Surveys and their results conducted with FedSmith.com readers
OPM recently encouraged employees to take an hour of administrative leave by walking from the office to view the area’s cherry blossoms. Is this a good idea? Our readers chime in with a variety of strong opinions.
With the health care legislation that has occupied the political front pages for months now becoming law, what do readers think of it? A large majority says the legislation will be harmful to the country but others say it is a good start to reforming health care. Here are the results and representative comments.
Do federal employees have access to human resources advice and assistance? If they do have access, are they satisfied with the quality and professionalism of the advice? Here is how readers responded to a recent survey on the federal human resources service available to them.
Do you feel safer from acts of terrorism than you did a year ago? A large majority of readers say “no” and give candid responses. Here is a sample of comments from the varying opinions of our readers.
How do federal employees rate the president’s job performance? These are the results from our recent survey.
Will you delay your retirement plans? Many federal employees say that they have delayed their plans to retire and there is a difference between those in CSRS and those who are in FERS.
We recently asked readers for their reaction to the 2010 health plan for federal employees. About 4700 readers sent in their views. Here are the results.
Those who work for the federal government don’t think much of the process of hiring new employees. While Uncle Sam may be in the process of hiring hundreds of thousands of new federal employees, those currently working in federal agencies don’t hold out much hope for attracting, hiring and retaining good employees.
Should agencies have a policy to prohibit meetings in desirable locations? Most readers indicate their agencies do not have such a policy and most indicate the location of a meeting does not influence their decision to attend.
With government ownership of GM and Chrysler, will readers be more or less likely to buy one of these cars? Will politics determine the content of management decisions? Readers express their views in these survey results.
