Agency Report

Office of the Secretary

Best Places to Work Rank
out of 415 Agency Subcomponents

2018 Engagement Score
64.3

Change from 2017
-1.9

Mission

To oversee the formulation of national transportation policy and promote intermodal transportation.

	Rank	Change (2017‑18)	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Engagement Score	213 of 415	-1.9	64.3	66.2	65.8	61.8	64.6	61.2	63.2

Category	Rank	Change (2017‑18)	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Effective Leadership	213 of 408	0.8	58.5	57.7	60.1	57.2	54.3	56.9	57.8
Effective Leadership: Empowerment	222 of 408	-1.5	51.3	52.8	54.2	53.6	47.7	51.8	51.4
Effective Leadership: Fairness	209 of 408	4.2	59.0	54.8	59.9	55.7	53.4	53.1	54.4
Effective Leadership: Senior Leaders	207 of 408	-0.4	50.4	50.8	55.4	50.1	47.3	52.4	53.8
Effective Leadership: Supervisors	241 of 408	1.2	69.8	68.6	67.8	66.7	65.2	65.9	66.8
Employee Skills–Mission Match	317 of 410	-1.3	75.7	77.0	77.5	75.7	77.8	76.7	76.8
Pay	239 of 410	1.6	62.4	60.8	58.6	58.7	55.2	58.2	55.8
Strategic Management	213 of 409	2.1	59.7	57.6	60.7	56.0	55.9	57.2	56.5
Teamwork	199 of 409	1.3	70.9	69.6	70.3	68.0	64.9	66.4	65.6
Innovation	149 of 409	-0.8	68.7	69.5	69.8	68.1	68.5	64.6	66.0
Training and Development	230 of 410	-0.8	61.5	62.3	62.1	62.3	57.0	55.7	53.6
Work–Life Balance	171 of 409	1.6	65.9	64.3	65.8	66.0	65.4	62.8	61.4
Support for Diversity	211 of 409	0.8	61.8	61.0	61.8	60.7	62.9	60.3	60.0
Performance-Based Rewards and Advancement	149 of 408	-0.5	52.9	53.4	53.1	51.9	50.5	48.7	50.0

Lower Quartile (0–25%)

Below Median (25–50%)

Above Median (50–75%)

Upper Quartile (75–100%)

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Employees joined (2017)
129 ( 9.9% )

Average joined (2013-2017)
96

Workforce with less than three years of service
11.4%

Employees left (2017)
158 ( 12.1% )

Average left (2013-2017)
105