It's reasonably safe to assume that if you are on this site you are concerned about the possibility of losing your job in a layoff and judging by many of the comments you are also dissatisfied with working at NetApp. One thing I would offer is to send a message to the leaders of the company by NOT completing the employee survey. That sends the message that you are disenfranchised and don't care - which is a bigger concern than complaints around "barriers to execution" or the Thrive Together policy. BTW - has anything really ever changed as a result of these surveys?? F'em.
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Direct managers only see a percentage of their direct reports who have or have not completed the surveys. However, I imagine at the director level and above they likely have more insight. Yes, the URLs are unique to the individual, so someone somewhere knows.
You can be critical, but do it smartly. Stick with facts, take out emotion.
@11y Guarantee'd gone? Really. Hold my beer 🍻🤣
@OP they know exactly who is responding. don't be a fool, everything is great or you will be gone in the next couple of months........
@z3 truer words have never been spoken
I agree that the best path is to remain neutral. Dan don’t say anything bad and just do your work.
Management is already aware how unhappy the employee base is with the changes to paid time off and return to office. Their job is to make sure you do your job, while meeting the requirements from executives. They don't give a fu-k about you. Managers, directors and especially the VPs hate to see any employee complaints. Verbal and documented complaints only put a target on your back. Your manager and their reporting chain now have documented, verifiable evidence you are unhappy with the company, and will use that to target you during a layoff.
I have it on trusted authority the Thrive Survey acts as a honeypot to identify disgruntled employees. The defensive move is to fill out the survey, but lie about everything. List everything as neutral and higher, even if things are not great. Don't leave any real feedback or negative comments. The corporate world doesn't reward honesty and transparency. Isn't that obvious by now?
If you want to survive, your best bet is to raise a facade of happy stoicism and never raise complaints. Anything else puts a target on your back. If you want to stick it to the company, do the bare minimum work and remain employed. Take all the FTO you can. Or even better - find a new job.
i stopped doing the thrive. i just ignore the director reminder.....nothing happens. stop wasting time
The surveys are not anonymous. An anonymous survey would not be coded to your user.
its useless. dont even do thrive. been there done that.
No meaningful results. Totally agree.
No action is still an action. I don’t think that is the benefit in this situation.
Do they know who made the comments? Given that team sizes have strunk, it’s probably not hard to figure out who made the comments by your direct manager, but hopefully they are on your side and the opinions you voice are beyond their control. In that situation, they appreciate the additional voice in the choir.
My understanding is top leadership does receive final results and comments. The voice is there whether they choose to listen or not.
Some topics like hybrid / in office work are not on the questions this year. That sends a message.
In summary - do respond. It does matter. Be smart about your comments.