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Employee engagement: say, stay, strive

Highlights of the ATO's 2024 employee census results on employee engagement: say, stay, strive.

Published 24 November 2024

ATO employee engagement index score

Your employee engagement index score is 75. Variance from:

  • 2023 is +1
  • the APS overall is +1
  • larger operational agencies is +2
  • extra-large sized agencies is +3.

How engaged is your team?

Employee engagement is more than simply job satisfaction or commitment to an organisation. It is the extent to which employees are motivated, inspired and enabled to improve an organisation's outcomes.

Overall results on employee engagement

Statement

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

78%

13%

8%

I am proud to work in my agency

82%

15%

3%

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

82%

13%

5%

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

87%

11%

2%

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

67%

24%

9%

I feel committed to my agency's goals

86%

12%

2%

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

85%

13%

3%

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

90%

7%

3%

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

80%

16%

4%

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

65%

26%

9%

Employee engagement results variance 1

Statement

Variance from 2023

Variance from APS Overall

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

+3

+3

I am proud to work in my agency

+2

+4

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

+3

+11

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

+2

+1

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

+3

+5

I feel committed to my agency's goals

+3

+1

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

0

-2

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

+1

-1

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

+1

-1

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

+3

+5

Employee engagement result variance 2

Statement

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

+4

+5

I am proud to work in my agency

+6

+7

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

+14

+15

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

+2

+3

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

+4

+5

I feel committed to my agency's goals

+1

+2

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

+1

+1

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

+1

+1

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

-1

-1

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

+6

+6

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