I've been here for more than a few years... I have NEVER seen any meaningful change from these surveys. I also have never had the results sent to me (only managers get it?). As a lowly employee, we get the watered down PowerPoint that management puts together for us to digest. My question is, why do all of the managers go on an absolute rampage about getting 100% participation? Like everything else in this place, it comes off as creepy and weird. Also, to what extent is the survey actually anonymous (if at all)?
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I got stuck on one of those working groups to improve the team based on the employee survey. It was the biggest joke. Because I was new to Wells I kept asking stupid questions like how does the work we are doing address any of the issues from the survey. The looks I got told me to shut up.
I quickly complete it so they will leave me alone in their email reminders that are sent to those anonymous people who didn't complete it. I never ever use free text field. Never trust a corporation to keep things anonymous. If these people forced you to share your vax status that was supposed to be cobra protected then they can compromise anything in the name of politics and self interest.
Boycott it. Get busy, get sick, go on vacation, accidentally place a rule that puts it into a random folder...so whatever it takes.
I've NEVER seen any substantive outcome from GES. They need to work on our grievances around RTO, lack of tooling, lack of meaningful communication & answer to rampant layoffs before I ever waste my time filling out another survey.
How long will it take everyone to realize the survey is a scam that serves no purpose or benefit for employees.
@OP
Well, They used to post the results. But no more.
They learned that if there was a bad response rate from a department managers had to set up remdiation plans; skip level calls on what the problems are, action splans, that sort of thing. Was hard to lay it out on the table but that's what they wanted. I was in involved with one of those. Takeaways were recorded and action plans were made clear by end of the year. It didn't go well. Nothing happend. It all died on the vine.
Now the survey is just for them to collect number, get the "pulse", and check the box.
Don’t participate. The only metric that counts in participation!
@a7
No. You get the same salary for taking 15 minutes to fill out the survey AND then working an hour later to get caught up on anything f you missed during those 15 minutes.
The deal with the survey is that for any positive results, management will take credit for building a great culture, while for any negative results, management will blame the reporting team for having issues. Heads they win, tails you lose.
It’s tied to their metrics. If they don’t get full participation they get dinged. And it’s most assuredly not anonymous. Be careful with any open text boxes.
I get paid the same salary to spend 15 minutes filling out a survey? Ok, no problem.
Because the managers are told they need 100% participation. I guess people forget that cr-p rolls down hill.
it's a gaslighting and fear-mongering tool. example: are you proud to work for Wells Fargo? say yes and you are being gaslit into wearing your wf pride bracelet. say no and they will fire you. I hope this helps.