I have nothing positive to say and my team is small so I’m not sure it would really be confidential as they might be able to guess which responses are mine.
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I know it’s a PITA but read through the disclaimer before you start the survey and it details what data is collected and what rights you have.
You click the ‘I agree’ button, so it’s in your best interest to understand what you are consenting to. It even details the procedure to withdraw your consent if you so choose.
They can capture your IP address or use other tracking software and figure out who you are. It's not really anonymous IMO.
Managers and leadership receive $ incentives based on employee responses. Don’t participate.
FYI- it rolls up with demographics so it’s pretty easy to pinpoint who may be disgruntled.
However (as rare as a blue moon) a quasi-competent manager should have their pulse on the team well enough to have a good sense of who said what.
It is set up to be anonymous and managers with less than 5 employees do not see results for their group. However they do roll up to the next level. The last couple of years my VP would spend more time focusing on the negative scores and trying to determine who submitted them through the process of elimination, rather than use the data to make improvements like it was originally intended. Her standard reply to negative scores was if the person doesn’t like it here they should leave (either voluntarily or via RIF). There is no longer any value to the employee to complete these surveys.
I no longer seeing the value added of these OHS anymore when I noticed that the senior leadership got something like 60% rating and still getting promotion and big bonus.
Just complete it everytime with low rating.
BTW only managers have at least 5 employees completed the survey would receive reports for their teams. So no worries if you have a small team.
Yep, first year I placed negative scores on my OHS was the year my boss went on a tirade and I found myself on the layoff list within 3 months...
Has anyone experienced retaliation for giving low scores for your immediate leadership? They definitely don’t deserve “agree” on most categories and neither does top leadership.
Make your voice heard
I think a lot of high level leaders have OHS scores as part of their goals. Take it and be honest! The worst that can happen is nothing.
answered all neutral for everything
Just fill it out and be honest. Everyone keeps complaining but doing little about it. The survey is but one channel to provide feedback. If you don't then write a letter to the board or message senior management on teams.
Some scores fell short for our team and management's response was to make it part of our yearly evals... "Voter Buying". To your point, while the survey doesn't identify individuals directly, it does categorize participants by age and gender for statistical purposes, which can be quite specific. Not participating also affects the statistics, and there was a strong push for everyone to take part after a few people initially engaged.
It's not anonymous even they say it is
Executive coaching and training. Nothing ever happens anyway. So just fill it out and GFY.
GFY would be a start. Then leave.