Score the company, team, leader too low, and you might find yourself part of a RIF.
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I was so honest. Still here :(
The surveys are anonymous, but that doesn't mean your comments can't accidentally out you if you are too specific or use language that is unique to you. The managers don't even see the comments if there are less than 10 employees that responded (bit your manager's manager will)
Be truthful on the survey, just don't give a vindictive boss a way to tie the comments back to you.
The employee surveys cannot be considered anonymous due to the level of pressure some employees face to complete them.
100% correct. If an entire team scores the team bad, it puts a target on your back. They start to look at what your team actually does. Then they see that the jobs can be done cheaper offshore. Then they reduce and shift. Cheaper all around.
The "leadership" in the UHG Trend Analytics group presented the results a month back. They actually chalked up the negative scores to a few bad hires that weren't good fits and their scores would be better once they were all gone. That was the sum of their addressing of the issues.
This is a group with four Directors with no direct reports, and two new Directors that had been G29s with no real direct reports until the past month and no management experience.
@bp We don't do performance based layoffs. If you mean the stacked ranking system we have, we use it very incorrectly. Layoffs based on that may as well be considered random.
i have filled it 20+ years and voiced real issues and specific concerns...not been kicked out...not sure where you got that idea that your negative remark got you out. your bad performance and wrong attitude will get you out the door quickly.
I believe this to be true based on experience.
I think layoff strategy is far less personal than people think.
@ak and not do sh-t about it…stfu
The surveys are a "union avoidance " tool. Analyze employee sentiment and identify "frustrations" before they become problems. RIF complainers.
Rule of thumb. Do not ever fill one of these out if you want to be truthful. They are never anonymous.