This is a little out of my area–although a healthy economy and relative stability are kind of prerequisites to the pursuit of extraordinary advertising–but it seemed too important to overlook. On page 17 of the October 16th issue of The New York Times, there was a chart showing the relative job satisfaction within various departments of the Federal government.
Topping the list was NASA, followed by the National Science Foundation and then the General Services Administration. That last one made me happy because these are the people responsible for telling us the truth about what all the people we send to DC do with all the money we ship down there with them. So if there’s one department I want to hear enjoys its work, it’s the GSA.
On the other hand, I found it very concerning that the department with the lowest ranking for job satisfaction–and by a substantial margin–was none other than the Department of Homeland Security. Of the 30 agencies surveyed, the average score was 50.95. NASA came in at 72.8 and Homeland Security posted a miserable 19.6.
So, in other words, the people in charge of landing us on the Moon are almost four times happier in their jobs than the people in charge of keeping us from getting blown there. Not the most encouraging statistic I’ve run across recently.
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