Salgo: Public servants are happy in their work. But can they meet Carney's new demands?
According to the latest Public Service Employee Survey, 77 per cent of public servants responded positively to the statement 'overall I like my job.' That's a good start. Is it enough?
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Earlier this year, I suggested in an Ottawa Citizen column that a tough economic and fiscal environment might not make this the best time for public servants to whine about their jobs. Since then, Canada has elected a new prime minister with an ambitious — one might almost say transformative — agenda, and he in turn has named a new head of the public service committed to ensuring that Canada’s bureaucrats deliver on that agenda. The word on the street is that there will be some new faces at the top and not much tolerance for those who don’t deliver.
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Fortunately, the results of the most recent Public Service Employee Survey (PSES), conducted in 2024 and just released, don’t disclose much whining. While job satisfaction among federal bureaucrats is down from COVID days, the large majority of public servants like and are proud of their work,........
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