Anonymous survey at Place of work
Discussion
My wife and her colleagues have been asked to complete an anonymous survey on each other, they have been sent a survey monkey link which goes to a page listing everyone’s names with a box next to it allowing free form writing.
They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been b
hy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.
Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been b
hy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
livinginasia said:
My wife and her colleagues have been asked to complete an anonymous survey on each other, they have been sent a survey monkey link which goes to a page listing everyone’s names with a box next to it allowing free form writing.
They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been bhy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.
Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
360s are quite common, and some people find the insights they offer valuable, others less so. Where they help inform PRP and the like, they can be used to settle scores or are simply log-rolling exercises. Where tied to personal development plans, they can be more helpful. FWIW, I don’t recall being given any feedback that I didn’t already know.They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been b
hy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
Re anonymity, in the absence of any solid reassurances on identity protection from each other or management, I’d venture that only two safe courses of action are either (1) not to complete it at all, or (2) to complete it as if the information were fully public. Done properly, these surveys are usually run independently by someone other than the employer.
psi310398 said:
I’d venture that only two safe courses of action are either (1) not to complete it at all, or (2) to complete it as if the information were fully public. Done properly, these surveys are usually run independently by someone other than the employer.
This, all day long. The number of businesses I used to see operating 'anonymous' surveys like this and then either getting upset about results is daft. The analytics on SM are very, very good, meaning this is almost certainly not anonymous and they'll know exactly who wrote what.
Your wife needs to tread very carefully with this. Frankly, underhanded s
t like this would see me checking the job pages...
psi310398 said:
Re anonymity, in the absence of any solid reassurances on identity protection from each other or management, I’d venture that only two safe courses of action are either (1) not to complete it at all, or (2) to complete it as if the information were fully public. Done properly, these surveys are usually run independently by someone other than the employer.
^^^ ThisWe are asked to complete the occasional survey at work, supposedly anonymous but when they ask for info like which site you're based at, which department, sometimes what level you are, it could be pretty easy to narrow it down, especially for those in smaller departments.
We do them every few years at work. I am yet to see the purpose or affects of them from either side.
It's the same negative results every time. Poor place to work, poor management, poor wages, overworked, and a large percentage tick the box they'll be leaving in the next year.
The results are the same every year filled in by the people that still haven't left.
It's the same negative results every time. Poor place to work, poor management, poor wages, overworked, and a large percentage tick the box they'll be leaving in the next year.
The results are the same every year filled in by the people that still haven't left.
livinginasia said:
My wife and her colleagues have been asked to complete an anonymous survey on each other, they have been sent a survey monkey link which goes to a page listing everyone’s names with a box next to it allowing free form writing.
They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been bhy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.
Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
"Anonymous" in the literary sense is a lot different to "Anonymous Data" so I'd be very wary until someone explains the measures they've taken to protect people's identity.They have been asked to just write what they think about each other: positive and negative.
This to me sounds like a car crash about to happen, they will be given the feedback and will see what others have said, and will then all guess who has been b
hy about them behind their backs leading to upset and resentment.Has anyone any experience of this, and whether it has ever brought about a positive outcome?
Many thanks !
Used to work for a company that created these surveys. They arent completely anonymous, the company running the survey knows who completed what. However, that doesnt always meant that the company initiating the survey will see data with the names. In this instance though it looks like some ste knocked up in survey monkey which is tin pot to be sure.
Personally I would be ignoring it until i am badgered to complete it, then keep very light and factual, no opinions, nothing contentious
te knocked up in survey monkey which is tin pot to be sure.Personally I would be ignoring it until i am badgered to complete it, then keep very light and factual, no opinions, nothing contentious
They did this where I used to work, nothing good ever came from it, the management were toxic.
No one filled them out properly as no one liked the management at all. It was quite odd the office and management had to know everything and there was always an atmosphere in there.
They used to ‘listen in’ on the company car dash cams to our conversations, but that was another matter.
No one filled them out properly as no one liked the management at all. It was quite odd the office and management had to know everything and there was always an atmosphere in there.
They used to ‘listen in’ on the company car dash cams to our conversations, but that was another matter.
Used to have these when I worked for a very large retail chain within the property department. Really useful to see how others thought you were doing especially at annual appraisal time when my line manager would slap a load of comments about me gathered from the 'team' doing the same job, it never bothered me too much but I used to get p****d off with the comment about being seen in the office a little more. For 7 years I used to explain that I lived 250 miles from the office in Herts and my patch was the North East and Scotland. Some members of the team were getting rave reviews for schemes they had delivered within 30 miles of the office, I on the other hand just got on with my work and tried to deliver the scope to the best of my ability and budget set. I never used to comment on a team 360 because I thought it was unfair to mention others if I had little day to day contact with them. Despite doing the role the comment 'what do you think you could have improved on' was the opportunity for me to answer pay me the same rate as the southern based team and I would have a look at how I could improve my performance. 7 years I mentioned the same answer to that question.
We used to do similar, person and boss would identify and agree key customers. The customers would then be asked for feedback. No names would be mentioned during feedback session so you had to be careful as sometimes it would be obvious who left the feedback. More often than not the feedback was good, can't really remember bad feedback, for myself or any of my team. People are generally nice about each other in these circumstances, much more likely to get the real feedback around the "water cooler".
As I maid above I used to work for a company that created these.
In some cases they were hilarious. You would get these delusional management team that though they were doing a great job and would have us send these out and then got tore a new one and in the end would bury the results. We still got paid and had a laugh reading all the responses.
In some cases they were hilarious. You would get these delusional management team that though they were doing a great job and would have us send these out and then got tore a new one and in the end would bury the results. We still got paid and had a laugh reading all the responses.
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