Why bothering giving bean counters more data.
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Be honest and share your thoughts. Nothing changes if you are silent. I know, someone will say that will get you fired. I have been here now almost 20 years and have yet to see anyone fired over a survey. I got one 7 months ago and was brutally honest. Still employed.....
If there are no right or wrong answers on the Employee Opinion Survey, why are we being punished by having to research question responses deemed substandard?
I've been sending those surveys to phishing. They have the results already, the survey is just to show that they care. If you really think your results are counted you are delusional. I agree with previous posts, that the reward for low marks are increased meetings. This ship is going down, and those that re left will be rearranging the deck chairs while she sinks. Get out now while you can, or if you are looking for a job, DON'T come here.
I’m 54 and got one so did 4 others in my unit
I’m worried it’s starting to get nasty and a lot of good old boy networking going on. I’m at the point I don’t give a damn anymore good luck to everyone
52 and I got one. First time I was completely honest about how incompetent executive level appears to be. Disregarding the "anonymous" aspect, I expect to be fired very soon.....
Nobody i know of over 50 is getting these any longer. Used to get them every time nit now not.
I'm 50 and in ET and received the survey. Every survey doesn't go to every employee.
With that being said, responding is highly unlikely to make any difference whatsoever. What are they possibly going to change now that the shlit show is too far along to alter the course?
I used to get all the surveys up until the last one...over 50 and in ET...coincidence?
Fill it out. Leadership and executive compensation are impacted by the results.
I stopped filling them out years ago. I had once instance where I spoke 'anonymously' about an issue and it came around in a team meaning..and it was obvious who wrote what by the way things were worded. It was just uncomfortable. Now the surveys seem to skirt around the real issues and are worded very carefully to where you give high scores that are for performance metrics for management.
Those post survey meetings disappeared 4 years ago. My peers have given low ratings for awhile and we have no meetings about it. My opinion: fill out surveys as to what you truly believe and don’t worry about it.
@yjy -- The manager does not know who filled out the survey, but they know how many did. So if numbers are low they get on you about "lack of engagement". I agree with @msp. My experience at State Farm is that if your group gives your manager and department poor reviews, you will be punished with long meetings designed to "get to the root of the problem". When nothing changes you understand the excruciatingly long meeting was a means of punishment. That way survey results would not be so poor the next time.
That's why forums like these, despite the trolls, are useful. Companies cannot punish you for speaking the truth here.
The joy about finally loosing confidence in this company and no longer being loyal, is that no one cares anymore. More and more people will fill this survey out honestly. Only wish they gave you a section to add comments.
@msp -- how did your boss even know you filled out that particular survey? I thought managers weren't given that info. I've never had a manager discuss my survey results with me.
If he did, I'd be inclined to tell him that if they don't want honest answers, they should refrain from giving me that survey in the future because I won't be changing my approach. Not in this environment, anyway.
I was brutally honest. Would be interesting to see the results.
In the last survey I filled out, I basically gave them the lowest marks possible for every question and in the comments I asked why the executive who spawned ISD was still around while her expensive failure was being burned alive.
Not in years. Will do in the year of my retirement and tell the truth.
Gave up filling them out 18 months ago. It was a lose-lose-lose situation. If I told the truth my TM would have to discuss the results in a huddle call, which made for s---y meetings. If I don't fill them out, the team is called "unengaged". If I lied and gave them the answers they wanted to hear I just felt crappy about myself. I asked my TM once why they continued to ask questions that they didn't want to hear our answers to? That also resulted in a talking to. The correct response from the company is to drink the Kool-Aid and ask for more...
@okx Same here. We'll said.
After filling out my last survey I just sat and stared at my responses and asked myself...
"Why would anyone want to work at a place with survey feedback like this?"
I am so pissed at myself for naive faith I had in SF leadership.
I only filled out the comments and told them State Farm is not worthy of my trust any more and I refused to fill out anything further.
On my last survey I literally told them to s--- it.