The latest Best Places to Work in Government® reports on the quality of life for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) employees and suggests that new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai can make an improvement. Overall the FCC is ranked 20 out of 27 for similar mid-sized agencies, with less than average scores for all indicators. FCC staff report increasing dissatisfaction with the agency’s leadership since 2013 when Chairman Wheeler took office. The Culture of the ChairmanThe FCC Chairman has enormous power to create the culture of the agency through the appointment of bureau and office heads. Overall FCC employees have a dismal view of their Senior Leaders, noting low levels of respect and satisfaction with the amount of information provided by management.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2017 19:23 UTC