<![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy? - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy? - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> @dalejo: Yeah, I think it's a bit of a stretch for an HR survey at Cisco to pull that kind of trick but it does happen all the time, ask anyone in the security industry. I know for a fact Apple does it with some things and HP plays a lot of games as well.

I was just trying to tell people to be careful when forwarding these things, especially when forwarding insider information.

eth0

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> @eth0: That's a bit paranoid. These things are done by outside companies that just report back the results, not the individual responses.

That said, it's another way companies that have no clue choose to deal with unhappy workers. Maybe the next thing they'll do is administer Myers-Briggs tests to everyone.

dalejo

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> Has no one worked at a real company before? Companies big and small do this stuff all the time, and it's often administered by a consulting firm. I love how it's posted here as if it's some piece of confidential company info.

You don't sign it, it isn't required, and they calibrate for people who answer "I don't know" for every question rather than simply throwing it away.

shiwsup

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> This is the same generic survey that most companies have to administer to get on all the fortune lists. most admired company, best place to work, etc...

tawni

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> Jordan Golson : Valleywag :: Keith Bishop : Wernham Hogg

Tim Faulkner

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> In fact having just run the survey through a crude anti-canary trap program I happen to have, it highlighted the missing fullstop on the last line and capitalisation of Collaboration in question 27 .. the missing fullstop is probably a copy/paste error since it's right at the end, and Collaboration could be capitalised for some sort of misguided emphasis .. but that is exactly the kind of thing that canary trap systems do, so look out people! : )

eth0

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> Makes me wonder if the surveys require a name on them? If so, with questions like that, expect totally worthless results. If not, could have some fun : )

Unless they're playing games with randomised question order or something - rearrange the questions differently for each person, then you can track response even without a name. Very sneaky but it happens. Here's how to spot it: Did you receive the survey directly in your pigeonhole (or inbox), or were they passed out randomly at a meeting or something? If the former, be care to confirm with neighbours they're identical ... and check with your neighbour every time if it's email!

Hope the tipster checked before sending in his!

eth0

]]> <![CDATA[Cisco employees: are you happy?]]> Reminds me of a similar "survey" at one company. I didn't even bother to respond, as it was so insulting and stupid.

Cisco is a crappy place to work anyway....

QADude

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