Agency Report

Directorate for Geosciences

Best Places to Work Rank
out of 420 Agency Subcomponents

  147  

2019 Engagement Score
67.8

Change from 2018
-0.4 

Parent Agency
National Science Foundation (Engagement Score: 75.7)
Mission
To support basic research that advances the frontiers of knowledge and drives technological innovation while improving understanding of the many processes that affect the global environment.
Website
https://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=GEO
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Scores and Rankings Trend Graphs

The Best Places to Work rankings are produced by the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group.

SCORES AND RANKINGS

Rank Change
(2018‑19)		 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2003
Engagement Score 147 of 420 -0.4  67.8 68.2 66.1 65.9
Category Rank Change
(2018‑19)		 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2003
Effective Leadership 223  of 413 0.5  57.7 57.2 54.2 57.2
Effective Leadership: Empowerment 171  of 413 -0.8  54.0 54.8 50.2 48.6
Effective Leadership: Fairness 275  of 413 2.0  55.7 53.7 48.1 54.4
Effective Leadership: Senior Leaders 237  of 413 1.9  48.3 46.4 44.0 48.1
Effective Leadership: Supervisors 241  of 413 -0.9  70.1 71.0 69.5 72.1
Employee Skills–Mission Match 161  of 415 0.2  79.9 79.7 77.9 76.8
Pay 143  of 415 3.3  67.5 64.2 61.5 56.2
Strategic Management 289  of 414 -1.5  57.3 58.8 53.8 56.1
Teamwork 305  of 414 -0.7  67.1 67.8 66.6 67.3
Innovation 155  of 414 4.2  68.7 64.5 63.4 65.9
Training and Development 154  of 415 1.2  66.4 65.2 57.6 62.7
Work–Life Balance 271  of 414 -2.0  61.4 63.4 63.7 61.3
Support for Diversity 353  of 414 -3.4  55.1 58.5 57.3 56.2
Performance-Based Rewards and Advancement 234  of 413 3.4  50.1 46.7 45.9 47.4
Quartile Key
Lower Quartile (0–25%) Below Median (25–50%) Above Median (50–75%) Upper Quartile (75–100%)
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TREND GRAPHS

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