But… yeah. They’re reading the comments. That’s the point. If you tell them who you are, then they’ll know who you are.
The real trap is when it keeps it anonymous within your department, but still reports your department… and your department is three people (or similar). Sometimes their pool of “anonymous” people for a section is in the single digits.
This happened one year, not directly but comments in the survey came up on the team call in a generic sense.
Now I just tick 7/10 for everything and leave no comments.
But… yeah. They’re reading the comments. That’s the point. If you tell them who you are, then they’ll know who you are.
The real trap is when it keeps it anonymous within your department, but still reports your department… and your department is three people (or similar). Sometimes their pool of “anonymous” people for a section is in the single digits.
You gotta throw in a few glazing comments so you don’t look like you’re phoning it in. You’re interested in the company, but only the good parts.
Throw in a few mild process improvements that your manager already wants, as low controversy as possible.
Look at this happy and involved worker! They don’t rock they boat and they participate!