Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results – Employees Influencing Change, 2014

“The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) calls on the Federal workforce to provide their straightforward  opinions on all aspects of their Federal employment experience – from views on their job and agency, through views on their immediate supervisors, managers and ultimately, senior leaders. This year, 392,752 Federal employees took the time to respond to the survey. These employees included both full and part time workers, relatively new hires to long time employees, and the vast array of occupations that make up our Federal workforce. A total of 82 agencies participated in the survey effort, consisting of 37 Departments/Large Agencies and 45 Small/Independent Agencies. The 2014 survey instrument was very similar to the 2013 survey; new to the 2014 was a question on education attainment, the response categories for veterans status and telework eligibility questions were expanded, and revised the definition for senior leaders. The clarification of the senior leader definition should be taken into consideration when comparing the 2014 results regarding employees’ views of senior leaders with the same items from previous years. Data collected from the 2014 survey respondents were weighted to produce survey estimates that accurately represent the survey population. Unweighted data could produce biased estimates of population statistics. The weights developed for the 2014 FEVS take into account the variable probabilities of selection across the sample domains, nonresponse, and known demographic characteristics of the survey population. Thus, the final data set reflects the agency composition and demographic makeup of the Federal workforce within plus or minus 1 percentage point. Demographic results are not weighted.”