Board Meeting 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 28st
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Employee Surveys
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) was administered from May 20, 2024, to July 5, 2024. During this open period, 169 FRTIB employees responded to the survey for an overall FRTIB response rate of 75%. All FRTIB FEVS-eligible employees were encouraged to share their voice and participate in the annual survey. Below is a summary of our agency’s strengths, challenges, and areas of progress.
Strengths
FRTIB showed clear strengths in the areas of work-life balance, accountability, performance, and customer service. The below questions had the highest overall positive responses:
- 97% % of employees said the organization shares results (for example, town halls, email, distribution of reports) form the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) (Q39).
- 94% of employees felt the organization has prepared them for potential cybersecurity threats (Q44).
- 93% of employees said employees in their work unit meet the needs of our customers (Q20).
- 93% of employees said it is important that their work contribute to the common good (Q90).
- 92% of employees felt supervisors supports their need to balance work and other life issues (Q49).
(65% positive or higher).
Challenges
While no items were identified as challenges (35% negative or higher responses), the below questions had the highest overall negative responses:
- 24% of employees did not believe management involves employees in decisions that affect their work (Q66).
- 21% of employees did not believe the results of this survey will be used to make the agency a better place to work (Q47).
- 21% of employees did not believe senior leaders generate high levels of motivation and commitment in the workforce (Q57).
- 20% of employees did not believe in their work unit, differences in performance are recognized in a meaningful way (Q17).
- 19% of employees does not have a high level of respect for their organization’s senior leaders (Q62).
Areas of Progress
There were several areas where FRTIB’s results improved from the previous year. The below questions had the greatest increases in positive responses:
- 87% of employees felt the organization is successful at accomplishing its mission (Q37). This was a 11-point increase from the previous year.
- 79% of employees felt their workload is reasonable (Q5). This was a 7-point increase from the previous year.
- 74% of employees said they recommend the organization as a good place to work (Q46). This was a 6-point increase from the previous year.
- 64% or employees felt senior leaders maintain high standards of honesty and integrity (Q58). This was a 6-point increase from the previous year.
- 58% of employees said the results of this survey will be used to make the agency a better place to work (Q47). This was a 5-point increase from the previous year.
The results received from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Surveys remain an important component of the Agency’s ongoing commitment to ensuring FRTIB is a great place to work and where great work gets done. The Agency will continue to analyze these results to build off our strengths and improve our challenge areas.