The most recent edition of the US Department of State's newsletter recently revealed its 2010 rankings of more than 75 federal government agencies. These rankings are compiled from employee satisfaction surveys and reveal "the best places to work in the federal government." Sorted by "large" agencies and "small" agencies, you can click in to learn, for example, that 71.2% of the surveyed US Department of State workers are happy with their pay, while only 32% report being pleased with the State Department's "family friendly culture and benefits."
This posting is not meant to dissuade you from working at one place over another. Obviously only you can decide for yourself what level of "pay" you think is adequate, or what a workplace that values "family friendly culture and benefits" actually looks like. I'm writing about this report instead to encourage you to think about what it is that is most important to you in a workplace environment, as it is a reality that those of us who are lucky enough to have jobs right now will be spending a great deal of both our days and our lives at work.
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