Posted on Oct 13, 2016
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No results back on morale after 18 months.....pretty sure some people are going to get canned.
Air Force Times
Force-wide climate survey begins March 13
When asked about the climate survey results after an Air Force Association breakfast Wednesday, Air Force personnel chief Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso said, "To be frank, that got lost in the shuffle. There's nothing controversial in it. It just got lost in all the things that we're doing."
Grosso said the survey results are now being sent to Air Force Sec. Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, who have not previously seen it. She said it would likely be publicly released by the end of the year.
The climate survey was launched a few months after the Air Force completed a wide-ranging drawdown that cut more than 19,000 airmen in 2014. Around the same time, many airmen were concerned about the high operations tempo they had to work under with the war against the Islamic State, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and other global flare-ups requiring the Air Force's attention.
When asked if the survey showed a decline in morale, Grosso said she hadn't seen the information since November 2015.
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Now is your chance to tell the Air Force what you think
Grosso also said that the Air Force is taking a look at whether its airmen are being "over-surveyed," with all units being required to conduct the Defense Equal Opportunity Climate Survey each year, as well as other surveys on issues such as sexual assault and how its civilian workforce is doing. As a result, the Air Force is reconsidering whether the Total Force Climate Survey is necessary.
"It's not because we don't like what it says, that's not it at all," Grosso said. "I think it's overlapping with so many other efforts. How do they all sync together?"
The last time the Air Force conducted a survey was in May 2012. Those results were released in February 2013, nine months later. Most of the more than 163,000 airmen who took that survey reported high levels of satisfaction working for the Air Force, although many reported increasing workloads and higher levels of stress due to deployments, as well as ongoing concern that they didn't have enough resources.
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Survey: Give Air Force your feedback
The Air Force used to conduct these surveys every two years -- in 2008, 2010, and 2012 -- but three years elapsed before it conducted the last one. And participation was declining as the years progressed, dropping from nearly 250,000 respondents in 2008, to 172,000 in 2010 and then 163,000 in 2012.
When the Air Force announced the 2015 survey, it said unit leaders would have access to their units' results to help them figure out how to improve their organization and better accomplish their mission. The survey covered topics such as job satisfaction, available resources and unit performance, as well as deployments and how they affect home stations, and the fitness of leadership from front-line commanders to top-ranking brass.
The survey also asked questions about mental health and suicide prevention, as well as a series of questions that were specific to each airman's major command.
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Air Force Times
Force-wide climate survey begins March 13
When asked about the climate survey results after an Air Force Association breakfast Wednesday, Air Force personnel chief Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso said, "To be frank, that got lost in the shuffle. There's nothing controversial in it. It just got lost in all the things that we're doing."
Grosso said the survey results are now being sent to Air Force Sec. Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, who have not previously seen it. She said it would likely be publicly released by the end of the year.
The climate survey was launched a few months after the Air Force completed a wide-ranging drawdown that cut more than 19,000 airmen in 2014. Around the same time, many airmen were concerned about the high operations tempo they had to work under with the war against the Islamic State, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and other global flare-ups requiring the Air Force's attention.
When asked if the survey showed a decline in morale, Grosso said she hadn't seen the information since November 2015.
Air Force Times
Now is your chance to tell the Air Force what you think
Grosso also said that the Air Force is taking a look at whether its airmen are being "over-surveyed," with all units being required to conduct the Defense Equal Opportunity Climate Survey each year, as well as other surveys on issues such as sexual assault and how its civilian workforce is doing. As a result, the Air Force is reconsidering whether the Total Force Climate Survey is necessary.
"It's not because we don't like what it says, that's not it at all," Grosso said. "I think it's overlapping with so many other efforts. How do they all sync together?"
The last time the Air Force conducted a survey was in May 2012. Those results were released in February 2013, nine months later. Most of the more than 163,000 airmen who took that survey reported high levels of satisfaction working for the Air Force, although many reported increasing workloads and higher levels of stress due to deployments, as well as ongoing concern that they didn't have enough resources.
Air Force Times
Survey: Give Air Force your feedback
The Air Force used to conduct these surveys every two years -- in 2008, 2010, and 2012 -- but three years elapsed before it conducted the last one. And participation was declining as the years progressed, dropping from nearly 250,000 respondents in 2008, to 172,000 in 2010 and then 163,000 in 2012.
When the Air Force announced the 2015 survey, it said unit leaders would have access to their units' results to help them figure out how to improve their organization and better accomplish their mission. The survey covered topics such as job satisfaction, available resources and unit performance, as well as deployments and how they affect home stations, and the fitness of leadership from front-line commanders to top-ranking brass.
The survey also asked questions about mental health and suicide prevention, as well as a series of questions that were specific to each airman's major command.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Lee Flemming LTC Stephen F. LTC (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SFC Mark Merino SFC William Farrell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL ] PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO2 Ed C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM SGT (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SrA Christopher Wright SGT John " Mac " McConnell SPC Margaret Higgins ENS (Join to see)
18 months after surveying airmen's morale, no sign of results
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Not sure how it is where you are TSgt Joe C. but I get a survey almost once a week for some faction or another. Hard to answer AD questions as a full time dual status tech in the Guard. I know our morale is slipping and we are always trying new things to keep people up- we get together off duty as a whole at least twice a year and families are encouraged, the base does a family day, etc. However- not much can replace Ops Tempo and not being home a lot.
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TSgt Joe C.
Yeah, I'd agree with all the points you brought up Maj Marty Hogan. Morale here on Kunsan I would say is pretty good considering almost no one AD is authorized to bring their families here.
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Maj Marty Hogan
I think what always stands out to me on the surveys- is nothing really changes other than what they address in speeches. I always get a smile when they say it isn't that bad- you are having the top echelon speak to things from the lower ranks like they are in touch with them daily. I think we just lose that contact as we move up and on in our career and don't really look at the issues any longer. Good post and should get some good feedback I hope TSgt Joe C.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the results of the morale of the USAF survey are delayed until after the election this November TSgt Joe C..
I am a trained and experienced ORSA and familiar with survey design, analysis and reporting. I expect the results have been tabulated but are not being released because the results don't look as good as hoped for.
I am a trained and experienced ORSA and familiar with survey design, analysis and reporting. I expect the results have been tabulated but are not being released because the results don't look as good as hoped for.
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this is no shock... look at what they have as a CIC and what they are going to get ... one way or the other...
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