Recruiting and Retaining Individuals in State Transportation Agencies (2003)

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47 APPENDIX C Employee Survey 1. What best describes your professional competency? Engineer Accountant Planner IT Professional Other (describe) 2. Please list your highest level of education: High school Some college College graduate (4-year) Some postgraduate Graduate degree 3. Type of position currently held (check the one that most closely matches your job). Managerial (supervisor, some technical work, budget responsibility) Technical (largely responsible for only your technical work) Other (describe) 4. How long have you held your current position (years)? 5. How long have you been employed by your agency (total years)? 6. Gender: Male Female 7. Age: 18–30 31–40 41–50 51–60 61+ 8. Assuming that you continue employment with your agency, in how many years would you be eligible to retire? 0 (already eligible) 1–5 6–10 11–20 20+ 9. What factors attracted you to seek employment with your agency when you were originally hired? (Please indicate your top three choices with 1 being the highest, etc.) Competitive salary Health benefits Vacation benefits Retirement benefits Promotion opportunities Education benefits Challenging work assignments Other aspects of the work Stable employment

48 Family member already an employee Desire to perform public service Other (specify) Other (specify) 10. What is the likelihood of your leaving state service for a position in the private sector in the next five years? High Good Some Little None 11. What is the likelihood that you will continue in state service and retire when eligible? High Good Some Little None 12. What factors would improve your likelihood of staying with your agency through retirement? (Please indicate your top three choices with 1 being the highest, etc.) Current salary Future salary opportunities Better health benefits Better vacation benefits Better working conditions _____ More promotion opportunities Better retirement benefits _____ Better education benefits More flexible work schedule _____ More challenging work Continued desire for public service Nothing Other (specify) 13. What is it about private-sector positions that would make them attractive to you as an employment opportunity? (Please indicate your top three choices with 1 being the highest, etc.) Current salary opportunities Future salary opportunities Better health benefits Better vacation benefits Better working conditions More promotion opportunities Better retirement benefits Better education benefits More flexible work schedule More challenging work Nothing Other (describe) Other (describe)

49 14. Who in your agency would have the most influence on your decision to continue employment as a state employee? Peers Supervisors Senior management Governor/Legislature None 15. What would you change about the SHA that would make it a more desirable place to work? 16. How many hours a week do you work? 17. Do you ever take work home? Yes No 18. If you take work home, is it something you do on a daily basis? weekly basis? monthly basis? For questions 19–28, answer on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as strongly disagree and 10 as strongly agree. 19. I feel like I make a meaningful contribution to my agency. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20. I feel like I am making a meaningful contribution to my community/state. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 21. My work is valued by my supervisor. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 22. My work is valued by our customers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23. I am a valued employee in my agency. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 24. Employees who are more effective get higher pay raises in my agency. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 25. Employees at my agency are promoted based on their performance. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 26. Morale is high at my agency today. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 27. Morale is higher at my agency today that it was five years ago. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 28. I am proud to be a state employee. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10