Feds less satisfied with telework programs, says OPM survey

Federal employees are somewhat less satisfied today with their agency telework programs than in 2006 and 2008, according to the results of an Office of Personnel Management survey.

The survey, the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey--repeated every two years since 2002--canvasses full-time civil servants for their satisfaction levels with various aspects of federal employment.

Of the 504,609 employees who received a survey for the 2010 survey, 52 percent completed the questions.

Among the surveyed employees, 35.4 percent gave a positive response to a question about telework satisfaction--somewhat less than the 38.6 percent who gave a positive response in 2006 and the 39.9 percent who gave a positive response in 2008.

Ten percent of survey respondents said they telework at least once a week, while 12 percent said they do so only infrequently. Another 12 percent of respondents said they could telework, but chose not to. Only 7 percent said technical issues such as equipment and connectivity prevent them from teleworking.

For more:
- download the survey results (.pdf)
- go to the OPM survey webpage

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