Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
65.5
#86 out of 216

Food and Drug Administration (HHS)

Mission: To protect public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, cosmetics, radioactive materials and the U.S. food supply.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  65.5 86
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.9 132  of  216
Strategic Management 58.8 101  of  216
Teamwork 71.8 109  of  216
Effective Leadership 51.1 156  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 49.5 134  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 42.5 162  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 46.9 143  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 62.6 146  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.7 136  of  216
Training and Development 61.0 123  of  216
Support for Diversity 62.4 105  of  216
Pay and Benefits 65.4 145  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.2 59  of  216
Work/Life Balance 62.0 149  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  64.5 64.4 64.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.6 76.9 79.3
Strategic Management 57.5 59.3 63.0
Teamwork 72.4 69.6 69.2
Effective Leadership 51.2 51.1 49.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 50.0 48.4 47.4
Training and Development 61.6 62.5 60.2
Support for Diversity 61.6 58.9 63.5
Pay and Benefits 64.8 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 50.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 61.2 63.4 67.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.6 76.9 79.3
Strategic Management 57.5 59.3 63.0
Teamwork 72.4 69.6 69.2
Effective Leadership 51.2 51.1 49.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 50.0 48.4 47.4
Training and Development 61.6 62.5 60.2
Support for Diversity 61.6 58.9 63.5
Pay and Benefits 64.8 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 50.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 61.2 63.4 67.7
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 64.1 92  of  216
Male 67.2 74  of  214
40 and over 65.2 79  of  216
Under 40 66.6 96  of  199
Asian 70.4 28  of  74
Black or African-American 64.4 91  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 61.2 80  of  174
Multi-racial 62.4 9  of  43
White 66.0 86  of  215
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 64.4 No data No data
Under 40 64.8 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 65.6 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 54.9 No data No data
White 64.3 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 Food and Drug Administration (HHS) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 64.5 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 64.4 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 64.5 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 65.5 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

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 8,092

Number of Employees in 2002: 8,825

Number of Employees in 2003: 8,765

Number of Employees in 2004: 8,447

Number of Employees in 2005: 8,418

Number of Employees in 2006: 8,157

Number of Employees in 2007: 8,107

Number of Employees in 2008: 8,786

Employees joined (2008): 900

Percentage joined (2008): 2.45%

Average joined (2004-2008): 354

Employees left (2008): 393

Percentage left (2008): 5.39%

Average left (2004-2008): 376

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 10.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Rockville, MD
Other Locations: Several Regional and District Offices, and District Office Program Area Specialists and Project Monitors located throughout the United States

http://www.fda.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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