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Kaj_Sotala comments on Open Thread for January 8 - 16 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 08 January 2014 12:35:59PM 9 points [-]

In light of gwern's good experiences with one, I too now have an anonymous feedback form. You can use it to send me feedback on my personality, writing, personal or professional conduct, or anything else.

Comment author: philh 08 January 2014 02:48:02PM 7 points [-]
Comment author: knb 10 January 2014 02:36:42AM *  4 points [-]

The CEO of a company I used to work at put up an anonymous feedback form. He was getting a lot of negative feedback, so he removed it.

Problem solved.

Comment author: Alsadius 10 January 2014 03:19:28PM 5 points [-]

Easy mockery aside, a lot of employees like to gripe, and if the feedback was just the sort of useless whining that 1% of the workforce loves to engage in, then I'd shut it down too(or, possibly more maliciously, leave it up for morale and stop reading it).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 January 2014 12:31:55AM 2 points [-]

It's an interesting problem. A small proportion of the complaints might be about something urgent--- how do you sort them out from the minor or irrelevant stuff?

Comment author: Alsadius 11 January 2014 01:05:28AM 0 points [-]

Get rid of the direct communication, and tell your managers that important stuff should get filtered upwards.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 January 2014 01:16:28AM 1 point [-]

Very funny. Sometimes you can't trust your managers.

Comment author: Alsadius 11 January 2014 01:17:40AM 0 points [-]

Oh, it's hardly a perfect solution. But unless you hire a secretary to read the mailbox, it's what will happen. And much of the time it's good enough.

Comment author: DaFranker 08 January 2014 12:54:24PM 3 points [-]

Hadn't heard about this until now. That sounds like a great idea, and thanks / props for putting this up!

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 09 January 2014 12:37:45PM 2 points [-]
Comment author: ChrisHallquist 09 January 2014 09:12:16PM *  2 points [-]

Thanks Kaj. This was the nudge I needed to create my own anonymous feedback form.