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TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT

Last year, the Partnership for Public Service ranked the Federal Bureau of Prisons as 431st out of 432 federal agency subcomponents in its 2021 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings survey.

This year, things got worse. In the Partnership’s 17th annual rankings, the BOP ranked dead last out of the 432 agency subcomponents for calendar year 2022.

The 2022 rankings include 506 federal agencies and agency subcomponents. Rating categories are broken into 17 large agencies, 27 midsize agencies, 30 small agencies and 432 subcomponents.

The BOP’s rankings fell in subcategories for effective leadership, teamwork, pay, recognition, and performance both of agency and work unit.

Federal Times, Social Security Administration ranks as worst federal workplace (April 12, 2023)

Partnership for Public Service, 2022 Best Places to Work in the Federal Rankings (April 11, 2023)

– Thomas L. Root