{"id":2119,"date":"2014-04-17T17:23:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2025-02-24T07:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:04:48","slug":"hr-are-your-employee-surveys-really-anonymous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/hr-are-your-employee-surveys-really-anonymous\/","title":{"rendered":"HR: Are Your Employee Surveys Really Anonymous?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the survey software you\u2019re using does not provide a feature called Guaranteed Anonymity, get rid of it now. Guaranteed Anonymity<\/strong><\/a> is so crucial for candid employee feedback that not having<\/em> it turns your efforts into a waste of time.<\/p>\n

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\"guaranteed<\/a>Haris, our chief marketing officer, received a call this morning from a prospective client. On the other end of the line was an HR vice president tending to 9,000+ employees at an industrial and heavy equipment recycling company. I\u2019d call that a pretty tough crowd.<\/p>\n

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She expressed frustration over low (as in hovering over zero percent) response rates to her employee surveys<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cWe run anonymous surveys,\u201d she explained, \u201cbut most of our employees won\u2019t participate because they don\u2019t trust the anonymity, that it can be compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Guess what? Her employees are right. The commonly known survey company she\u2019s been using for the last few years does not provide Guaranteed Anonymity. Instead, so-called anonymity requires cutting and pasting URL\u2019s or something\u2026 That\u2019s so over with.<\/p>\n

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Our Veep had to take action. She did her research, discovered that integrated Guaranteed Anonymity does exist and called Sogolytics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is going to eliminate all the worries my employees have about filling out the survey,\u201d Sogolytics\u2019s New HR Client told Haris. No doubt, an exhale of relief went with that comment. We know that because we\u2019ve heard it so many times before.<\/p>\n

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HR, we\u2019re here for you and keep in mind, the survey software you use makes a big difference when it comes to the actionable results you\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n

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By Natasha Peterson, content producer and member of the Sogolytics blog team<\/i><\/p>\n

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Are you ready for a smart, easy-to-use online survey? Try out Sogolytics for free at\u00a0https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the survey software you\u2019re using does not provide a feature called Guaranteed Anonymity, get rid of it now. Guaranteed Anonymity is so crucial for candid employee feedback that not having it turns your efforts into a waste of time. Case in point: Haris, our chief marketing officer, received a call this morning from a prospective client. On the other end of the line was an HR vice president tending to 9,000+ employees at an industrial and heavy equipment recycling company. I\u2019d call that a pretty tough crowd. She expressed frustration over low (as in hovering over zero percent) response rates to her employee surveys. \u201cWe run anonymous surveys,\u201d she explained, \u201cbut most of our employees won\u2019t participate because they don\u2019t trust the anonymity, that it can be compromised.\u201d Guess what? Her employees are right. The commonly known survey company she\u2019s been using for the last few years does not provide Guaranteed Anonymity. Instead, so-called anonymity requires cutting and pasting URL\u2019s or something\u2026 That\u2019s so over with. Our Veep had to take action. She did her research, discovered that integrated Guaranteed Anonymity does exist and called Sogolytics. \u201cThis is going to eliminate all the worries my employees have about filling out the survey,\u201d Sogolytics\u2019s New HR Client told Haris. No doubt, an exhale of relief went with that comment. We know that because we\u2019ve heard it so many times before. HR, we\u2019re here for you and keep in mind, the survey software you use makes a big difference when it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,205],"tags":[220,24,151,60],"yoast_head":"\nSogolytics to HR: Are Your Employee Surveys Really Anonymous?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sogolytics's next-generation survey software solves HR's need for Guaranteed Anonymous employee surveys that promote candid and useful results.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/hr-are-your-employee-surveys-really-anonymous\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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