UWF diversity, equity, and inclusion survey

2022: Survey results

Below are the results from the most recent survey, conducted in May 2022.

23% Strongly Agree, 27% Agree, 21% Not Sure, 20% Disagree, 9% Strongly Disagree

29% Strongly Agree, 37% Agree, 11% Not Sure, 18% Disagree, 5% Strongly Disagree

56.1% Job types, 47.4% Race, 44.7% Gender, 42.1% Disability, 40.4%Sexuality, 40.4% Gender identity, 36% None of the above, 35.1% Mental health, 33.3% Religion

72.5% colleagues, 56.9% Manager, 54.1% Supervisor, 50.5% Customers, 42.2% Director, 39.4% Assistant Director, 39.4% Direct Reports, 32.1% Executive Leaders

22% Strongly Agree, 31% Agree, 16% Not Sure, 17% Disagree, 14% Strongly Disagree

23% Strongly Agree, 32% Agree, 30% Not Sure, 6% Disagree, 9% Strongly Disagree

48.7% None of the above, 31.6% Job Types, 28% Race, 27.5% Age, 27.5% Gender, 24.9% Sex Orientation, 20.2% Mental Health, 17.1% Religion, 12.4% Disability

9% Strongly Agree, 33% Agree, 24% Not Sure, 17% Disagree, 17% Strongly Disagree

18% Strongly Agree, 25% Agree, 31% Not Sure, 14% Disagree, 12% Strongly Disagree

12% Strongly Agree, 38% Agree, 23% Not Sure, 16% Disagree, 11% Strongly Disagree

37% Strongly Agree, 40% Agree, 16% Not Sure, 4% Disagree, 3% Strongly Disagree

23% Yes, 60% No, 17% Not Sure

88% UW Facilities employee, 8% Someone else on campus, 4% Both, 0% Not sure

51% professional staff, 48% Classified staff, 1% not sure

36% female, 49% male, 1% Non binary/third gender, 2% I prefer to self describe, 12% I prefer not to disclose

2 responses

61% white, 15% I prefer not to disclose, 7% Black/African American, 5% Asian, 4% two or more races, 5% Hispanic/Latinio, 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 2% I prefer to self describe, 0% American Indian/Alaska Native

2 responses

66% Heterosexual, 18% I prefer not to disclose, 4% bisexual, 8% Homosexual, 4% I prefer to self describe

5 responses

73% no, 13% yes, 14% I prefer not to disclose

About this survey

Recent events across the nation have reminded us that we still have much work to do regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. We all have a role to play in making progress in these areas. Training alone will not solve these issues, but it is an important part of the work that we need to do.

The executive team have tasked the Training Center with helping our organization learn and grow around these subjects. That’s a big lift, and we are not going to do it alone. We are working with the Workforce Equity Group, consultants from POD, senior leaders, and other voices from around the organization to figure out how to move forward.

And now we want to hear from you. All of you. Regularly.

The goal of this short survey is to understand how you experience UW Facilities along a number of systemic issues, including race, gender, sexuality, and more. And then we are going to send this survey again. And again. For as long as it takes. We genuinely want to know how your experiences are changing over time as we try to improve and implement more and more learnings and trainings.

We believe that, together, we can be better to each other tomorrow than we were yesterday. It will take hard work, it will at times be uncomfortable, it will probably progress slower than we want. But if you take a moment to share with us through this survey, you can help us start. Our ask is that you participate each time we send this survey, and encourage those around you to do the same. We need your voice to make sure we are heading in the right direction. 

Feedback?

If you have any thoughts, questions, or ideas regarding the design of this survey, we would love to hear from you! Send your feedback to the Training Center at fstrain@uw.edu or to the Workforce Equity Group at WorkforceEquityGroup@uw.edu.