{"id":8819,"date":"2014-02-19T14:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2014-02-19T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T18:57:25","slug":"bbg-tries-to-improve-employee-morale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/bbg-tries-to-improve-employee-morale\/","title":{"rendered":"BBG tries to improve employee morale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BBG-Logo\"<\/a>In December 2012, we posted a survey<\/a> from\u00a0the 2012 edition of\u00a0The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government<\/a>\u00a0by The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte<\/em>. The survey\u00a0indicated that the\u00a0Broadcasting Board of Governers (BBG) had been ranked in the\u00a0bottom five places to work<\/em> in the federal government.<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post<\/a>, the agency is now working on a plan to boost employee morale. Some of their initiatives include:<\/p>\n

“Agency directors and senior staff hold[ing] face-time sessions in the cafeteria for informal talks with employees, a \u201cCivility Campaign\u201d addresses labor-management issues, and a Workplace Engagement Initiative takes a deeper dive into the agency\u2019s low morale ratings.<\/p>\n

Some of the morale-boosting events are meant to be fun, such as the raffle during the fitness-center open house, a chocolate bake-off in time for Valentine\u2019s Day, and ?after-work gatherings \u2014 a bingo night, happy hour, checkers and chess.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to take all that and some sustained work to improve the agency\u2019s failing report cards.”<\/p>\n

Read the full article on The Washington Post…<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks to Richard Cuff for the tip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. The survey\u00a0indicated that the\u00a0Broadcasting Board of Governers (BBG) had been ranked in the\u00a0bottom five places to work in the federal government. 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