{"id":5036,"date":"2012-12-13T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2012-12-27T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T12:04:34","slug":"bbg-voice-of-america-ranks-in-bottom-five-places-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/bbg-voice-of-america-ranks-in-bottom-five-places-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"BBG (Voice of America) ranks in bottom five places to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1153\" title=\"BBG-Logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo-300x207.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BBG-Logo.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This just out: the Broadcasting Board of Governers has been ranked in the <em>bottom five places to work<\/em> in\u00a0the 2012 edition of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government<\/a>\u00a0by The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. Specifically, the BBG consists of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Radio and TV Marti, the Middle East Broadcasting Network and the International Broadcasting Bureau (<a title=\"BBG Org Chart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbg.gov\/about-the-agency\/organizational-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\">see org chart here<\/a>). [<a title=\"Kim Elliott\" href=\"http:\/\/kimelli.nfshost.com\/index.php?id=14020\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Elliott<\/a> points out, however, that the survey <a title=\"Best Places to work\" href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/detail\/IB00\" target=\"_blank\">only covers the VOA and the IBB.<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>BBG&#8217;s leadership lacking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Upon closer examination of the rankings and score composite, you can see BBG employees scored their agency worst in categories of <a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/leadership_12\">Effective Leadership<\/a>. Indeed, the BBG ranked in the bottom five of the 290 mid-sized federal agencies in the survey\u00a0in <em>all<\/em> of the effective leadership sub-categories of the survery. Here a breakdown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/leadership_sub_empower_12\">Empowerment<\/a>\u00a0(rank: 290 of 290)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/leadership_sub_fairness_12\">Fairness<\/a>\u00a0(289 of 290)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/leadership_sub_leaders_12\">Senior Leaders<\/a>\u00a0(288 of 290)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/leadership_sub_supervisors_12\">Supervisors<\/a>\u00a0(290 of 290)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>No plan for the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another area where the agency received a low score was in the category of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/management_12\">Strategic Management<\/a>: BBG employees rankings came in at 289 of 290, with only the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/detail\/HUQQ\">Office of Chief Information Officer (HUD)<\/a>\u00a0ranking lower.<\/p>\n<p>This, no doubt, shows that BBG employees feel there is no direction nor goals for the organization&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>I know quite a few employees in the Voice of America and the IBB. When I talk with these friends, I hear true passion for their jobs. They love what they do, whether it&#8217;s reporting or electronics engineering. When you read the results of this survey, it&#8217;s clear that these competent employees simply lack faith in their governing board and their management. The results suggest that they feel there is no plan for their future, and have concerns about their job security&#8211;especially with rumors of agency functions being merged and with jobs (like <a title=\"Radio Liberty in Russia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usgbroadcasts.com\/bbgwatch\/2012\/12\/13\/russian-and-international-media-on-radio-liberty-crisis-dec-12-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">those at Radio Liberty<\/a>) being cut without warning. \u00a0They also feel there is no chance for <a href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/demographics\/sub\/awardsadvancement_12\">performance-based rewards and\/or advancement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A sad state of affairs, indeed, for the worthy and still highly relevant role of radio in international diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a title=\"Best Places To Work\" href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/rankings\/detail\/IB02\" target=\"_blank\">full report of the BBG (Voice of America)<\/a> in <a title=\"BPTW\" href=\"http:\/\/bestplacestowork.org\/BPTW\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just out: the Broadcasting Board of Governers has been ranked in the bottom five places to work in\u00a0the 2012 edition of\u00a0The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government\u00a0by The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. Specifically, the BBG consists of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Radio and TV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[406,1527,1531,954,1530,1529,1160,1528,184,1532,182],"class_list":["post-5036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbg","tag-bbg-employee-satisfaction","tag-international-broadcasting-bureau","tag-international-broadcasting-news","tag-middle-east-broadcasting-network","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-radio-free-europe","tag-radio-liberty","tag-radio-marti","tag-voa-employee-satisfaction","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1je","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8819,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bbg-tries-to-improve-employee-morale\/","url_meta":{"origin":5036,"position":0},"title":"BBG tries to improve employee morale","author":"Thomas","date":"February 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In December 2012, we posted a survey from\u00a0the 2012 edition of\u00a0The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government\u00a0by The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. 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