Has anyone suffered consequences for writing something critical in the comment boxes?
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Nope. They 100% know who fills them out. Don't believe that lie for a second. Some departments in Cary are known to make sure annual performance gets hit for bad reviews. They know each and every response and the Queen Bee of GTO is the only one outside of the leadership circle who sees them as well.
@p0 Likely upper management equates survey participation with "employee engagement". Employee "engagement" is the holy grail. Corporate theorists think engaged employees will work harder; maybe even do work for free. Companies with "engaged" employees stock prices supposedly appreciate faster. What they don't realize, is that it cuts both ways. Surveys aren't enough. "Show me the money."
@jx spot on! RT from USB sent the most pathetic email last week BEGGING employees to fill out the survey. He knows low participation hits his pocket. It speaks volumes about a Company when people do not want to complete the survey.
Never assume these things are anonymous. They could use these and badge swipes (or lack thereof) as a pretext to can someone.
A little known secret amongst employees is the Employee surveys are often more about participation scores and management performance metrics tied to bonuses than actually giving employees a voice. At the end of the day, it’s less about listening to employees and more about checking a box and lining management’s pockets.
@cr Bingo.
If you ever watch the presentations about the survey results they always gloss over the negative parts if not omit them all together. They only ever hype up the positive responses to support the narrative that makes the top look the best. All about appearance and it's all smoke and mirrors.
You're better off ignoring it entirely and focusing on your actual work.
No, I trash my useless POS manager in detail every year on this survey (with solid facts, mind you). She is still there and so am I. It proves time and time again how useless these surveys really are.
@OP:
Wrong question.
Correct question:
What do you have to gain by writing a comment (or even participating)?
Don't even waste your time. Nothing ever comes of filling those out. They are there as a formality and not as a useful tool.
I never even opened the emails. Just let them rot.