The Best Places to Work

Every year the Best Places to Work rankings are released and every year the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is at the top of that list. Every year I work for an organization that isn't in the top third. But I think the rankings aren't a good indicator. There are things in my agency that are really good and I'm sure that there are some things at Nuclear Regulatory that are not-so-good.

The interesting thing from the survey is that this year you are able to compare organizations. It wouldn't be interesting to compare my agency against the NRC. But maybe it would be interesting to compare my agency against the Department average. When I did this I was surprised to find that the agency beat the departmental average in most categories except Training and Employee Development.

Strategically as an agency that should be an area of emphasis. I encourage others to perform som analysis on the best places to work survey. You may discover interesting nuggets like this.