Study Ranks Homeland Security Dept. Lowest in Morale

[DoYouEverWonder]

October 16, 2005

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 - At the Department of Homeland Security, the main government agency responsible for protecting the country against terrorism and responding to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, only 12 percent of the more than 10,000 employees who returned a government questionnaire said they felt strongly that they were "encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things."

Only 3 percent said they were confident that in their department, personnel decisions were "based on merit." Fewer than 18 percent said they felt strongly that they were "held accountable for achieving results." And just 4 percent said they were sure that "creativity and innovation are rewarded."

In each of these instances and many others, the responses of the Homeland Security employees were less favorable than those of all the other departments and large agencies surveyed by the federal Office of Personnel Management, according to a new study by an outside research organization.

Experts in human resources said the morale problems indicated in the survey should be of serious concern to the top officials at the department.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/politics/16homeland.html

[tocqueville]

1. not to talk about morality

[aquart]

2. That Chertoff. He's a leader for our times.

[opihimoimoi]

3. ..." should be of serious concern to the top officials in the dept"....

BWAHAHAHA.....Sorry, but.....THEY ARE THE PROBLEM.....They set the tone of the crew, the morale, the inspiration, etc....

They lack genuine LEADERSHIP and it shows in the above survey....

The Head guy, Chertoff, he himself is a crony and a JOKE. Dumb and Dumber...Brown and Chertoff.....

[krkaufman]

5. Yeah... "should be".... if they weren't all incompetent, negligen cronies.

[chaz4jazz]

4. The Fish Stinks From The Head