63%. Validates the state of how we all feel about our opinions not mattering.
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I thought it was just my org, but apparently the entire bank doesn’t trust (or love) their leadership!
Drain the swamp!
@e8 Its only that high because management browbeats teammates to participate and teammates don't trust leadership enough believe it's really anonymous. So its more reflective of the large numbers of new hires and the comply but lie population
@ea It wasn't mandatory lol
You could have easily lied and said you did and if they couldn't find it that is proof it isn't anonymous but I doubt they would admit that.
@ad We didn't get any WFH days as a thank you? WOW, yet another prime example of different sets of rules for different folks and then then they wonder why morale is in the toilet. SMH
@f8 Same. I felt like it used to matter, but obviously it does not as the numbers they report do not match up with what I and those around me reported. This is even more evident in the departmental breakdowns.
That’s the lowest I’ve ever seen. This was the first year I refused to participate,
@dw company wide participation rate has never been as low as the mid-50’s. Maybe it was in your specific business unit, but not company wide. Even pre-merger.
It was mandatory for our department, but believe me I used all 250 characters of the one question where we could actually comment.
@e8 I think you need to take in consideration that the 63% includes all of the departments making it mandatory or insinuating as such. That numbers not very impressive when you consider that.
63% is pretty good for a company this size, they'll likely do some ra-ra to try to get numbers up next year, but the number isn't low enough to be an issue.
@aa not it wasnt. It was low 50’s%
They really should just publish the actual results lol
If the participation was at 40% they would bend into pretzels to prove how it is an amazing result lmao
I wish l had made it lower by not responding but when you get several "reminder emails" to complete it you cant help but think they know who hasn't participated....even though its supposedly "ANONYMOUS"
no this week is Nat'l customer appreciation week
I wasn’t surprised by this.. I feel my entire team said it was pointless and wasn’t doing it..
@ad work from home? We didn’t get that. 😞
At any rate. Happy to see the “lower voter turnout” result.
North Florida retail is typically 40%ish. We are heavily pushed to participate and they said it’s not optional. They press us 3 times a day minimum. I’m not sure how participation equals engagement, especially when those engaged in the process are openly stating that they don’t approve of Senior leadership or EL.
I have a feeling senior/exec management were meeting about this last week or something, because all of the sudden this week we are getting “teammate appreciation week“ emails, work from home days to say thank you, free lunches, etc. Literally the exact opposite of what we’ve seen for the last couple years.
It could also be just a coincidence. I don’t know.
@aa one can hope, but like someone else said I bet they find some way to spin the results to show everyone is happy and there's no disconnect. If our new CEO fails to acknowledge it I think we will know how his tenure is going to be.
Considering that the participation rate was in the high 80s just 3 to 4 years ago is very telling. It went from about 75% participation to 70% participation now down to 63. Engagement has been trending downward for 4+ years now and it’s been hurting profitability etc. I am hopeful that the powers that be now see that we’ve had enough, see how detrimental to the bottom line it is, and may actually start listening to us.
North Florida retail we typically have 40% approval rating of senior leadership. Our region spins it on all of our areas and managers and says it’s our fault that we don’t play the purpose corner enough in front of the team and ask engagement questions around it. Then we are supposed to make a plan and have a meeting on it but he never actually does. It shows what they actually care about. They do ask us to report to them anyone we know who’s a whistleblower or unhappy.
Let’s see how they spin the 63% as a positive indicator of how good the teammates feel about the company and its leadership.
Just thinking the same thing. We are not alone.
@a1 that is true but it's still pretty telling, especially since most departments almost force people to do them.
I was surprised it was that high.