employee experience

5 customer experience metrics for savvy federal agencies to prove the value of CX

Here are easy-to-understand explanations of top metrics the federal government can use to measure the success of its investment in CX by Intelliworx Customer experience (CX) is one of those trends that happened gradually over time but feels like it happened overnight. The sudden interest is anything but sudden. The government has seized this trend with vigor and for good reason: technology should enable things to run more efficiently and effectively. For example, merely turning the tens of thousands of government paper forms into a PDF format, is applying analog thinking to a digital world. The static nature of a PDF means every form has to accommodate all possibilities – even if the possibility doesn’t apply to the person filling out the form. This is, in part, behind what OPM calls a “time tax.” By contrast, dynamic forms only ask for the information needed – a recognition that form is […]

6 solid hot takes on the 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results

Civil servants gave their employer record high marks for employee engagement and experience; but there are some important nuances by Intelliworx The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published new data from its 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). The survey is a snapshot of the “organizational climate” for the millions of government employees working across some 430 government agencies. In other words, it asks civil servants how they are feeling about work. The survey was first fielded in 2002 – periodically at first – and then annually since 2010. OPM employs an independent research firm to conduct the survey digitally. Respondents are solicited to participate by email. The survey was conducted this year from May to July. OPM says the response rate was 41%. That’s up from 39% from the year prior. Mathematically, the exact sample size works out to 1,645,841, which puts the size of the federal workforce at north […]