THE\u00a0 Police Federation\u2019s pay and morale survey makes stark reading about how officers in Essex feel about the job.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s survey showed that in Essex, 93% of officers felt morale is currently low in the force and 88% say they don\u2019t feel fairly paid for stresses and strains of job.<\/p>\n
Seven in 10 officers said they are worse off financially than five years ago; 59% say their workload is going up and 72% would not recommend joining the force to others.<\/p>\n
But while those figures make for stark reading, Essex Police Federation Chairman Steve Taylor says critics of the survey can claim it is not a true reflection of officers\u2019 opinions.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cI think it\u2019s important to say the sample size in that Pay and Morale survey, while it improved on last years\u2019 11%, I think it got up to about 18% for Essex officers. That\u2019s still 1 in 5, so there\u2019s a double edged sword in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to listen to the messages that this survey\u2019s telling us, but it\u2019s all too easy for those messages to be dismissed by decision makers when the sample size is so low. And whilst I respect that we do sometimes get a bit of survey-itis, the value of adding your voice to these surveys could have highlighted even more what hat survey\u2019s telling us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it\u2019s telling us that we don\u2019t feel fairly treated, it\u2019s telling us that we don\u2019t feel fairly compensated for a hard day\u2019s work. But at the same time, not enough of us have taken the time to complete the survey, and so it\u2019s all too easy to be dismissed, which is disappointing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what are we doing about it in Essex? We\u2019ve already had a number of meeting with the deputy Chief Constable where we\u2019ve gone through our concerns for the survey. We\u2019re particularly worried about the increase on last year\u2019s figures in the number of officers that don\u2019t feel they\u2019re treated fairly. And fairness is something that\u2019s in the gift of the organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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