Anyone see the Pulse Scores yet? High participation rates at the three levels, and overall all, up from last year. There seems to be a large portion of Ford employee's who seem to be satisfied working for the company.
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I stopped doing pulse surveys some time ago. Questions are BS. People tell me they just check the box and move on. Afraid to tell the truth because of backlash.
I answered this years survey questions honestly for the first time in 10 years. I am retiring soon and dont care if they find out it was me that gave my useless boss 1's and 2's.
No one is honest because they know there will be backlash. In theory these surveys are to identify and resolve issues. In reality they try to resolve the pulse scores and not the underlying issues. In all fairness Ford is not the only company to track “anonymous” feedback. My spouse works for another large company and people who neglect to complete their anonymous survey actually receive emails reminding them to complete it. Some water cooler chats identified that those who complete the survey do not receive the reminders.
I gave a scathing pulse. Most others in my group gave glowing responses. I asked why. They said they didn't want to rock the boat, fear of consequences, etc. My boss was none too happy about his lowered pulse due to my answers. In our group chat, I made it clear that I was the dissenter but that others felt the same way. I give zero f*ks. I'm old and tired of this sht...
@3asn+1bwD81YU nailed it.
In the olden days before they tracked CDSIDs the Pulse Scores were low.
Even then we were being threatened by our leadership that if they got bad scores there would be consequences.
Originally they did not even track how many times someone completed the pulse survey. Then they started noticing that a few leaders had abnormally high percentage of employee participation. Those leaders were rewarded for that ($$$). The next pulse survey many more leaders had abnormally high percentage of employee participant and stellar scores. Interestingly some had over 100% participation. At first they told themselves that some people must of just completed the survey twice by mistake. A little investigation showed that leaders were completing pulse surveys for themselves and giving themselves high marks, and some leaders were also completing surveys for their competitors giving them poor marks.
This discovery lead to the requirement to sign into the survey with your cdsid. Each cdsid was allowed to complete the survey once. Initially the cdsid was not used to track who said what, But Ford being Ford it quickly evolved into that.
There is always a backstory, and it all eventually comes out.
@3xyu I understand your POV. Here's the underlying issue and I have seen this at pretty much EVERY company I have worked for. Companies do not want their employees to rock the boat. They want status quo. When employees do, they paint a target on their backs and the company will find a way to get rid of them. This is sad but true.
Companies are delusional that they believe they can do no wrong. When flaws or a better way is brought to their attention, they don't like that. All companies run under a good ole boys network. You're either in the club or you're not. Most are not.
So when you're not in this club, forget about about telling the company the truth. This is why The Pulse and other similar surveys are completely useless.
Let me see, the first response to the OP is that nobody is honest on the Pulse. Every poster after that provides a thesis/story to support that statement. The reactions to these responses are overwhelmingly positive/in-favor of what is being said.
And the one responder who raised the question/issue of ethics and morality of the employees at Ford is given a neutral response (as of the time this response is being written. +2/-2. Definitely not the overwhelming positive reactions given to all the other responses.) This tells me a bunch of dishonest employees don't like being "called out" for being dishonest, immoral, and unethical people and employees. Or they think they really are and that they can justify their lying behaviors because they need the job. Well, let me tell you, nothing justifies your unethical behaviors! You are just in it for the money at that point.
Well, as a customer (not an employee) who lives in SE Michigan and used to want to be an employee of Ford. All I see is a bunch of dishonest people working at Ford. I am very glad I do not work at Ford now. And yes, I know what the Pulse survey is. But if the majority of Ford employees are being dishonest about a survey on their own company combined with a management/executive team that doesn't care about the true results --- that begs the question --- are Ford employees telling the truth about the quality and safety of their products and other company related topics. Or are they all just in it strictly for the money. I am thinking the latter is much, more true. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Conclusion -- Not only Do not work for Ford (you give up your soul), but Do not buy Ford products (it could cost you your physical life, too)!
I mean..... Really?
Let's take a trip back in our time machines. The company started linking CDS ID's to individual respondents about '18 give or take. Results started to improve dramatically from there and then SRD hit followed by the latest '20 threat of cuts (which hasn't been closed out).
It used to be that high 60's to 70's were considered very good and now it's 90+??? Same Ford Motor Company now as when the 60's to 70's were the norm. Oh but the participation rates are very high you say? Well, not participating is almost tantamount to low ratings- and bottom line nobody wants to put themselves in a position to be figured out.
This reminds me of a "children's" story - mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?
Wow!!!! Just Wow. Employees lying in large scale on HR surveys. Management oblivious (or just don't care) to this and just enjoying the results.
Who cares if the salaried personnel at Ford all have bachelors and masters degrees? Everyone at Ford is just there for the money! Morals and ethics - that is for the little people (the ones with just high school diplomas or less)
I know of a department that schemed to give their management top ratings so that they did have to deal with the BS meetings set up to "fix" the problems.
Their manager was invited to a lunch with Mark Fields due to her great Pulse performance!
True story.
They are absolutely NOT anonymous and many people now respond with hearts and flowers responses with the express hope their names and fawning reviews WILL be shared with management. Form of suck up to compete for a TA and promotion.
It's odd that theses posts are so down on the survey even thought there was a very high response from actual Ford employees. Contract and Purchase Service people are excluded from the Pulse Survey.
Must be the deep state in Ford controlling the survey.
There are very little incentives to honestly answer the pulse. If you identify a problem then you get to own it and try helping solve it whichbis utterly out of your control. The only reason the surveys are given are for the mushy gushy feel good management philosophy that everybody has an equal voice.
Pulse results haven't been shared in my department in years. And there's a reason for that, they look terrible for our management.
Man up you management types, you need to reveal you're awful at your job and show us a plan you have to fix it and many of us willbackstabbing, if you're sincere on improving. If you're not du mb, backstabber, or a wu-s that is.
I was d-mb enough to be honest on the Pulse and was retaliated against. Be smart and just put down answers management will be happy with!
Nobody is honest on the Pulse because despite the claim of anonymity, it isn't. A third party might administer it - I don't know - but you can still be identified.
Every company has a form of the Pulse. One site I worked at called it the AES - Associate Engagement Survey. We took it one year and leadership refused to release the results. The results were delayed. And ultimately delayed for months. When they were finally released, the results were some of the worst in the history of the company. The question of which they asked if we would recommend a friend or family member to work for the company was a resounding NO in the 90 percentile still sticks in my memory.
The only time someone is truthful on these surveys is when they are leaving the company. Then the company excuses it to a disgruntled employee.
Nobody is honest on Pulse.