It’s bad. Really bad. Leadership calls are happening soon
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The only effect of pulse is on your direct supervisor. I gave 4 and 5s because my supervisor is actually good and I figured it would be one less thing he has to deal with. Plus I don’t really want to sit through another meaningless meeting about pulse action plans, but it sounds like there will be one.
With all the talk of being honest on the pulse survey I will say that for more than 5 years I have tanked almost every single one and I know that the verbatim has a character count because it is hard to get an honest opinion within the limit.
But somehow, I am still here and even I don't believe it sometimes.
I also know that AI is a game changer in ways that most people haven't even thought.
If a pulse survey is anonymous, is it hidden from a key logger? That would be difficult to parse I would think.
Someone with more experience here can confirm or deny but wouldn't AI know you're filling out a pulse survey and simply log everything you entered? It's the perfect spy and is being embedded into everything with all of the updates that keep getting loaded onto our computers.
We didn't become a Google workspace company because someone liked Google workspace or because it was superior to Microsoft office. They tried to do that a few years ago and it failed miserably. With AI on the scene it is all about data mining everything everywhere all the time. If you don't offer it they will get it another way.
Not to mention every word said in a meeting is logged in context or maybe not in context and stored away for parsing.
Hey AI, search every meeting held last week and highlight any comments with a negative tone.
Maybe I am wrong. Maybe.
Sarbanes-Oxley and CPNI we’re made obsolete after AI came in the picture. Customer data is processed and analyzed by AI and then stored in a giant Google AI Data Center somewhere. AI is basically grabbing and storing all the data we feed it to enhance the next generation of AI.
@bs well then our entire team will be ousted. We have a supervisor that was in the store channel for 20 years and the incompetence of this individual is mind boggling. He does not show up for team meetings, or 1:1 just no show. He does not know how to run a team call always giving you back the gift of time. No follow up, I go to other Team Slack channels to get pertinent information and updates. Morale is so low….he will keep his job though…
@bq good. I filled in the survey with 2s & 3s and hope I do get RIF'd for it.
Can't wait for my exit interview to tell them what I really think.
@c4 That's why you should: Straight Five - Stay Alive
This is fake news. We are a winning team and company. Everyone I know is delighted to be a Vteamer!
@c4 Not too bright are you! No slack message can ever be deleted by Verizon, that would be a violation of SOX. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires public companies to retain certain communications, including emails and internal messaging system. 100% of slack messages are archived as well as all your emails, it's federal law.
I did not fill out the survey, but I hope I get RIFF'ed
@c4 I’ve never seen any credible evidence they can see that John Smith provided the following scores.
But yes, you can cut results to the office, level and reporting group. Even there, employees have plausible deniability.
Is it a. ….widespread panic?🙀
Regarding the post "Leadership is now identifying all the anonymous employees who gave a bad score", I'm sorry but there is a lot of truth in this comment. Leadership knows exactly who you are, your Business Unit, Org, Group, and Rank and file." Leadership is not interested in the truth, they want "Yes Sir" "Yes Maam" employees. They will not tell you were let go because of a bad Pulse survey, they will just say sorry you were affected by the RIF. Also be careful what you say in Slack, rumor has it our convos are being recorded/saved and they can easily use AI to identify those that have "negative thought crimes". Delete all of your negative Slack comments immediately (even 1 on 1 convos).
Would need further detail to define panic. Zero doubt results su-k but in Consumer I see zero action items to correct and results have su-ked for years and culture in Consumer Sr Directors recently promoted past 2 years are not allowed to stop pulling in circlej--k
@bq That’s just not how it works. Honestly. Besides, lists were created for 7.16 two weeks ago.
Source: I created the lists for my teams. And I’ve managed large teams that provided ones and twos and I never wanted, nor had the option, of outing these people.
@bq you mean they don’t want anyone that speaks the truth and tells it like it is. Verizon just wants yes-men and women that wear rose colored glasses and give high pulse scores.
Leadership is now identifying all the anonymous employees who gave a bad score and put them on the RIF list for 7/16. They don’t want anyone with a negative mindset around. Don’t blame them, who would?
No worries. Job will be outsourced to people willing to up the pulse score. It's like a stock.
Most people around here are of the opinion that leadership doesn't care about anyone but themselves. Telling us that leadership is in a panic because of the results is a tough sell. You might have to actually back up your claims.
you are not anonymous
@OP who cares
The funny part is that if the pulse survey results are really that bad, can you imagine all of the people that lied on the pulse survey giving everything a glowing positive review?, Because they know they’re being tracked. “Use this unique URL, it’s confidential”. Yeah right.
Pulse doesn't matter.
Pulse survey is joke, it exists only because of a policy.
Can you hear me now?
If they’re panicking then they really havnt been paying attention. None of what I’ve read from verbatims were a surprise.
The Pulse was divided into sections, but is still only falling in the immediate Supe. Executives will never take any responsibility for the fall of the mighty.