My manager here in the UK has stated he can obtain HR data confirming who has made what comments.
Does anyone know if this is true, or is manager just trying to avoid us making negative comments?
Thanks,
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As a manager I can't see who wrote things, however 80% of the time I can figure it out just based upon the wording or the complaint. One thing is that if someone constantly posts 1,2, or 3s, they will get flagged as an 'At Risk Employee' and the name shows. This is supposed to tell you that the person is unhappy and may leave, but all it really does is point out who the complainers are.
I left the bank in 2017 and never took a Peakon survey. I worked in a three person group: one manager and two unfortunate peons. the manager was at the level that she should have been a department manager, but she was such a ah* that nobody wanted to report to her.
If I had taken a Peakon survey, I would have given all positive responses, since I know she would have found out it was me if I told the truth.
After 10+ years of being verbally and mentally abused by that nutjob, the day I gave my two weeks is one of the happiest memories in my life. That look of te---r on her face is right up there with the day I got married and the birth of my kids.
Peakon is a social experiment! Just like every other social media is . Don't be surprised if Workday pays billions of dollars to companies just to have your responses collated and then submitted to organizations like WEF, UN etc. Social media like Facebook, LinkedIn , Twitter etc was once a CIA brainchild now turned into fruition for a sole purpose of an experiment.
@1rky, ever try to criticize a woke liberal?
I guess I don’t understand why people are so afraid to have their name associated with negative comments about the company… As long as you’re not swearing, or saying, something inappropriate, who cares if they know you think the new 401(k) match or return to office three days a week sucks. I want my boss to know that I see through the propaganda and corporate speak.
Own it
Your anonymous responses have to be written in a way that your manager can’t figure out it is you. If you have a distinct style of writing it will take little effort for a manager to determine it is you.
What I love NOT are the managers who ask their teams to give them 9 or 10s. Those managers deserve < 9 on all questions. Beggars can’t be choosers. They are Losers.
Yes, they can find out who posted feedback. My advice is to keep the comments constructive even if the scores submitted are low.
It is definitely NOT anonymous. Whilst they may not be able to see by name who wrote what (and not sure on this - they can split responses by location and tenure etc. so if buoy have a relatively small team split across locations, it’s pretty easy to pinpoint who wrote what. Combined with matching peoples writing style and words used etc. I refuse to be bullied into giving all 10’s. I gave mostly 0’ s or 1’s for most questions on a number of surveys last year and didn’t add comments. I filled them in honestly - it wasn’t just to moan. My manager then raised it on a number of team calls and advised that the narrative that he was feeding upwards was that the people who had responded like this were ‘outliers’ and that it was mostly good. Bad responses linked to tenure and certain locations (including but not just mine).
I was peripherally involved with the adoption of Peakon.
My strong understanding was always that the only people who can see who writes what are on the vendor side. Peakon seemed a reputable vendor, and maintaining confidentiality is essential to the viability of their product. So, yes, BNYM is the customer and customers can get away with stuff, yet it seems unwise of them to comply with any requests to breach confidentiality.
Having said that, I’ve been in orgs where they’ve conducted anonymous surveys and management has forced the researchers to reveal who said what. But those were primarily internal surveys.
To echo earlier posters, I think it’s rather easy for managers to match writing styles and concerns to the members of their teams.
They say it is, but I don’t believe that at all. I’m still honest on it anyway. ‘If you were offered a similar job at another bank for the same pay would you stay here?’ My answer ‘0’. And they keep asking it on every survey like it will change lol
Is Anomylous the planet the Anomylans are from?
I’m not sure if our implementation of Peakon is anonymous but the tool has the ability to reveal who a comment came from.
No, there is no anomaly whatsoever.
Why would you say 10’s when you don’t actually feel that way? Just skip the stupid survey… Don’t try to validate their cr---y policies with 10 ratings.
The joke is- always respond with a 10. It is easy for managers to determine who responded……
Mgmt can see responses and yes we can reply . It’s always fun to read what the slackers write and complain about. How about sit down , stfu and actually do your job
They say it is but there have been many instances of managers commenting and knowing exactly who wrote what. Too many and too general to know based upon instincts.
They are anonymous, but many managers can tell who some people are because certain people have a certain syntax/voice/“style” and if they bring up specific projects, that’s a strong indicator. I used to troll using typical UK idiomatic phrases to troll my witch of a boss.
It doesn’t give your name but I think if there are less than 3 people participating it does. Plus management can see what you write about each topic cause it goes to a que of responses for us. And it’s not hard to figure out who said what sometimes
When I worked at another major bank, the big wig assured us that our responses would be anonymous. Two days later , he held an angry meeting with us where he proceeded to rattle off our specific responses (derogatory to him and others) and gave each specific person the evil eye and a pause before continuing (!)…they know.