executive	0	31
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	220

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	Executive	19	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	220

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	23	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	220

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	Executive	58	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	220

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	220

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	Executive	55	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	71	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	68	220

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	Scientific and Professional	0	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	220

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	15	47
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	220

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	20	32	21	6	4	14	2	63	12	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	12	26	6	6	39	5	33	21	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	17	24	5	5	34	5	43	17	2531
2018	Administrative Support	19	32	22	2	3	17	5	65	7	59
2018	Other	21	15	13	1	2	35	13	70	6	127
2017	Executive	20	28	20	4	2	21	5	65	8	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	8	19	4	4	51	6	36	19	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	17	20	4	4	38	8	47	16	2978
2017	Technical	18	5	29	5	8	23	11	36	20	38
2017	Administrative Support	22	14	20	2	4	29	9	58	11	92
2017	Operational	53	0	18	0	0	16	13	74	0	12
2017	Other	18	11	14	1	0	40	16	66	2	122
2014	Executive	23	26	17	3	0	28	4	71	5	407
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	10	20	4	4	51	5	36	18	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	15	22	4	3	39	7	46	14	2945
2014	Technical	15	12	27	4	0	38	4	47	6	26
2014	Administrative Support	11	34	19	3	5	19	9	63	11	106
2014	Other	15	14	14	3	1	40	12	62	8	83

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	32	34	19	6	3	5	0	70	10	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	26	26	7	5	21	1	51	16	460
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	32	23	6	5	15	1	59	13	2531
2018	Administrative Support	26	40	22	2	3	5	2	70	6	58
2018	Other	31	28	8	5	1	20	7	81	9	128
2017	Executive	34	39	14	5	2	6	0	78	7	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	26	19	5	4	27	2	60	13	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	32	20	5	4	19	2	63	11	2975
2017	Technical	18	24	32	5	3	18	0	51	10	38
2017	Administrative Support	24	25	15	8	3	22	3	65	15	92
2017	Operational	66	9	9	0	0	16	0	89	0	12
2017	Other	31	26	11	2	1	22	7	81	4	122
2014	Executive	35	39	15	2	1	8	1	81	3	406
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	25	20	7	4	29	0	57	15	430
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	22	5	3	24	2	61	10	2941
2014	Technical	24	23	38	0	0	11	4	55	0	26
2014	Administrative Support	21	38	18	2	5	14	2	71	8	105
2014	Other	20	24	14	2	0	30	9	73	4	83

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Workplace well-being

A psychologically healthy workplace

Question 25. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	52	27	11	5	5	1	0	80	10	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	24	8	5	5	1	0	82	10	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	28	10	5	5	1	0	79	11	2510
2018	Administrative Support	42	35	7	5	7	4	0	80	13	57
2018	Other	66	18	8	4	4	0	0	84	8	127
2017	Executive	47	31	11	4	3	2	1	81	7	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	23	11	6	5	2	0	78	11	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	28	10	4	5	2	0	80	10	2980
2017	Technical	45	29	13	5	3	5	0	78	8	38
2017	Administrative Support	64	22	7	2	2	2	1	89	4	92
2017	Operational	70	13	0	0	18	0	0	82	18	12
2017	Other	63	18	8	3	3	4	1	85	7	122

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	29	51	11	6	2	0	0	81	8	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	44	21	14	7	3	0	56	22	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	41	21	12	6	3	0	60	18	2527
2018	Technical	6	18	53	12	12	0	0	24	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	21	31	21	7	9	12	0	59	18	58
2018	Operational	10	20	30	0	0	30	10	50	0	10
2018	Other	24	28	21	14	4	9	1	58	20	130
2017	Executive	25	52	13	7	2	2	0	78	9	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	37	17	14	11	9	0	54	27	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	37	21	14	9	6	0	53	25	2976
2017	Technical	13	29	16	10	13	18	0	52	29	38
2017	Administrative Support	11	21	20	8	13	24	3	44	29	91
2017	Operational	55	0	8	0	29	8	0	60	32	11
2017	Other	15	30	16	9	8	20	2	58	22	122

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	16	41	18	18	6	1	0	57	25	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	29	23	21	12	3	0	42	34	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	32	22	18	11	2	0	48	30	2535
2018	Technical	6	35	35	12	12	0	0	41	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	17	43	14	9	10	7	0	65	20	58
2018	Operational	10	30	40	10	0	10	0	44	11	10
2018	Other	26	41	14	13	4	1	0	68	18	130
2017	Executive	13	42	20	18	6	1	0	56	24	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	31	20	25	12	2	0	42	37	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	35	22	19	12	2	0	46	32	2975
2017	Technical	11	39	13	18	16	3	0	51	35	38
2017	Administrative Support	10	34	23	14	10	7	3	48	27	92
2017	Operational	34	16	7	18	18	7	0	54	39	12
2017	Other	23	40	13	14	3	7	1	68	18	122

Work-related stress

Question 62a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	25	30	22	12	11	0	0	55	23	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	26	24	14	20	0	1	42	34	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	23	25	15	19	0	1	40	34	2541
2018	Technical	0	18	18	53	12	0	0	18	65	17
2018	Administrative Support	41	8	20	14	12	2	3	52	27	59
2018	Operational	50	0	10	10	20	0	10	56	33	10
2018	Other	32	28	20	10	10	0	0	60	20	129
2017	Executive	27	35	19	8	9	0	2	63	17	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	21	21	16	24	0	1	38	40	478
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	21	17	23	0	3	37	41	2977
2017	Technical	16	26	26	16	11	3	3	44	28	38
2017	Administrative Support	26	19	15	15	20	1	3	47	37	91
2017	Operational	30	0	16	7	34	0	13	34	47	12
2017	Other	23	24	20	12	19	0	2	48	32	122

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	4	15	26	32	23	0	0	19	55	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	20	32	24	14	0	0	30	38	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	24	31	21	15	0	0	34	35	2533
2018	Technical	0	18	35	12	35	0	0	18	47	17
2018	Administrative Support	22	29	22	20	3	2	2	53	25	59
2018	Operational	10	30	40	10	0	0	10	44	11	10
2018	Other	30	28	23	15	3	0	0	59	18	130
2017	Executive	5	14	30	28	23	0	0	18	52	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	25	31	20	18	0	0	31	38	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	22	31	21	14	0	1	33	35	2976
2017	Technical	11	29	35	13	11	3	0	40	24	38
2017	Administrative Support	19	25	28	13	11	1	3	45	25	92
2017	Operational	32	30	21	9	0	7	0	67	10	12
2017	Other	34	32	25	7	2	0	1	66	9	121

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	5	19	32	27	17	0	0	24	44	307
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	22	34	22	11	0	0	32	34	456
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	28	29	19	12	0	1	40	31	2527
2018	Technical	6	35	29	18	12	0	0	41	29	17
2018	Administrative Support	32	19	22	12	7	2	7	56	20	59
2018	Operational	30	10	30	0	0	0	30	57	0	10
2018	Other	40	25	17	13	1	0	2	67	15	130
2017	Executive	5	17	30	28	20	0	0	23	48	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	25	28	22	16	0	0	33	39	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	27	19	12	0	1	41	32	2976
2017	Technical	24	26	32	5	10	3	0	51	16	38
2017	Administrative Support	34	21	21	10	6	0	8	60	17	90
2017	Operational	46	39	0	7	0	7	0	92	8	12
2017	Other	38	31	21	5	2	0	3	72	7	121

Question 62d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	7	20	33	22	18	0	0	27	40	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	22	25	20	18	0	1	35	39	456
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	23	26	20	17	0	1	36	38	2531
2018	Technical	12	12	29	18	29	0	0	24	47	17
2018	Administrative Support	26	12	28	19	12	2	2	39	32	58
2018	Operational	0	30	50	0	10	10	0	33	11	10
2018	Other	27	26	23	10	10	1	3	55	21	129
2017	Executive	4	17	26	30	22	0	0	21	53	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	23	23	22	19	1	1	34	42	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	22	25	21	18	1	2	35	39	2969
2017	Technical	11	39	13	21	13	3	0	51	35	38
2017	Administrative Support	20	17	25	12	18	3	4	40	33	92
2017	Operational	32	22	24	7	9	7	0	58	17	12
2017	Other	35	27	17	10	10	0	1	62	21	121

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	18	31	23	19	0	0	27	42	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	32	21	15	9	0	2	54	24	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	27	20	11	8	0	3	59	20	2521
2018	Administrative Support	56	12	15	3	2	0	12	77	6	59
2018	Other	53	15	11	7	5	1	8	75	13	128
2017	Executive	8	19	26	26	21	0	1	27	47	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	31	23	12	11	1	3	52	24	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	28	20	12	7	1	5	59	20	2974
2017	Technical	24	35	21	8	8	3	3	61	17	38
2017	Administrative Support	54	10	4	6	2	2	21	84	10	90
2017	Operational	55	28	0	9	7	0	0	84	16	12
2017	Other	55	24	6	4	2	0	9	86	7	121

Question 62f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	6	16	32	24	22	0	0	22	46	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	27	24	17	13	0	0	45	31	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	26	25	15	13	0	0	47	28	2538
2018	Technical	12	35	29	6	18	0	0	47	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	36	27	15	7	8	2	5	67	16	59
2018	Operational	40	10	50	0	0	0	0	50	0	10
2018	Other	42	21	19	9	6	0	2	65	16	130
2017	Executive	7	19	30	27	18	0	0	26	45	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	27	27	17	12	0	0	44	29	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	28	25	15	11	0	1	48	27	2974
2017	Technical	26	32	18	11	10	3	0	60	22	38
2017	Administrative Support	38	26	24	3	7	0	2	65	10	92
2017	Operational	39	9	36	9	7	0	0	48	16	12
2017	Other	33	36	19	5	5	0	2	71	10	120

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	21	43	28	6	3	0	0	64	8	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	37	27	14	7	0	0	51	21	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	35	26	13	6	0	1	54	20	2530
2018	Technical	24	12	29	24	12	0	0	35	35	17
2018	Administrative Support	46	19	22	5	5	0	3	67	11	59
2018	Operational	0	30	30	20	0	20	0	38	25	10
2018	Other	31	34	18	8	3	2	4	70	11	130
2017	Executive	20	39	24	11	6	0	0	59	16	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	30	28	14	10	1	0	48	24	480
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	32	25	13	7	1	1	54	20	2974
2017	Technical	21	26	16	16	16	3	3	50	34	38
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	15	10	3	0	4	70	14	91
2017	Operational	52	14	0	27	0	7	0	71	29	12
2017	Other	40	33	13	8	3	2	1	75	12	121

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	15	38	26	15	6	0	0	53	21	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	33	30	13	8	1	0	48	22	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	33	27	17	8	0	1	48	25	2529
2018	Technical	18	18	35	18	12	0	0	35	29	17
2018	Administrative Support	44	24	19	5	5	0	3	70	11	59
2018	Operational	20	20	30	10	0	20	0	50	13	10
2018	Other	33	27	26	9	2	2	2	62	11	130
2017	Executive	12	36	27	16	8	0	0	49	24	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	37	24	15	10	0	1	50	26	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	31	28	15	8	0	1	48	24	2972
2017	Technical	21	26	24	8	19	3	0	48	27	38
2017	Administrative Support	40	27	18	11	3	0	1	68	14	91
2017	Operational	36	25	16	16	0	7	0	65	18	12
2017	Other	34	35	17	5	4	2	3	73	9	120

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	21	44	22	9	5	0	0	64	14	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	31	28	16	8	0	0	48	24	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	33	26	15	8	0	1	51	23	2526
2018	Technical	18	24	24	24	12	0	0	41	35	17
2018	Administrative Support	44	20	15	10	5	2	3	68	16	59
2018	Operational	30	10	30	20	0	10	0	44	22	10
2018	Other	33	33	23	9	1	1	0	66	10	130
2017	Executive	19	40	23	11	6	0	0	60	17	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	33	24	15	9	0	1	52	24	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	24	14	8	0	1	53	22	2970
2017	Technical	21	23	22	13	18	3	0	46	32	38
2017	Administrative Support	44	21	19	11	1	1	3	68	13	91
2017	Operational	43	7	27	16	0	7	0	54	18	12
2017	Other	34	33	16	9	4	0	3	69	14	120

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	14	29	23	24	9	0	0	44	33	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	31	27	12	7	0	1	53	19	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	30	27	14	8	0	1	51	22	2519
2018	Technical	18	29	41	6	6	0	0	47	12	17
2018	Administrative Support	35	25	28	5	4	2	2	62	9	57
2018	Operational	10	30	30	0	10	20	0	50	13	10
2018	Other	33	28	24	9	3	2	1	63	12	130
2017	Executive	10	28	28	20	13	0	0	39	33	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	28	24	14	6	0	2	55	21	480
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	31	25	14	7	0	2	53	21	2965
2017	Technical	33	28	17	11	8	3	0	63	20	36
2017	Administrative Support	44	25	14	5	3	2	5	75	10	91
2017	Operational	46	22	25	0	0	7	0	73	0	12
2017	Other	43	31	14	5	4	1	2	77	9	119

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	48	28	14	6	4	0	0	76	10	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	27	22	7	4	0	1	66	12	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	27	15	7	5	0	2	72	13	2519
2018	Administrative Support	49	25	12	5	3	0	5	79	9	59
2018	Other	52	30	12	3	1	0	2	83	5	128
2017	Executive	52	29	11	5	4	0	0	80	8	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	26	19	8	4	0	1	69	12	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	25	15	7	4	0	2	74	11	2973
2017	Technical	50	18	16	8	3	3	3	72	11	38
2017	Administrative Support	50	22	12	8	4	1	2	75	13	90
2017	Operational	62	7	14	9	0	7	0	75	10	12
2017	Other	67	20	9	2	1	0	1	88	3	121

Question 62l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	75	15	3	1	1	0	5	95	2	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	20	7	3	2	0	7	88	5	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	64	17	7	3	2	1	6	87	5	2522
2018	Administrative Support	54	15	17	2	5	0	7	75	7	59
2018	Other	69	15	6	3	0	2	6	91	3	128

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	75	14	4	3	3	0	1	90	6	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	17	6	5	5	0	3	82	11	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	63	15	8	4	5	1	5	83	9	2519
2018	Technical	59	12	12	6	6	0	6	75	13	17
2018	Administrative Support	71	8	8	2	3	2	5	85	5	59
2018	Operational	40	20	10	10	10	10	0	67	22	10
2018	Other	72	10	7	3	1	2	5	88	5	130
2017	Executive	79	14	3	3	1	0	0	93	4	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	12	5	5	3	1	2	86	8	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	68	13	6	4	4	1	4	85	8	2974
2017	Technical	71	8	5	8	0	3	5	86	9	38
2017	Administrative Support	67	10	5	4	4	2	7	84	10	91
2017	Operational	75	9	0	9	0	7	0	90	10	12
2017	Other	81	8	5	2	2	0	3	91	5	121

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	49	32	15	2	2	0	0	82	4	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	26	10	5	2	0	1	83	8	458
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	12	5	2	0	2	81	7	2528
2018	Technical	18	59	18	0	6	0	0	76	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	59	14	16	2	5	0	5	76	7	58
2018	Operational	20	40	20	0	10	10	0	67	11	10
2018	Other	72	21	1	2	2	0	2	95	4	130
2017	Executive	57	29	11	2	1	0	0	85	3	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	26	9	4	1	0	1	86	5	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	26	9	4	3	0	2	83	7	2975
2017	Technical	48	34	11	5	0	3	0	84	5	38
2017	Administrative Support	57	15	10	7	5	1	5	77	13	92
2017	Operational	62	7	16	7	0	7	0	75	8	12
2017	Other	71	18	3	4	2	0	2	91	6	120

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	48	25	17	6	4	0	0	73	10	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	22	10	10	6	0	1	73	17	459
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	23	13	7	6	0	2	72	14	2518
2018	Technical	35	29	12	12	12	0	0	65	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	59	16	7	9	7	0	3	77	16	58
2018	Operational	20	30	30	0	0	0	20	63	0	10
2018	Other	69	17	7	4	1	0	3	87	6	129
2017	Executive	63	19	10	5	2	0	0	83	7	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	21	10	9	3	0	1	78	12	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	21	11	6	5	0	2	77	12	2971
2017	Technical	43	27	19	8	0	3	0	72	8	37
2017	Administrative Support	58	16	8	9	4	1	4	78	14	90
2017	Operational	52	9	7	16	9	7	0	66	27	12
2017	Other	74	11	7	1	4	0	2	87	6	121

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	30	41	17	8	3	0	1	72	11	309
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	12	5	2	1	0	28	89	4	455
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	15	8	3	1	0	25	84	5	2512
2018	Administrative Support	58	5	7	0	2	0	29	88	2	59
2018	Other	63	6	2	1	2	0	26	93	4	129
2017	Executive	36	39	16	6	2	0	0	75	8	413
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	12	3	2	1	0	23	91	4	480
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	15	6	2	1	0	23	87	5	2969
2017	Technical	50	18	0	3	0	3	26	96	4	38
2017	Administrative Support	68	3	3	1	1	1	22	93	3	91
2017	Operational	62	0	9	0	0	0	28	87	0	12
2017	Other	67	6	2	2	1	0	22	93	4	120

Question 62q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	59	32	8	0	0	0	1	92	0	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	22	4	1	1	0	7	93	2	456
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	64	20	8	2	1	0	6	89	3	2511
2018	Technical	47	29	12	12	0	0	0	76	12	17
2018	Administrative Support	67	16	7	0	2	0	9	91	2	58
2018	Operational	50	10	10	0	0	0	30	86	0	10
2018	Other	76	6	8	2	2	0	6	87	4	130
2017	Executive	60	27	8	2	1	0	1	88	4	410
2017	Scientific and Professional	70	18	5	0	0	0	6	94	0	481
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	66	19	6	2	1	1	6	91	2	2961
2017	Technical	61	34	3	0	0	3	0	97	0	38
2017	Administrative Support	72	9	6	1	1	0	11	91	2	90
2017	Operational	72	0	0	7	0	7	14	91	9	12
2017	Other	81	10	4	1	0	1	4	95	1	121

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	89	8	0	1	1	0	0	98	2	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	63	9	8	5	9	0	6	76	15	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	69	12	5	3	5	0	4	85	9	2527
2018	Technical	76	6	12	6	0	0	0	82	6	17
2018	Administrative Support	57	12	5	12	7	2	5	74	20	58
2018	Operational	50	30	0	10	0	10	0	89	11	10
2018	Other	42	19	14	8	13	0	4	64	22	130
2017	Executive	88	7	2	0	0	0	3	98	0	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	66	12	5	5	7	1	4	82	13	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	69	12	5	3	5	1	5	86	9	2977
2017	Technical	71	18	3	6	0	3	0	92	6	38
2017	Administrative Support	62	11	10	4	5	0	8	79	11	91
2017	Operational	32	36	9	16	0	7	0	73	17	12
2017	Other	42	11	9	19	15	0	4	55	35	122

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	57	30	11	2	1	0	0	86	3	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	28	10	5	1	1	3	84	7	457
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	27	13	4	2	0	3	80	7	2528
2018	Technical	24	47	12	12	6	0	0	71	18	17
2018	Administrative Support	63	18	9	0	5	0	5	85	6	57
2018	Operational	50	20	10	10	0	0	10	78	11	10
2018	Other	53	25	11	4	3	0	4	81	7	130
2017	Executive	61	25	9	2	0	0	2	87	3	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	25	13	2	0	0	3	83	3	482
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	26	12	4	2	0	4	82	6	2970
2017	Technical	64	25	3	3	3	3	0	91	6	36
2017	Administrative Support	57	16	10	7	7	0	4	75	14	90
2017	Operational	57	23	13	0	0	7	0	86	0	12
2017	Other	60	17	10	5	2	0	5	81	8	121

Question 63. Overall, my level of work-related stress is…
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very high (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	4	17	44	29	5	0	0	21	34	312
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	29	40	21	4	0	0	34	26	461
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	28	40	17	6	0	0	37	23	2548
2018	Technical	6	18	53	18	6	0	0	24	24	17
2018	Administrative Support	14	34	34	12	5	0	2	48	17	59
2018	Operational	0	30	50	10	10	0	0	30	20	10
2018	Other	23	43	26	4	3	0	1	66	7	129
2017	Executive	2	19	48	23	7	0	0	22	30	415
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	23	45	20	7	0	0	27	27	484
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	25	42	17	8	0	0	32	25	2980
2017	Technical	8	33	35	16	3	6	0	43	20	37
2017	Administrative Support	12	29	38	11	8	1	1	42	19	92
2017	Operational	7	43	25	16	0	9	0	55	17	12
2017	Other	23	38	26	10	3	0	1	61	13	122

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	30	39	18	4	0	0	22	40	308
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	25	36	21	7	0	0	28	36	455
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	22	41	20	7	0	0	26	33	2518
2018	Technical	12	24	29	35	0	0	0	35	35	17
2018	Administrative Support	3	21	36	22	17	0	0	40	24	58
2018	Operational	10	10	60	10	10	0	0	20	20	10
2018	Other	7	14	38	28	13	0	0	41	21	126
2017	Executive	8	27	42	17	4	0	0	22	36	412
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	24	44	19	6	0	0	25	32	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	20	42	20	8	0	1	28	30	2973
2017	Technical	8	13	42	24	13	0	0	37	21	38
2017	Administrative Support	8	17	29	27	18	0	2	45	25	90
2017	Operational	24	9	52	9	0	7	0	10	35	12
2017	Other	4	10	26	34	25	0	1	60	14	122

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Pay or other compensation issues

Question 67. To what extent has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	32	26	22	8	9	4	0	34	66	311
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	22	23	12	17	2	0	25	75	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	27	22	14	14	2	1	21	79	2543
2018	Administrative Support	52	24	5	5	10	0	3	54	46	58
2018	Other	42	22	22	7	2	3	2	44	56	126
2017	Executive	33	30	16	10	5	6	1	35	65	414
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	18	21	16	20	4	0	23	77	483
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	23	22	14	17	3	1	20	80	2982
2017	Technical	24	23	27	16	8	2	0	24	76	38
2017	Administrative Support	45	15	13	5	13	4	3	49	51	91
2017	Operational	17	10	10	10	17	21	15	27	73	11
2017	Other	28	20	20	11	14	2	4	30	70	122

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	10	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	1950
2018	Administrative Support	23	26
2018	Other	30	67
2017	Executive	10	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	2301
2017	Technical	18	28
2017	Administrative Support	37	43
2017	Other	42	80

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	35	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	1950
2018	Administrative Support	23	26
2018	Other	42	67
2017	Executive	26	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	2301
2017	Technical	43	28
2017	Administrative Support	40	43
2017	Other	54	80

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	7	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	1950
2018	Administrative Support	27	26
2018	Other	23	67
2017	Executive	5	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	2301
2017	Technical	11	28
2017	Administrative Support	23	43
2017	Other	27	80

Question 68d. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Incorrect or missing acting pay, overtime pay or other related extra duty pay
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	45	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	1950
2018	Administrative Support	19	26
2018	Other	14	67
2017	Executive	37	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	2301
2017	Technical	67	28
2017	Administrative Support	21	43
2017	Other	5	80

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	4	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	1950
2018	Administrative Support	4	26
2018	Other	3	67
2017	Executive	4	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	2301
2017	Technical	4	28
2017	Administrative Support	21	43
2017	Other	2	80

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	42	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	1950
2018	Administrative Support	19	26
2018	Other	8	67

Question 68g. Please indicate which of the following pay or other compensation issues you have experienced: Other
Survey year	Demographic	(%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	38	199
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	342
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	1950
2018	Administrative Support	38	26
2018	Other	34	67
2017	Executive	48	251
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	353
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	2301
2017	Technical	22	28
2017	Administrative Support	49	43
2017	Other	35	80

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	5	33	27	17	4	14	189
2018	Scientific and Professional	1	32	25	15	7	20	332
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	35	19	13	7	22	1883
2018	Administrative Support	13	52	4	0	9	22	23
2018	Other	8	67	11	7	4	3	61
2017	Executive	6	50	22	11	5	7	245
2017	Scientific and Professional	3	33	25	13	9	18	352
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	41	22	12	5	18	2261
2017	Technical	7	43	11	7	7	25	28
2017	Administrative Support	7	40	21	7	7	17	42
2017	Other	6	58	17	6	5	8	79

Question 70. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	29	71	195
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	74	336
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	71	1943
2018	Administrative Support	35	65	26
2018	Other	56	44	65

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	60	11	9	5	4	1	9	79	10	310
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	16	18	8	7	2	9	63	17	464
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	16	15	9	11	1	9	62	22	2531
2018	Administrative Support	46	15	15	14	7	0	3	63	21	59
2018	Other	52	14	5	3	1	2	23	88	5	124

Support to resolve pay or other compensation issues

Question 71. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	9	14	19	27	25	4	4	24	55	195
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	15	15	23	36	1	5	21	63	340
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	17	19	22	29	2	7	23	56	1950
2018	Administrative Support	0	35	31	15	15	0	4	36	32	26
2018	Other	21	29	8	21	10	2	9	57	34	66
2017	Executive	6	14	15	20	29	1	15	24	59	252
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	14	13	22	39	2	6	20	65	354
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	16	17	19	33	1	8	24	58	2303
2017	Technical	11	10	7	18	40	7	7	25	67	28
2017	Administrative Support	16	21	16	12	28	2	5	40	43	43
2017	Other	13	25	23	12	17	4	7	42	32	82

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	3	9	14	22	41	5	7	13	71	195
2018	Scientific and Professional	1	6	14	21	53	2	4	8	77	341
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	10	15	21	47	1	4	13	71	1949
2018	Administrative Support	0	15	38	15	23	4	4	17	42	26
2018	Other	7	28	10	27	12	4	11	41	47	66
2017	Executive	3	9	8	21	44	2	13	14	77	252
2017	Scientific and Professional	1	6	10	15	63	1	3	7	82	355
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	7	11	17	55	2	5	10	78	2298
2017	Technical	7	3	4	14	65	0	7	11	85	28
2017	Administrative Support	5	7	19	19	44	0	7	12	68	43
2017	Other	10	15	18	16	34	2	4	27	53	82

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

Table of Contents

Employee engagement

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

Question 9. Overall, I feel valued at work.

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

Question 14. Overall, I like my job.

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

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

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

Leadership

Immediate supervisor

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

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

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

Senior management

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

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

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

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

Workforce

Performance management

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

Question 7. I have clear work objectives.

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

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

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

Job fit and development

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

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

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

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

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

Empowerment

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

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

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

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

Work-life balance and workload

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

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

Mobility and retention

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

Question 47. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Workplace

Organizational goals

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

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

Organizational performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Respectful workplace

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ethical workplace

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

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

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

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

Harassment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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