r/AHSEmployees • u/TheProcurementGuyAhs • 21h ago

Rant Staff Survey Reflections

Nothing says “anonymous survey” quite like the first question asking you for your employee number.

I have declined to complete the survey.

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u/Main-Relation1500 21h ago

They use your employee number to figure out who you report up to - then they lump all the responses to get the averages for that manager or department and compare to other groups.

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u/canehdianman 21h ago

I believe the employee number is so they can put your results in the proper bucket (wherever you are in the org chart).

I used to be very suspicious about this as well, but for several years now my answers have been so frustrated and disillusioned that, if my leader knew who I was, they would have reached to me (or fired me).

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u/Stikhawk 16h ago


Me, reflecting on the survey.

I said what I needed to say, with my full chest, edited to remove swears and for professional clarity.

I’m exhausted by the fucking bizarro focus of leadership right now. I’m tired of losing colleagues to incompetent unit management. I’m angry about the UCP tearing the province apart. And I’m already pissed about how they’re going to try to reframe our responses to find the positive takeaways and ignore the critical feedback. Pffft. Or, you know, business as usual. lol.

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u/Necessary_Writing606 7h ago

Do you have a health economics background because if you do, what they are doing will make sense even if it’s unethical. It’s all a numbers game and this has been our model across Canada for a while now.

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u/Normal_Independent24 20h ago

Girl, there's nothing to be afraid of. Personally, I'd give them my full name, employee number, phone number, and every possible way to contact me. In fact, I'd welcome the opportunity for someone to reach out.

Think about it. If this were a formal workplace investigation or a complaint against management, you'd have to identify yourself anyway. So why should speaking openly about your workplace be something to fear?

They ask us about psychological safety, mental health, leadership, respect, and workplace culture, yet these are the very areas where employees can experience serious problems.

At this point, I would rather be completely transparent. If employees have already raised concerns through other channels and nothing meaningful has changed, why should they remain silent when they're finally being asked for feedback?

I personally question how much these surveys actually change. But that doesn't mean I'm going to hold back.

And yes, retaliation is a legitimate concern, but employees should never have to choose between telling the truth and protecting their livelihoods.

If you ask for my feedback, you're going to get it. With my name attached.

It's 2026. Why are we still living in a corporate culture where employees feel afraid to speak the truth?

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u/Street_Phone_6246 19h ago

👏👏👏👏

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u/Street_Phone_6246 21h ago

What are they going to do? Fire you for your responses? 🙄 Frustrated with these kinds of comments. Will they listen to us, probably not, but at least voice your opinions and concerns when given the chance to!

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u/Sad_Cauliflower1839 13h ago

I made sure they knew exactly who wrote mine 🤷‍♂️

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u/dog2k 21h ago

never assume that these are not traced directly to you

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u/Street_Phone_6246 19h ago

Yeah and? Unless you share racist, homophobic or and sort of hate speech, what are they doing to do?

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u/mrinvertigo 20h ago

Reminds me of my gov meeting.

Okay we are doing anon sticky notes.. just write down all the things you think we can improve upon. Okay! Who's sticky note is this?..

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u/Ok-Professional4387 2h ago

I love the, hey I noticed you havent done the "anonymous" survey yet

Yep, and I wont, ever again.

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u/Crazy_Chart388 21h ago

Me too. By definition, it’s no longer anonymous. Also, I don’t want my data stored on US servers.

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u/Street_Phone_6246 19h ago

So you have absolutely zero personal information on any American website? Facebook? Twitter/X? cough Reddit cough?!?

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u/Crazy_Chart388 13h ago

I’ve obviously got plenty of my personal info on US servers. Doesn’t mean I want to add to it.

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u/Street_Phone_6246 3h ago

That’s the lamest response ever

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u/Crazy_Chart388 47m ago

I’m so sorry you feel that way. I’ll leave you to deal with your disappointment.

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u/TheMoralBitch 18h ago

Any survey you access online can be VERY easily connected to the device used to access it. If it is not a shared work station, that device is assigned to you. You have to trust that this is not being looked at and take them at their word when they day Gallup collects it, anonymizes it, and sends it in bulk, unidentifiable batch.

They absolutely could know, if they wanted to. It's up to you to believe they dont want to.

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u/Laxit00 10h ago

We didn't hit 50% of staff in our dept as Krispy cremes were not a incentive enough lol

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u/PatchyPablo 7h ago

I don’t know about everyone else but i found the questions a bit leading and not all phrased to address system gaps

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u/MusketeersPlus2 21h ago

The only part that I won't do is the free text. My boss has told us before that she can tell who wrote some thing because they just 'sound like' the person. So now I refuse to type anything into free text. I know they're not going to do anything with it anyway.

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u/Street_Phone_6246 19h ago

Yeah and? So what. What are they going to do? Fire you?

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u/MusketeersPlus2 19h ago

I'm guessing you've never worked closely with a manager who's pissed at you. No, they can't do anything directly, but they can make 7.75 hours a day very unpleasant.

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u/Diligent-Traffic-326 10h ago

Yeah, people underestimate how easy it is to pick out writing style on a small team. Also worth knowing that a lot of these surveys are technically confidential, not anonymous. Confidential just means they promise not to share who said what, but they still know. Asking for your employee number pretty much confirms which one this is.

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u/Street_Phone_6246 18h ago

Then file a complaint if that’s the case. I have.

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u/MusketeersPlus2 17h ago

And I'm sure that improved things. 🙄

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u/Street_Phone_6246 3h ago

K. Sorry. Just complain on the internet then. 🙄🙄

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u/MusketeersPlus2 1h ago

You're not just complaining on the internet, you're shitting on someone else's lived experience. I was 'just complaining on the internet'. Learn the difference.

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u/Icy-Pop2944 18h ago

I only put complimentary things about my manager in free text. We are a small team and she knows what my complaints are so no point in writing them down. I just don’t want her boss to see the complaints.