Teleworks Report Higher Job Satisfaction than Peers who Work on Site

Telework has grown dramatically across the federal government, and thus far, it’s having a positive impact. Teleworkers at all pay levels say they experience higher engagement and job satisfaction, according to the results of the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.

The survey, released by the Office of Personnel Management, found that the number of telework-eligible employees has grown significantly in the past year, from one in four to one in three federal employees. Almost one-quarter of the more than 687,000 federal employees surveyed reported that they have teleworked in some form. Telework satisfaction also has increased slightly in the past year, up from 70 percent in 2011 to 73 percent in 2012, the survey found. In addition, employees who telework also had higher global satisfaction and engagement scores when compared to their non-teleworking counterparts, a difference of seven percentage points in both cases.