2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Veterans Affairs Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

The results of the 2020 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

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

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My Job

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	38	0	2	0	98	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	46	3	9	1	87	10	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	42	3	9	2	87	11	1701
2020	Administrative Support	55	39	2	4	0	94	4	282

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	94	2	0	4	0	0	96	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	82	13	2	2	1	0	95	3	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	82	12	2	2	1	0	95	3	1696
2020	Administrative Support	89	10	0	0	0	1	99	0	281
2017	Executive	73	21	2	2	2	0	94	4	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	77	16	2	2	1	2	95	3	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	74	19	3	3	1	1	94	3	1318
2017	Administrative Support	78	19	1	2	0	0	96	2	227
2017	Other occupational category	92	7	1	1	0	0	98	1	75
2014	Executive	75	21	4	0	0	0	96	0	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	78	14	2	5	1	1	92	6	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	72	21	3	2	1	0	94	3	1131
2014	Administrative Support	77	17	3	2	1	0	94	3	195
2014	Other occupational category	89	11	0	0	0	0	100	0	40

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	28	8	10	4	0	0	78	14	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	41	7	12	3	0	0	78	15	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	39	8	9	3	0	1	79	13	1703
2020	Administrative Support	43	39	6	11	1	0	0	82	12	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	46	34	4	12	4	0	0	80	16	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	33	6	11	5	0	0	78	16	1560
2019	Administrative Support	53	29	5	8	4	0	0	82	13	245
2019	Other occupational category	54	26	7	10	3	0	0	80	12	58
2017	Executive	43	35	4	14	4	0	0	78	18	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	32	6	14	10	0	0	70	24	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	34	6	13	8	0	0	73	21	1326
2017	Administrative Support	42	37	4	9	8	0	0	79	16	227
2017	Other occupational category	68	26	1	2	2	0	0	94	5	74
2014	Executive	52	44	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	30	5	9	8	5	0	76	18	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	34	6	11	7	0	0	76	18	1128
2014	Administrative Support	43	29	8	11	9	0	0	72	20	195
2014	Other occupational category	63	24	3	3	6	0	0	88	9	40

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	50	4	12	2	2	82	14	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	47	6	10	3	0	81	13	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	40	12	14	4	1	70	18	1694
2020	Administrative Support	43	38	8	8	2	1	82	10	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	41	11	13	3	0	74	16	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	38	12	19	12	0	58	31	1552
2019	Administrative Support	24	42	10	16	8	0	67	24	245
2019	Other occupational category	37	33	9	11	10	0	70	21	58
2018	Executive	38	50	3	9	0	0	88	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	43	11	12	7	1	70	20	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	48	9	19	9	0	62	29	1091
2018	Administrative Support	20	41	9	22	8	0	61	30	172
2018	Other occupational category	32	42	6	8	11	1	75	19	57
2017	Executive	35	41	10	6	8	0	76	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	41	11	16	9	0	64	25	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	43	11	20	10	0	60	29	1324
2017	Administrative Support	24	38	11	19	8	0	62	27	226
2017	Other occupational category	40	36	7	13	4	0	76	17	75
2014	Executive	32	56	2	10	0	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	35	7	19	19	0	55	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	36	13	22	13	0	51	36	1131
2014	Administrative Support	23	33	11	22	10	0	57	33	195
2014	Other occupational category	42	27	19	5	7	0	68	13	40

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	38	2	10	0	0	88	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	41	6	10	2	0	82	13	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	38	7	7	3	0	82	10	1692
2020	Administrative Support	54	33	6	5	1	0	87	7	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	34	4	6	3	0	87	10	214
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	7	9	4	0	80	13	1549
2019	Administrative Support	50	33	7	5	4	0	83	10	242
2019	Other occupational category	61	23	10	4	1	0	85	5	58
2017	Executive	53	33	6	4	4	0	86	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	34	9	8	2	0	81	10	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	37	7	11	4	0	78	15	1326
2017	Administrative Support	46	33	10	9	2	0	79	11	224
2017	Other occupational category	68	25	4	2	1	0	92	3	75
2014	Executive	67	27	2	2	2	0	94	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	31	3	12	11	1	73	23	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	39	8	9	4	0	79	13	1130
2014	Administrative Support	39	33	14	11	2	0	72	14	195
2014	Other occupational category	61	30	7	2	0	0	91	2	40

Question 6. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	32	14	8	14	0	0	64	22	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	29	8	6	2	0	0	84	8	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	29	8	8	3	0	0	80	11	1693
2020	Administrative Support	61	26	9	2	2	0	0	87	4	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	32	6	5	2	0	0	87	7	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	30	8	10	4	0	0	78	14	1554
2019	Administrative Support	49	30	7	7	5	1	1	80	12	244
2019	Other occupational category	61	22	9	8	1	0	0	83	8	57
2018	Executive	28	31	13	13	16	0	0	59	28	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	30	11	7	6	0	0	76	13	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	32	9	10	7	0	0	74	18	1089
2018	Administrative Support	43	33	13	5	5	1	1	77	11	173
2018	Other occupational category	52	27	17	0	3	0	2	80	3	57
2017	Executive	29	26	12	22	10	0	0	55	33	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	35	7	10	6	0	0	77	16	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	7	9	9	0	0	75	18	1327
2017	Administrative Support	50	26	8	8	6	1	1	78	15	227
2017	Other occupational category	59	21	13	5	0	0	1	82	5	75
2014	Executive	15	26	19	31	10	0	0	40	41	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	24	10	14	15	1	0	60	30	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	11	13	9	0	0	68	21	1131
2014	Administrative Support	33	31	14	15	6	0	1	66	21	195
2014	Other occupational category	56	23	11	2	2	3	3	85	4	40

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	38	2	2	0	0	96	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	36	12	4	1	0	83	4	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	10	6	3	0	81	9	1701
2020	Administrative Support	54	31	7	5	2	0	85	8	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	32	9	7	2	0	82	9	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	39	11	6	4	0	78	11	1559
2019	Administrative Support	46	35	9	6	4	0	81	11	245
2019	Other occupational category	34	33	13	13	6	0	67	20	58
2018	Executive	41	47	13	0	0	0	88	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	38	9	7	8	0	76	15	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	44	10	7	4	0	79	11	1083
2018	Administrative Support	37	37	15	8	3	0	74	11	171
2018	Other occupational category	32	32	9	20	7	0	64	27	57
2017	Executive	47	43	2	0	8	0	90	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	35	7	8	5	0	79	14	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	46	7	7	4	0	81	11	1327
2017	Administrative Support	38	38	13	8	3	0	76	11	227
2017	Other occupational category	31	34	20	7	9	0	65	15	75
2014	Executive	49	39	2	4	6	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	43	9	14	7	1	70	21	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	43	12	10	6	0	72	16	1130
2014	Administrative Support	29	41	16	7	7	0	70	14	196
2014	Other occupational category	24	48	14	6	8	0	72	14	40

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	50	10	6	2	0	0	82	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	39	13	8	3	1	1	76	11	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	36	12	10	5	0	0	73	15	1700
2020	Administrative Support	45	33	11	7	3	1	1	79	10	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	37	15	14	5	0	0	66	19	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	36	14	13	7	0	0	66	20	1559
2019	Administrative Support	29	34	14	14	8	0	1	64	22	243
2019	Other occupational category	36	37	13	11	3	0	0	73	14	58
2018	Executive	22	44	9	25	0	0	0	66	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	34	12	18	14	1	1	55	33	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	34	17	15	11	0	0	56	26	1090
2018	Administrative Support	22	27	20	21	10	0	0	49	32	173
2018	Other occupational category	40	24	11	17	9	0	0	63	26	57
2017	Executive	35	39	6	12	8	0	0	74	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	30	19	19	11	0	0	51	30	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	35	17	12	11	0	0	60	23	1326
2017	Administrative Support	26	34	14	14	12	0	0	61	25	225
2017	Other occupational category	38	36	12	10	4	1	0	74	14	75
2014	Executive	26	50	8	8	8	0	0	76	16	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	32	24	16	18	0	0	43	34	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	35	16	16	12	0	0	55	29	1130
2014	Administrative Support	23	34	20	13	10	0	0	58	22	196
2014	Other occupational category	27	48	6	8	11	0	0	75	19	40

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	56	6	10	0	84	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	49	9	8	1	82	9	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	41	10	11	3	76	14	1695
2020	Administrative Support	44	41	7	6	1	85	8	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	43	8	7	3	82	10	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	43	12	13	4	71	18	1550
2019	Administrative Support	36	41	11	8	4	77	12	244
2019	Other occupational category	38	29	13	16	5	66	21	58
2018	Executive	28	50	9	9	3	78	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	46	11	12	3	74	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	41	14	13	6	66	19	1093
2018	Administrative Support	30	39	11	14	6	69	20	173
2018	Other occupational category	34	26	18	16	6	60	22	57
2017	Executive	35	37	8	14	6	72	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	35	9	16	5	69	21	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	43	13	11	6	70	17	1326
2017	Administrative Support	39	35	11	8	6	75	14	226
2017	Other occupational category	35	37	15	9	4	72	13	75

Question 10. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	80	20	0	0	0	0	100	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	35	7	3	1	0	90	4	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	38	7	4	2	0	87	6	1697
2020	Administrative Support	62	30	5	1	1	0	93	2	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	33	7	4	2	0	87	6	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	42	9	5	3	0	83	8	1555
2019	Administrative Support	54	34	8	2	2	0	88	4	244
2019	Other occupational category	53	20	11	13	3	0	73	16	58
2018	Executive	69	31	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	38	7	9	1	1	83	10	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	43	8	4	1	0	86	6	1088
2018	Administrative Support	47	39	7	5	2	1	86	7	173
2018	Other occupational category	44	40	2	7	5	2	85	13	57
2017	Executive	63	29	0	2	6	0	92	8	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	40	5	5	3	0	86	9	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	10	5	3	0	82	8	1325
2017	Administrative Support	52	36	5	3	3	0	89	6	227
2017	Other occupational category	47	41	11	1	0	0	88	1	75
2014	Executive	70	20	4	4	2	0	90	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	32	13	7	11	0	69	18	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	40	15	8	5	1	71	13	1131
2014	Administrative Support	33	41	18	4	3	1	74	8	195
2014	Other occupational category	50	36	6	8	0	0	86	8	40

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	42	6	8	0	0	86	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	39	10	6	2	0	82	8	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	11	9	5	0	75	14	1697
2020	Administrative Support	51	30	9	8	3	0	81	10	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	36	10	9	7	0	74	16	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	36	13	11	7	0	69	18	1561
2019	Administrative Support	36	30	16	12	6	0	66	18	244
2019	Other occupational category	46	19	17	15	4	0	64	19	58
2018	Executive	41	34	16	9	0	0	75	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	34	12	10	13	0	65	23	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	37	13	12	10	0	64	23	1085
2018	Administrative Support	26	33	20	12	8	1	60	20	171
2018	Other occupational category	36	33	12	13	6	0	69	19	57
2017	Executive	39	43	2	4	12	0	82	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	34	13	14	10	0	63	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	13	12	11	0	64	23	1325
2017	Administrative Support	30	35	15	8	11	0	65	19	227
2017	Other occupational category	52	26	13	9	1	0	78	9	75

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	71	25	2	2	0	0	96	2	48
2020	Scientific and Professional	60	28	9	3	0	0	88	3	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	32	7	3	1	0	89	4	1687
2020	Administrative Support	72	21	5	1	1	0	93	2	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	31	3	4	2	0	91	6	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	31	9	4	1	0	85	5	1546
2019	Administrative Support	62	27	8	2	1	0	89	2	244
2019	Other occupational category	53	20	17	7	3	0	74	9	58
2018	Executive	69	25	6	0	0	0	94	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	33	9	9	3	0	78	13	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	35	10	4	1	0	86	4	1075
2018	Administrative Support	58	26	10	2	3	0	84	5	172
2018	Other occupational category	40	33	18	6	3	0	73	9	57
2017	Executive	59	35	4	2	0	0	94	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	30	7	3	2	0	88	5	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	34	7	3	1	0	89	4	1325
2017	Administrative Support	67	24	6	2	1	0	91	3	227
2017	Other occupational category	48	34	12	6	0	0	82	6	75
2014	Executive	84	6	6	4	0	0	90	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	58	27	7	4	2	1	86	6	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	58	28	8	3	2	0	87	5	1130
2014	Administrative Support	68	23	6	2	1	0	90	3	196
2014	Other occupational category	54	28	8	4	6	0	82	10	40

Question 13. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	38	2	10	0	0	0	88	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	33	15	9	5	1	1	70	15	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	36	13	11	5	0	0	71	16	1694
2020	Administrative Support	40	33	13	8	4	1	1	75	12	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	38	13	13	10	1	0	62	24	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	38	12	13	8	0	0	67	22	1549
2019	Administrative Support	31	33	15	11	9	0	0	65	21	245
2019	Other occupational category	39	25	12	15	9	0	0	64	24	58
2018	Executive	45	42	6	3	3	0	0	87	6	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	35	12	15	17	0	0	56	32	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	40	12	16	10	0	0	63	26	1085
2018	Administrative Support	20	33	17	13	17	1	0	53	30	172
2018	Other occupational category	30	29	21	7	13	0	1	60	19	56
2017	Executive	51	39	0	4	6	0	0	90	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	33	11	14	13	0	0	61	27	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	39	12	15	10	0	0	63	25	1324
2017	Administrative Support	29	30	14	15	12	0	0	59	27	227
2017	Other occupational category	31	34	14	13	7	0	1	66	20	75
2014	Executive	45	41	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	37	6	11	32	0	0	52	42	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	19	37	13	15	16	0	0	56	31	1129
2014	Administrative Support	15	40	14	16	10	0	5	58	27	196
2014	Other occupational category	32	44	6	16	0	0	2	77	17	40

Question 14. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	30	6	6	2	0	0	86	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	36	14	7	4	0	1	74	11	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	34	15	8	5	0	0	72	13	1697
2020	Administrative Support	47	25	17	8	4	0	0	72	11	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	36	15	8	11	0	1	66	19	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	35	16	10	8	0	0	66	18	1559
2019	Administrative Support	32	35	18	9	7	0	0	67	16	245
2019	Other occupational category	38	25	15	16	7	0	0	63	23	58
2018	Executive	59	22	19	0	0	0	0	81	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	31	19	15	14	0	0	53	29	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	34	16	14	9	0	0	61	23	1077
2018	Administrative Support	22	32	22	10	14	1	0	54	24	171
2018	Other occupational category	36	32	14	5	12	0	1	69	17	57
2017	Executive	53	26	6	6	8	0	0	80	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	33	11	14	13	0	0	62	27	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	34	15	13	10	0	0	63	23	1325
2017	Administrative Support	31	31	19	8	8	0	1	63	17	227
2017	Other occupational category	29	49	10	6	4	0	1	79	10	74
2014	Executive	44	42	7	4	4	0	0	85	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	29	21	13	20	0	0	46	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	33	15	15	14	0	0	56	29	1131
2014	Administrative Support	23	39	17	10	9	1	1	63	20	196
2014	Other occupational category	36	41	9	7	6	0	0	78	13	40

Question 15. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	48	34	6	12	0	0	0	82	12	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	41	10	7	2	1	0	80	9	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	11	10	4	0	0	76	13	1683
2020	Administrative Support	49	36	9	3	1	1	0	86	5	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	37	8	12	6	0	0	74	18	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	38	11	12	7	0	0	70	19	1541
2019	Administrative Support	42	35	12	7	4	0	0	77	11	242
2019	Other occupational category	44	37	8	8	1	2	0	83	9	58
2018	Executive	38	41	19	3	0	0	0	78	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	42	13	14	11	0	0	62	25	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	39	14	13	8	0	0	65	21	1086
2018	Administrative Support	31	32	16	14	7	0	0	63	21	173
2018	Other occupational category	39	23	24	9	5	0	0	62	14	57
2017	Executive	47	31	10	2	10	0	0	78	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	37	10	14	12	0	0	64	26	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	38	13	12	9	0	0	66	21	1325
2017	Administrative Support	37	31	16	9	7	0	0	69	15	227
2017	Other occupational category	47	34	11	6	1	0	1	82	7	75
2014	Executive	38	42	11	8	2	0	0	79	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	26	13	18	19	1	0	50	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	33	15	15	12	0	0	59	27	1128
2014	Administrative Support	22	34	26	14	4	0	0	56	17	196
2014	Other occupational category	44	42	5	4	6	0	0	86	10	40

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	30	10	2	0	0	88	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	30	8	2	2	0	88	4	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	36	8	5	2	0	84	8	1698
2020	Administrative Support	66	25	4	4	2	0	91	5	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	32	6	5	2	0	87	7	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	36	10	7	2	0	81	10	1555
2019	Administrative Support	55	27	11	4	2	0	82	6	245
2019	Other occupational category	47	35	5	5	8	0	82	13	58
2018	Executive	44	47	3	6	0	0	91	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	36	12	4	7	0	77	11	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	40	11	7	2	0	79	10	1086
2018	Administrative Support	44	34	15	6	2	0	77	8	172
2018	Other occupational category	35	35	9	14	7	0	70	21	56
2017	Executive	43	41	6	2	8	0	84	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	36	8	5	4	0	83	9	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	40	11	5	3	0	80	9	1326
2017	Administrative Support	48	37	8	4	3	0	85	7	226
2017	Other occupational category	42	39	5	14	0	0	81	14	75
2014	Executive	70	16	8	4	2	0	86	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	34	9	15	2	1	74	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	40	12	9	4	0	75	13	1126
2014	Administrative Support	40	39	10	4	7	0	79	11	196
2014	Other occupational category	60	27	7	1	6	0	86	7	40

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	16	28	22	28	0	0	22	50	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	26	16	6	5	2	2	72	12	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	28	19	10	9	0	1	60	20	1689
2020	Administrative Support	54	30	12	2	0	1	2	86	2	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	30	18	6	6	0	3	69	13	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	27	19	12	14	0	1	54	26	1556
2019	Administrative Support	48	31	12	7	2	0	0	79	9	245
2019	Other occupational category	65	27	5	3	1	0	0	91	4	57
2018	Executive	9	25	9	25	31	0	0	34	56	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	31	21	8	8	0	1	63	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	26	19	15	15	0	1	50	30	1091
2018	Administrative Support	41	22	17	9	9	0	2	64	18	173
2018	Other occupational category	65	17	9	5	1	2	1	84	7	57
2017	Executive	8	20	26	28	16	0	0	29	45	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	37	14	11	9	0	1	66	20	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	19	15	13	0	1	53	28	1326
2017	Administrative Support	40	29	16	8	6	0	0	70	15	225
2017	Other occupational category	61	36	1	0	2	0	0	97	2	75
2014	Executive	10	21	16	33	18	0	2	32	52	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	22	26	10	20	0	1	43	31	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	26	21	12	16	0	1	50	29	1131
2014	Administrative Support	35	27	23	6	8	0	1	63	14	196
2014	Other occupational category	37	39	18	3	2	0	0	77	6	40

Question 18a. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	12	32	38	12	6	0	0	18	44	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	17	29	25	14	4	3	42	27	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	24	35	18	9	1	1	27	37	1702
2020	Administrative Support	5	13	28	27	19	4	4	50	20	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	18	39	22	12	0	1	34	26	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	29	34	13	5	0	1	18	47	1557
2019	Administrative Support	10	20	39	15	14	0	2	29	31	244
2019	Other occupational category	8	20	13	39	18	0	2	58	29	58
2018	Executive	19	31	31	16	3	0	0	19	50	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	28	33	23	5	1	1	29	38	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	32	35	11	4	1	1	16	49	1089
2018	Administrative Support	9	28	27	21	12	1	3	34	39	172
2018	Other occupational category	9	17	29	18	18	0	9	39	28	57
2017	Executive	14	26	47	6	4	0	2	11	42	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	24	38	15	9	0	2	24	36	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	29	34	12	5	0	2	17	49	1322
2017	Administrative Support	7	25	26	23	14	0	4	38	34	223
2017	Other occupational category	5	11	35	22	23	0	4	47	16	74
2014	Executive	18	33	43	4	2	0	0	6	51	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	25	26	15	8	0	1	23	51	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	37	29	9	2	0	1	11	59	1130
2014	Administrative Support	10	24	42	17	6	0	0	24	35	196
2014	Other occupational category	13	18	25	20	16	3	4	39	34	40

Question 18b. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	12	44	28	10	0	0	38	18	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	3	12	19	32	27	5	2	64	16	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	27	30	17	2	1	49	23	1692
2020	Administrative Support	4	5	19	27	35	7	2	69	10	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	16	31	24	19	1	1	43	25	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	23	30	20	10	1	1	30	39	1552
2019	Administrative Support	7	19	25	25	19	3	2	47	27	243
2019	Other occupational category	8	5	26	31	28	0	2	60	13	58
2018	Executive	6	19	38	34	3	0	0	38	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	21	29	29	10	1	1	40	31	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	31	20	7	1	1	28	41	1086
2018	Administrative Support	9	23	25	20	17	3	2	39	34	169
2018	Other occupational category	4	14	29	18	24	6	4	48	19	57
2017	Executive	12	26	24	20	12	0	4	34	40	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	19	35	22	12	3	2	36	27	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	23	32	18	9	2	2	28	38	1319
2017	Administrative Support	9	17	28	17	23	3	3	43	28	225
2017	Other occupational category	1	11	23	29	31	0	6	63	13	74
2014	Executive	27	18	30	11	4	0	11	16	50	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	34	23	15	6	1	2	22	55	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	27	29	11	4	1	1	16	55	1127
2014	Administrative Support	16	22	34	16	8	3	1	25	40	194
2014	Other occupational category	11	16	21	32	15	0	4	49	29	40

Question 18c. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	10	18	49	12	10	0	0	22	29	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	14	23	30	18	6	4	53	21	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	32	21	11	2	2	33	34	1695
2020	Administrative Support	3	6	24	29	26	5	6	63	10	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	19	38	20	13	1	2	34	27	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	33	17	8	1	2	25	41	1553
2019	Administrative Support	9	12	26	25	19	3	6	48	23	241
2019	Other occupational category	8	11	22	28	27	0	4	57	19	58
2018	Executive	22	6	38	28	3	0	3	32	29	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	21	37	20	7	1	1	27	35	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	31	17	6	0	1	23	45	1086
2018	Administrative Support	9	20	26	17	18	4	6	39	32	170
2018	Other occupational category	5	19	22	22	24	4	4	50	26	57
2017	Executive	16	14	37	24	6	0	2	31	31	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	21	30	21	9	3	4	32	36	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	33	14	7	1	3	22	44	1319
2017	Administrative Support	9	19	27	17	18	2	7	39	31	223
2017	Other occupational category	7	17	33	17	17	3	6	38	26	74
2014	Executive	14	16	45	19	4	2	0	23	31	40
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	23	23	11	10	6	4	23	51	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	26	28	12	4	1	2	16	55	1129
2014	Administrative Support	14	21	29	18	9	3	5	30	39	194
2014	Other occupational category	15	17	24	14	23	3	4	40	34	40

Question 18d. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	34	30	12	2	0	0	14	56	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	7	21	30	28	6	3	63	13	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	16	32	27	15	1	2	43	24	1681
2020	Administrative Support	1	3	15	34	37	4	6	78	4	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	12	31	30	19	0	2	50	18	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	17	34	25	11	0	2	36	29	1546
2019	Administrative Support	2	7	24	33	29	1	3	65	10	242
2019	Other occupational category	1	8	12	33	40	0	6	78	9	58
2018	Executive	16	44	16	22	3	0	0	25	59	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	15	35	25	11	1	1	37	27	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	34	23	8	0	1	31	34	1078
2018	Administrative Support	4	8	28	29	25	3	4	58	12	171
2018	Other occupational category	1	7	22	27	34	2	7	67	9	57
2017	Executive	20	26	35	12	6	0	0	18	47	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	15	34	25	14	0	1	39	26	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	21	33	21	8	1	3	30	36	1315
2017	Administrative Support	5	9	23	28	28	2	5	60	16	222
2017	Other occupational category	3	4	26	17	43	0	7	65	7	74
2014	Executive	22	37	23	6	2	0	11	9	66	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	12	21	22	9	0	2	31	47	167
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	22	22	32	17	5	0	2	23	45	1124
2014	Administrative Support	10	11	36	27	11	2	2	40	22	194
2014	Other occupational category	15	9	11	32	26	0	7	63	25	40

Question 18e. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	20	20	38	20	2	0	0	22	40	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	13	19	24	22	6	6	52	26	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	17	28	24	14	2	2	39	33	1693
2020	Administrative Support	1	7	17	26	37	6	5	71	9	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	17	33	19	18	1	2	38	28	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	21	28	19	11	1	2	31	40	1551
2019	Administrative Support	7	12	20	25	30	0	5	58	21	241
2019	Other occupational category	4	5	13	27	46	0	6	77	9	58
2018	Executive	16	28	31	19	3	0	3	23	45	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	19	36	17	5	1	3	23	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	27	13	5	1	1	19	53	1087
2018	Administrative Support	17	17	23	20	17	3	2	40	36	172
2018	Other occupational category	3	12	29	17	27	0	13	50	17	56
2017	Executive	31	35	23	2	8	0	2	11	66	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	24	26	19	10	1	3	31	42	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	25	26	12	8	1	2	20	53	1320
2017	Administrative Support	9	21	24	18	20	1	6	42	32	223
2017	Other occupational category	4	7	18	13	40	7	10	64	14	74
2014	Executive	20	35	41	2	2	0	0	4	55	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	22	24	8	8	1	1	17	58	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	28	20	8	4	1	1	12	68	1129
2014	Administrative Support	22	23	27	15	7	3	3	23	49	196
2014	Other occupational category	13	13	19	24	20	3	7	49	29	40

Question 18f. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	8	10	32	48	2	0	0	50	18	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	4	9	23	25	21	14	5	56	16	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	19	30	23	14	3	1	39	29	1686
2020	Administrative Support	4	8	17	24	31	13	4	66	14	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	7	17	30	26	15	2	2	43	25	213
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	21	29	21	10	2	2	32	37	1546
2019	Administrative Support	9	20	25	18	21	2	5	42	32	244
2019	Other occupational category	7	16	21	11	32	4	9	49	26	58
2018	Executive	3	22	41	31	3	0	0	34	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	19	31	26	10	5	3	39	27	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	23	30	18	9	1	1	27	42	1083
2018	Administrative Support	16	20	23	18	15	4	5	36	39	171
2018	Other occupational category	9	14	19	24	20	6	7	51	27	57
2017	Executive	12	16	37	24	8	0	2	33	29	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	15	33	24	18	3	2	44	22	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	21	29	20	9	3	3	31	38	1318
2017	Administrative Support	7	18	29	20	16	4	7	40	28	224
2017	Other occupational category	5	17	17	12	28	12	9	51	28	74
2014	Executive	14	29	31	21	6	0	0	27	43	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	21	20	22	14	1	6	38	40	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	17	28	24	9	1	3	35	36	1127
2014	Administrative Support	15	16	33	20	10	3	4	32	33	195
2014	Other occupational category	16	9	19	23	19	9	4	49	29	40

Question 18g. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	12	24	50	12	2	0	0	14	36	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	11	36	20	14	6	3	37	23	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	23	34	16	9	1	1	26	40	1696
2020	Administrative Support	4	9	28	23	26	6	4	54	14	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	20	39	21	10	0	2	31	29	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	33	15	5	1	1	20	46	1557
2019	Administrative Support	7	18	30	21	18	2	3	41	27	244
2019	Other occupational category	14	14	26	20	22	2	2	43	30	58
2018	Executive	13	38	25	22	3	0	0	25	50	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	25	39	17	6	0	1	23	38	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	28	34	12	3	1	1	16	49	1089
2018	Administrative Support	17	16	35	17	10	2	2	28	35	172
2018	Other occupational category	9	20	32	19	14	4	3	35	31	57
2017	Executive	26	26	24	14	6	0	2	21	54	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	27	31	21	5	0	1	27	42	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	27	35	10	5	1	1	15	50	1318
2017	Administrative Support	8	21	32	19	14	3	4	35	31	225
2017	Other occupational category	4	16	32	24	20	0	4	46	21	72
2014	Executive	12	44	26	19	0	0	0	19	56	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	22	27	12	7	2	3	21	51	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	27	31	11	4	1	2	15	53	1123
2014	Administrative Support	14	25	32	17	8	1	2	26	41	195
2014	Other occupational category	15	14	29	21	11	2	7	36	32	40

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	2	8	42	30	18	0	0	48	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	6	12	37	26	17	2	1	44	19	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	17	39	25	12	0	1	37	24	1702
2020	Administrative Support	2	9	33	31	20	3	2	54	11	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	18	43	19	9	0	0	28	29	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	36	18	7	0	1	25	38	1557
2019	Administrative Support	8	21	33	19	17	0	2	37	30	243
2019	Other occupational category	7	27	30	25	9	0	2	35	35	58

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Question 19. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	34	42	18	4	2	0	0	76	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	20	17	7	2	16	8	65	12	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	29	17	7	5	7	3	68	13	1701
2020	Administrative Support	32	29	16	6	3	8	6	70	11	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	28	16	13	8	5	3	60	23	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	30	15	10	7	5	3	65	19	1554
2019	Administrative Support	28	28	16	11	8	7	2	62	21	245
2019	Other occupational category	39	23	11	12	7	8	0	68	20	57
2018	Executive	19	53	9	9	9	0	0	72	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	33	17	13	14	5	3	51	30	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	31	20	13	9	4	3	55	23	1089
2018	Administrative Support	20	27	20	16	11	5	2	50	28	173
2018	Other occupational category	32	20	23	6	6	13	0	59	14	57
2017	Executive	43	35	10	4	4	4	0	81	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	32	16	14	12	6	1	55	28	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	15	11	11	5	3	60	23	1326
2017	Administrative Support	28	30	13	10	14	4	1	61	25	226
2017	Other occupational category	43	13	13	8	4	13	7	70	14	75
2014	Executive	34	43	17	0	2	0	4	80	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	28	23	15	9	13	5	7	58	25	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	32	15	11	10	3	2	63	22	1130
2014	Administrative Support	20	24	21	12	10	6	6	51	26	195
2014	Other occupational category	39	23	12	6	7	7	5	71	15	40

Question 20. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	38	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	27	6	5	2	2	1	87	7	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	8	7	4	1	0	80	12	1702
2020	Administrative Support	56	23	8	6	6	2	0	80	12	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	28	9	10	8	1	0	72	18	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	28	9	9	7	0	0	75	16	1559
2019	Administrative Support	44	24	13	11	7	0	0	68	19	245
2019	Other occupational category	52	25	7	13	3	0	0	77	16	57
2018	Executive	41	44	0	13	3	0	0	84	16	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	33	12	11	12	0	0	65	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	31	9	13	9	1	0	68	22	1085
2018	Administrative Support	28	34	10	12	14	2	0	62	27	173
2018	Other occupational category	48	25	3	19	4	0	0	73	24	57
2017	Executive	47	39	2	6	4	2	0	88	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	32	13	9	11	2	1	67	20	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	8	11	9	0	0	71	20	1327
2017	Administrative Support	38	28	13	8	12	0	0	67	21	226
2017	Other occupational category	56	26	2	9	4	1	0	84	13	75
2014	Executive	42	50	6	0	2	0	0	92	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	27	9	7	16	0	0	68	23	168
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	31	9	11	7	1	0	72	19	1131
2014	Administrative Support	34	26	11	12	10	6	1	65	23	196
2014	Other occupational category	43	29	8	19	1	0	0	72	20	40

Question 21. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	65	35	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	69	25	2	2	0	0	0	95	2	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	28	5	4	2	0	0	89	6	1695
2020	Administrative Support	64	24	5	5	2	0	0	88	7	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	49	31	7	9	4	0	1	81	13	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	33	5	8	3	0	0	84	11	1556
2019	Administrative Support	50	29	8	9	4	0	0	79	13	244
2019	Other occupational category	53	29	4	13	1	0	0	82	14	57
2018	Executive	44	47	6	3	0	0	0	91	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	35	3	17	6	0	0	74	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	7	9	3	0	0	81	12	1090
2018	Administrative Support	40	36	10	8	5	1	0	77	13	173
2018	Other occupational category	50	32	5	10	3	0	0	82	13	57
2017	Executive	48	37	4	8	2	0	0	85	10	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	33	10	12	4	0	0	74	16	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	38	8	7	4	0	0	80	12	1323
2017	Administrative Support	45	30	10	9	6	0	0	75	15	226
2017	Other occupational category	61	27	5	4	0	3	1	91	4	75
2014	Executive	34	54	4	6	2	0	0	88	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	34	6	15	4	0	1	75	19	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	39	9	9	4	0	0	78	13	1131
2014	Administrative Support	39	36	11	8	4	1	0	77	13	195
2014	Other occupational category	55	16	14	13	3	0	0	70	16	40

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	40	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	34	7	2	1	3	1	90	3	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	33	9	4	2	1	0	85	6	1685
2020	Administrative Support	46	32	9	5	3	3	1	82	9	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	38	8	4	5	1	0	83	9	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	39	9	5	3	1	0	83	8	1559
2019	Administrative Support	38	35	15	6	4	1	1	75	10	244
2019	Other occupational category	45	40	7	7	0	0	0	85	7	57
2018	Executive	53	44	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	43	10	6	8	1	0	76	14	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	39	13	6	3	1	0	77	10	1089
2018	Administrative Support	32	34	18	6	6	3	1	68	13	173
2018	Other occupational category	40	27	19	7	4	2	0	69	11	57

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	72	22	0	2	4	0	0	94	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	23	7	2	1	8	4	88	4	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	21	9	3	3	5	2	84	6	1700
2020	Administrative Support	55	21	10	1	2	8	4	86	3	280

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	82	14	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	24	11	2	1	2	7	84	4	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	23	11	3	3	1	2	82	6	1699
2020	Administrative Support	37	27	19	3	3	4	7	72	6	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	27	16	3	3	1	3	77	6	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	25	13	4	3	1	3	80	7	1559
2019	Administrative Support	35	22	22	8	6	2	7	62	15	245
2019	Other occupational category	45	16	14	12	0	2	10	69	14	58

Question 25. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	34	12	8	0	0	0	80	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	31	7	6	1	2	2	85	7	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	27	10	6	4	1	0	80	10	1701
2020	Administrative Support	52	26	11	7	3	1	0	79	10	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	27	13	8	7	1	0	71	15	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	12	8	6	0	1	74	14	1560
2019	Administrative Support	39	26	14	8	9	1	2	68	18	244
2019	Other occupational category	42	25	10	17	3	2	0	69	20	58
2018	Executive	31	50	9	3	6	0	0	81	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	36	9	9	9	0	1	73	18	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	33	13	11	8	0	0	68	19	1087
2018	Administrative Support	33	26	19	11	8	1	1	61	19	170
2018	Other occupational category	36	29	10	13	10	2	1	67	23	56
2017	Executive	39	39	6	6	10	0	0	78	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	38	12	7	9	0	1	71	17	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	11	10	8	0	0	71	17	1327
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	16	8	8	0	0	68	16	227
2017	Other occupational category	47	24	8	12	5	1	3	74	17	75
2014	Executive	53	33	6	4	4	0	0	86	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	27	12	11	8	3	0	68	20	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	39	35	10	8	7	0	0	74	16	1131
2014	Administrative Support	45	31	12	6	6	1	0	76	12	196
2014	Other occupational category	47	27	8	6	6	3	3	79	12	40

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	28	4	4	2	2	0	90	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	23	10	4	1	5	1	84	5	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	21	10	5	4	2	1	81	9	1697
2020	Administrative Support	56	20	13	4	3	3	2	79	7	282

Question 27. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	24	10	8	0	0	0	82	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	59	25	7	5	2	1	1	86	7	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	27	7	5	3	1	0	84	9	1701
2020	Administrative Support	55	25	8	7	2	1	1	82	10	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	49	28	8	10	3	1	1	78	13	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	29	10	8	5	0	1	76	14	1547
2019	Administrative Support	46	24	12	10	7	1	1	71	16	242
2019	Other occupational category	58	20	5	11	5	0	2	79	16	58
2018	Executive	58	23	6	10	3	0	0	81	13	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	8	7	9	1	0	76	16	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	31	11	11	6	0	0	71	17	1080
2018	Administrative Support	36	26	16	9	11	1	1	63	21	170
2018	Other occupational category	50	18	10	10	7	2	3	71	19	56
2017	Executive	45	35	4	12	4	0	0	80	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	36	11	7	6	1	0	76	13	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	10	10	7	0	0	73	17	1325
2017	Administrative Support	39	36	7	8	8	0	0	76	17	227
2017	Other occupational category	60	17	12	6	2	0	3	79	8	74
2014	Executive	44	44	2	6	4	0	0	88	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	48	22	12	8	10	0	0	70	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	10	11	7	0	0	73	17	1131
2014	Administrative Support	40	35	9	8	6	0	0	76	15	196
2014	Other occupational category	61	13	16	1	6	0	3	77	7	40

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Flexible work hours mean that an employee is able to vary the start and end times of their workday.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	20	80	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	1704
2020	Administrative Support	39	61	279

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	72	6	10	4	0	0	8	85	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	14	6	3	1	6	15	87	6	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	58	14	8	2	2	5	11	85	5	1701
2020	Administrative Support	58	15	9	2	1	4	12	85	4	281

Question 30. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	62	30	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	64	22	7	5	2	0	0	85	7	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	63	22	7	5	3	0	0	85	8	1700
2020	Administrative Support	66	20	8	4	2	0	0	86	6	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	25	7	6	4	1	0	82	11	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	27	8	7	5	0	0	80	12	1560
2019	Administrative Support	53	27	7	6	7	0	0	80	13	245
2019	Other occupational category	57	25	8	7	3	0	0	82	9	58
2018	Executive	63	22	6	6	3	0	0	84	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	29	8	6	11	0	0	75	17	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	26	12	10	7	0	0	71	17	1087
2018	Administrative Support	46	22	12	11	9	0	0	68	20	170
2018	Other occupational category	49	26	9	11	5	0	1	75	16	56
2017	Executive	50	35	4	4	6	0	0	85	10	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	25	10	10	7	0	0	72	18	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	25	9	8	7	0	0	76	16	1319
2017	Administrative Support	53	23	8	8	8	0	0	76	16	226
2017	Other occupational category	67	21	9	1	1	0	1	89	2	75
2014	Executive	54	36	0	6	4	0	0	90	10	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	18	11	10	7	0	0	72	17	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	50	26	9	7	8	0	0	75	15	1128
2014	Administrative Support	54	25	10	5	5	0	0	80	11	196
2014	Other occupational category	72	10	8	0	6	0	3	86	6	40

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Senior Management

Question 31. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	46	2	8	2	0	0	88	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	18	7	5	2	14	0	84	8	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	30	12	6	3	7	0	78	9	1698
2020	Administrative Support	59	22	8	1	2	7	1	88	3	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	30	13	8	6	5	0	71	16	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	33	18	9	5	5	0	66	14	1555
2019	Administrative Support	48	27	10	7	2	5	1	79	10	244
2019	Other occupational category	60	21	5	9	1	5	0	85	10	58
2018	Executive	34	44	3	13	6	0	0	78	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	37	13	8	11	9	0	65	21	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	20	12	6	7	0	60	19	1091
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	18	6	6	9	0	67	13	173
2018	Other occupational category	56	21	5	8	3	7	0	83	12	56
2017	Executive	31	41	4	16	8	0	0	72	24	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	33	15	8	6	9	0	68	16	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	32	18	9	7	9	0	63	17	1325
2017	Administrative Support	36	31	10	9	6	8	1	73	16	227
2017	Other occupational category	60	25	7	1	1	4	1	90	2	75
2014	Executive	20	45	10	15	10	0	0	65	25	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	17	25	10	16	8	0	44	29	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	22	16	14	8	0	43	32	1131
2014	Administrative Support	18	30	23	8	9	11	0	55	19	196
2014	Other occupational category	45	21	9	5	13	4	3	71	20	40

Question 32. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	42	6	6	4	0	0	84	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	30	8	6	4	5	0	81	11	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	34	13	8	5	2	0	74	13	1692
2020	Administrative Support	57	24	8	4	2	4	1	85	6	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	33	11	10	10	1	0	68	20	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	33	19	14	7	1	0	60	21	1556
2019	Administrative Support	44	28	12	8	3	4	1	75	12	244
2019	Other occupational category	58	26	8	5	1	2	0	85	6	58
2018	Executive	41	34	9	13	3	0	0	75	16	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	35	16	11	17	2	0	55	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	19	18	9	2	0	52	28	1086
2018	Administrative Support	27	35	15	10	10	3	0	64	21	173
2018	Other occupational category	49	29	4	7	7	4	0	82	15	56
2017	Executive	35	37	6	14	8	0	0	72	22	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	35	14	12	11	2	0	62	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	18	16	10	3	0	54	27	1324
2017	Administrative Support	32	29	14	14	7	3	1	64	22	227
2017	Other occupational category	52	32	8	6	1	0	1	85	7	75
2014	Executive	16	37	6	17	12	0	11	60	33	40
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	20	14	19	26	4	0	38	47	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	24	21	21	22	2	0	34	44	1131
2014	Administrative Support	15	25	20	17	13	10	0	45	34	196
2014	Other occupational category	43	22	3	18	7	3	3	70	27	40

Question 33. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	50	8	8	6	0	0	78	14	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	31	11	9	5	10	0	73	15	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	34	17	11	6	5	0	65	17	1695
2020	Administrative Support	48	25	13	4	2	6	1	79	7	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	31	17	13	13	3	0	56	27	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	29	21	20	9	3	0	48	30	1551
2019	Administrative Support	33	28	18	10	4	6	1	66	15	245
2019	Other occupational category	45	36	7	4	4	4	0	84	9	58
2018	Executive	19	31	25	19	6	0	0	50	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	31	17	16	18	5	0	47	35	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	26	20	22	14	5	0	41	38	1090
2018	Administrative Support	18	28	22	14	10	9	0	50	26	170
2018	Other occupational category	31	32	5	15	4	13	0	73	21	56
2017	Executive	19	28	14	28	10	0	0	47	39	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	29	19	16	16	4	0	46	34	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	19	22	13	6	0	42	37	1325
2017	Administrative Support	21	28	16	16	12	5	1	52	30	226
2017	Other occupational category	39	28	15	7	4	6	3	72	11	74
2014	Executive	8	49	8	27	8	0	0	57	35	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	9	20	14	20	31	6	0	31	54	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	7	19	19	25	26	4	0	27	53	1130
2014	Administrative Support	11	21	23	19	16	11	0	36	38	195
2014	Other occupational category	40	12	9	15	13	7	3	59	31	40

Question 34. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	44	14	6	6	0	0	74	12	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	33	11	11	7	6	0	70	19	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	14	14	7	3	0	65	21	1702
2020	Administrative Support	47	29	10	7	5	2	1	78	12	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	32	15	14	15	2	0	55	30	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	30	18	23	12	1	0	46	36	1557
2019	Administrative Support	30	30	17	13	5	4	1	63	19	243
2019	Other occupational category	35	37	10	7	8	2	0	74	15	58
2018	Executive	25	22	19	25	9	0	0	47	34	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	28	19	19	20	1	0	41	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	27	18	25	17	2	0	39	43	1089
2018	Administrative Support	17	27	23	16	13	3	0	46	31	172
2018	Other occupational category	36	20	13	13	13	7	0	60	27	56
2017	Executive	20	33	8	22	16	0	0	53	39	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	30	14	21	15	4	0	48	38	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	31	17	22	14	3	0	45	37	1322
2017	Administrative Support	23	27	16	16	14	3	0	52	31	226
2017	Other occupational category	42	29	15	10	1	3	0	74	11	74
2014	Executive	12	43	23	14	8	0	0	55	22	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	27	12	17	30	2	0	41	47	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	20	17	25	27	3	0	28	54	1128
2014	Administrative Support	8	24	18	18	23	8	0	36	45	196
2014	Other occupational category	33	13	13	16	15	7	3	51	34	40

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	36	16	6	0	0	0	78	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	27	11	3	0	8	1	85	4	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	25	11	4	2	8	2	81	7	1701
2020	Administrative Support	55	19	7	3	1	12	2	87	5	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	25	8	2	1	9	1	88	3	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	23	14	4	3	9	2	77	8	1560
2019	Administrative Support	49	20	11	3	4	11	2	80	8	242
2019	Other occupational category	60	11	5	5	7	12	0	82	13	58

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Question 36. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	54	6	4	4	0	0	86	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	39	8	5	1	1	0	87	5	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	42	12	6	2	0	0	80	9	1699
2020	Administrative Support	54	34	7	2	0	3	0	90	2	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	41	13	8	5	0	0	74	12	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	45	17	10	3	1	0	70	13	1559
2019	Administrative Support	36	37	18	6	3	2	0	73	9	245
2019	Other occupational category	37	41	11	4	3	2	2	82	7	57
2018	Executive	44	44	6	6	0	0	0	88	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	39	17	15	5	2	0	62	21	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	45	16	11	5	1	0	68	16	1084
2018	Administrative Support	24	46	15	9	4	2	0	71	14	172
2018	Other occupational category	34	42	20	4	0	0	0	76	4	57
2017	Executive	31	53	4	4	8	0	0	84	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	40	11	10	4	1	1	75	14	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	42	16	11	4	1	0	69	15	1327
2017	Administrative Support	35	39	15	6	4	2	0	75	9	227
2017	Other occupational category	50	37	11	2	0	0	0	87	2	75
2014	Executive	16	51	12	17	4	0	0	67	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	33	16	15	13	1	0	55	28	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	30	23	18	14	2	0	44	33	1130
2014	Administrative Support	15	34	23	11	7	9	0	54	20	196
2014	Other occupational category	34	34	12	6	6	1	7	74	12	40

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	47	20	16	2	0	0	61	18	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	29	38	10	14	2	6	0	72	17	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	38	16	16	8	2	0	60	24	1687
2020	Administrative Support	45	32	11	6	2	3	0	80	9	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	38	15	21	11	1	0	52	32	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	29	18	25	18	1	0	39	43	1555
2019	Administrative Support	27	30	16	17	7	3	0	58	25	243
2019	Other occupational category	29	33	8	13	10	4	2	66	25	58

Question 38. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	50	4	2	2	0	0	92	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	37	7	6	4	5	1	81	11	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	12	7	4	2	1	77	11	1695
2020	Administrative Support	52	30	9	5	2	3	0	84	7	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	33	11	11	11	2	0	67	22	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	16	11	6	2	0	67	18	1559
2019	Administrative Support	35	31	14	11	5	1	3	68	17	242
2019	Other occupational category	34	21	15	11	12	6	2	59	25	58
2018	Executive	50	41	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	34	17	14	9	3	0	59	23	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	41	13	10	6	2	0	69	17	1083
2018	Administrative Support	28	38	14	10	8	3	0	67	18	173
2018	Other occupational category	35	24	12	22	2	2	2	62	25	57
2017	Executive	51	31	6	6	4	2	0	83	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	39	13	5	7	2	1	74	13	190
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	36	12	10	6	2	1	72	16	1325
2017	Administrative Support	37	33	11	11	6	2	1	72	17	227
2017	Other occupational category	48	21	11	7	6	4	2	75	14	75
2014	Executive	61	31	2	2	4	0	0	92	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	36	8	8	11	4	0	72	20	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	39	13	5	5	2	1	77	10	1130
2014	Administrative Support	34	37	16	8	2	1	1	73	10	196
2014	Other occupational category	48	18	14	7	7	2	4	70	16	40

Question 39. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	37	8	8	2	0	0	82	10	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	33	10	4	0	1	0	85	5	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	37	12	5	3	1	0	80	8	1691
2020	Administrative Support	57	29	8	3	1	1	0	87	5	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	34	14	9	5	1	0	71	15	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	39	20	9	4	1	0	67	13	1553
2019	Administrative Support	40	34	17	5	4	1	0	74	9	243
2019	Other occupational category	40	39	15	0	4	2	0	81	4	58
2018	Executive	34	41	13	9	3	0	0	75	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	29	20	12	8	1	0	60	20	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	38	21	10	5	1	0	65	14	1079
2018	Administrative Support	31	35	20	9	2	1	1	68	11	172
2018	Other occupational category	41	34	18	3	0	4	0	78	3	57

Question 40. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	26	20	8	8	0	10	60	18	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	31	28	13	5	6	16	2	71	13	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	27	17	11	8	8	1	60	21	1695
2020	Administrative Support	44	24	12	8	5	6	2	73	14	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	20	18	11	12	13	4	50	29	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	24	20	15	12	8	2	47	30	1555
2019	Administrative Support	29	24	16	12	12	7	1	58	26	245
2019	Other occupational category	30	15	28	5	8	12	2	52	15	58
2018	Executive	19	34	16	19	3	0	9	59	24	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	17	24	9	20	12	3	38	34	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	23	21	15	16	7	1	44	33	1086
2018	Administrative Support	19	19	20	12	16	12	1	44	33	171
2018	Other occupational category	29	19	14	14	8	14	3	57	26	57
2017	Executive	27	20	20	12	6	0	14	55	21	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	24	17	16	10	13	2	49	31	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	24	18	19	14	8	1	45	36	1325
2017	Administrative Support	18	25	18	15	15	7	1	47	33	227
2017	Other occupational category	37	17	11	4	8	17	7	70	15	75
2014	Executive	12	30	10	12	2	2	32	64	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	23	14	11	18	14	1	50	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	26	18	17	15	7	1	46	35	1128
2014	Administrative Support	15	23	19	17	12	7	8	44	34	196
2014	Other occupational category	21	20	16	17	5	9	13	52	27	40

Question 41. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	48	16	10	2	0	0	72	12	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	33	13	6	4	9	0	74	11	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	14	11	7	2	0	66	19	1695
2020	Administrative Support	45	27	13	5	4	5	1	77	9	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	27	31	18	13	7	3	0	60	21	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	31	18	15	12	2	0	54	28	1555
2019	Administrative Support	32	32	12	13	8	3	0	66	22	244
2019	Other occupational category	40	31	10	11	1	5	2	76	13	58
2018	Executive	28	50	3	19	0	0	0	78	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	31	20	19	10	2	0	50	29	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	17	21	15	2	0	45	38	1078
2018	Administrative Support	23	20	24	15	14	3	0	45	31	173
2018	Other occupational category	27	24	21	13	4	9	2	58	19	57
2017	Executive	25	53	2	8	10	2	0	79	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	31	14	20	11	4	0	53	33	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	29	18	20	15	3	0	46	35	1327
2017	Administrative Support	26	24	19	13	11	6	0	54	26	227
2017	Other occupational category	44	34	4	8	1	6	3	85	10	74
2014	Executive	12	47	10	23	7	2	0	60	30	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	21	17	20	16	5	1	43	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	26	17	22	22	2	0	38	45	1129
2014	Administrative Support	13	21	20	19	12	10	5	40	37	196
2014	Other occupational category	26	18	16	12	10	8	10	54	26	40

Question 42. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	30	14	12	6	0	2	67	18	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	27	16	12	8	9	2	59	23	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	30	15	14	10	2	2	60	25	1701
2020	Administrative Support	31	26	16	10	8	6	2	63	19	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	18	20	17	12	3	5	46	32	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	30	14	15	17	3	1	52	33	1557
2019	Administrative Support	29	26	12	15	13	3	1	58	30	245
2019	Other occupational category	44	25	13	7	4	4	4	75	11	58
2018	Executive	38	31	6	16	6	0	3	71	23	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	23	21	17	19	5	3	37	39	147
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	14	18	20	2	2	46	39	1087
2018	Administrative Support	14	27	16	15	22	3	3	44	39	172
2018	Other occupational category	32	30	4	18	6	4	6	68	27	57
2017	Executive	23	47	4	14	10	2	0	71	25	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	27	19	13	18	2	6	46	34	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	15	18	21	3	1	43	41	1325
2017	Administrative Support	19	21	17	19	20	4	2	42	40	226
2017	Other occupational category	31	17	12	9	10	10	10	61	24	74
2014	Executive	39	33	6	6	15	0	2	73	21	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	15	15	20	23	9	3	33	49	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	23	15	21	27	2	2	34	51	1131
2014	Administrative Support	8	18	17	17	30	5	6	29	52	196
2014	Other occupational category	14	22	20	11	6	11	15	49	24	40

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations
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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	38	28	24	2	6	2	0	67	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	21	10	3	2	1	6	83	6	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	23	12	5	4	1	3	78	9	1702
2020	Administrative Support	57	22	9	2	4	2	4	84	7	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	22	8	1	2	1	8	88	3	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	23	12	4	3	1	5	80	7	1559
2019	Administrative Support	57	19	9	5	2	1	6	82	8	242
2019	Other occupational category	54	29	7	2	0	0	9	90	2	57

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities
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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	62	20	12	4	0	2	0	84	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	22	8	4	3	2	6	84	7	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	23	16	7	4	2	2	72	12	1699
2020	Administrative Support	58	16	11	6	4	2	4	79	10	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	24	13	5	2	2	4	79	7	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	24	16	9	6	1	4	67	16	1556
2019	Administrative Support	45	24	12	5	6	2	5	75	12	241
2019	Other occupational category	45	25	12	5	3	0	11	78	9	56

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	84	6	2	0	2	4	2	96	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	86	4	2	1	1	2	5	97	2	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	81	7	3	2	2	3	3	93	4	1695
2020	Administrative Support	82	5	1	2	1	4	5	95	3	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	83	5	1	1	2	4	5	96	3	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	77	8	3	2	2	3	5	93	4	1552
2019	Administrative Support	72	7	4	2	4	5	6	90	6	243
2019	Other occupational category	87	7	0	1	0	0	4	99	1	58

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	96	2	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	79	7	3	0	1	2	8	96	1	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	78	10	3	2	1	1	4	94	3	1698
2020	Administrative Support	75	9	4	2	1	3	7	93	3	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	82	4	1	0	2	2	9	97	2	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	76	7	3	1	1	2	9	93	3	1548
2019	Administrative Support	74	5	4	2	4	3	8	89	7	243
2019	Other occupational category	82	3	4	0	0	3	8	95	0	57

Question 44. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	43	8	6	0	0	0	86	6	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	26	43	13	6	3	6	1	75	11	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	43	17	9	4	3	0	70	13	1692
2020	Administrative Support	34	37	17	5	3	3	1	74	9	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	45	13	13	5	4	0	68	19	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	43	18	13	6	3	0	62	19	1558
2019	Administrative Support	24	36	19	12	7	2	1	62	19	243
2019	Other occupational category	18	42	17	11	10	2	0	61	21	58
2018	Executive	53	28	16	0	0	3	0	84	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	39	17	17	11	3	0	54	29	148
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	36	21	16	9	3	0	53	25	1087
2018	Administrative Support	12	34	27	10	13	6	0	48	24	173
2018	Other occupational category	29	33	22	7	3	4	1	66	10	56
2017	Executive	35	49	4	4	8	0	0	84	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	39	15	14	11	3	0	59	26	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	33	22	15	10	4	0	52	26	1327
2017	Administrative Support	19	30	22	17	6	6	1	53	24	227
2017	Other occupational category	29	32	11	9	8	10	0	68	19	75

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	43	13	9	0	0	0	79	9	47
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	39	7	3	2	4	0	86	6	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	9	7	3	1	0	81	10	1683
2020	Administrative Support	59	27	8	2	2	2	0	88	4	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	39	16	5	4	2	0	74	9	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	13	9	3	1	0	75	12	1550
2019	Administrative Support	49	32	7	6	4	1	0	82	10	241
2019	Other occupational category	42	48	0	3	3	4	0	94	6	58
2018	Executive	34	59	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	34	11	5	7	5	0	76	12	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	42	14	6	3	2	0	77	9	1086
2018	Administrative Support	42	38	12	3	4	1	0	81	7	172
2018	Other occupational category	48	36	11	2	0	3	0	86	2	55
2017	Executive	45	43	4	4	4	0	0	88	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	39	12	8	3	3	0	75	12	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	39	13	7	3	2	0	77	10	1327
2017	Administrative Support	42	37	9	7	3	2	0	81	10	226
2017	Other occupational category	59	23	12	1	1	1	1	85	2	75
2014	Executive	30	62	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	40	9	7	7	2	0	76	15	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	38	14	8	3	3	0	74	12	1131
2014	Administrative Support	41	33	16	6	1	3	0	76	7	196
2014	Other occupational category	61	26	7	2	3	0	0	87	6	40

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	42	18	8	0	2	0	73	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	32	8	3	1	4	0	88	4	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	12	4	2	3	0	82	6	1698
2020	Administrative Support	60	26	8	1	1	2	1	89	3	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	29	13	2	1	4	1	83	4	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	38	13	4	1	3	0	81	6	1542
2019	Administrative Support	56	26	7	4	4	3	0	85	8	243
2019	Other occupational category	44	29	10	7	4	6	0	77	12	58
2018	Executive	31	53	13	3	0	0	0	84	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	30	11	6	6	5	0	76	13	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	39	15	6	3	3	0	76	8	1087
2018	Administrative Support	48	31	11	2	3	3	1	83	5	172
2018	Other occupational category	46	36	5	9	2	1	0	83	12	56
2017	Executive	35	55	4	0	4	2	0	92	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	35	18	3	4	3	1	74	7	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	35	16	5	4	4	0	74	9	1323
2017	Administrative Support	39	33	15	6	4	4	0	75	10	226
2017	Other occupational category	51	28	9	1	2	4	4	87	4	74
2014	Executive	32	54	12	2	0	0	0	86	2	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	43	13	2	2	2	1	82	5	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	33	17	5	3	6	0	74	8	1129
2014	Administrative Support	40	27	18	4	3	8	0	73	7	196
2014	Other occupational category	43	36	10	2	0	5	4	87	2	39

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.
Anti-racism may be promoted by providing access to anti-racism training, and promoting awareness of resources and self-directed learning on anti-racism.

Anti-racism is an active and consistent process of change to eliminate individual, institutional and systemic racism.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	38	16	8	2	4	0	73	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	32	11	3	1	4	0	84	4	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	32	15	4	2	5	1	78	6	1700
2020	Administrative Support	58	25	9	1	1	4	2	89	2	281

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	30	2	4	6	2	2	88	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	29	7	4	1	4	2	87	5	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	8	4	3	3	2	85	7	1693
2020	Administrative Support	58	27	7	1	2	4	2	90	3	280

Question 49. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	34	4	4	0	0	92	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	68	24	4	1	2	0	92	4	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	29	6	3	2	0	89	5	1697
2020	Administrative Support	70	23	5	1	1	0	93	2	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	27	7	5	2	0	86	7	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	9	5	3	0	84	8	1556
2019	Administrative Support	56	27	9	5	2	0	84	7	244
2019	Other occupational category	49	39	7	3	2	0	88	5	58
2018	Executive	41	50	9	0	0	0	91	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	33	6	9	7	1	79	15	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	10	6	3	0	81	9	1085
2018	Administrative Support	50	34	10	2	3	0	84	6	173
2018	Other occupational category	70	22	3	2	3	0	92	5	56
2017	Executive	51	33	2	8	6	0	84	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	35	6	7	6	0	82	12	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	38	10	8	3	0	79	11	1324
2017	Administrative Support	48	34	10	5	3	0	82	8	226
2017	Other occupational category	76	18	2	4	0	0	94	4	75
2014	Executive	39	49	6	4	2	0	88	6	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	39	34	8	6	13	0	73	19	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	38	13	9	5	0	72	14	1129
2014	Administrative Support	45	37	9	7	1	0	82	8	195
2014	Other occupational category	54	31	5	10	0	0	85	10	40

Question 50. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	51	29	8	12	0	0	80	12	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	28	8	4	3	1	85	7	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	28	13	6	5	0	77	10	1691
2020	Administrative Support	66	21	7	3	1	1	88	4	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	32	9	8	6	0	77	14	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	32	14	10	7	0	69	17	1553
2019	Administrative Support	50	28	10	6	5	1	79	11	242
2019	Other occupational category	48	33	11	3	5	0	81	8	58
2018	Executive	50	20	23	7	0	0	70	7	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	33	13	13	11	0	64	23	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	17	13	8	0	62	20	1087
2018	Administrative Support	39	28	14	9	10	1	67	19	173
2018	Other occupational category	47	27	20	4	2	0	74	6	56
2017	Executive	39	35	6	10	10	0	74	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	36	15	9	10	0	66	19	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	33	18	11	9	0	62	21	1327
2017	Administrative Support	42	28	14	8	8	0	70	16	225
2017	Other occupational category	54	29	11	7	0	0	82	7	75
2014	Executive	15	45	14	21	6	0	59	27	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	30	12	14	24	0	50	38	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	30	19	18	15	0	48	33	1131
2014	Administrative Support	21	37	22	12	6	1	59	19	196
2014	Other occupational category	57	24	14	3	2	0	80	6	40

Question 51. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	22	14	8	0	0	0	78	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	31	7	4	2	0	0	87	6	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	31	11	7	4	0	0	78	11	1688
2020	Administrative Support	63	25	6	4	2	0	0	88	6	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	34	8	7	6	0	0	78	14	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	35	13	11	6	0	0	70	17	1546
2019	Administrative Support	49	30	10	8	3	0	0	79	11	244
2019	Other occupational category	45	33	10	6	6	0	0	78	12	57
2018	Executive	50	22	19	9	0	0	0	72	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	36	11	11	11	0	0	67	22	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	36	17	12	6	0	0	64	18	1078
2018	Administrative Support	38	32	15	11	5	0	1	70	15	171
2018	Other occupational category	38	37	14	7	3	1	0	76	9	56
2017	Executive	43	31	10	8	8	0	0	74	16	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	39	13	9	8	0	0	69	18	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	35	18	12	7	0	0	63	19	1328
2017	Administrative Support	37	34	13	11	4	0	0	72	15	227
2017	Other occupational category	58	29	5	9	0	0	0	87	9	75
2014	Executive	23	37	16	19	6	0	0	59	25	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	27	16	12	25	0	0	47	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	31	18	20	14	0	0	48	34	1131
2014	Administrative Support	24	38	18	12	7	0	0	63	19	196
2014	Other occupational category	57	29	9	5	1	0	0	85	6	40

Question 52. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	30	16	8	2	0	0	74	10	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	22	11	8	4	5	0	76	13	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	24	15	10	6	3	0	68	17	1697
2020	Administrative Support	50	20	15	8	4	3	0	72	12	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	24	16	9	7	1	1	67	17	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	23	18	12	10	3	0	59	23	1554
2019	Administrative Support	42	23	18	11	5	1	0	66	16	244
2019	Other occupational category	32	16	24	15	9	4	0	50	25	58
2018	Executive	38	19	28	6	6	3	0	58	13	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	21	16	13	14	5	0	54	28	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	26	18	16	9	2	0	56	25	1087
2018	Administrative Support	36	21	19	9	10	5	1	60	20	173
2018	Other occupational category	28	16	24	12	15	6	0	46	28	56
2017	Executive	27	33	20	6	12	2	0	61	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	21	18	13	13	3	0	55	26	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	25	18	14	10	4	0	57	25	1325
2017	Administrative Support	35	25	17	11	6	5	0	64	18	227
2017	Other occupational category	38	15	17	11	12	4	3	57	25	75
2014	Executive	31	31	17	8	10	4	0	64	19	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	17	22	13	17	9	0	44	33	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	23	20	15	14	5	1	49	30	1131
2014	Administrative Support	28	21	16	16	10	3	5	54	28	196
2014	Other occupational category	41	13	24	13	1	5	3	59	15	40

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Mobility and Retention

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	44	34	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	58	30	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	41	35	1704
2020	Administrative Support	20	43	37	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	53	30	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	37	37	1563
2019	Administrative Support	22	33	45	244
2019	Other occupational category	59	15	26	58
2018	Executive	53	19	28	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	49	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	37	37	1087
2018	Administrative Support	20	43	36	173
2018	Other occupational category	57	16	27	56
2017	Executive	41	22	37	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	52	31	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	39	37	1328
2017	Administrative Support	17	41	41	227
2017	Other occupational category	58	11	31	75
2014	Executive	34	48	18	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	41	37	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	36	39	1130
2014	Administrative Support	18	45	37	196
2014	Other occupational category	52	17	31	40

Question 54. 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
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	18	14	0	30	0	35
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	41	27	4	6	6	395
2020	Administrative Support	24	25	22	5	22	2	55
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	23	19	8	6	7	35
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	29	5	4	8	403
2019	Administrative Support	13	37	28	6	6	11	54
2019	Other occupational category	0	4	4	7	85	1	29
2018	Executive	24	47	18	0	0	12	17
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	21	32	3	6	12	34
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	37	33	8	2	4	285
2018	Administrative Support	14	40	29	0	11	6	35
2018	Other occupational category	3	8	13	1	74	1	29
2017	Executive	15	40	40	0	0	5	20
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	24	21	14	0	3	34
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	34	28	7	6	6	313
2017	Administrative Support	23	15	39	3	18	3	39
2017	Other occupational category	4	2	2	5	86	0	43
2014	Executive	18	41	35	6	9999	0	17
2014	Scientific and Professional	46	5	18	25	9999	7	32
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	28	27	10	9999	14	277
2014	Administrative Support	21	31	32	8	9999	7	38
2014	Other occupational category	4	14	7	26	9999	49	20

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Harassment

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

Question 55. 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
2020	Executive	14	86	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	93	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	1701
2020	Administrative Support	7	93	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	87	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	1559
2019	Administrative Support	14	86	244
2019	Other occupational category	11	89	58
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	1091
2018	Administrative Support	18	82	171

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	161
2020	Administrative Support	42	58	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	68	30
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	210
2019	Administrative Support	56	44	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	52	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	178
2018	Administrative Support	70	30	30

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	66	34	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	58	42	161
2020	Administrative Support	53	47	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	81	19	30
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	37	210
2019	Administrative Support	65	35	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	59	41	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	38	178
2018	Administrative Support	33	67	30

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	210
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	34
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	178

Question 56d. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	3	97	210
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	29
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	30

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	3	97	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	2	98	210
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	178

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	161
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	178

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	30
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	210
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	97	178

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	63	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	57	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	210
2019	Administrative Support	35	65	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	178
2018	Administrative Support	40	60	30

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	54	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	161
2020	Administrative Support	32	68	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	38	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	210
2019	Administrative Support	41	59	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	48	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	178
2018	Administrative Support	27	73	30

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	42	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	161
2020	Administrative Support	42	58	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	47	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	210
2019	Administrative Support	47	53	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	57	30

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	42	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	61	161
2020	Administrative Support	42	58	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	44	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	210
2019	Administrative Support	59	41	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	66	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	63	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	57	30

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	58	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	161
2020	Administrative Support	32	68	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	65	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	210
2019	Administrative Support	29	71	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	48	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	178
2018	Administrative Support	30	70	30

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	161
2020	Administrative Support	32	68	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	59	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	210
2019	Administrative Support	62	38	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	58	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	41	178
2018	Administrative Support	43	57	30

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	49	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	161
2020	Administrative Support	26	74	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	56	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	61	210
2019	Administrative Support	35	65	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	79	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	178
2018	Administrative Support	27	73	30

Question 57h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	17
2020	Administrative Support	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	178
2018	Administrative Support	100	30

Question 57i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	161
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	178

Question 57j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	77	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	178

Question 57k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	61	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	161
2020	Administrative Support	42	58	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	58	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	48	210
2019	Administrative Support	47	53	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	178
2018	Administrative Support	33	67	30

Question 57l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling or shouting
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	66	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	76	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	210
2019	Administrative Support	21	79	34
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	76	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	178
2018	Administrative Support	17	83	30

Question 57m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	161
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	210
2019	Administrative Support	15	85	34
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	178
2018	Administrative Support	23	77	30

Question 58a. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	55	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	58	42	161
2020	Administrative Support	37	63	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	48	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	38	210
2019	Administrative Support	42	58	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	48	178
2018	Administrative Support	48	52	29

Question 58b. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	68	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	82	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	210
2019	Administrative Support	24	76	33
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	178
2018	Administrative Support	28	72	29

Question 58c. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	210
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	33
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	178

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	161
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	69	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	210
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	73	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	178

Question 58e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	83	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	178

Question 58f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	178

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	210
2019	Administrative Support	18	82	33
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	178

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	161
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	210
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	178
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	56	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	161
2020	Administrative Support	37	63	19
2019	Scientific and Professional	27	73	29
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	210
2019	Administrative Support	33	67	33
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	66	29
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	74	178
2018	Administrative Support	41	59	29

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	165

Question 59b. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	146
2020	Administrative Support	32	68	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	66	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	165
2018	Administrative Support	17	83	29

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	165

Question 59d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	146
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	165

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	165

Question 59f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	146
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	165

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	165

Question 59h. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	77	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	165

Question 59i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	165

Question 59j. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	165
2018	Administrative Support	28	72	29

Question 59k. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	165

Question 59l. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	146
2020	Administrative Support	32	68	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	57	43	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	57	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	165
2018	Administrative Support	41	59	29

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	17
2020	Administrative Support	100	19
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	26

Question 59n. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	50	17
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	45	146
2020	Administrative Support	47	53	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	45	192
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	46	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	44	165
2018	Administrative Support	59	41	29

Question 59o. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	17
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	165
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	146
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	192
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	165

Question 60. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	24	22	4	6	14	2	62	12	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	21	13	11	5	3	37	9	65	15	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	18	17	7	5	24	6	60	17	1697
2020	Administrative Support	37	16	13	6	2	19	8	72	10	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	12	17	6	8	30	10	47	24	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	17	23	8	8	23	7	46	22	1561
2019	Administrative Support	27	13	18	6	5	24	7	58	16	243
2019	Other occupational category	21	17	8	9	1	25	18	66	19	58
2018	Executive	19	41	6	13	9	9	3	68	25	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	13	21	7	12	30	3	40	29	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	17	26	9	8	23	4	40	24	1090
2018	Administrative Support	16	18	28	9	7	19	3	44	20	172
2018	Other occupational category	26	16	11	1	5	35	6	72	10	57
2017	Executive	23	39	6	6	6	14	6	77	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	13	18	8	9	32	9	42	28	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	16	22	8	8	25	7	43	24	1326
2017	Administrative Support	16	13	22	7	11	23	8	42	26	227
2017	Other occupational category	32	6	10	3	0	34	16	75	6	75
2014	Executive	16	39	23	2	4	15	2	66	7	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	11	19	7	11	33	5	39	30	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	23	7	8	26	5	44	23	1129
2014	Administrative Support	11	16	23	9	4	32	5	43	21	196
2014	Other occupational category	23	20	17	0	4	25	11	67	6	40

Question 61. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	40	30	22	6	0	0	2	71	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	27	11	3	2	12	1	82	6	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	14	5	4	4	1	76	9	1696
2020	Administrative Support	58	26	6	3	1	5	1	90	4	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	26	14	5	7	12	0	70	13	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	31	17	8	5	6	0	68	13	1559
2019	Administrative Support	46	24	13	5	3	9	0	77	9	244
2019	Other occupational category	45	25	8	7	1	8	4	81	10	58
2018	Executive	34	31	16	19	0	0	0	66	19	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	24	21	11	8	9	0	56	21	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	34	18	11	5	8	1	64	17	1089
2018	Administrative Support	30	30	20	8	6	6	1	64	14	172
2018	Other occupational category	29	23	23	6	0	19	0	64	8	57
2017	Executive	41	39	8	8	2	2	0	81	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	22	18	8	7	15	1	61	18	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	29	21	7	6	11	1	61	15	1325
2017	Administrative Support	28	27	18	7	9	9	2	62	18	227
2017	Other occupational category	47	17	14	1	0	19	2	81	2	75
2014	Executive	30	48	15	2	6	0	0	77	8	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	26	16	10	11	16	1	56	25	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	20	10	6	13	1	58	18	1130
2014	Administrative Support	23	25	18	9	3	19	2	61	16	194
2014	Other occupational category	34	29	16	0	4	14	4	76	5	40

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Discrimination

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

Question 62. 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
2020	Scientific and Professional	2	98	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	1698
2020	Administrative Support	2	98	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	4	96	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	1563
2019	Administrative Support	5	95	244
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	92	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	1086
2018	Administrative Support	8	92	173

Question 63a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	89
2018	Administrative Support	54	46	13

Question 63b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	85	15	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	77	23	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	81	19	89

Question 63c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	13
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12

Question 63d. 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	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	92
2019	Administrative Support	100	13
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2018	Administrative Support	100	13

Question 63e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	92
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12

Question 63f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	89

Question 63g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	89
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	13
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12

Question 64a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	90

Question 64b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	90
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	13

Question 64c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	89
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	12

Question 64d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	92
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	12

Question 64e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	74	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	90
2018	Administrative Support	38	62	13

Question 64f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	90

Question 64g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	12

Question 64h. 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	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	89
2019	Administrative Support	100	12
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2018	Administrative Support	100	13

Question 64i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	92
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	12
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	90
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	13

Question 64j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	70	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	89
2019	Administrative Support	42	58	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	90

Question 64k. 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	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	89
2019	Administrative Support	100	12
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2018	Administrative Support	100	13

Question 64l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	89
2019	Administrative Support	58	42	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	90
2018	Administrative Support	62	38	13

Question 64m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	89
2019	Administrative Support	100	12
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	90

Question 64n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	90

Question 65a. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	90

Question 65b. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	90

Question 65c. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	89
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	90

Question 65d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	89
2019	Administrative Support	50	50	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	90

Question 65e. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	89
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12

Question 65f. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	90

Question 65g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	92
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	90

Question 65h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	89
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	90

Question 65i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	92
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	89
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	50	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	90

Question 66a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	76

Question 66b. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	78
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	76

Question 66c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10

Question 66d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	76

Question 66e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10

Question 66f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10

Question 66g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	84
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10

Question 66h. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	78
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	76

Question 66i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	78
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	76

Question 66j. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	78
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	50	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	76

Question 66k. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	78

Question 66l. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	48	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	65	35	78
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	43	76

Question 66m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	78
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	10

Question 66n. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	66	34	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	47	78
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	39	76

Question 66o. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	84
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	76

Question 66p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	84
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	78
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	76

Question 67. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	26	26	14	4	4	24	2	70	11	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	13	14	2	1	38	6	69	5	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	17	19	3	3	27	6	63	9	1694
2020	Administrative Support	40	18	12	2	1	21	7	80	3	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	11	20	2	2	37	10	55	7	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	16	23	4	3	28	7	53	11	1558
2019	Administrative Support	31	13	17	4	4	24	8	64	11	242
2019	Other occupational category	33	7	13	0	5	31	11	69	9	58
2018	Executive	25	38	19	3	0	16	0	74	4	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	15	25	3	5	38	1	46	13	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	18	27	5	4	27	4	48	14	1089
2018	Administrative Support	18	17	29	3	3	25	3	50	8	173
2018	Other occupational category	27	14	12	3	2	32	12	71	9	57
2017	Executive	23	35	14	0	4	18	6	76	5	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	11	21	1	3	37	10	52	8	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	16	24	3	3	33	6	50	10	1328
2017	Administrative Support	19	15	22	3	4	29	8	54	11	227
2017	Other occupational category	34	13	7	1	0	28	17	85	3	75
2014	Executive	22	35	21	2	2	19	0	70	5	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	10	20	1	8	40	6	47	16	170
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	17	26	3	2	32	5	50	8	1130
2014	Administrative Support	13	14	24	3	3	36	7	47	11	196
2014	Other occupational category	21	20	11	0	0	29	18	78	0	40

Question 68. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	34	20	6	0	2	2	73	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	25	14	2	1	9	1	82	2	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	30	15	4	3	6	1	77	7	1694
2020	Administrative Support	61	27	4	1	1	5	1	94	2	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	26	15	2	2	13	1	78	4	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	29	19	4	2	9	1	72	7	1562
2019	Administrative Support	50	24	11	3	2	8	1	82	6	243
2019	Other occupational category	48	22	13	5	0	9	2	80	6	58
2018	Executive	38	44	13	6	0	0	0	81	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	25	25	5	4	13	0	62	10	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	21	6	4	10	1	66	11	1087
2018	Administrative Support	32	32	20	5	2	8	1	70	8	173
2018	Other occupational category	34	21	17	3	0	23	2	73	4	57
2017	Executive	35	43	14	2	4	0	2	79	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	26	16	3	3	15	2	73	8	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	30	18	4	3	14	2	70	8	1327
2017	Administrative Support	31	27	19	4	3	15	2	69	8	227
2017	Other occupational category	46	29	5	1	1	12	4	91	3	74
2014	Executive	38	44	12	2	2	2	0	84	4	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	25	20	1	8	17	1	64	11	169
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	29	23	4	2	17	1	64	7	1128
2014	Administrative Support	27	26	21	5	1	16	4	65	9	196
2014	Other occupational category	31	26	28	0	0	11	4	67	0	38

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 70a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Risk of exposure to COVID-19
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	22	16	0	4	0	80	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	59	20	10	6	3	2	81	9	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	23	13	7	8	1	71	15	1698
2020	Administrative Support	50	20	11	9	8	2	71	18	280

Question 70b. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	35	18	0	4	0	0	78	4	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	29	15	5	6	1	0	74	11	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	31	22	9	7	0	0	62	16	1698
2020	Administrative Support	48	21	17	7	6	0	0	70	13	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	31	21	12	13	1	0	54	25	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	29	22	13	16	0	0	50	28	1561
2019	Administrative Support	27	24	23	10	14	0	2	53	24	245
2019	Other occupational category	24	28	24	7	17	0	0	52	24	58
2018	Executive	19	29	26	6	19	0	0	48	26	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	30	20	16	20	0	1	44	36	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	22	13	20	0	1	45	33	1090
2018	Administrative Support	21	20	23	12	23	0	1	42	35	172
2018	Other occupational category	19	26	19	17	19	0	0	45	36	57
2017	Executive	37	20	18	18	6	0	0	57	24	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	24	16	15	25	0	1	43	40	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	22	20	17	24	0	1	39	41	1323
2017	Administrative Support	19	18	23	19	20	0	1	37	39	226
2017	Other occupational category	27	14	18	19	21	0	1	42	40	75

Question 70c. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	2	14	20	40	24	0	0	16	64	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	28	24	11	8	3	1	55	20	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	24	26	15	16	0	0	42	32	1697
2020	Administrative Support	42	31	16	6	1	1	2	75	8	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	28	25	13	11	0	0	51	24	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	25	25	16	19	0	0	39	36	1560
2019	Administrative Support	32	28	23	7	7	1	1	62	14	244
2019	Other occupational category	44	37	13	3	3	0	0	81	6	58
2018	Executive	6	13	26	16	39	0	0	19	55	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	27	30	14	16	0	0	41	30	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	22	28	19	21	0	0	31	41	1090
2018	Administrative Support	19	37	19	14	11	1	0	56	25	171
2018	Other occupational category	31	35	23	7	1	0	3	67	9	57
2017	Executive	10	16	28	26	18	0	0	27	45	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	27	26	17	14	0	1	42	32	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	23	26	18	22	0	1	33	41	1322
2017	Administrative Support	29	25	24	12	9	0	1	54	22	226
2017	Other occupational category	42	32	22	1	2	0	1	75	3	75

Question 70d. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	28	28	22	18	0	0	32	40	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	26	17	7	5	4	1	70	13	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	29	22	11	9	1	1	58	20	1693
2020	Administrative Support	59	25	9	2	1	2	4	88	3	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	33	17	7	8	1	1	67	16	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	23	13	10	0	1	53	24	1553
2019	Administrative Support	49	23	17	6	2	1	2	74	8	245
2019	Other occupational category	63	24	3	3	5	0	2	89	8	58
2018	Executive	3	10	27	27	33	0	0	13	60	30
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	35	20	12	10	0	1	56	23	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	28	29	16	12	0	0	43	28	1083
2018	Administrative Support	33	30	18	9	4	1	5	67	13	169
2018	Other occupational category	50	25	6	11	3	0	5	79	14	57
2017	Executive	10	18	26	24	18	0	2	29	44	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	31	18	13	13	0	3	55	27	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	28	26	15	13	0	2	46	28	1319
2017	Administrative Support	41	23	15	9	6	0	7	68	16	225
2017	Other occupational category	57	11	20	5	0	0	7	73	5	75

Question 70e. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	24	22	27	22	0	0	29	49	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	21	20	10	9	6	0	58	20	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	25	20	15	15	1	0	49	31	1687
2020	Administrative Support	51	23	13	7	3	1	3	77	10	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	23	27	11	14	0	1	48	25	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	20	17	19	1	1	43	37	1555
2019	Administrative Support	34	26	16	10	9	2	2	63	20	244
2019	Other occupational category	50	26	11	8	5	0	0	76	13	58
2018	Executive	6	26	26	19	23	0	0	32	42	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	30	26	16	15	1	0	43	31	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	23	19	27	0	1	31	46	1083
2018	Administrative Support	28	24	20	15	13	0	0	52	28	171
2018	Other occupational category	29	33	17	12	9	0	1	63	20	57
2017	Executive	8	18	20	28	24	0	0	27	53	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	26	23	19	14	0	1	43	33	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	11	23	22	18	25	1	1	34	44	1323
2017	Administrative Support	25	25	19	16	11	0	3	52	29	227
2017	Other occupational category	39	20	21	12	5	0	4	61	17	74

Question 70f. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	16	16	26	30	12	0	0	32	42	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	19	10	3	2	3	5	83	6	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	21	11	5	3	1	4	80	8	1690
2020	Administrative Support	77	9	3	1	0	2	9	96	2	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	58	23	9	2	4	0	4	84	6	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	24	11	4	3	0	6	81	7	1554
2019	Administrative Support	71	13	6	2	0	1	8	92	2	245
2019	Other occupational category	85	10	3	0	1	0	2	97	1	57
2018	Executive	13	19	16	29	23	0	0	32	52	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	23	11	5	4	1	7	79	9	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	24	13	5	4	0	7	76	10	1084
2018	Administrative Support	64	15	6	0	1	1	13	92	1	168
2018	Other occupational category	58	21	2	4	1	0	14	92	6	56
2017	Executive	21	22	16	22	18	0	0	43	41	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	20	11	4	3	0	12	79	8	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	25	12	4	3	0	10	78	9	1321
2017	Administrative Support	62	11	5	3	1	1	17	89	5	226
2017	Other occupational category	71	16	4	0	0	0	9	96	0	74

Question 70g. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	29	27	16	22	0	0	35	39	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	26	19	8	8	0	1	65	16	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	30	18	11	9	0	0	62	20	1694
2020	Administrative Support	48	26	14	8	5	0	1	74	12	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	35	17	4	5	0	1	73	9	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	30	19	9	8	0	0	64	17	1558
2019	Administrative Support	49	27	13	6	5	0	0	76	11	245
2019	Other occupational category	49	33	14	2	3	0	0	81	5	58
2018	Executive	6	19	26	23	26	0	0	26	48	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	35	20	7	10	0	0	63	17	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	26	23	11	13	0	1	53	24	1086
2018	Administrative Support	42	22	22	7	5	1	2	65	13	172
2018	Other occupational category	43	24	17	9	6	0	1	68	15	56
2017	Executive	8	31	21	21	19	0	0	40	39	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	36	23	7	6	0	2	63	14	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	21	13	10	0	0	55	23	1322
2017	Administrative Support	40	28	18	8	4	0	0	69	13	224
2017	Other occupational category	49	28	19	2	2	0	0	78	4	74

Question 70h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and caregiving responsibilities (e.g., children, elderly, family member(s)) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	28	12	20	8	2	59	29	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	27	19	10	8	2	62	19	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	27	17	11	10	4	61	21	1696
2020	Administrative Support	42	22	16	7	7	6	68	14	282

Question 70i. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	42	20	4	4	0	0	72	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	28	19	5	3	2	1	72	9	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	18	8	4	1	1	70	12	1694
2020	Administrative Support	55	28	7	4	2	2	2	86	6	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	36	16	10	7	0	1	66	18	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	22	10	6	0	1	61	16	1554
2019	Administrative Support	39	35	11	7	5	0	2	76	13	244
2019	Other occupational category	37	37	16	5	5	0	0	75	10	58
2018	Executive	31	38	25	6	0	0	0	69	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	43	18	9	15	1	0	58	24	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	39	22	12	7	0	1	58	19	1086
2018	Administrative Support	28	37	19	5	8	2	1	67	14	170
2018	Other occupational category	40	35	10	6	4	0	6	79	10	57
2017	Executive	25	29	27	15	4	0	0	54	19	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	27	22	10	14	0	1	54	24	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	22	11	7	0	1	59	18	1323
2017	Administrative Support	32	31	22	9	4	0	2	65	13	225
2017	Other occupational category	46	30	14	5	2	1	2	79	7	75

Question 70j. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	12	36	36	10	6	0	0	48	16	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	31	33	19	11	3	2	1	66	15	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	32	23	14	6	0	0	57	20	1696
2020	Administrative Support	56	23	12	4	2	1	1	81	7	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	27	30	21	11	8	1	1	58	20	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	30	24	16	13	0	0	47	29	1558
2019	Administrative Support	33	32	19	9	5	1	2	66	14	244
2019	Other occupational category	52	18	22	5	3	0	0	70	8	58
2018	Executive	9	19	34	22	16	0	0	28	38	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	40	23	12	10	0	1	55	22	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	31	27	19	11	0	1	42	30	1087
2018	Administrative Support	25	32	25	9	5	1	2	59	15	170
2018	Other occupational category	35	32	19	8	3	0	4	69	11	57
2017	Executive	13	23	31	23	10	0	0	36	33	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	32	23	10	13	0	1	53	23	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	28	27	17	12	1	1	43	30	1320
2017	Administrative Support	30	30	23	11	4	2	1	61	15	224
2017	Other occupational category	44	30	16	5	3	0	2	75	9	75

Question 70k. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	28	44	14	8	6	0	0	72	14	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	36	19	5	4	0	0	72	9	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	32	20	9	6	0	1	65	15	1691
2020	Administrative Support	53	28	10	7	1	0	1	81	9	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	34	16	9	7	0	1	68	16	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	31	21	15	10	0	0	54	24	1558
2019	Administrative Support	35	34	16	9	6	0	1	69	15	245
2019	Other occupational category	37	27	21	7	7	0	0	64	14	58
2018	Executive	19	25	34	6	16	0	0	44	22	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	35	19	11	9	0	0	62	19	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	29	25	14	9	0	1	51	23	1086
2018	Administrative Support	32	30	23	8	6	1	1	63	14	171
2018	Other occupational category	37	16	32	10	4	0	2	54	14	56
2017	Executive	19	27	33	8	12	0	0	46	21	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	31	20	7	10	1	2	62	17	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	32	23	14	9	0	1	54	23	1321
2017	Administrative Support	32	29	20	10	4	2	2	64	15	225
2017	Other occupational category	25	30	29	12	2	0	1	56	14	75

Question 70l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of recognition
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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	49	31	14	4	2	0	0	80	6	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	60	25	8	2	4	1	0	85	6	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	24	13	6	5	0	1	75	12	1690
2020	Administrative Support	60	21	9	4	5	0	2	82	9	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	27	14	5	6	0	0	76	10	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	28	15	9	7	0	1	69	16	1552
2019	Administrative Support	45	26	11	9	7	0	1	73	16	245
2019	Other occupational category	47	28	17	5	3	0	0	75	8	58

Question 70m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Feeling disconnected from colleagues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	24	42	18	10	6	0	66	16	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	32	29	9	5	1	56	15	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	31	22	13	9	0	56	22	1696
2020	Administrative Support	35	31	18	9	7	1	66	16	279

Question 70n. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	16	30	28	18	8	0	0	46	26	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	20	30	23	13	13	0	0	51	26	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	30	21	16	13	0	0	49	30	1695
2020	Administrative Support	33	32	21	8	4	0	1	66	12	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	33	21	12	9	0	0	59	20	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	30	20	14	17	0	0	49	30	1553
2019	Administrative Support	34	30	18	9	6	1	1	66	16	243
2019	Other occupational category	51	21	16	8	4	0	0	73	12	58
2018	Executive	19	19	31	22	9	0	0	38	31	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	40	25	9	10	0	0	57	18	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	25	16	14	0	1	44	30	1085
2018	Administrative Support	33	25	25	9	8	0	1	58	17	171
2018	Other occupational category	41	27	19	9	1	0	2	70	10	57
2017	Executive	27	35	19	15	4	0	0	63	19	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	31	18	11	11	0	2	59	22	190
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	26	24	17	13	0	1	45	31	1318
2017	Administrative Support	33	35	16	8	5	1	1	70	14	224
2017	Other occupational category	30	41	24	1	2	0	1	73	3	75

Question 70o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	52	30	14	2	2	0	82	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	28	11	5	2	2	82	8	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	13	5	2	1	80	7	1684
2020	Administrative Support	55	25	10	4	3	3	83	7	277
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	26	14	4	3	0	78	8	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	26	11	6	4	1	79	10	1546
2019	Administrative Support	61	14	9	6	5	3	78	12	244
2019	Other occupational category	62	17	11	10	0	0	79	10	58
2018	Executive	47	34	9	6	3	0	81	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	21	19	6	7	1	67	13	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	27	12	7	7	1	75	14	1085
2018	Administrative Support	52	21	14	5	6	2	74	12	170
2018	Other occupational category	55	20	14	8	0	3	78	8	57
2017	Executive	73	21	6	0	0	0	94	0	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	27	16	8	5	1	70	13	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	23	13	7	5	1	74	12	1326
2017	Administrative Support	55	22	13	4	4	2	78	9	226
2017	Other occupational category	67	16	12	4	0	1	84	4	75

Question 70p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Difficulty accessing my work tools or network (e.g., work email, work device, ergonomic equipment)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	39	8	10	0	0	82	10	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	40	17	5	4	1	73	10	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	35	18	5	3	0	74	8	1683
2020	Administrative Support	46	37	10	5	1	0	83	7	279

Question 70q. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	78	20	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	72	16	6	1	1	0	3	91	2	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	73	15	5	2	2	1	2	91	3	1688
2020	Administrative Support	71	18	5	1	1	1	4	92	3	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	76	10	2	3	2	1	5	92	5	214
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	74	13	4	2	2	0	6	92	4	1550
2019	Administrative Support	69	13	7	2	4	0	5	87	6	245
2019	Other occupational category	89	9	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	58
2018	Executive	75	13	13	0	0	0	0	88	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	13	11	2	3	1	5	83	6	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	15	8	4	3	0	4	85	7	1079
2018	Administrative Support	69	12	6	4	4	0	5	86	8	169
2018	Other occupational category	77	11	3	1	0	0	9	96	1	57

Question 70r. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	84	14	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	86	6	3	1	1	1	2	94	3	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	83	7	3	2	2	1	2	93	4	1686
2020	Administrative Support	88	7	2	1	1	0	1	97	1	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	77	6	5	2	7	0	2	85	10	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	73	12	6	3	4	0	2	88	7	1559
2019	Administrative Support	71	13	6	2	5	0	4	86	8	245
2019	Other occupational category	80	10	4	0	2	0	4	94	2	58
2018	Executive	71	23	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	68	14	4	4	6	3	1	86	10	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	15	8	3	5	1	2	83	8	1083
2018	Administrative Support	66	13	11	3	4	1	2	81	7	170
2018	Other occupational category	73	6	10	0	1	1	9	88	1	56
2017	Executive	76	18	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	75	9	5	4	2	2	3	89	6	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	72	13	6	3	3	0	2	88	6	1324
2017	Administrative Support	67	11	10	4	4	0	4	81	9	227
2017	Other occupational category	75	15	4	1	0	0	4	94	1	75

Question 70s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	26	6	4	0	0	90	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	79	12	5	2	1	2	92	3	271
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	76	17	4	1	1	1	94	2	1676
2020	Administrative Support	77	18	3	0	0	1	96	1	277
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	29	11	1	2	1	86	3	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	59	26	8	3	2	1	87	5	1554
2019	Administrative Support	60	22	12	1	4	1	83	5	245
2019	Other occupational category	73	22	3	0	2	0	95	2	58
2018	Executive	53	38	6	3	0	0	91	3	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	7	5	3	1	85	8	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	27	13	3	2	1	81	5	1087
2018	Administrative Support	55	21	15	3	5	1	77	8	173
2018	Other occupational category	65	19	9	2	2	2	86	5	56
2017	Executive	47	33	16	2	2	0	80	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	30	8	1	3	2	87	5	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	9	3	3	1	85	6	1322
2017	Administrative Support	50	31	10	4	4	2	82	7	227
2017	Other occupational category	75	17	2	1	0	4	97	1	75

Question 70t. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	74	12	10	4	0	0	0	86	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	78	10	6	2	2	1	1	90	4	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	74	14	6	3	3	0	1	89	5	1689
2020	Administrative Support	78	14	3	2	1	1	1	94	3	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	18	7	7	5	0	1	81	12	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	64	17	9	4	4	0	1	83	9	1551
2019	Administrative Support	66	18	6	3	7	0	0	84	10	243
2019	Other occupational category	83	9	3	3	3	0	0	92	5	58
2018	Executive	56	22	16	6	0	0	0	78	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	20	8	7	10	0	1	74	18	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	22	12	7	6	0	1	75	13	1077
2018	Administrative Support	60	22	8	3	8	0	0	82	11	173
2018	Other occupational category	68	13	9	1	2	3	3	87	4	56
2017	Executive	67	14	4	8	6	0	0	82	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	25	4	4	4	0	2	87	9	189
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	20	8	5	5	0	1	82	10	1316
2017	Administrative Support	66	15	8	6	4	0	1	82	10	227
2017	Other occupational category	80	8	6	1	0	0	5	93	1	75

Question 70u. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	45	41	8	4	2	0	0	86	6	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	60	8	2	1	0	0	28	95	2	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	65	9	4	1	1	0	21	93	2	1687
2020	Administrative Support	71	4	1	0	0	0	24	99	0	278
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	9	2	2	1	0	28	93	4	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	9	3	1	1	0	26	93	3	1540
2019	Administrative Support	69	4	2	0	0	1	24	97	0	242
2019	Other occupational category	84	2	2	0	0	0	12	98	0	58
2018	Executive	26	45	19	10	0	0	0	71	10	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	14	3	5	0	0	34	89	7	149
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	11	6	2	0	0	32	88	3	1081
2018	Administrative Support	54	6	1	0	0	0	39	99	0	172
2018	Other occupational category	71	1	0	0	0	0	28	100	0	56
2017	Executive	51	26	12	8	2	0	0	78	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	13	3	1	2	0	35	92	4	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	10	4	2	1	0	31	90	4	1324
2017	Administrative Support	57	4	4	2	0	0	32	91	3	226
2017	Other occupational category	73	6	1	0	0	0	20	98	0	74

Question 70v. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	76	18	2	2	2	0	0	94	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	74	15	5	1	0	1	4	93	1	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	69	18	8	3	2	0	1	88	4	1696
2020	Administrative Support	73	18	4	1	0	0	3	94	2	280
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	22	6	2	1	0	6	90	3	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	19	9	4	2	0	4	84	6	1552
2019	Administrative Support	71	14	8	1	1	0	4	89	3	245
2019	Other occupational category	90	1	5	2	2	0	0	91	4	58
2018	Executive	59	25	9	6	0	0	0	84	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	26	9	3	1	0	9	86	4	150
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	22	10	4	3	0	4	82	8	1083
2018	Administrative Support	68	16	9	1	2	0	4	88	2	172
2018	Other occupational category	78	7	7	0	1	0	7	91	1	56
2017	Executive	63	20	10	4	2	0	0	84	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	60	22	7	2	1	0	8	90	2	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	59	20	9	4	3	0	5	83	7	1319
2017	Administrative Support	67	16	8	1	1	1	5	90	2	225
2017	Other occupational category	79	7	4	3	0	0	7	93	3	74

Question 70w. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	90	8	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	59	12	10	6	11	0	1	72	18	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	67	16	7	4	5	0	1	84	9	1698
2020	Administrative Support	57	20	12	4	7	0	1	77	11	282
2019	Scientific and Professional	70	12	5	2	7	1	3	86	9	215
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	71	14	5	3	3	0	2	88	6	1557
2019	Administrative Support	55	17	9	5	11	1	2	74	17	245
2019	Other occupational category	53	17	15	7	7	0	0	70	14	57
2018	Executive	94	6	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	77	11	5	3	2	0	3	90	5	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	70	16	5	3	3	0	3	89	6	1086
2018	Administrative Support	62	13	9	5	8	0	3	77	13	173
2018	Other occupational category	37	21	24	3	15	0	0	58	18	56
2017	Executive	90	6	0	0	2	0	2	98	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	14	5	2	3	0	4	89	6	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	64	18	7	3	4	1	3	86	8	1327
2017	Administrative Support	49	16	11	9	9	1	4	69	20	226
2017	Other occupational category	50	18	17	9	5	0	1	69	14	75

Question 70x. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	49	31	16	4	0	0	0	80	4	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	30	9	4	1	0	1	86	5	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	30	13	5	2	0	1	81	7	1699
2020	Administrative Support	44	32	12	7	4	0	1	77	11	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	28	14	1	1	0	2	84	2	214
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	29	11	2	1	0	1	86	3	1551
2019	Administrative Support	52	27	11	5	2	0	2	80	8	244
2019	Other occupational category	55	30	9	2	4	0	0	85	6	58
2018	Executive	63	19	13	3	3	0	0	81	6	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	11	1	1	0	1	87	2	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	13	4	2	0	2	81	6	1083
2018	Administrative Support	46	32	12	5	4	0	2	79	9	173
2018	Other occupational category	53	26	15	0	4	0	2	81	4	56
2017	Executive	55	24	10	6	2	0	2	81	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	25	10	3	1	1	1	85	4	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	11	3	2	0	2	84	5	1323
2017	Administrative Support	49	30	9	6	3	0	3	81	9	227
2017	Other occupational category	60	16	17	4	0	0	3	78	4	75

Question 71. To what extent is stress from the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacting your ability to carry out day-to-day work responsibilities?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	38	48	10	2	2	86	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	44	17	3	1	79	4	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	42	18	5	3	74	7	1700
2020	Administrative Support	40	40	15	2	2	80	5	282

Question 72. Overall, my level of work-related stress is...
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very High (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	22	48	16	8	0	28	24	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	45	29	6	2	0	63	9	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	34	34	11	6	0	49	17	1697
2020	Administrative Support	29	41	23	4	1	1	72	5	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	36	31	8	5	1	55	14	218
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	33	30	15	7	0	48	22	1559
2019	Administrative Support	24	40	21	11	3	0	64	14	245
2019	Other occupational category	30	41	25	0	3	0	72	3	58
2018	Executive	6	28	31	22	13	0	34	34	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	35	29	9	11	0	51	20	152
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	35	16	9	0	39	26	1091
2018	Administrative Support	15	36	33	13	3	1	51	16	172
2018	Other occupational category	27	45	22	6	1	0	72	6	57
2017	Executive	4	18	47	22	8	0	23	31	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	33	36	12	5	0	46	17	191
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	27	38	16	10	0	36	26	1326
2017	Administrative Support	18	31	32	11	6	0	50	17	226
2017	Other occupational category	31	40	23	4	3	0	71	7	75

Question 73. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	28	34	6	0	0	0	6	60	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	16	39	26	12	0	0	39	23	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	21	39	20	8	0	0	28	34	1691
2020	Administrative Support	5	14	30	29	20	0	1	50	20	277
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	16	34	27	14	0	0	41	25	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	22	37	19	8	0	0	27	35	1556
2019	Administrative Support	7	16	34	27	16	0	0	43	23	245
2019	Other occupational category	7	24	33	22	14	0	0	36	31	58
2018	Executive	23	32	26	13	6	0	0	19	55	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	28	30	21	9	0	0	29	40	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	22	38	17	5	0	0	22	40	1080
2018	Administrative Support	11	21	34	25	9	0	0	34	32	170
2018	Other occupational category	4	16	30	37	14	0	0	50	20	57
2017	Executive	16	37	33	10	4	0	0	14	53	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	24	35	23	10	0	0	32	33	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	26	37	16	7	0	0	22	40	1321
2017	Administrative Support	10	20	37	21	12	0	1	33	30	225
2017	Other occupational category	5	11	35	28	19	1	0	48	16	75

Question 74. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	32	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	37	5	2	0	1	0	93	2	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	36	7	3	1	1	0	89	4	1695
2020	Administrative Support	61	30	5	2	1	1	1	92	3	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	58	30	6	5	1	0	0	88	5	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	38	9	5	2	0	0	85	7	1556
2019	Administrative Support	57	28	8	5	1	1	0	85	6	242
2019	Other occupational category	45	43	8	0	2	0	2	89	3	58
2018	Executive	56	44	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	34	9	3	3	0	0	85	6	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	39	10	4	3	0	0	83	7	1083
2018	Administrative Support	47	37	8	6	1	2	0	85	6	173
2018	Other occupational category	56	35	4	2	0	2	0	93	2	57
2017	Executive	57	37	0	4	2	0	0	94	6	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	40	4	5	1	0	0	90	6	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	39	9	5	3	0	0	82	9	1327
2017	Administrative Support	44	33	14	5	4	0	0	78	9	226
2017	Other occupational category	40	45	6	8	1	0	0	85	9	75

Question 75. I believe senior managers in my department or agency take adequate steps to support the mental health of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	51	33	6	10	0	0	0	84	10	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	29	8	4	2	4	0	85	6	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	32	10	7	4	2	0	78	11	1696
2020	Administrative Support	57	25	7	5	1	3	1	86	6	282

Question 76. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my mental health.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	40	27	17	13	4	0	67	17	48
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	26	14	9	9	1	68	18	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	26	9	10	7	1	73	18	1697
2020	Administrative Support	52	25	7	7	6	2	79	14	282

Question 77. My immediate supervisor supports my mental health and well-being.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	26	8	8	0	2	0	84	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	23	13	2	2	4	0	82	4	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	23	10	4	3	2	0	83	7	1688
2020	Administrative Support	61	19	10	1	3	5	1	85	4	281

Question 78. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	42	42	8	8	0	0	0	84	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	37	8	4	3	2	0	84	8	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	13	8	6	1	0	73	14	1702
2020	Administrative Support	53	29	10	3	2	2	1	85	5	281
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	40	9	12	8	0	0	71	20	216
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	34	15	14	9	1	0	62	23	1560
2019	Administrative Support	40	33	10	9	8	0	0	73	17	245
2019	Other occupational category	39	39	13	5	3	0	0	79	8	58
2018	Executive	19	53	19	6	3	0	0	72	9	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	36	11	13	14	1	0	63	27	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	33	15	16	12	0	0	57	28	1091
2018	Administrative Support	29	36	14	9	10	1	0	66	20	173
2018	Other occupational category	45	33	6	9	3	3	0	81	13	57
2017	Executive	19	45	16	6	14	0	0	63	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	41	12	15	9	1	0	63	24	193
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	39	14	15	13	1	0	57	28	1323
2017	Administrative Support	26	37	11	13	10	2	0	65	23	227
2017	Other occupational category	31	43	11	11	0	4	0	77	11	75

Question 79a. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Clear and easy to understand.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	34	4	2	0	0	0	94	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	34	4	4	0	0	1	91	5	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	36	8	5	1	0	0	86	6	1703
2020	Administrative Support	60	31	7	2	0	1	0	91	2	282

Question 79b. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Provided in a timely manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	34	14	6	0	0	0	80	6	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	33	5	4	1	0	1	89	5	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	34	9	6	2	0	0	83	8	1698
2020	Administrative Support	61	29	7	2	0	1	0	91	2	278

Question 79c. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Relevant to the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	52	38	10	0	0	0	90	0	48
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	36	12	2	0	3	85	2	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	36	14	4	1	1	81	5	1688
2020	Administrative Support	55	28	12	3	1	1	84	4	280

Question 79d. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Consistent with the information provided to me by my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	63	33	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	59	28	7	1	0	2	3	92	1	273
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	30	9	3	1	1	1	87	5	1693
2020	Administrative Support	64	21	11	0	1	1	1	88	1	278

Question 79e. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Available in both official languages.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	76	22	2	0	0	0	98	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	75	12	1	1	7	3	97	1	272
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	75	15	4	1	5	1	95	1	1697
2020	Administrative Support	82	8	2	0	7	1	97	0	282

Question 80. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, my department or agency has clearly communicated the mental health services and resources that are available to me.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	70	26	4	0	0	0	96	0	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	60	30	4	2	1	3	93	3	274
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	30	6	3	1	1	90	4	1695
2020	Administrative Support	64	26	5	3	1	2	91	4	282

Question 81. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my physical health and safety.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	65	27	6	2	0	0	92	2	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	29	7	4	4	1	85	8	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	58	25	6	6	4	1	84	10	1694
2020	Administrative Support	61	21	9	4	3	1	84	7	280

Question 82. I am satisfied with the measures my department or agency is taking to protect my physical health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	76	16	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	70	22	4	2	1	1	1	93	3	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	68	23	5	3	1	0	0	91	4	1699
2020	Administrative Support	70	21	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	281

Question 84. I am equipped to support employees in my work unit who are experiencing mental health issues. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	38	50	10	2	0	0	0	88	2	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	43	11	14	0	0	0	75	14	27
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	48	10	10	2	0	1	77	12	373
2019	Executive	28	56	16	0	0	0	0	84	0	43
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	43	11	6	0	0	0	83	6	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	49	17	10	2	1	1	70	12	305

Question 85. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you managed any employees who have been working remotely? (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	100	0	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	0	27
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	98	2	372

Question 86. My department or agency has provided me with adequate training and/or resources to manage a remote team during the COVID-19 pandemic. (for supervisors who manage employees who have been working remotely)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	27	39	16	10	8	0	65	18	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	37	17	18	7	3	55	27	27
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	34	20	17	5	0	57	23	363

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Duty to Accommodate

The duty to accommodate refers to the employer’s obligation to eliminate disadvantages to employees, prospective employees or clients that result from a rule, practice or physical barrier that has or that may have an adverse impact on individuals or groups protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act or identified as a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. It applies to all grounds of discrimination covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), 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). Employers must provide accommodation up to the point of undue hardship, taking into account essential job requirements.

Please note that the questions about duty to accommodate do not apply to employees who asked for office equipment to work remotely, unless their requests pertain to specific accommodation measures that help to reduce barriers to work, as per the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Question 87. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, did you have workplace accommodation measures in place before the COVID-19 pandemic which are no longer being met?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	8	92	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	4	96	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	1697
2020	Administrative Support	10	90	280

Question 88. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, have you requested workplace accommodation measures in the last two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	6	94	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	13	87	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	1695
2020	Administrative Support	17	83	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	86	217
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	1560
2019	Administrative Support	22	78	245
2019	Other occupational category	5	95	57
2017	Executive	10	90	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	76	192
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	74	1324
2017	Administrative Support	26	74	227
2017	Other occupational category	15	85	75
2014	Executive	11	89	41
2014	Scientific and Professional	24	76	168
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	1129
2014	Administrative Support	15	85	196

Question 89. Were the requests for workplace accommodation measures related to a disability?
A disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.

A barrier means anything — including anything physical, architectural, technological or attitudinal, anything that is based on information or communications or anything that is the result of a policy or a practice — that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment or a functional limitation.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	47	35
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	62	38	265
2020	Administrative Support	61	39	46

Question 90. Were any workplace accommodation measures implemented?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	74	26	34
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	80	20	265
2020	Administrative Support	87	13	47
2019	Scientific and Professional	86	14	33
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	88	12	329
2019	Administrative Support	83	17	54
2017	Scientific and Professional	81	19	48
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	79	21	341
2017	Administrative Support	81	19	59
2017	Other occupational category	80	20	11
2014	Scientific and Professional	70	30	34
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	83	17	237
2014	Administrative Support	75	25	31

Question 91. I am satisfied with the workplace accommodation measures that were implemented.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	63	25	8	0	4	0	0	88	4	25
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	32	6	10	3	1	0	81	13	212
2020	Administrative Support	56	32	7	2	2	0	0	88	5	41
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	22	0	16	8	0	0	77	23	28
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	5	11	5	0	0	80	16	283
2019	Administrative Support	40	29	13	16	2	0	0	69	18	45
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	31	3	18	5	0	3	74	24	39
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	4	12	3	0	0	81	15	268
2017	Administrative Support	32	40	9	13	4	0	2	74	17	47
2014	Scientific and Professional	52	20	6	17	4	0	0	73	21	23
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	35	3	10	3	0	0	85	13	197
2014	Administrative Support	47	22	4	13	13	0	0	69	27	23

Question 92. I would feel comfortable requesting workplace accommodation measures from my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	71	24	2	0	0	2	0	98	0	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	30	6	2	3	3	3	89	5	275
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	27	6	4	2	2	2	88	6	1699
2020	Administrative Support	60	25	5	5	1	2	1	89	6	282

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Compensation

Question 93. In the last 12 months, has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	37	49	14	0	57	43	49
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	49	12	6	60	40	277
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	50	17	1	60	40	1702
2020	Administrative Support	21	55	21	3	72	28	282

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 94. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	44	18
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	58	90
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	557
2020	Administrative Support	46	54	60

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 95. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	28	6	11	11	0	0	72	22	18
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	26	13	19	22	1	6	41	45	90
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	28	17	18	20	2	4	42	40	558
2020	Administrative Support	22	26	22	12	17	0	2	49	29	60

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 96. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	11	17	17	17	28	0	11	31	50	18
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	25	9	22	34	0	1	35	56	89
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	20	14	23	31	2	3	29	56	558
2020	Administrative Support	18	25	17	15	23	0	2	44	39	60

Question 97. 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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	58	20	10	8	0	0	4	81	8	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	13	10	3	3	0	21	80	7	276
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	21	13	7	6	1	9	71	15	1702
2020	Administrative Support	50	17	6	5	3	5	14	82	11	279
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	20	13	5	6	1	11	72	13	214
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	19	15	9	9	0	6	65	19	1541
2019	Administrative Support	50	19	9	6	8	0	8	75	15	242
2019	Other occupational category	46	13	5	5	9	0	22	76	18	58
2018	Executive	69	6	9	6	0	0	9	83	7	32
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	16	14	8	11	0	11	63	21	151
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	18	16	10	12	1	5	59	24	1084
2018	Administrative Support	37	20	16	7	12	2	6	62	20	173
2018	Other occupational category	40	21	14	5	1	0	19	75	8	57

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2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Veterans Affairs Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.

Question 6. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.

Question 10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department's or agency's goals.

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.

Question 13. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.

Question 14. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.

Question 15. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.

Question 18a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.

Question 18b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.

Question 18c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.

Question 18d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.

Question 18e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.

Question 18f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.

Question 18g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.

Question 19. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.

Question 20. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.

Question 21. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.

Question 25. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.

Question 27. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.

Question 30. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.

Question 31. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.

Question 32. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.

Question 33. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.

Question 34. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.

Question 36. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.

Question 38. 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 39. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.

Question 40. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.

Question 41. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.

Question 42. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Accessibility or accommodation issues

Question 44. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Question 49. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.

Question 50. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.

Question 51. I am satisfied with my department or agency.

Question 52. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me

Question 56d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack