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Hi,
Having listened to the 360 review cast and the principle of avoiding risk when feeding back I wonered how would this apply to employee surveys.
In previous years I have, possibly looking now, at risk to myself, been candid and used it to vent my slpeen. This, while cathartic, strikes me as risky now as I am asked to put my grade, locations, team and cost centre which would probably narrow down the possible respondants.
How would you suggest approaching this in future, I have an invite to complete one in my in box now.
Thanks
Ignore it Like an Exit Interview Request
I'm not seeing any upside to responding to the request. I'd drag it to my Junk Email folder and move on with my day. You'll find the act of dropping the invite into Junk will create a similar cathartic moment.
Michael
Sometimes they serve a purpose
The company I work for does occasional employee surveys. Generally on particular topics, rather than just having the same questions each year. We genuinely want to know what people think, and a survey is a good way of testing the water. I wouldn't want to rely on them too much, but it's an indicator.
The chances are that they're only asking those questions to see how the responses vary by grade, or by cost centre etc. Perhaps you have the option of leaving them blank. I wouldn't use it to vent your spleen, though. I'd either delete it, or fill it in with a degree of fairness.
S.