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Homeland Security

Employee Satisfaction At DHS Remains Low

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 28th, 2015

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Employee Satisfaction At DHS Remains Low

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo: DHS

Only 47 percent of employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consider their department a good place to work, down a percent from 2014, according to an annual government-wide survey by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) seeks to reflect how employees view their jobs and who they work for. Overall on the global satisfaction index, which measures job, organizational, and pay satisfaction and whether an employee would recommend their agency as a good…

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