Federal Government Policy and Business

In Best Places to Work survey, low confidence in leaders keeps nagging at the government

The Washington Post: Only a third of the agents, officers and other staff at the Secret Service are happy with their jobs and would recommend the agency responsible for protecting the president as a good place to work, a survey released Tuesday found.

This poor morale, with just 33.4 percent of employees expressing job satisfaction this year, down from 65.8 percent in 2011, reflects a force beset by a string of embarrassing security lapses and a staffing shortage highlighted by House investigators last week. But the Secret Service’s failure to fix the many deeply ingrained problems that were exposed last year underscores a continuing struggle across government to improve leadership and the engagement of employees in their jobs, the 10th annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings found.

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