Several times a year, we have to participate in associate surveys. I do not really know the purpose of these surveys. They are done by an outside company and I don't know exactly who sees the results of these surveys and where that information goes. And even though we are told they are "anonymous" I do have to wonder if that's really true. The same company also provides our residents with surveys several times a year. We spend hours assisting them on tablets to get these surveys in.
Now, I'm sure there is some good in these surveys, I just really don't know what it is. It's not like it is an inconvenience to take one. What does bother me, though, is that there is one question at the end of the survey that if you do not answer within a specific perimeter, your entire survey is thrown out. Why not only give us the choices of the acceptable answers then? Why tell us to rate something from 1 to 10 if you're going to not accept any survey that rates 3 to 8? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe this is a standard practice in the survey business, which I know nothing about, but it seems like people spend time doing something for no reason unless they are spoon fed answers.
It makes me feel cheated, in a way. You answer the questions, some of which you are asked to write your opinion not simply "yes" or "no". And then if your honest final answer is not what they want, it's all erased. That's frustrating. So much for everyone's opinion counting.
But at least I got a scratch off lottery ticket for completing mine. That's something I suppose. Ah, well. That is all
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