FDIC Ranks Near Last in Government Agency Workplace Survey (1)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., whose workplace culture was derided in back-to-back congressional hearings last week, plunged in an annual ranking of employee happiness.

The FDIC sits 25th — next to last — among the midsize agencies included in the latest “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government” ranking, which was released Monday. The findings, which were produced by the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group, are based on responses last year to government surveys of workers.

The regulator’s scores in the annual survey have now declined for four straight years, after ranking first in ...