October 27, 2015

Dear Colleagues,

The 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results are in and they are overwhelmingly positive! We 

want to thank all of you for your participation. Our continued high participation rate (75.1% of eligible 

OPIC employees responded, compared with 49.7% of all Federal Government employees), resulted once 

again in very meaningful results and feedback.

As you will recall, the OPIC Employee Viewpoint Survey was administered by the Office of Personnel 

Management this past May-June. Only full-time and part-time non-political permanent employees who 

were on-board as of October 31, 2014, were eligible to take the survey. Of the 197 OPIC employees 

who were asked to participate in the 2014 survey, 148 employees responded.

Overall, we found the results to reflect very positively on OPIC when compared with the rest of the 

Federal Government and other Small Agencies. We saw across the board increases over the 2014 

results, indicating that we are moving in a positive direction. In fact, we saw increases in almost every 

single question on the survey, with negligible (less than 2%) decreases on only four out of the 71 

questions. The attached report provides the OPIC overall 2015 survey results. Some results of particular 

note:

 OPIC scored above government average on 68 of the 71 questions (96%)

 OPIC saw significant (greater than 10%) increases in positive response rates on 17 or 24% of 

all questions: 

- ↑19% My training needs are assessed. Q. 18

- ↑18% How satisfied are you with your opportunity to get a better job in your 

organization? Q. 67

- ↑17% How satisfied are you with the training you receive for your present job? Q. 68

- ↑13% Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your pay? Q. 70

- ↑13% Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your organization? Q. 71

- ↑12% I am given a real opportunity to improve my skills in my organization. Q. 1 

- ↑12% In my work unit, steps are taken to deal with a poor performer who cannot or 

will not improve. Q.23

- ↑12% Awards in my work unit depend on how well employees perform their jobs. Q. 25

- ↑12% Employees in my work unit share job knowledge with each other. Q. 26

- ↑12%Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your job? Q. 69

- ↑11% I recommend my organization as a good place to work. Q. 40

- ↑11% How satisfied are you with the policies and practices of your senior leaders? Q. 

66

- ↑10% Employees are recognized for providing high quality products and services. Q. 31

- ↑10% Managers promote communication among different work units. Q. 58

- ↑10% How satisfied are you with your involvement in decisions that affect your work? 

Q. 63

- ↑10% I feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things Q. 3

- ↑10% My talents are used well in the workplace Q.11
 As noted in previous emails, OPIC is ranked #4 in Employee Engagement and #5 in Global 

Satisfaction for all small agencies.

 While OPIC scored below government average on only 3 of 71 questions (4%), it is important to 

note the positive response rate increased compared with 2014 results on each of those 

questions.

- My workload is reasonable. Q. 10

- In most recent performance appraisal, I understood what I had to do to be rated at 

different levels. Q. 19

- Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your pay. Q.70

In the coming weeks, HRM will be meeting with every department to check in with you on your 

interpretation and understanding of the results. We look forward to having a robust discussion and 

identifying future actions steps that can be taken to capitalize on strengths and address areas where 

improvement is needed. OPIC is committed to making improvements based on your feedback, and your 

thoughtful participation at these meetings will be most welcome. 

Thank you again for your participation in the survey and all you contribute to a great work environment 

via innovative ideas, work contributions, and feedback. You have our commitment to consider the 

results carefully in determining the steps we can take to address areas most needing our attention and 

to vigorously continue those practices that make this a positive work climate. 

We anticipate that the Best Places to Work rankings – which uses input from this survey – will be public 

in mid-December. As a reminder, I have reattached Liz Barentzen’s email from last month where you 

can find additional information regarding the FEVS results throughout government.

And one last note- the Employee Engagement Innovation Team has proposed and implemented a new 

Employee Engagement Committee, tasked with continuing the discussion and generating ideas of 

Agency improvements that can be made to increase engagement levels amongst OPIC’s workforce. If 

you are interests in becoming part of this committee, please contact Kendra Woolridge, 

Kendra.woolridge@opic.gov at your earliest convenience.

Rita J. Moss

Vice President of Human Resources

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

The U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution