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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Mission: To promote equality of opportunity in the workplace and enforce federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination.

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	62.0	21
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	81.2	4 of 30
Strategic Management	57.2	13 of 30
Teamwork	63.9	23 of 30
Effective Leadership	51.3	25 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	45.4	21 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	43.3	30 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	47.5	20 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	62.1	24 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	44.3	20 of 30
Training and Development	55.3	24 of 30
Support for Diversity	57.5	18 of 31
Pay	58.2	24 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	38.1	15 of 30
Work/Life Balance	51.4	30 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	60.2	57.6	57.1	57.9
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.2	81.3	81.2	81.9
Strategic Management	54.1	54.7	54.1	55.1
Teamwork	62.1	68.8	68.9	69.8
Effective Leadership	48.8	48.0	46.7	45.6
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	42.6	41.8	37.8	38.3
Training and Development	51.8	51.1	49.7	49.9
Support for Diversity	55.9	59.8	57.1	59.2
Pay	59.9	60.9	64.1
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	38.7
Work/Life Balance	52.1	49.6	54.9	58.7

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.2	81.3	81.2	81.9
Strategic Management	54.1	54.7	54.1	55.1
Teamwork	62.1	68.8	68.9	69.8
Effective Leadership	48.8	48.0	46.7	45.6
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	42.6	41.8	37.8	38.3
Training and Development	51.8	51.1	49.7	49.9
Support for Diversity	55.9	59.8	57.1	59.2
Pay	59.9	60.9	64.1
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	38.7
Work/Life Balance	52.1	49.6	54.9	58.7

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	63.7	20 of 30
Male	67.0	15 of 30
40 and over	65.0	17 of 30
Under 40	63.3	23 of 30
Asian	64.7	26 of 30
Black or African-American	66.7	16 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	63.4	22 of 30
Multi-racial	32.6	30 of 30
White	66.8	16 of 30
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	61.3
Male	62.7	68.9
40 and over	61.3	57.3
Under 40	61.9	58.2
Asian	53.3	56.6
Black or African-American	64.2	55.4
Hispanic or Latino	54.4	55.5
Multi-racial	46.3	57.7
White	63.5	57.2
American Indian or Native American		61.2

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	61.3
Male	62.7	68.9
40 and over	61.3	57.3
Under 40	61.9	58.2
Asian	53.3	56.6
Black or African-American	64.2	55.4
Hispanic or Latino	54.4	55.5
Multi-racial	46.3	57.7
White	63.5	57.2
American Indian or Native American		61.2

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: -30

Less Aligned / Less Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that fall short of government-wide norms, as well as less-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These agencies should examine and understand the areas of high disconnect between staff and managers to ensure that managers understand staff issues and are prepared to support related agency changes efforts.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003		65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	57.9	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	57.1	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	57.6	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	60.2	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	62.0	78.5	65.3	56.2

Comparative Data — Large Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	80.7	80.6	80.7	83.0	81.6	82.4
High Performing Average - Management	62.1	63.9	62.4	64.0	64.6	66.6
High Performing Average - Teamwork	71.6	76.5	75.9	77.6	73.3	75.0
High Performing Average - Leadership	54.9	59.7	59.4	61.7	63.9	66.3
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	50.5	53.5	53.3	56.3	56.8	58.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	63.7	68.2	66.7	68.8	69.6	70.9
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	67.0	67.4	66.7	68.8	66.4	72.0
High Performing Average - Pay			71.3	71.7	75.2	73.2
High Performing Average - Family Friendly					54.9	53.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	69.5	70.0	69.5	69.4	68.1	70.4

Average Index Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	78.1	77.4	77.5	78.9	78.1	78.1
Average for Management	58.1	56.8	56.1	57.8	56.6	57.5
Average for Teamwork	68.3	71.3	70.7	71.7	65.7	66.5
Average for Leadership	49.9	51.3	51.3	53.3	55.0	55.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement	44.4	44.7	45.1	46.8	47.5	47.2
Average for Training and Development	57.5	59.9	58.6	60.7	59.9	60.2
Average for Support for Diversity	61.3	59.1	58.3	60.7	57.5	59.3
Average for Pay			64.4	63.6	67.1	62.8
Average for Family Friendly					41.3	38.8
Average for Work/Life Balance	64.4	63.7	64.4	62.7	61.5	61.1

Low Performing Average Score	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	74.9	73.3	72.8	75.7	73.7	73.7
Low Performing Average - Management	53.9	49.4	49.1	50.9	50.0	50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	65.4	66.9	66.0	67.2	60.2	60.0
Low Performing Average - Leadership	46.3	43.6	43.4	46.5	48.5	49.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	39.3	36.6	36.6	40.1	40.8	38.8
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	51.4	50.3	49.0	53.4	49.8	51.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	57.6	52.5	51.1	54.4	51.2	51.2
Low Performing Average - Pay			56.6	56.2	58.3	56.1
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly					30.3	26.8
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	59.7	56.3	59.7	55.6	55.3	53.8

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

240

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Number of Employees in 2001: 2,831

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,701

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,517

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,359

Number of Employees in 2005: 2,239

Number of Employees in 2006: 2,052

Number of Employees in 2007: 2,103

Number of Employees in 2008: 2,139

Number of Employees in 2009: 2,300

Employees joined (2010): 348

Percentage joined (2010): 14.10%

Average joined (2005-2010): 205

Employees left (2010): 174

Percentage left (2010): 7.00%

Average left (2005-2010): 175

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 17.40%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.eeoc.gov

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

The Best Places to Work rankings — the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal government — are produced by the Partnership for Public Service.

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