Get Busy

According to the GovExec magazine or 18 Nov, Merit board links employee engagement and productivity

Get Busy

The Merit Systems Protection Board
Has developed – on their own accord
A theory that morale has soared
Where everyone was busy

The “call in sick” days dwindled down
Employees tend to stick around
And smiles replace the usual frown
When everyone is busy

Productivity seems to rise
When we’re engaged in enterprise
“Why nots” outnumber all the “Whys?”
Where everyone is busy

Air Force, Army, NASA, State
All have high engagement rates
But FDIC and Homeland folk
See engagement as a joke
And their morale was slipping fast
When the Merit System came to ask

The moral is you shouldn’t shirk
But get engaged in office work
Or you’ll be considered quite a jerk
When everyone is busy

Mdailey
11/19/08

The following five agencies have employees that on average feel the most involved in their jobs, as measured by a 2005 Merit Systems Protection Board survey of nearly 37,000 employees at 24 government entities:
1. NASA; 2. State Department; 3. Air Force; 4. Army (I work for the Army); 5. Environmental Protection Agency

The following agencies have the lowest levels of engagement:
1. Homeland Security Department 2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 3. Transportation Department 4. Education Department 5. Energy Department