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Hay Group Insight
Saskatchewan Public Service2005 Employee Survey
Government-wide ResultsFebruary 2006
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Table of Contents
I. Background & Response Rate
II. Overall Results
III. Total SPS Results by Question
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The key reasons for conducting the employee opinion survey were to:
Identify key strengths and areas for improvement for the Saskatchewan public service and Departments.
Identify issues that are important to employees’ retention, development and contribution.
Benchmark employee opinion using an external comparison.
Provide an update to the 2003 baseline and measure change.
Survey Objectives
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This is the second government-wide survey of broad employee opinion.
All employees were given the opportunity to participate in the survey in mid November to mid December 2005.
All employees were asked the same questions.
The survey was developed based on input from the PSC and Departments, the corporate human resource plan, and key elementsof Hay’s employee engagement model.
Of the 83 survey questions, 49 questions can be compared to the Hay benchmark and 34 questions are custom questions. 76 questions can be compared to the same questions asked in 2003.
This report provides a high level overview of Overall and Demographic results.
Background
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The 83 survey questions were assigned to 18 different survey ‘factors’ or areas of study. 12 of the factors can be compared to other organizations (Normative Factors) and six are custom factors:
Normative Factors Custom FactorsLeadership/Values Leadership and Direction Strategic Goals Supervision Service/Quality Focus
Organizational Values and Behaviours Workplace Values
Workforce Diversity/Equity CommunicationQuality of Work Value of Work and ContributionPersonal Values Personal Values
Enabling Environment Enabling EnvironmentUnion-Management Relations
Future OpportunityPerformance Improvement and Feedback
Career Advancement Opportunities
Work/Life Balance Work/Life BalanceOverall Commitment Employee Satisfaction Reasons for Leaving
Attraction/Retention
Areas of Focus for the Survey
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2005 2003
TOTAL SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SERVICE 49% 6812 7477
Department:Agriculture & Food 50% 546 656Community Resources & Employment 38% 949 1352Corrections & Public Safety 44% 926 819Culture, Youth & Recreation 89% 85 53Environment 36% 733 849Executive Council – Office of the DM to the Premier 71% 24 26Finance 56% 286 261First Nations & Metis Relations 40% 10 19Government Relations 73% 124 112Health 65% 463 398Highways & Transportation 41% 616 685Industry & Resources 57% 182 258Information Technology Office 80% 120 14Justice 70% 628 599Labour 57% 108 120Learning 61% 380 430Northern Affairs 78% 25 19Public Service Commission 80% 101 94Rural Development 81% 42 ---Saskatchewan Property Management 46% 415 427
% of Resp.2005
Response Rate
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# of Resp.2005 2003
TOTAL SASKATCHEWAN PUBLIC SERVICE 49% 6812 7477
Job Category:Program Support/ Administrative 1489 1620Human Services 1063 1194Program Consultation/ Instruction 314 278Technical/ Scientific/ Inspection & Regulatory 1078 1030General Service & Operations/ Building & Shop Trades 507 567Finance & Revenue 324 272Professional (MCP 4 to MCP 8)* 479 637Managers MCP 4 to MCP 8) * 499 425Senior Managers (MCP 9 & above)* 262 311Other 659 698
Tenure:Less than 1 year 438 3381 – 2 years 400 5443 – 5 years 885 10736 – 9 years 949 79210 – 14 years 743 98115 – 20 years 1025 1048Over 20 years 2272 2347
% of Resp.2005
Response Rate
* NB: Not directly comparable due to class plan changes
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Overall Results
The overall response rate of 49% is very close to the 53% in 2003 and provides an accurate reflection of employee opinion across the Saskatchewan Public Service and for individual Departments.
The Saskatchewan Public Service has remained very stable over the two years and is right on the Public Sector organizations in the Hay database, though it is 7% less favourable when compared to the overall Hay Databank of over 500 organizations.
There are signs of slow progress with 47% of the questions improving and 21% staying the same.
Key strengths include Work/Life Balance which is significantly more favourable than the Public Sector comparison and slightly above the overall norm; and Employee Satisfaction, which is above the Public Sector comparison. This indicates a strong overall level of commitment, despite specific areas of concern.
Areas for further focus include Leadership & Direction and Enabling Environment, which fall below both overall and Public Sector norms.
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Overall Results (Continued)
Job Level ResultsIn comparison with respective peer group norms in the Hay database, overall results are slightly above the norm for Senior Managers and Managers (Both groups have improved). Program Support/Administrative, Professional are within a percentage point of what we would typically expect to find in other organizations.Several groups show significantly less favourable comparisons to their peer group norms; Human Services, Program Consultation/Instruction, and Technical/Scientific/Inspection & Regulatory.
Tenure ResultsSimilar to what we typically find in other organizations, newly tenured employees (particularly those with less than 1 year of tenure) show very high levels of satisfaction. This tends to decline with advancing tenure, as found in the Saskatchewan Public Service. This year we do see the expected increased satisfaction among the higher levels of tenure (e.g. more than 10 years).
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Profile Charts
The overview section provides a graphical summary of the results in overview or “profile” charts.
It is highly recommended that the whole report be reviewed in order to understand what information is being communicated. This includes the profile charts, detail bar charts, and the written comments.
Norms and the Hay Databank: Throughout the survey you will find a term called a “norm”. The norm represents the percentage of employees who responded favourably in other organizations on the same questions in their surveys. These “normed” questions are compiled in Hay’s databank.
Here are some features of the HayGroup’s current databank: it is comprised of a cross-section of North American Organizations (public and private) who have responded to many of the same questions asked in our survey. The Hay Databank consists of 500 other organizations and the data is weighted towards the most recent year. Norms are also provided for different job groups, e.g., executives, managers, supervisors, etc.
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Profile Charts (Continued)
How to Read the Profile Charts: On all profile charts the middle line (0 line) is the Hay Norm. Scores above the norm or 0 line indicate more favourable perceptions and scores below the norm line indicate less favourable perceptions.
As a general guideline, results 7% above or below the norm line are considered to be significantly different from other organizations. This means that any factors that are +7 and above are significantly better than other organizations and any factors that are -7 and below are significantly less favourable than other organizations.
On the vertical axis of the profile chart is a scale labeled “percent deviation”. This indicates how your organization’s results compare with the Hay Databank. Therefore, the deviation line shows the difference between Saskatchewan Public Service results and the Hay Databank results. It shows the difference between the percentage of employees who responded favourably and the average percentage favourable obtained in organizations elsewhere.
Remember that each factor is made up of individual survey questions and that the factor result is the average of these individual questions. Therefore the factor profile charts should be interpreted cautiously since there can be significant differences among questions within factors. The bar charts provide the necessary back-up detail to identify consistencies or inconsistencies within factors.
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Factor Definitions
The following definitions indicate the questions included in each of the factors on the profile chart:Leadership and Direction -- Employee perceptions of the extent to which Departments are well-managed, have clear strategic goals and will act on issues identified by the survey (Q11, 61, 82, 83).Supervision -- Extent to which immediate managers help resolve job-related problems, deal fairly with employees, take action on problems or complaints and listen to what employees have to say (Q67, 70, 72, 74). Organizational Values and Behaviours -- Treating employees with respect, applying work rules fairly for all employees and being committed to a healthy and safe workplace (Q.50, 52, 54). Workforce Diversity/Equity -- Saskatchewan Public Service’s commitment to ensuring equal opportunities, understanding and appreciating differences among employees, treating employees fairly and the extent to which the workplace is free of sexual harassment (Q36, 37, 38, 40). Communication --The extent to which employees are kept informed, the quality of communications from higher in the Department and opportunities to communicate to levels higher within the Department (Q49, 63, 64).Value of Work and Contribution -- Employees’ chance of having ideas adopted, extent to which contributions are recognized, perceptions that work makes a difference, employee understanding of the relationship between their jobs and the Department’s goals and whether jobs make good use of skills and abilities (Q7, 10, 13, 14, 31).
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Factor Definitions (Continued)
Enabling Environment -- Provision of training required to handle current jobs and resources to do a good job, adequacy of staffing and having a cooperative atmosphere (Q52, 59, 60, 62). Performance Improvement and Feedback -- Opportunities to learn new skills and develop talents, employee understanding of expected results, having necessary information, tolerance for poor employee performance, provision of regular feedback (Q.5, 28, 30, 34, 76). Career Advancement Opportunities -- Understanding of what is required for advancement, provision of training and experiences required for advancement and counseling in career development (Q32, 53, 78). Work/Life Balance -- Job-related and workgroup stress levels, sensitivity to work-personal life balance, flexibility of immediate managers in accommodating personal matters (Q26, 27, 65, 66). Employee Satisfaction -- Overall ratings of organization and Department as a place to work, employee pride, expected tenure and whether employees would recommend the organization as an employer (Q1, 2, 3, 17, 18, 79, 80). Attraction/Retention -- Ability of organization to attract and retain high quality staff (Q56, 57).
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Total Saskatchewan Public Service 2005 2003
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Saskatchewan Public Service
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Total Saskatchewan Public Service Public Sector Norm
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Saskatchewan Public Service
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Professional Managers Senior Managers Finance & Revenue
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Job Category
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Prog. Support/Admin. Human ServicesProg. Consultation/Instruction Tech./Scientific/Inspection & Reg.General Srvc & Ops/Bldg. & Shop Trades
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Job Category
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years 3 to 5 years 6 to 9 years
10 to 14 years 15 to 20 years Over 20 years
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Tenure
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Up to 29 years of age 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 54 55 years of age & above
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Age Group
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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Aboriginal person Person with a disability Visible minority person Total SPS 2005
Per
cent
Dev
iatio
n
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
Equity Group
Leadership & Direction
Supervision
Organizational Values & Behaviours
Performance Improvement & Feedback
Communication
Workforce Diversity/Equity
Work/Life Balance
Enabling Environment
Value of Work & Contribution
Career Advancement Opportunities
Employee Satisfaction
Attraction/ Retention
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The following charts summarizes the results for Questions 41-48 in the survey. Employees were asked to indicate each value.
Nearly 70% of employees feel values are clearly demonstrated in their organization. This is indicates a slight overall improvement.
Workplace Values
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Workplace Values
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The following charts summarizes the results for Question 9 in the survey. Employees were asked to indicate which 8 out of 18 items were important to them.
Employees were most likely to indicate the importance of:
• Being treated with respect and consideration• Their pay or salary• Working for a manager they respect• Having the opportunity to balance work & personal life• Employee benefits• A chance to get daily enjoyment from the job• A chance to do challenging and interesting work
All other items were chosen by less than half the employees.
Personal Values
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6966 65
5755
52 5248 47
44 4442 42
32 31
25
17
7
70
6562
5356
51 5248
51
43 4442
44
3430
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17
9
Total SPS 2005 Total SPS 2003
Per
cent
Circ
ling
100
80
60
40
20
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Personal Values
Q.9: Of the items listed below, please select the eight that are most important to you.
A chance to get daily enjoyment from your job
A chance to do challenging &
interesting work
Having the opportunity to
balance work & personal life
A chance to learn new skills & develop your
talents
Your pay or salary
The opportunity to experience a
sense of personal accomplishment
Working with people you like
Having good physical working
conditionsOpportunity for advancement
The authority to make decisions about how to do
your job
Job security
Being treated with respect & consideration
Working for a manager you respect Your benefits
A chance to have your ideas adopted & put
into use
A chance to make a
difference in the province
The opportunity to work for a respected
organization
The opportunity to work in a diverse & representative
workplace
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The following charts summarizes the results for Question 81 in the survey. Employees with possible intentions to leave within the next 2 years were asked to indicate which 3 out of 14 items were most likely to play a role in their decision to leave the Saskatchewan Public Service. (Only 9% indicated they would leave shortly).
Employees were most likely to indicate the following reasons:
• Finding a better career opportunity elsewhere• Personal reasons (e.g. education, transfer of spouse, etc.)• The management at the Saskatchewan Public Service• “Other” reasons• Base pay• The job itself• Obstacles to getting the job done
All other items were chosen by less than 20% of employees.
Reasons for Leaving
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31 3025
22 21 21 2117 15 13 12
84
1
3134
23 22 20 20 18 18 17
1114
7 52
Total SPS 2005 Total SPS 2003
Per
cent
Circ
ling
100
80
60
40
20
0
Reasons for Leaving the Saskatchewan Public Service
Base pay
Obstacles to getting the work done
Job itself
Lack of confidence in the SPS’ future
directionBetter career opportunity
Lack of individual ability to impact results
Harassment on the job
BenefitsLack of recognition of my contribution
Lack of future job security
WorkloadPersonal
Management
Other
Q.81: If you think you might leave the Saskatchewan public service within the next year or two, indicate which one of these factors would probably be the most important in your decision to leave.
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Question by Question Results
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Strategic Goals
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Leadership and Direction
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Supervision
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Service/Quality Focus
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Workplace Values
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Organizational Values and Behaviours
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Workforce Diversity/Equity
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Communication
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Value of Work and Contribution
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Enabling Environment
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Union-Management Relations
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Performance Improvement and Feedback
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Career Advancement Opportunities
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Work/Life Balance
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Employee Satisfaction
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Attraction/Retention