The BC Excluded Employees’ Association regularly surveys its members to better understand their concerns. These concerns have a broad impact on the public sector and ultimately the services provided to British Columbians because many of them pose a threat to the effectiveness and efficiency of work that serves the public.
A survey concluded in March 2023 identified that the top issues as staffing and succession planning, with salaries and compensation following. There are also significant concerns about a shortage of staff and managers to fill positions left vacant from permanent or temporary departures, burnout and lack of workplace flexibility, and incentives to apply to excluded management positions given the compensation rates. If not addressed, all of these have serious implications, and the association welcomes the opportunity to work with the BC Public Service Agency to find creative solutions.
The survey also tested the pulse of its members on remote work and issues related to older workers. The survey asked respondents to rate the negative impact of the various issues both on themselves, as well as the negative impact on the effective functioning of the branch. By separately ranking impacts to individuals and branches the survey provides a richer sense of the most urgent challenges within the BC public service that will require collaborative and focused efforts to resolve. The data tells an important story but equally noteworthy are the unprecedented number of comments members volunteered while doing the survey.
You can find the full report here: 2023 Pulse Check