The lowdown on federal public service job satisfaction

From PS News, Edition Number 107. Updated to Wednesday, 3 December 2008 :

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Numbers game
Statistics galore have been released this week dissecting the size, attitudes, preferences and personnel in the Federal Public Service with the annual (and thick) 'State of the Service' Report issued by the Commissioner.
Packed with unbeatable information about who's been doing what, where, when and with whom in the past 12 months, the unfortunately acronymed SOTS report also divulged what federal employees really think about their jobs, bosses, workplaces and profession.
And, to some extent, the news is all good!
77% said they had a satisfying job; 71% were proud of their Agency; 65% would recommend it as a good place to work; 45% thought they were well managed and two-thirds said they had a achieved a good work-life balance.
On the other hand the news could be seen to be less rosy.
Looked at another way those same stats tell us that 23% thought their job wasn't really that satisfying; 29% weren't particularly proud of their Agency; 35% wouldn't recommend it as good place to work; 55% thought they weren't being managed well and a third hadn't quite struck a good work-life balance.
What is they say about statistics again?

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