2019 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Public Prosecution Service of Canada by Question 94.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 94)

The results of the 2019 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

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

Survey Themes

My Job
My Work Unit
My Immediate Supervisor
Senior Management
My Organization (Department or Agency)
Mobility and Retention
Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment
Harassment
Discrimination
Stress and Well-Being
Duty to Accommodate
Compensation

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My Job

Question 1. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	49	4	18	8	0	0	70	26	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	38	2	7	2	0	0	90	9	106
2019	Administrative Support	29	46	4	14	6	0	1	76	21	112
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	48	2	16	8	0	0	74	23	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	37	4	5	1	0	0	91	5	114
2017	Administrative Support	28	45	10	15	2	0	0	73	17	150
2014	Executive	33	50	4	13	0	0	0	83	13	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	46	6	18	8	0	0	68	26	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	47	41	5	3	2	0	1	89	5	116
2014	Administrative Support	38	46	5	9	1	1	0	85	9	151

Question 2. When I prepare written materials, including emails, I feel free to use the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	73	14	5	3	2	0	3	89	6	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	66	23	4	6	2	0	0	89	8	104
2019	Administrative Support	81	8	6	3	1	0	1	90	4	112
2017	Scientific and Professional	69	16	5	5	3	1	1	86	8	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	28	4	5	1	0	1	90	6	114
2017	Administrative Support	72	18	5	1	3	0	1	91	4	151
2014	Executive	78	15	0	4	4	0	0	93	7	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	72	14	4	6	3	0	1	87	9	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	55	28	7	9	1	0	1	83	10	115
2014	Administrative Support	76	13	4	1	3	1	1	91	5	151

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	38	5	12	8	0	75	20	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	57	30	5	6	2	1	88	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	35	41	8	14	2	0	77	15	111
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	33	6	13	9	1	72	22	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	27	4	14	2	0	80	16	114
2017	Administrative Support	32	44	7	11	5	0	77	16	151
2014	Executive	65	22	4	9	0	0	87	9	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	38	6	8	8	0	78	16	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	36	5	12	5	0	78	17	116
2014	Administrative Support	45	37	5	7	5	0	82	13	151

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	45	9	17	8	0	0	66	26	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	33	7	14	6	0	1	73	20	105
2019	Administrative Support	16	35	14	22	12	0	1	51	34	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	47	7	15	8	0	0	70	23	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	38	12	9	6	0	1	72	16	118
2018	Administrative Support	16	44	8	22	8	0	2	61	31	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	40	7	14	10	0	0	68	25	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	38	6	16	3	1	1	74	20	114
2017	Administrative Support	17	36	17	19	11	0	0	53	30	150
2014	Executive	30	45	11	15	0	0	0	74	15	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	39	9	16	9	0	0	65	26	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	38	11	12	3	0	0	74	15	116
2014	Administrative Support	19	38	13	19	11	0	0	57	30	151

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	39	8	12	4	0	76	16	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	30	9	3	2	0	87	5	105
2019	Administrative Support	37	29	18	14	3	0	66	16	111
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	36	6	10	5	1	78	15	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	63	29	3	3	2	0	92	4	114
2017	Administrative Support	37	47	9	4	3	0	83	7	150
2014	Executive	70	30	0	0	0	0	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	34	6	10	5	0	78	15	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	61	30	3	5	0	0	91	5	116
2014	Administrative Support	45	43	5	5	1	0	88	7	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	31	11	15	12	0	0	62	27	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	61	21	5	6	7	1	0	82	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	26	38	14	12	9	1	0	65	21	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	33	7	12	14	1	0	67	27	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	37	7	4	3	1	0	86	7	117
2018	Administrative Support	41	33	10	9	6	0	2	75	15	129
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	32	11	14	14	0	1	62	27	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	7	5	4	0	1	84	9	114
2017	Administrative Support	32	31	17	14	6	0	0	63	20	151
2014	Executive	41	35	4	11	9	0	0	76	20	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	28	12	13	10	0	0	64	24	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	48	30	5	12	4	0	1	79	16	116
2014	Administrative Support	36	32	13	12	5	0	1	70	17	151

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	39	7	7	3	0	84	10	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	49	32	13	3	3	0	81	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	29	35	14	14	7	1	64	22	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	40	9	8	4	0	79	12	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	34	14	4	4	0	79	8	118
2018	Administrative Support	30	48	7	10	5	0	78	15	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	42	7	5	2	0	86	7	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	45	9	5	0	0	86	5	114
2017	Administrative Support	24	47	13	11	5	0	71	16	151
2014	Executive	54	46	0	0	0	0	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	37	5	5	2	0	87	7	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	46	12	11	3	0	74	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	29	44	13	10	4	0	74	14	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	35	11	14	15	0	0	61	29	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	30	10	13	4	1	0	72	17	106
2019	Administrative Support	23	32	13	18	13	1	0	56	31	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	34	15	16	14	1	0	55	30	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	35	12	10	9	0	0	69	19	118
2018	Administrative Support	23	36	15	10	16	0	0	59	26	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	37	13	13	14	0	1	59	28	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	30	20	7	10	0	0	64	17	114
2017	Administrative Support	22	28	18	18	13	1	0	51	31	151
2014	Executive	26	39	15	4	17	0	0	65	20	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	39	13	13	15	0	0	59	28	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	38	16	12	10	0	0	62	22	116
2014	Administrative Support	23	31	16	17	13	0	0	54	30	151

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	44	9	10	6	0	76	15	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	9	7	3	1	81	9	106
2019	Administrative Support	30	34	18	13	5	0	64	18	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	43	7	10	8	0	75	18	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	36	13	9	4	1	74	13	118
2018	Administrative Support	31	39	18	9	3	0	70	12	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	43	9	10	6	0	75	16	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	37	14	9	4	0	73	13	114
2017	Administrative Support	31	35	17	12	4	1	67	16	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	41	7	5	4	0	83	9	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	26	8	3	1	0	89	4	106
2019	Administrative Support	46	37	11	3	3	1	84	5	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	39	9	5	3	1	83	8	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	27	8	2	3	0	88	4	117
2018	Administrative Support	49	34	12	4	1	1	83	5	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	35	8	7	4	0	81	11	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	37	7	3	0	0	90	3	113
2017	Administrative Support	40	35	16	3	4	1	76	8	150
2014	Executive	68	32	0	0	0	0	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	43	38	9	6	3	1	81	9	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	40	9	3	3	0	85	6	116
2014	Administrative Support	36	43	11	5	4	1	81	9	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	33	9	11	14	0	66	25	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	49	26	11	7	6	0	76	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	26	32	11	18	13	0	58	31	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	34	11	14	13	1	63	27	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	34	10	7	4	0	79	11	117
2018	Administrative Support	24	34	17	15	10	0	59	24	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	38	10	10	14	0	66	24	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	41	12	6	4	0	77	10	114
2017	Administrative Support	21	33	16	15	14	1	55	29	151

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	33	4	2	1	0	92	3	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	29	6	1	2	0	92	3	105
2019	Administrative Support	50	30	15	3	2	0	80	4	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	34	7	3	1	0	90	3	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	31	11	3	1	0	86	3	117
2018	Administrative Support	51	40	5	2	1	0	92	3	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	62	32	3	2	1	0	94	3	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	37	9	0	0	0	91	0	114
2017	Administrative Support	51	31	12	5	1	1	82	6	150
2014	Executive	76	24	0	0	0	0	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	72	23	3	1	0	0	95	2	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	66	28	4	0	2	0	94	2	116
2014	Administrative Support	68	22	7	1	2	0	90	3	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	36	9	15	10	0	0	66	25	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	28	11	8	3	0	0	78	10	106
2019	Administrative Support	23	32	11	24	9	0	1	55	34	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	41	11	13	11	0	0	65	24	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	40	10	6	2	0	1	82	8	117
2018	Administrative Support	25	33	14	18	10	0	1	58	28	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	41	10	11	10	1	0	69	22	368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	36	11	4	3	0	0	82	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	18	35	19	19	9	0	0	53	28	150
2014	Executive	48	35	7	9	0	0	0	83	9	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	38	9	18	14	0	0	59	32	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	27	56	8	6	4	0	0	83	9	116
2014	Administrative Support	15	39	20	13	12	0	1	54	25	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	28	32	17	13	9	0	0	60	23	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	29	10	8	2	0	0	80	9	105
2019	Administrative Support	28	29	23	6	13	0	1	58	19	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	34	19	12	10	0	1	60	22	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	30	12	8	2	0	0	78	10	117
2018	Administrative Support	27	32	19	15	6	0	1	59	22	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	32	18	11	10	1	0	61	21	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	38	8	6	4	0	0	82	10	114
2017	Administrative Support	27	30	24	11	7	1	0	58	18	151
2014	Executive	48	35	13	4	0	0	0	83	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	36	12	13	12	0	0	63	25	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	42	12	7	2	0	0	78	10	116
2014	Administrative Support	27	35	15	14	9	0	0	63	23	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	42	9	19	10	0	0	61	29	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	28	11	10	4	0	0	76	13	104
2019	Administrative Support	17	45	17	11	8	0	1	63	19	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	35	13	16	14	0	0	57	30	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	38	13	3	4	0	0	79	8	117
2018	Administrative Support	24	33	17	15	11	1	0	57	26	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	39	11	13	13	1	1	63	25	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	39	7	5	3	0	0	84	9	114
2017	Administrative Support	24	35	20	14	7	0	0	58	21	150
2014	Executive	41	45	0	15	0	0	0	85	15	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	38	12	13	12	0	0	63	25	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	38	12	10	3	0	0	75	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	25	42	15	10	6	1	1	69	16	151

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	38	9	5	3	0	0	83	8	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	30	11	3	2	0	0	84	5	106
2019	Administrative Support	34	39	16	8	3	0	0	73	11	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	38	10	6	4	0	0	80	10	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	7	4	4	0	0	85	9	117
2018	Administrative Support	34	43	14	5	3	0	1	78	9	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	40	7	5	2	0	0	86	8	368
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	45	7	4	0	1	0	88	4	114
2017	Administrative Support	38	40	12	3	5	1	1	79	8	150
2014	Executive	56	37	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	36	7	4	3	0	0	86	7	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	46	8	7	2	0	0	83	8	116
2014	Administrative Support	42	35	13	7	3	0	0	78	9	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	30	24	15	20	0	0	41	35	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	27	15	12	11	0	0	61	24	104
2019	Administrative Support	32	34	21	4	8	1	0	67	12	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	27	23	14	20	0	0	43	34	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	14	7	5	0	0	75	12	117
2018	Administrative Support	39	30	19	6	6	0	0	69	12	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	33	23	17	14	0	1	46	31	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	22	9	3	0	0	67	11	114
2017	Administrative Support	41	37	9	5	4	1	3	81	10	151
2014	Executive	18	26	9	26	20	0	0	44	46	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	29	24	16	16	0	0	44	32	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	17	7	1	0	2	75	8	116
2014	Administrative Support	41	36	10	7	5	0	1	78	12	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	5	12	30	33	17	1	1	52	18	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	19	30	26	14	1	1	41	29	106
2019	Administrative Support	13	21	34	24	5	1	3	31	34	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	13	28	36	16	1	2	54	18	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	24	26	28	13	0	3	43	30	118
2018	Administrative Support	10	23	31	16	15	2	3	33	35	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	14	23	32	22	1	3	57	19	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	23	28	27	11	2	3	40	31	113
2017	Administrative Support	11	11	35	21	15	3	3	39	24	149
2014	Executive	4	11	33	32	15	0	6	49	16	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	6	14	32	27	16	1	4	45	21	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	25	33	20	12	0	3	32	34	116
2014	Administrative Support	10	19	27	24	15	1	5	40	31	149

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	18	23	26	21	0	1	48	29	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	14	24	30	19	1	1	51	25	105
2019	Administrative Support	12	19	33	15	16	5	0	33	32	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	19	24	27	19	2	2	48	27	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	14	26	34	15	1	3	51	21	118
2018	Administrative Support	10	22	26	21	15	3	3	39	34	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	13	20	30	26	2	2	59	20	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	8	28	22	27	3	5	54	16	113
2017	Administrative Support	6	12	28	24	19	7	5	48	21	149
2014	Executive	4	4	18	33	35	0	6	73	8	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	8	12	28	30	19	1	2	51	21	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	6	13	19	28	26	2	6	59	20	116
2014	Administrative Support	8	15	21	27	21	5	4	53	25	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	15	29	28	17	0	1	46	25	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	13	28	28	23	0	2	52	19	106
2019	Administrative Support	13	23	24	21	15	4	1	38	37	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	17	35	22	14	1	2	37	27	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	14	26	32	18	1	3	52	21	118
2018	Administrative Support	13	14	26	22	17	4	5	43	29	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	17	32	24	14	2	3	40	27	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	11	32	27	18	1	5	48	18	113
2017	Administrative Support	7	17	26	24	16	7	4	45	26	150
2014	Executive	15	24	18	26	11	0	6	39	41	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	22	29	20	11	0	2	32	39	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	33	19	14	0	3	35	31	115
2014	Administrative Support	13	15	24	21	17	1	8	43	31	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	11	37	31	13	0	2	45	17	341
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	11	31	31	23	0	0	54	15	106
2019	Administrative Support	4	10	37	32	14	1	2	48	15	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	12	35	35	12	0	2	48	16	370
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	2	8	21	49	15	1	4	68	10	116
2018	Administrative Support	5	10	33	29	20	2	2	50	16	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	12	28	33	18	0	3	53	17	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	1	9	25	37	25	1	2	64	10	113
2017	Administrative Support	4	11	27	30	21	3	4	55	16	147
2014	Executive	4	15	46	28	7	0	0	35	18	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	9	34	36	16	0	3	53	13	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	1	12	24	41	20	0	2	62	14	115
2014	Administrative Support	3	13	21	36	20	1	7	60	16	150

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	26	26	9	8	1	1	18	56	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	17	22	24	14	0	3	39	38	104
2019	Administrative Support	17	27	25	13	13	3	2	28	46	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	27	28	9	7	1	1	16	56	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	16	31	28	10	0	2	39	29	117
2018	Administrative Support	22	22	23	11	16	2	4	28	47	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	21	29	19	10	1	3	30	40	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	21	29	23	12	1	5	38	31	112
2017	Administrative Support	13	18	25	20	16	3	5	39	34	150
2014	Executive	11	39	32	15	4	0	0	18	50	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	27	28	15	8	1	2	23	49	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	18	33	19	16	2	2	36	30	115
2014	Administrative Support	9	17	34	21	15	1	3	38	27	149

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	19	23	21	13	1	1	35	41	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	20	20	13	20	1	3	34	45	104
2019	Administrative Support	15	14	31	13	15	4	8	31	33	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	21	24	23	15	0	1	39	37	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	20	32	24	13	1	3	38	29	117
2018	Administrative Support	21	13	19	19	18	5	5	41	38	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	14	29	23	16	3	4	43	26	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	17	33	24	9	3	4	35	30	114
2017	Administrative Support	10	11	23	24	17	7	9	49	24	148
2014	Executive	11	11	22	11	39	0	6	53	23	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	14	25	29	15	2	3	47	27	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	5	11	19	32	25	3	5	63	17	115
2014	Administrative Support	7	12	19	31	17	4	9	55	23	147

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	19	34	19	13	1	2	33	33	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	10	33	26	23	0	1	50	16	105
2019	Administrative Support	7	24	30	14	16	5	3	33	34	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	19	35	18	10	1	2	29	34	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	15	29	32	14	1	3	48	22	117
2018	Administrative Support	9	22	24	15	19	6	5	38	35	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	20	36	19	10	2	4	30	32	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	12	37	18	23	2	3	43	19	113
2017	Administrative Support	6	16	35	16	14	7	5	34	25	150
2014	Executive	15	20	46	11	7	0	0	18	35	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	21	32	17	7	2	3	25	42	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	22	32	21	15	0	0	36	32	115
2014	Administrative Support	8	15	30	24	15	1	8	42	26	149

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	28	33	16	5	0	1	21	45	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	15	34	27	18	0	0	45	21	106
2019	Administrative Support	14	28	31	11	13	1	3	24	44	111

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My Work Unit

Question 19. During meetings in my work unit, I feel free to use the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	74	10	5	3	3	1	4	89	6	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	70	19	5	5	1	0	1	90	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	79	8	6	0	3	0	4	91	3	112
2017	Scientific and Professional	70	11	8	3	4	1	3	84	8	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	71	18	5	4	0	0	1	90	4	114
2017	Administrative Support	71	11	6	3	2	0	7	88	5	151
2014	Executive	85	4	4	7	0	0	0	89	7	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	72	8	6	3	4	1	5	86	8	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	60	26	4	5	2	0	3	89	7	116
2014	Administrative Support	71	12	7	1	3	1	5	88	5	151

Question 20. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	24	17	15	16	7	1	48	34	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	31	15	8	8	6	1	67	17	106
2019	Administrative Support	22	21	23	16	15	3	0	44	32	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	27	18	16	16	7	2	45	35	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	42	14	10	8	3	2	67	18	117
2018	Administrative Support	14	27	21	20	12	5	2	44	34	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	28	13	16	17	3	3	51	35	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	21	20	15	5	3	5	55	22	114
2017	Administrative Support	15	21	16	21	18	4	5	39	43	151
2014	Executive	54	43	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	27	14	16	15	4	3	53	33	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	27	12	17	11	3	2	58	29	116
2014	Administrative Support	18	31	15	15	17	2	2	51	33	150

Question 21. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	30	8	18	12	2	0	62	31	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	29	7	7	5	1	0	82	11	106
2019	Administrative Support	28	26	12	18	16	1	0	54	34	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	31	7	17	16	1	1	60	33	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	29	7	6	6	1	0	81	12	117
2018	Administrative Support	20	33	8	21	17	1	0	53	38	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	32	9	14	14	1	1	61	29	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	22	9	10	5	0	0	76	15	114
2017	Administrative Support	27	27	13	15	16	1	0	55	32	151
2014	Executive	68	26	0	0	6	0	0	94	6	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	33	8	12	15	2	0	65	27	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	29	10	12	10	2	0	67	23	116
2014	Administrative Support	28	28	13	17	15	1	0	56	31	151

Question 22. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	33	8	12	7	0	0	73	18	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	61	22	10	4	4	0	0	83	8	105
2019	Administrative Support	32	38	8	14	8	0	0	69	23	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	38	10	9	7	0	0	74	16	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	26	8	6	4	0	0	82	10	117
2018	Administrative Support	29	38	9	19	5	0	0	67	24	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	42	6	9	7	1	0	77	16	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	52	28	9	6	4	1	0	81	11	113
2017	Administrative Support	31	30	13	14	11	1	1	62	25	151
2014	Executive	52	44	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	41	7	13	5	0	0	75	18	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	12	7	7	0	0	74	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	31	40	9	13	7	1	0	72	19	151

Question 23. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	38	8	7	6	1	79	13	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	25	13	5	2	0	80	7	105
2019	Administrative Support	24	37	16	13	8	2	62	22	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	42	10	6	5	1	79	11	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	40	6	4	4	1	86	8	117
2018	Administrative Support	24	35	18	15	5	3	61	20	131

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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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	25	15	7	5	1	6	72	12	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	18	16	2	2	1	1	80	4	106
2019	Administrative Support	30	25	29	6	6	0	4	57	13	112

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	34	9	12	10	0	0	69	22	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	13	5	2	0	0	80	7	106
2019	Administrative Support	35	29	14	13	9	0	0	63	22	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	34	10	14	8	0	0	68	21	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	32	8	10	3	0	0	80	12	117
2018	Administrative Support	30	30	25	9	6	0	0	60	15	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	34	11	13	10	1	0	65	24	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	37	9	4	6	0	0	81	10	114
2017	Administrative Support	29	37	15	8	11	0	0	66	19	150
2014	Executive	43	41	4	9	4	0	0	83	13	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	37	34	10	11	9	0	0	71	19	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	33	10	9	5	1	1	76	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	36	27	13	11	11	1	1	64	22	151

Question 26. I can count on my immediate supervisor to keep his or her promises.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	49	25	12	5	7	1	0	75	13	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	30	8	5	3	1	0	85	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	40	21	16	13	7	1	1	63	21	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	28	11	5	6	1	1	78	12	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	30	11	6	1	3	0	81	7	117
2018	Administrative Support	33	33	17	10	4	4	0	69	14	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	28	10	7	8	1	0	75	15	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	25	10	6	4	0	0	81	10	114
2017	Administrative Support	38	26	14	7	11	3	1	67	19	151
2014	Executive	68	24	4	4	0	0	0	93	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	53	24	7	9	6	1	0	78	15	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	24	6	6	8	2	3	80	15	116
2014	Administrative Support	28	30	14	13	8	4	3	62	23	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	30	9	12	10	0	1	69	22	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	31	9	9	0	0	0	82	9	106
2019	Administrative Support	33	29	15	9	12	2	1	63	21	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	29	10	11	9	0	1	70	20	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	9	11	0	1	0	80	11	117
2018	Administrative Support	35	27	19	11	5	2	1	64	16	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	30	9	12	10	0	0	69	22	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	34	8	4	3	1	0	85	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	33	27	16	13	9	1	1	61	22	150
2014	Executive	54	43	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	30	8	10	9	2	1	72	19	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	47	31	6	10	5	0	1	79	15	116
2014	Administrative Support	27	27	17	14	13	1	1	55	27	151

Question 28. When I communicate with my immediate supervisor, I feel free to use the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	81	6	4	1	2	0	5	92	3	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	87	8	2	2	0	0	1	96	2	105
2019	Administrative Support	80	12	4	1	2	0	1	93	3	112
2017	Scientific and Professional	79	10	5	1	2	1	3	92	3	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	87	10	0	2	0	0	2	98	2	114
2017	Administrative Support	84	8	3	1	1	0	3	95	2	151
2014	Executive	89	7	0	0	0	0	4	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	81	7	3	1	3	0	5	92	4	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	75	11	3	2	5	0	3	90	7	116
2014	Administrative Support	81	7	5	1	3	1	3	92	3	151

Question 29. Subject to operational requirements, my immediate supervisor supports the use of flexible work arrangements (e.g., flexible hours, compressed workweeks, telework).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	20	8	5	7	2	2	79	13	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	74	17	2	1	5	2	0	92	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	57	20	8	4	6	3	2	81	10	110
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	24	9	6	10	3	3	74	17	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	65	21	3	3	2	3	4	92	5	113
2017	Administrative Support	50	16	12	7	5	8	2	73	14	151
2014	Executive	46	26	4	0	9	7	7	85	11	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	26	7	6	9	3	3	76	16	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	63	18	3	5	8	1	2	84	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	46	25	10	8	4	3	4	76	13	151

Question 30. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	58	19	12	4	6	1	1	78	10	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	68	19	8	2	3	0	0	87	5	106
2019	Administrative Support	51	23	11	6	7	2	0	75	14	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	27	7	4	6	2	0	82	11	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	68	20	7	4	1	1	0	88	5	116
2018	Administrative Support	45	27	17	3	5	2	0	74	8	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	23	9	6	7	2	1	78	13	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	63	22	6	3	5	0	0	85	9	114
2017	Administrative Support	46	23	13	6	8	3	1	72	14	151

Question 31. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	30	8	8	10	0	0	75	18	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	27	6	4	4	0	0	87	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	44	25	16	10	5	0	0	69	15	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	27	10	7	8	0	0	75	15	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	22	11	8	2	0	0	79	9	117
2018	Administrative Support	40	34	12	8	6	0	0	74	14	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	25	9	8	10	0	0	72	19	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	26	8	2	5	0	0	85	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	45	18	16	11	9	0	1	64	20	151
2014	Executive	76	7	4	9	4	0	0	83	13	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	51	29	8	6	6	1	0	80	12	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	52	26	11	5	6	0	0	78	11	116
2014	Administrative Support	38	30	13	10	9	0	1	69	19	151

Question 33. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	57	9	23	0	2	0	67	24	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	53	6	6	0	6	0	87	6	34

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Senior Management

Question 34. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	28	10	9	9	4	0	70	19	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	38	7	8	5	2	0	81	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	32	23	19	13	6	6	0	59	21	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	25	13	8	9	5	0	68	18	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	29	14	7	2	4	0	76	9	118
2018	Administrative Support	30	32	22	7	7	2	1	63	14	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	30	12	6	9	4	1	72	16	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	10	6	2	5	0	82	8	114
2017	Administrative Support	33	31	15	9	6	5	1	68	16	151
2014	Executive	59	35	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	29	13	8	7	3	0	72	15	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	43	30	8	9	5	5	0	77	15	116
2014	Administrative Support	38	26	19	6	5	5	1	68	12	151

Question 35. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	32	10	11	16	0	0	63	26	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	11	9	5	1	0	75	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	31	21	20	18	8	3	0	53	27	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	33	12	12	14	1	0	62	27	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	15	6	4	1	0	75	10	117
2018	Administrative Support	24	29	20	16	9	2	0	54	26	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	28	10	13	14	1	0	62	28	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	34	12	8	3	1	0	78	11	114
2017	Administrative Support	27	32	16	14	10	1	1	60	24	151
2014	Executive	48	32	7	13	0	0	0	80	13	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	28	31	15	14	12	0	0	60	26	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	9	10	4	2	0	76	15	116
2014	Administrative Support	34	28	14	11	11	2	0	64	22	151

Question 36. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	29	14	14	15	4	0	55	31	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	38	13	9	5	1	0	72	14	106
2019	Administrative Support	20	22	18	23	11	6	0	45	36	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	30	14	16	16	3	0	51	34	370
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	34	20	9	6	3	0	65	15	118
2018	Administrative Support	18	22	24	18	14	4	0	42	33	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	28	14	16	16	4	0	52	33	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	16	8	4	5	0	71	12	114
2017	Administrative Support	14	31	21	15	13	5	1	48	30	150
2014	Executive	15	57	15	4	9	0	0	72	13	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	28	14	22	13	3	0	49	37	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	33	15	15	3	6	0	65	20	116
2014	Administrative Support	23	24	20	11	14	7	1	51	27	151

Question 37. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	29	14	16	19	2	0	50	36	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	15	13	5	2	0	67	18	106
2019	Administrative Support	17	26	19	16	19	4	0	44	36	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	31	16	19	19	1	0	46	38	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	31	17	15	7	2	0	61	22	118
2018	Administrative Support	18	23	15	19	21	4	0	43	42	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	27	14	23	18	1	0	45	41	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	49	12	9	5	2	0	74	14	113
2017	Administrative Support	17	27	13	22	15	5	1	47	39	150
2014	Executive	26	50	7	7	9	0	0	76	17	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	30	17	18	16	3	0	48	35	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	37	20	16	4	2	0	59	21	116
2014	Administrative Support	17	27	18	18	15	5	0	47	34	151

Question 38. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	14	10	5	14	13	7	63	24	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	61	14	8	5	3	5	4	82	8	105
2019	Administrative Support	34	12	8	5	12	24	5	65	24	112

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My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	41	14	10	8	1	0	67	18	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	42	11	4	2	1	0	83	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	18	32	27	12	11	1	0	50	23	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	40	21	11	7	1	0	61	18	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	45	11	5	4	1	0	80	9	118
2018	Administrative Support	18	37	24	12	6	2	1	56	19	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	40	18	11	8	1	1	62	19	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	35	15	6	5	0	0	73	12	113
2017	Administrative Support	22	30	29	11	5	1	1	53	17	149
2014	Executive	37	52	11	0	0	0	0	89	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	22	44	17	9	6	2	0	67	15	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	38	13	5	4	3	0	77	10	116
2014	Administrative Support	28	29	24	8	7	5	0	60	15	151

Question 40. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	29	22	18	15	4	42	35	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	39	21	11	4	1	64	15	105
2019	Administrative Support	11	26	19	23	17	4	39	42	110

Question 41. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	33	9	7	8	1	0	75	16	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	40	8	12	3	0	1	77	15	106
2019	Administrative Support	27	28	20	11	12	3	1	56	23	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	35	9	8	7	1	1	75	16	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	39	12	6	3	3	1	78	9	117
2018	Administrative Support	28	31	16	15	7	3	0	61	23	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	34	8	8	5	1	0	79	13	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	10	5	3	4	0	82	8	114
2017	Administrative Support	27	34	15	9	7	6	1	66	18	151
2014	Executive	93	4	0	0	0	4	0	100	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	53	34	5	4	3	1	0	88	7	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	48	31	10	9	1	1	0	79	10	116
2014	Administrative Support	38	27	12	13	5	5	1	69	18	151

Question 42. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	32	13	7	9	0	0	70	16	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	31	14	10	1	0	1	75	11	104
2019	Administrative Support	21	28	31	8	11	1	0	50	19	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	37	19	7	8	0	0	66	15	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	32	15	6	2	1	0	76	8	118
2018	Administrative Support	24	30	31	9	5	2	0	55	14	131

Question 43. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	21	13	18	22	11	1	40	45	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	29	16	5	12	12	2	62	19	104
2019	Administrative Support	22	10	18	20	25	5	0	33	48	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	20	15	18	23	8	2	38	46	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	27	17	11	12	9	1	55	25	117
2018	Administrative Support	13	19	17	25	19	7	0	35	47	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	19	15	18	22	12	1	37	46	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	28	10	17	4	14	2	63	25	114
2017	Administrative Support	13	18	15	18	23	12	1	36	47	151
2014	Executive	44	17	7	9	0	7	15	78	12	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	20	16	20	17	12	1	39	43	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	26	14	12	16	7	1	53	31	116
2014	Administrative Support	16	21	10	23	22	7	2	40	49	151

Question 44. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	28	13	18	21	1	0	47	39	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	15	12	6	2	0	66	18	106
2019	Administrative Support	14	19	22	20	23	2	0	34	44	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	27	17	19	20	2	0	44	39	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	17	13	7	1	0	63	20	118
2018	Administrative Support	15	19	16	29	19	2	1	35	49	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	30	12	18	20	2	0	49	39	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	36	13	10	6	3	0	69	17	114
2017	Administrative Support	15	25	19	16	21	3	1	42	38	151
2014	Executive	22	48	4	22	0	4	0	73	23	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	33	14	18	16	1	0	51	34	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	33	13	10	10	4	0	65	21	116
2014	Administrative Support	12	28	17	22	17	4	1	42	40	151

Question 45. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	24	10	16	25	2	2	46	43	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	19	19	18	0	2	43	37	106
2019	Administrative Support	11	15	13	20	38	2	2	27	60	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	25	13	19	26	1	3	39	48	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	17	15	21	24	1	3	37	47	118
2018	Administrative Support	13	13	8	20	43	4	0	27	65	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	26	12	15	27	1	1	45	43	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	24	10	18	20	5	3	47	42	114
2017	Administrative Support	12	13	17	13	40	3	2	26	56	151
2014	Executive	11	39	15	7	9	0	18	61	21	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	21	15	17	25	2	2	41	44	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	17	15	21	31	2	5	29	55	116
2014	Administrative Support	9	11	15	19	37	5	4	22	62	151

Question 46a. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	21	17	6	6	2	4	69	13	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	23	10	5	2	0	1	83	7	106
2019	Administrative Support	54	18	9	7	3	5	5	79	11	111

Question 46b. 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 language training in my second official language
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	8	6	4	6	2	12	81	12	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	13	6	1	9	2	10	82	12	106
2019	Administrative Support	58	8	7	3	4	4	16	83	8	112

Question 46c. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	25	18	8	8	1	3	64	17	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	27	11	4	6	0	0	79	9	106
2019	Administrative Support	22	26	23	10	16	1	3	50	27	111

Question 46d. 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 developmental programs
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	22	16	9	9	2	3	64	19	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	27	12	7	7	1	3	74	14	106
2019	Administrative Support	20	28	21	12	16	1	4	50	29	112

Question 46e. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of opportunities in my region
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	14	15	14	17	2	3	51	33	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	23	10	7	9	1	1	74	15	106
2019	Administrative Support	26	10	17	17	24	4	3	38	44	109

Question 46f. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Level of education
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	85	3	3	1	1	3	5	95	3	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	70	14	9	1	1	1	5	89	2	103
2019	Administrative Support	46	22	13	5	5	4	4	75	12	112

Question 46g. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	74	6	4	4	3	5	4	88	8	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	78	12	3	3	1	2	1	93	4	105
2019	Administrative Support	66	12	3	5	5	7	3	86	11	111

Question 46h. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	78	5	3	1	2	2	9	93	4	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	82	8	1	0	2	1	7	97	2	106
2019	Administrative Support	72	8	3	2	4	4	8	91	6	111

Question 47. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	40	17	15	8	2	0	59	24	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	16	7	2	1	0	75	9	106
2019	Administrative Support	16	33	16	20	10	5	0	52	31	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	34	21	15	10	2	1	52	26	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	39	14	7	4	2	0	74	11	118
2018	Administrative Support	12	26	28	15	12	7	0	41	29	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	31	22	13	14	2	0	49	28	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	42	12	4	4	0	0	79	9	114
2017	Administrative Support	15	31	21	15	11	7	0	50	28	151

Question 48. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	26	38	14	9	10	3	66	19	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	34	12	3	2	1	83	5	106
2019	Administrative Support	28	36	14	10	11	1	65	21	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	36	14	9	8	3	68	18	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	37	9	3	4	1	84	8	118
2018	Administrative Support	32	40	16	8	3	0	72	12	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	39	14	11	7	1	68	18	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	41	7	5	1	3	86	6	114
2017	Administrative Support	33	39	14	5	5	4	75	10	151
2014	Executive	68	24	4	0	0	4	96	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	34	13	8	6	3	72	14	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	37	13	4	2	2	80	6	116
2014	Administrative Support	40	37	15	3	3	3	80	5	151

Question 49. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	30	15	7	8	4	0	70	15	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	33	10	2	2	3	0	85	4	106
2019	Administrative Support	36	28	21	4	7	3	1	66	12	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	34	16	7	7	6	0	68	15	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	17	3	4	4	0	75	7	118
2018	Administrative Support	32	35	20	7	3	3	1	69	10	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	31	18	5	9	8	1	65	15	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	27	11	5	2	4	0	81	8	114
2017	Administrative Support	29	32	22	5	5	6	0	65	11	151
2014	Executive	54	39	4	0	0	4	0	96	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	32	18	6	4	4	0	71	10	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	34	13	4	1	6	0	81	5	116
2014	Administrative Support	44	26	17	3	2	7	1	76	5	151

Question 50. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	32	6	10	8	0	0	76	18	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	30	6	4	2	0	0	89	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	43	33	11	7	5	0	0	77	13	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	36	7	7	8	0	0	79	15	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	36	4	3	3	0	0	90	6	118
2018	Administrative Support	38	39	15	6	2	0	0	77	8	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	37	6	7	8	0	0	79	15	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	61	34	2	2	2	0	0	95	4	113
2017	Administrative Support	40	36	12	5	6	1	1	76	11	151
2014	Executive	70	24	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	46	35	4	7	7	0	0	81	14	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	54	32	9	1	4	0	0	86	5	116
2014	Administrative Support	50	34	10	3	3	0	0	84	6	151

Question 51. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	31	14	12	12	0	63	23	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	27	10	8	5	1	76	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	27	23	20	18	10	2	51	29	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	35	16	10	11	0	63	21	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	36	10	7	6	0	78	13	117
2018	Administrative Support	21	37	20	11	10	1	59	21	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	34	15	9	10	0	66	19	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	36	10	6	5	2	78	12	114
2017	Administrative Support	29	29	18	12	10	1	59	22	151
2014	Executive	59	30	4	4	0	4	92	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	30	37	11	15	7	1	67	22	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	29	11	14	7	0	69	20	116
2014	Administrative Support	30	37	15	12	5	1	67	18	149

Question 52. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	33	12	11	12	0	64	23	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	29	9	11	3	0	76	14	106
2019	Administrative Support	25	30	23	14	8	0	55	23	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	36	13	12	11	0	64	23	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	31	12	8	4	0	76	12	117
2018	Administrative Support	23	38	15	15	8	1	61	23	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	34	12	12	10	0	66	22	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	10	6	4	2	79	11	114
2017	Administrative Support	28	34	18	9	10	1	63	19	151
2014	Executive	52	37	4	4	0	4	92	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	34	10	15	9	0	66	24	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	30	15	8	8	0	70	16	116
2014	Administrative Support	29	37	16	12	5	1	67	17	150

Question 53. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	22	15	12	12	3	1	60	24	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	21	13	12	7	3	1	67	20	106
2019	Administrative Support	26	19	24	16	12	4	0	46	29	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	30	14	12	11	2	2	62	24	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	24	14	16	7	4	0	61	24	118
2018	Administrative Support	23	24	21	18	11	2	0	48	30	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	25	14	9	11	4	1	64	21	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	31	14	10	9	3	0	67	19	114
2017	Administrative Support	26	20	21	15	9	7	2	51	27	151
2014	Executive	59	20	13	0	4	0	4	83	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	26	10	10	8	5	1	70	19	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	24	14	14	15	2	0	56	30	116
2014	Administrative Support	34	18	19	15	11	3	0	54	26	151

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Mobility and Retention

Question 54. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	45	39	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	30	41	106
2019	Administrative Support	17	35	48	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	44	40	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	27	48	118
2018	Administrative Support	20	37	42	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	56	28	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	28	47	114
2017	Administrative Support	23	40	37	151
2014	Executive	39	26	35	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	59	27	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	27	38	116
2014	Administrative Support	13	46	40	151

Question 55. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	13	35	27	0	13	55
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	16	55	3	3	16	31
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	9	34	30	1	8	58
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	6	7	80	3	0	4	30
2018	Administrative Support	7	11	63	11	4	4	27
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	12	21	42	2	14	58
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	3	11	64	4	4	14	28
2017	Administrative Support	11	6	52	6	14	11	35
2014	Executive	47	19	9	24	9999	0	10
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	6	20	41	9999	18	48
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	3	75	4	9999	7	40
2014	Administrative Support	10	25	35	15	9999	15	20

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Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment

Question 56. I am familiar with the provisions of my collective agreement or my terms and conditions of employment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	48	7	7	3	2	83	11	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	10	5	1	3	84	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	29	42	10	13	5	0	71	19	112

Question 57. My immediate supervisor respects the provisions of my collective agreement or my terms and conditions of employment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	25	12	6	3	5	2	77	10	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	23	8	3	1	2	2	88	4	106
2019	Administrative Support	42	30	13	6	3	6	0	77	10	112

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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 58. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	84	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	106
2019	Administrative Support	19	81	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	84	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	118
2018	Administrative Support	22	78	130

Question 59a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	73	27	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	44	60
2018	Administrative Support	76	24	29

Question 59b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	43	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	15
2019	Administrative Support	62	38	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	47	60
2018	Administrative Support	48	52	29

Question 59c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	89	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	87	60
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 59d. 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	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	100	21
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	13
2018	Administrative Support	100	29

Question 59e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	91	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	10	90	60
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	13

Question 59f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	91	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	81	60
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 59g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	60
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	13

Question 60a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	63	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	15
2019	Administrative Support	33	67	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	60
2018	Administrative Support	41	59	29

Question 60b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	66	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	65	60
2018	Administrative Support	34	66	29

Question 60c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	55	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	15
2019	Administrative Support	67	33	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	57	60
2018	Administrative Support	34	66	29

Question 60d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	71	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	15
2019	Administrative Support	57	43	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	61	60
2018	Administrative Support	52	48	29

Question 60e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	62	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	15
2019	Administrative Support	29	71	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	68	60
2018	Administrative Support	24	76	29

Question 60f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	46	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	15
2019	Administrative Support	62	38	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	60
2018	Administrative Support	62	38	29

Question 60g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	64	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	15
2019	Administrative Support	38	62	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	56	60
2018	Administrative Support	31	69	29

Question 60h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	15
2019	Administrative Support	100	21
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	13
2018	Administrative Support	100	29

Question 60i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	88	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	15
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	88	60
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 60j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	86	60

Question 60k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	50	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	15
2019	Administrative Support	43	57	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	48	60
2018	Administrative Support	21	79	29

Question 60l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling or shouting
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	79	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	72	60
2018	Administrative Support	38	62	29

Question 60m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	88	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	60

Question 61a. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	64	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	15
2019	Administrative Support	52	48	21
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	60	60
2018	Administrative Support	62	38	29

Question 61b. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	87	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	79	60
2018	Administrative Support	24	76	29

Question 61c. 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
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	15
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	92	60

Question 61d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	89	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	60

Question 61h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	88	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	91	60
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	29

Question 61i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	52	56
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	58	60
2018	Administrative Support	34	66	29

Question 63. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you directly witnessed harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	76	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	106
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	112

Question 64. I am satisfied with how matters related to harassment are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	14	14	11	17	26	4	39	40	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	13	22	8	5	23	6	52	17	106
2019	Administrative Support	9	11	19	13	16	27	5	29	43	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	16	17	11	15	25	4	40	37	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	19	14	9	11	27	8	48	30	116
2018	Administrative Support	13	21	27	12	8	15	5	42	25	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	17	14	11	13	25	9	43	36	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	20	13	10	6	24	6	58	23	114
2017	Administrative Support	11	14	30	6	10	23	6	36	22	151
2014	Executive	18	44	9	7	0	20	0	79	9	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	11	15	20	9	10	31	5	40	29	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	15	17	10	11	28	4	45	30	116
2014	Administrative Support	13	16	20	9	10	25	6	42	28	151

Question 65. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	27	27	16	13	10	7	1	58	26	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	15	5	3	5	2	76	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	18	28	21	11	11	12	1	52	24	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	25	28	17	12	9	8	1	59	23	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	15	9	4	6	1	69	14	117
2018	Administrative Support	25	26	21	14	6	8	0	55	21	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	36	16	7	10	8	1	65	18	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	37	13	4	2	5	0	80	6	114
2017	Administrative Support	19	33	25	7	5	8	2	58	14	151
2014	Executive	57	28	11	0	4	0	0	85	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	18	29	20	9	9	14	1	56	21	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	26	29	17	5	9	13	0	63	17	116
2014	Administrative Support	25	13	27	11	5	17	1	47	20	151

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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 66. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	89	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	106
2019	Administrative Support	7	93	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	89	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	117
2018	Administrative Support	8	92	131

Question 67a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	67	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	54	39
2018	Administrative Support	50	50	10

Question 67b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	82	18	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	80	20	39

Question 68a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	74	39

Question 68e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	77	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	84	39

Question 68f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	44	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 68g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 68j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	67	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 68k. 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	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 68l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	82	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	39

Question 68m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	39
2018	Administrative Support	100	10

Question 69a. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	82	39

Question 69c. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 69d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	87	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	84	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 69f. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	39
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 69i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	67	33	39
2018	Scientific and Professional	68	32	39
2018	Administrative Support	50	50	10

Question 70b. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	36

Question 70d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	100	36
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	37
2018	Administrative Support	100	10

Question 70i. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	86	36

Question 70j. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	56	36
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	51	37

Question 70k. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	78	36
2018	Scientific and Professional	22	78	37
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 70l. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	61	39	36
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	43	37

Question 70n. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	81	19	36
2018	Scientific and Professional	72	28	37

Question 70o. 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
2019	Scientific and Professional	0	100	36
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	10

Question 70p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	86	36

Question 71. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you directly witnessed discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	15	85	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	94	106
2019	Administrative Support	13	88	112

Question 72. I am satisfied with how matters related to discrimination are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	12	16	6	10	34	5	46	27	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	12	23	3	3	27	7	56	9	105
2019	Administrative Support	12	11	27	4	8	29	10	37	19	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	15	19	5	10	31	6	45	25	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	20	16	4	2	31	10	62	10	118
2018	Administrative Support	16	14	36	5	4	21	5	40	13	129
2017	Scientific and Professional	11	14	18	4	8	35	10	45	21	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	17	18	5	0	26	11	63	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	15	12	26	3	5	33	6	44	13	151
2014	Executive	30	18	7	6	0	39	0	79	9	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	14	24	3	5	38	6	42	16	354
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	13	18	4	4	39	6	54	14	116
2014	Administrative Support	14	12	24	3	1	36	9	47	8	151

Question 73. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	33	24	16	8	8	11	1	65	17	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	26	13	5	2	7	3	78	7	106
2019	Administrative Support	27	26	21	6	4	14	2	63	13	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	28	17	6	8	11	1	64	16	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	31	17	3	1	10	3	77	4	118
2018	Administrative Support	26	30	25	5	4	10	0	62	10	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	33	16	4	8	12	2	67	14	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	18	4	0	6	1	77	4	113
2017	Administrative Support	29	25	24	3	3	14	2	64	8	150
2014	Executive	65	22	6	4	0	4	0	90	4	26
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	30	18	4	5	16	1	67	12	353
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	26	21	2	4	16	3	67	8	116
2014	Administrative Support	30	16	20	3	2	28	2	65	7	151

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 74a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	25	27	15	15	0	0	43	30	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	29	20	14	10	0	2	55	25	106
2019	Administrative Support	22	24	19	18	16	0	1	47	34	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	21	21	20	22	0	1	37	42	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	19	22	27	17	12	0	3	42	30	118
2018	Administrative Support	20	23	20	16	16	0	4	46	33	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	24	21	18	17	0	1	43	36	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	21	19	15	10	2	7	52	28	113
2017	Administrative Support	23	22	21	16	15	1	2	47	32	151

Question 74b. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Heavy workload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	5	15	29	22	29	0	20	51	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	21	21	19	20	0	41	39	106
2019	Administrative Support	13	22	26	20	20	0	35	39	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	13	32	18	29	0	20	48	376
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	26	32	18	9	2	40	27	118
2018	Administrative Support	20	21	28	14	16	1	41	31	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	16	27	28	22	0	22	51	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	26	32	21	6	1	40	27	114
2017	Administrative Support	17	30	23	13	16	1	48	29	151

Question 74c. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Unreasonable deadlines
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	33	25	13	10	1	1	51	24	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	27	19	8	8	1	0	64	17	105
2019	Administrative Support	24	37	21	12	5	0	1	61	17	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	35	28	12	7	0	2	51	20	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	39	20	10	1	1	3	68	11	118
2018	Administrative Support	28	30	23	11	5	0	2	59	17	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	29	28	9	10	1	3	51	20	366
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	31	22	12	1	1	2	64	14	114
2017	Administrative Support	28	34	18	9	5	1	5	66	15	151

Question 74d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	18	17	23	34	0	0	26	57	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	17	17	18	26	0	0	39	44	105
2019	Administrative Support	13	21	18	20	26	3	1	34	47	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	18	19	19	31	0	1	30	51	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	27	29	16	13	0	2	41	29	117
2018	Administrative Support	20	21	16	18	24	1	2	41	42	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	22	26	16	24	1	1	33	41	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	25	21	23	12	0	2	43	36	114
2017	Administrative Support	20	21	22	13	21	0	3	42	35	149

Question 74e. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Overtime or long work hours
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	12	23	23	17	23	0	1	35	41	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	22	21	2	6	0	6	70	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	57	19	10	4	4	1	5	81	9	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	20	26	15	22	0	1	36	38	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	19	14	5	5	0	9	73	11	118
2018	Administrative Support	56	19	6	1	5	1	12	86	7	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	22	25	17	19	0	1	38	37	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	46	23	9	9	2	0	11	78	12	114
2017	Administrative Support	44	22	7	1	3	3	21	86	5	151

Question 74f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	23	24	17	25	1	0	34	43	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	29	22	5	8	0	0	65	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	30	33	17	9	10	0	1	64	19	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	19	29	17	22	1	0	31	40	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	28	17	13	4	0	1	65	17	118
2018	Administrative Support	33	28	18	11	8	1	2	63	20	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	22	31	19	16	0	0	34	35	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	32	16	13	4	1	1	67	16	112
2017	Administrative Support	33	33	18	9	6	1	0	66	15	150

Question 74g. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of control or input in decision-making
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	33	21	11	10	0	0	58	21	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	39	18	2	5	0	0	75	7	106
2019	Administrative Support	28	32	21	12	5	0	2	61	18	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	29	24	16	8	0	0	51	25	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	34	17	7	3	1	2	73	10	118
2018	Administrative Support	33	29	18	12	5	1	2	64	17	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	30	22	14	10	0	0	55	24	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	23	22	8	3	0	3	66	11	112
2017	Administrative Support	33	33	19	5	5	2	3	70	11	149

Question 74h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Competing or constantly changing priorities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	31	18	9	6	0	1	66	15	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	31	22	10	3	0	0	65	13	106
2019	Administrative Support	30	29	22	10	7	0	2	60	18	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	32	19	9	4	0	1	67	13	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	45	10	7	3	1	0	80	10	118
2018	Administrative Support	26	28	29	9	5	0	3	56	14	129
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	30	15	8	5	1	1	71	13	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	39	18	11	3	0	3	68	14	112
2017	Administrative Support	33	33	21	7	5	0	1	67	12	150

Question 74i. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of clear expectations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	29	18	7	6	0	0	69	13	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	16	8	3	0	0	73	11	106
2019	Administrative Support	34	31	20	10	5	0	1	65	15	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	30	18	8	5	0	1	69	12	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	32	16	9	2	0	1	73	11	117
2018	Administrative Support	32	34	19	7	5	0	3	68	13	128
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	29	13	7	5	1	1	74	12	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	13	7	7	0	2	73	14	111
2017	Administrative Support	32	37	13	10	6	0	3	71	16	149

Question 74j. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	28	17	7	13	0	63	20	341
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	21	12	8	4	1	76	11	106
2019	Administrative Support	39	21	19	7	13	0	61	20	109

Question 74k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Information overload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	28	20	10	8	1	1	62	17	342
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	24	22	7	5	0	1	67	11	106
2019	Administrative Support	38	31	18	4	8	1	0	70	12	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	30	26	9	6	1	1	58	15	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	26	16	8	4	0	1	72	12	115
2018	Administrative Support	37	28	17	9	4	1	5	69	13	129
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	33	22	9	4	0	1	65	13	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	33	14	13	5	0	2	69	18	112
2017	Administrative Support	35	33	18	8	3	1	3	70	11	149

Question 74l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	26	17	7	4	0	1	72	11	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	64	17	13	1	3	0	2	83	4	105
2019	Administrative Support	51	26	14	5	3	0	1	78	8	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	26	15	7	6	0	0	72	12	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	63	19	9	2	6	1	1	83	8	118
2018	Administrative Support	52	19	18	2	2	2	5	77	4	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	23	14	7	5	0	1	75	12	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	65	21	4	4	3	0	3	89	7	113
2017	Administrative Support	51	26	12	8	1	1	0	78	9	151

Question 74m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	72	11	6	2	2	1	6	89	5	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	76	7	8	0	2	0	8	89	2	106
2019	Administrative Support	62	18	6	5	3	2	6	86	8	108
2018	Scientific and Professional	69	12	8	3	3	0	5	85	6	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	75	14	3	2	1	1	4	94	3	118
2018	Administrative Support	59	20	11	2	0	1	7	86	3	130

Question 74n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Harassment or discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	65	14	8	5	5	0	1	81	11	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	82	7	3	3	5	0	1	89	8	106
2019	Administrative Support	63	12	9	6	7	3	1	77	14	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	64	13	7	8	5	0	3	80	13	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	76	12	2	4	3	1	2	90	8	118
2018	Administrative Support	62	15	10	7	2	2	3	80	10	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	67	15	5	5	6	0	1	84	11	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	77	10	4	3	2	0	3	91	5	114
2017	Administrative Support	64	12	11	5	3	3	3	80	8	151

Question 74o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	29	13	5	3	0	1	78	8	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	57	25	11	2	3	0	1	84	5	106
2019	Administrative Support	45	27	19	3	4	1	2	73	7	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	37	15	6	3	0	0	76	9	374
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	32	9	4	5	0	0	82	9	117
2018	Administrative Support	36	34	20	5	3	0	2	71	9	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	33	14	5	2	0	1	79	7	369
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	49	26	14	4	5	0	2	77	9	114
2017	Administrative Support	42	21	19	11	4	1	2	65	15	150

Question 74p. 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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	18	13	6	7	1	1	73	14	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	65	17	10	2	5	1	0	84	7	104
2019	Administrative Support	49	22	12	9	5	1	2	73	15	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	20	16	5	9	0	1	70	15	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	24	7	4	3	0	1	86	7	117
2018	Administrative Support	48	22	15	8	3	1	2	72	12	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	19	9	7	7	0	1	76	15	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	68	14	5	5	5	0	3	84	11	114
2017	Administrative Support	52	25	10	3	6	2	1	80	10	151

Question 74q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	17	10	3	2	0	18	82	6	343
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	59	12	3	2	2	0	22	91	5	106
2019	Administrative Support	57	4	1	1	2	0	36	94	4	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	17	9	4	1	0	21	82	7	369
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	18	3	5	0	0	24	89	7	117
2018	Administrative Support	54	5	6	1	1	1	33	88	2	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	17	8	3	1	0	19	86	5	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	12	7	2	4	0	26	84	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	53	5	5	0	1	1	36	91	1	150

Question 74r. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	22	15	4	2	0	2	78	6	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	74	12	8	1	1	0	4	89	2	106
2019	Administrative Support	65	20	6	1	0	1	7	92	1	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	27	19	7	1	0	4	73	8	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	68	19	7	1	0	1	4	92	1	116
2018	Administrative Support	68	17	5	2	0	0	8	92	3	129
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	28	13	5	1	1	3	81	6	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	72	16	4	1	0	0	7	95	1	112
2017	Administrative Support	67	17	3	2	1	1	9	93	3	149

Question 74s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of job security
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	79	8	6	2	3	0	2	90	5	344
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	88	7	0	2	2	0	1	96	4	106
2019	Administrative Support	69	17	4	1	3	1	6	92	4	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	73	14	4	3	3	0	3	90	6	372
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	70	16	6	2	2	0	5	90	4	117
2018	Administrative Support	60	20	2	3	7	2	6	87	11	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	77	11	6	1	3	0	2	91	4	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	80	12	3	0	1	0	4	96	1	114
2017	Administrative Support	69	15	5	0	3	3	4	91	4	149

Question 74t. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Personal issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	25	16	1	1	0	1	81	3	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	61	24	8	5	1	0	1	86	6	106
2019	Administrative Support	48	29	13	3	5	0	2	78	8	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	30	14	3	2	0	2	81	5	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	22	17	3	3	1	0	76	7	117
2018	Administrative Support	49	27	16	2	5	0	2	78	6	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	30	11	3	2	0	1	83	5	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	34	13	5	2	0	3	79	7	114
2017	Administrative Support	46	31	12	5	1	1	4	81	6	149

Question 75. Overall, my level of work-related stress is...
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very High (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	3	18	45	20	15	0	0	21	34	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	37	12	7	0	0	44	19	106
2019	Administrative Support	13	33	29	14	11	0	0	46	25	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	4	22	38	22	13	0	0	25	36	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	32	40	13	3	0	0	44	16	118
2018	Administrative Support	14	25	36	17	8	1	0	39	25	132
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	14	42	25	14	0	0	18	40	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	33	42	10	3	1	1	44	12	114
2017	Administrative Support	12	31	36	11	7	1	1	44	19	150

Question 76. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	28	37	13	3	0	0	17	46	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	21	36	18	14	0	0	32	32	106
2019	Administrative Support	19	21	34	19	7	0	0	26	40	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	29	38	14	4	0	0	18	44	371
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	25	36	24	9	0	0	33	32	115
2018	Administrative Support	17	17	36	18	11	0	1	29	34	130
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	28	43	11	5	0	0	17	40	367
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	15	43	25	9	1	1	35	21	113
2017	Administrative Support	9	19	40	22	8	0	1	31	29	151

Question 77. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	40	16	13	7	1	0	64	20	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	41	14	8	3	2	0	75	11	105
2019	Administrative Support	25	39	17	11	5	3	0	66	17	111
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	45	14	12	7	2	0	66	19	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	17	4	3	2	0	76	7	118
2018	Administrative Support	26	40	21	9	4	1	0	66	13	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	36	16	15	13	3	0	55	29	370
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	45	14	12	6	3	0	67	19	114
2017	Administrative Support	18	36	18	11	6	10	1	61	19	151

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 (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	31	14	19	21	1	0	46	40	346
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	40	11	12	5	3	1	71	18	106
2019	Administrative Support	19	22	21	19	18	2	0	42	37	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	27	19	21	16	2	0	44	37	373
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	39	16	8	4	2	1	71	12	118
2018	Administrative Support	15	31	25	18	11	0	0	47	28	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	34	17	19	17	1	0	46	36	372
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	42	18	14	4	2	1	62	19	113
2017	Administrative Support	15	36	18	14	12	5	0	54	27	151

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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.

Question 79. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, have you requested measures to accommodate your needs in the workplace in the last two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	83	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	106
2019	Administrative Support	18	82	112
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	83	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	74	113
2017	Administrative Support	20	80	151
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	86	355
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	116
2014	Administrative Support	11	89	151

Question 80. Were any measures taken to accommodate your needs?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	77	23	56
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	86	14	21
2019	Administrative Support	80	20	20
2017	Scientific and Professional	74	26	64
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	86	14	29
2017	Administrative Support	80	20	30
2014	Scientific and Professional	74	26	50
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	79	21	24
2014	Administrative Support	81	19	16

Question 81. I am satisfied with the measures that were taken to accommodate my needs.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	30	12	16	2	0	2	69	19	43
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	39	6	5	5	0	0	83	11	18
2019	Administrative Support	38	31	6	19	6	0	0	69	25	16
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	31	4	17	9	0	0	69	26	47
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	16	8	12	4	4	0	75	17	25
2017	Administrative Support	45	42	4	0	8	0	0	88	8	24
2014	Scientific and Professional	60	24	0	11	3	3	0	86	14	37
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	41	5	0	5	0	0	90	5	19
2014	Administrative Support	31	31	23	15	0	0	0	62	15	13

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Compensation

Question 82. To what extent has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	31	20	12	14	3	0	21	79	347
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	25	20	14	10	1	1	30	70	106
2019	Administrative Support	36	24	21	8	10	2	0	36	64	112
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	22	22	12	14	3	0	28	72	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	23	22	14	10	2	0	30	70	117
2018	Administrative Support	42	19	16	8	13	1	1	43	57	131
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	20	19	12	16	5	1	29	71	371
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	25	17	11	14	1	0	32	68	114
2017	Administrative Support	42	19	13	9	12	4	1	44	56	151

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected from "a small extent" to "a very large extent":
Question 83. Have you experienced any new pay or other compensation issues over the last 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	45	264
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	66	34	73
2019	Administrative Support	51	49	70

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected from "a small extent" to "a very large extent":
Question 84. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	57	263
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	73
2019	Administrative Support	47	53	68
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	69	262
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	79
2018	Administrative Support	45	55	73

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected from "a small extent" to "a very large extent":
Question 85. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	22	17	19	27	2	6	32	49	264
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	25	18	14	18	0	4	49	33	73
2019	Administrative Support	7	26	17	13	26	0	10	37	44	69
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	19	18	19	28	1	9	29	51	261
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	24	19	16	13	1	9	47	32	80
2018	Administrative Support	12	20	22	9	23	1	12	38	38	74
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	22	14	21	26	2	6	33	52	250
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	17	25	15	7	18	1	15	51	30	73
2017	Administrative Support	12	19	12	22	19	2	14	37	48	80

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected from "a small extent" to "a very large extent":
Question 86. I am satisfied with the support I received from the Pay Centre to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	4	5	16	16	51	2	7	10	73	263
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	14	11	16	48	1	4	20	68	73
2019	Administrative Support	1	7	17	14	49	1	9	10	71	69
2018	Scientific and Professional	1	4	13	17	56	2	7	6	80	261
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	9	13	17	45	0	11	15	70	80
2018	Administrative Support	4	15	19	14	47	0	1	19	62	74
2017	Scientific and Professional	2	9	8	14	59	0	8	12	79	249
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	1	11	9	19	48	1	11	13	76	76
2017	Administrative Support	2	6	15	9	52	2	13	10	72	80

Question 87. To what extent have issues with the Phoenix pay system affected your decision to seek or accept another position (e.g., deployment, promotion, secondment, assignment, acting assignment) within your organization or the federal public service?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Positive answers (%)	Negative answers (%)	Total responses
2019	Scientific and Professional	50	18	9	6	8	0	10	75	15	345
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	22	22	7	12	0	2	59	19	106
2019	Administrative Support	26	12	20	9	17	3	13	45	31	110
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	9	11	7	7	1	12	71	16	375
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	19	20	6	10	1	6	61	18	117
2018	Administrative Support	35	17	18	10	13	2	5	56	25	131

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Date modified:: 2019-03-01

2019 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Public Prosecution Service of Canada by Question 94.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 94)

Survey Themes

My Job

Question 1. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my job.

Question 2. When I prepare written materials, including emails, I feel free to use 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.

My Work Unit

Question 19. During meetings in my work unit, I feel free to use the official language of my choice.

Question 20. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.

Question 21. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.

Question 22. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.

Question 23. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.

My Immediate Supervisor

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

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

Question 28. When I communicate with my immediate supervisor, I feel free to use the official language of my choice.

Question 29. Subject to operational requirements, my immediate supervisor supports the use of flexible work arrangements (e.g., flexible hours, compressed workweeks, telework).

Question 30. My immediate supervisor seems to care about me as a person.

Question 31. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.

Question 33. I am equipped to support employees in my work unit who are experiencing mental health issues. (for supervisors)

Senior Management

Question 34. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.

Question 35. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.

Question 36. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.

Question 37. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.

Question 38. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.

My Organization (Department or Agency)

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.

Question 40. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.

Question 41. 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 42. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.

Question 43. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.

Question 44. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.

Question 45. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.

Question 46a. 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 46b. 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 language training in my second official language

Question 46c. 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 46d. 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 developmental programs

Question 46e. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of opportunities in my region

Question 46f. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Level of education

Question 46g. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination

Question 46h. 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 47. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.

Question 48. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas).

Question 49. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

Question 50. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.

Question 51. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.

Question 52. I am satisfied with my department or agency.

Question 53. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.

Mobility and Retention

Question 54. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?

Question 55. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment

Question 56. I am familiar with the provisions of my collective agreement or my terms and conditions of employment.

Question 57. My immediate supervisor respects the provisions of my collective agreement or my terms and conditions of employment.

Harassment