{"id":73579,"date":"2025-08-21T16:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/21\/va-cancels-plans-for-employee-satisfaction-survey-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:33:32","slug":"va-cancels-plans-for-employee-satisfaction-survey-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2025\/08\/21\/va-cancels-plans-for-employee-satisfaction-survey-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"VA cancels plans for employee satisfaction survey this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veterans Affairs leaders<\/a> will not conduct their annual employee surveys this year, stating that they are confident that the majority of the workforce is happy with the direction of the department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late last week, the Office of Personnel Management announced in an email to federal workers that they had canceled plans for the 2025 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, typically conducted each spring. Officials <\/a>had said for months they were revising the poll to better focus questions on key workplace issues and not extraneous topics, such as diversity programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey is mandated under federal code and provides an annual snapshot of employee satisfaction<\/a>. Administration officials have not said whether they will provide other avenues for tracking those metrics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this summer, in response to questions about workforce changes, Veterans Affairs officials said they would conduct their own all-employee survey in conjunction with the FEVS. <\/p>\n\n\n\t