January 29th, 2008
Employee Survey
I hate employee surveys. I don’t want
to become another statistic. Even worse,
I don’t want to become singled out.
“The Enemy, who wears
Her mother’s usual face
And confidential tone,
Has access; doubtless stares
Into her writing case
And listens on the phone.”
Poem by Phyllis McGinley, “Fourteenth Birthday”
January 29th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Ms. Sera, the lovely creature of the night… Whatever do you do during the day when we don’t see you that you hate so badly? I can gurantee you, though, that I probably got you beat on completely horseshit jobs.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:58 am
I got a job that I don’t much like either. Mindless paper pushing in a cubicle. Decent, but certainly not what I should be doing. Alas, bills have to be paid, right kids?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:39 am
I worked for a job where they had a website where you could “confidentially” report inappropriate behavior. I filled out the form once without mentioning any names, because the employee in question would certainly have known who turned him in, and the site response was that, if I did not put in the name of the person that had behaved inappropriately, they were not going to pursue the matter.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:51 am
In our heart, we all know that when they read the surveys, they know how to “find” who answered what.
I hate them too.
And yes, bills have to be paied and I wonder why I know so many people (including me) stuck on “completely horseshit jobs”…
January 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Be careful! Nothing is confidential! Let me explain - our employee surveys have a coding system on them where we know WHO sends them in, even if they wish to be anonymous. You have to see some of the answers and opinions and SUGGESTIONS they give! There is no such thing as privacy anymore… you’re absolutely right - we’re a statistic! *sigh*
January 29th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Good question…and no it’s not the same. Even an anonymous and confidential survey is sometimes interpreted by the receivers, who think they can identify some of the writers. I run surveys for clients - an interesting thing.
Sometimes for fun I answer surveys with completely fictitious responses. Especially consumer surveys - “Hey why does this elderly woman buy so many boxer shorts??”
January 29th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
hahha those things are a bit strange but at least it’s the company’s way of trying now if only they would take the feedback and put it forward.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
If you do not want to be singled out or heaped with the rest, where do you define the comfortable middleground? Not trying to be an asshole, I literally want to know. I did enjoy that dig at the use of the word confidential.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
haha it;s so so true!!! lol!
January 29th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
First thing every morning at work I delete all my official e-mail as well as the junk stuff and only ever reply to people I know and others whose names I must know. I never fill out surveys. It’s worked for me for 12+ years.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Everyone needs one:
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/how/