Human Resource surveys - who's exploiting whom?
Human resource management people are often accused of not being business-savvy. I am now reflecting on that accusation. I have just been asked as an HR person to participate in a survey. I am able to participate in the survey, which will then be marketed at a cost to others.
I won't receive payment for participating. I won't receive a free copy of the survey. If I want to see what's in the survey in which I participated I must pay for the privilege.
When did things change? I recall that it was always that if you participated, you received a free copy.
Now I ask myself - why should I participate? Do HR people realise that they are being exploited?
Tags: HR, business, exploited, human, management, participate, resources, survey
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Permalink Reply by Pauls Gibbons on -
I agree with you, Sylvia. It takes time and effort to participate in a survey and I think the participation rate is generally very low. In order to make it a win-win - effort in/results out - I will participate in a survey if I get something out. I certainly won't pay for the privilege. I did not respond to the hr survey in question for exactly that reason as I don't like to be exploited. In anything.
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Permalink Reply by sylvia hammond on
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Thanks Pauls for your response - glad I'm not alone in this. There is so much that can be gained from a representative survey - and a partnership and sector developmental approach.
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ContributorPermalink Reply by Ian Webster on -
Surveys such as Salary Surveys I can understand. They are highly specialised and enormously detailed. The participants pay huge amounts and commit a large block of time for the information they will get back. But general surveys? Surveys of opinion? You want my help, let me have something back, even if it's a sumary report with the detailed report only available for a fee.
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Hi Ian, Yes that was my view, as the organisation will be selling the information and making a profit from it, they should at least provide an executive summary.
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