Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
64.5
#19 out of 32

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Mission: To protect the retirement incomes of nearly 44 million American workers in more than 29,000 private-sector defined benefit pension plans.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 32
  64.5 19
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.9 16  of  31
Strategic Management 59.4 20  of  31
Teamwork 72.8 19  of  31
Effective Leadership 52.1 18  of  31
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 51.6 14  of  31
Effective Leadership - Fairness 41.2 21  of  31
Effective Leadership - Leaders 46.5 18  of  31
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 66.0 20  of  31
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 50.9 18  of  31
Training and Development 65.7 11  of  31
Support for Diversity 64.8 13  of  31
Pay and Benefits 67.5 22  of  31
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 51.6 12  of  31
Work/Life Balance 70.5 12  of  31
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  65.8 No data No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.0 No data No data
Strategic Management 59.6 No data No data
Teamwork 72.1 No data No data
Effective Leadership 49.9 No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.8 No data No data
Training and Development 64.7 No data No data
Support for Diversity 60.7 No data No data
Pay and Benefits 69.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 69.1 No data No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.0 No data No data
Strategic Management 59.6 No data No data
Teamwork 72.1 No data No data
Effective Leadership 49.9 No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.8 No data No data
Training and Development 64.7 No data No data
Support for Diversity 60.7 No data No data
Pay and Benefits 69.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 69.1 No data No data
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 63.0 7  of  13
Male 66.5 7  of  13
40 and over 63.1 8  of  13
Under 40 68.0 6  of  13
Asian 70.9 3  of  5
Black or African-American 60.4 8  of  11
Hispanic or Latino No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data
White 67.7 5  of  13
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Index Score Small Agency High Performing Average Small Agency Average Index Score Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003
2005 76.2 63.0 49.3
2007 65.8 77.2 62.4 43.7
2009 64.5 79.2 65.1 42.5

Comparative Data — Small Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 84.8 85.1 85.2
High Performing Average - Management 68.9 68.7 73.5
High Performing Average - Teamwork 77.9 77.8 80.5
High Performing Average - Leadership 58.3 61.5 65.0
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 56.1 58.6 62.7
High Performing Average - Training and Development 73.5 72.4 74.3
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 68.4 68.4 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 77.7 79.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 58.7 60.1
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 74.5 77.1 80.0
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 74.0 77.6 78.8
Average for Management 59.8 58.8 60.6
Average for Teamwork 70.8 71.3 72.8
Average for Leadership 50.9 51.3 52.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement 47.8 48.7 50.3
Average for Training and Development 61.8 59.6 60.4
Average for Support for Diversity 58.1 58.0 61.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 70.4 70.5
Average for Family Friendly 43.6 46.2
Average for Work/Life Balance 67.9 67.3 67.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 55.5 69.7 69.1
Low Performing Average - Management 50.9 45.3 42.7
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 63.5 62.5 61.2
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.5 38.5 37.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 39.7 35.9 33.6
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 51.8 44.5 42.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 49.6 45.3 47.0
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 64.4 63.4
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 24.3 29.6
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 60.4 55.2 52.7

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 709

Number of Employees in 2002: 725

Number of Employees in 2003: 738

Number of Employees in 2004: 752

Number of Employees in 2005: 755

Number of Employees in 2006: 804

Number of Employees in 2007: 805

Number of Employees in 2008: 841

Employees joined (2008): 95

Percentage joined (2008): 10.82%

Average joined (2004-2008): 82

Employees left (2008): 64

Percentage left (2008): No data

Average left (2004-2008): 65

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 15.50%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.pbgc.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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