WHOI Pulse Survey November 2024

The Workplace Climate Committee (WCC) is conducting regular Pulse Surveys (quarterly) to understand what aspects of WHOI are working, and what areas need attention. We are striving towards transparency, while protecting the anonymity of responses. WCC will anonymize the survey responses and share both numeric data and anonymized comments with Staff Council. Select anonymized comments that highlight specific issues, numeric data, and comment summaries may be shared more widely with the WHOI community. Written responses may also be summarized using ChatGPT. The results of these pulse surveys will help develop and maintain a positive workplace climate at WHOI where everyone feels respected, included and valued.

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* 1. How likely is it that you would recommend WHOI as a workplace to a friend or colleague?

Not at all likely

Extremely likely

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* 2. What is the primary reason for the score you gave?

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* 3. How would you categorize the areas that are working well at WHOI? (Please select no more than 3)

Community & Culture - the broader WHOI community including climate, events, committees, and broader groups of people one interacts with

Colleagues - co-workers with whom you typically interact with, including students, post-docs, admins, etc.

Work - projects, workload, and productivity

Work-Life Balance - ability to attend to personal needs and/or activities beyond work

WHOI Policy & Leadership - institutional structure, policies, procedures and communications

Supervisor/Management - supervisors, managers, and the skill set required

Staffing - workforce size, hiring, and retention

Compensation - salary and benefits such as vacation time, health insurance

Institutional Support - ways in which the institution enable you to be successful at your job – having needed space/tools/equipment, getting support from others with specific expertise, etc.

Housing - housing either WHOI-owned or within the community and its impact

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* 4. What would make it better?

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* 5. How would you categorize the area that needs the most improvement? (Please select no more than 3)

Community & Culture - the broader WHOI community including climate, events, committees, and broader groups of people one interacts with

Colleagues - co-workers with whom you typically interact with, including students, post-docs, admins, etc.

Work - projects, workload, and productivity

Work-Life Balance - ability to attend to personal needs and/or activities beyond work

WHOI Policy & Leadership - institutional structure, policies, procedures and communications

Supervisor/Management - supervisors, managers, and the skill set required

Staffing - workforce size, hiring, and retention

Compensation - salary and benefits such as vacation time, health insurance

Institutional Support - ways in which the institution enable you to be successful at your job – having needed space/tools/equipment, getting support from others with specific expertise, etc.

Housing - housing either WHOI-owned or within the community and its impact

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* 6. Which group at WHOI best fits your job description?

Other (please specify)

Pulse Survey details and results from previous Surveys can be found on the WCC Pulse Survey Dashboard. This continues to be a work in progress – the questions and how the results are reported may continue to evolve over time. Change cannot happen overnight, but the feedback you have provided to date has been helpful and is being used by WHOI Administration to determine areas to focus on.

This pulse survey is one mechanism by which WHOI employees, students and postdocs can provide feedback. Others mechanisms include:

Committees and groups such as the Joint Program Student Reps, Postdoctoral Association, Technical Staff Committee, Scientific Staff Executive Committee, Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Workplace Climate Committee, and Women’s Committee.
The WHOI Suggestion Box on the WHOI internal webpage (suggestions can be anonymous).
Reporting of harassment can be made through your supervisor, department chair, HR (Meg Green), Ombuds (Alicia Booker) or anonymously through the WHOI Ethics Hotline, EthicsPoint.

Feedback and suggestions on this Pulse Survey can be sent to wcc-chairs@whoi.edu.