Emory University
PAE-12: Employee Satisfaction Evaluation

Emory University participates in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Great Colleges to Work For survey. In 2008, 600 faculty and staff (selected by random sample) were asked to participate in the survey. The survey dimensions included faculty, staff, and administration relations; participation in college governance; career development, research and scholarship; connection to institution and price; teaching environment; supervisor/chair relationship; compensation and benefits; collaboration; facilities and security; fairness; job satisfaction; respect and appreciation; confidence in senior leadership; policies, resources, efficiency; and internal communications. Emory scored higher on all of the dimensions than our peer institutions and overall were rated as #2 in Great Colleges to Work For in our Carnegie Classification. In addition to the "Great Colleges to Work For Survey", new hire staff employees are surveyed 60 days after hire to rate satisfaction that their orientation to their job was effective; their orientation to Emory was effective; their supervisor has been supportive in the transition into the department; as a new employee the team took steps to make them feel valued; this is the type of job in which they can feel a sense of accomplishment; they are satisfied with the position and job responsibilities; they have enough involvement in decisions that affect their work; the physical working conditions (i.e. space, cleanliness) are good; the actual duties of the job match what they were told when going through the selection process; knowing what they know now they would make the same decision to take this position at Emory; as a new employee they received clear directions and helpful feedback; they would recommend Emory to friends and family as a great place to work; they believe they will be working for Emory in 3 years. The overall response to strongly agree/agree was 84%.