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Work-related
stress
stress
Conducted every three years, the Public Service Employee Survey measures federal government workers' opinions
about their engagement, leadership, workforce, workplace well-being and compensation. A total of 174,544
employees in 86 federal departments and agencies responded to the 2017 survey, for a response rate of 61 per
cent (compared to 71 per cent in 2014).
public service
Improving
Improving
Compensation
36%
of employees indicated they were
satisfied with the support they received
from their organization to help resolve
their pay or other compensation issues.
16%
of employees indicated they were
satisfied with the support they received
from the Pay Centre to help resolve
those issues.
of employees indicated their pay or
other compensation has been affected
by issues with the Phoenix pay system.
69
%
"My quality of work suffers because
of having to do the same work with
fewer resources."
41
%
Organizational
performance
74
%
"I have support at work to balance my
work and personal life."
74
%
74
%
"I can complete my assigned work
during regular working hours."
73
%
80
%
80
%
"My immediate supervisor supports
the use of flexible work arrangements."
and workload
balance
life
"My quality of work suffers because
of too many approval stages."
43
%
of employees indicated they have high
or very high levels of work-related stress
20
%
34% compensation-related issues
32% not enough employees to do the work
26% heavy workload
22% competing or constantly changing priorities
21% unreasonable deadlines
Top sources of stress
