Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
59.4
#168 out of 216

National Nuclear Security Administration Field Sites (DOE)

Mission: To direct the management and security of the nation's nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation and naval reactor programs.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  59.4 168
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.1 162  of  216
Strategic Management 58.1 118  of  216
Teamwork 70.1 147  of  216
Effective Leadership 51.2 154  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 47.8 156  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 44.6 130  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 46.5 147  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 62.5 147  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.2 162  of  216
Training and Development 62.1 100  of  216
Support for Diversity 64.1 80  of  216
Pay and Benefits 70.5 81  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.8 183  of  216
Work/Life Balance 61.8 156  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  55.3 No data No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.9 No data No data
Strategic Management 54.2 No data No data
Teamwork 70.0 No data No data
Effective Leadership 50.6 No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.2 No data No data
Training and Development 56.0 No data No data
Support for Diversity 59.6 No data No data
Pay and Benefits 70.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.0 No data No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.9 No data No data
Strategic Management 54.2 No data No data
Teamwork 70.0 No data No data
Effective Leadership 50.6 No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.2 No data No data
Training and Development 56.0 No data No data
Support for Diversity 59.6 No data No data
Pay and Benefits 70.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.0 No data No data
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 57.9 172  of  216
Male 60.4 162  of  214
40 and over 57.8 182  of  216
Under 40 69.2 73  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data
Hispanic or Latino 59.1 98  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 60.4 164  of  215
American Indian or Native American 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 55.0 No data No data
Under 40 57.9 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 73.0 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 52.5 No data No data
White 53.7 No data No data
American Indian or Native American 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
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year National Nuclear Security Administration Field Sites (DOE) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 55.3 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 59.4 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

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Employees joined (2008): No data

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Average joined (2004-2008): No data

Employees left (2008): No data

Percentage left (2008): No data

Average left (2004-2008): No data

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): No data

More About the Agency

Other Locations: Livermore, CA; Kansas City, MO; Las Vegas, NV; Albuquerque, NM; Los Alamos, NM; Aiken, SC; Amarillo, TX

http://nnsa.energy.gov/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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