Federal Government Policy and Business

Feds Still Lack Faith That Poor Performers Are Punished

Government Executive: Federal employees remain skeptical top performers are rewarded fairly and poor performers are dealt with adequately, according to new results from the federal government’s annual workforce survey, though their opinions of top leaders continue to improve.

Fewer employees agreed that pay raises are merit based and that “steps are taken to deal with poor performers who cannot or will not improve” than agreed with any of the other 82 questions on the Federal Employees Viewpoint Survey, according to results released by the Office of Personnel Management. Just 22 percent of respondents said pay raises are based on employee performance, while 29 percent said bad apples are dealt with. Both of those figures are up one percentage point from 2015, but remain stagnant from 2012.

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