'neither agree nor disagree'
May. 6th, 2025 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatI took an 'employee engagement' survey yesterday (semi-required by work, in the sense that it's 'strongly encouraged,' and also why not? if I'm willing to write about my work feelings online, I feel like I should be willing to write about them on a survey).
But of course it wasn't a survey with a lot of nuance -- it was a LOT of statements, all of which you got to respond to with one (1) of the following options:
Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Not applicable
And the statements were things like "The goals and values of the company are clearly communicated," and "I feel like I belong here," and many, many more. And all of the statements were things that were conceptually quite complex, not anything that could really be summed up by something like a blanket 'agree' or 'disagree.' (I answered a lot of 'neither agree nor disagree,' which always make me add in my head 'but some secret third thing, which is that this is a question that requires a long-form answer!')
But of course it wasn't a survey with a lot of nuance -- it was a LOT of statements, all of which you got to respond to with one (1) of the following options:
Strongly agree
Agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Not applicable
And the statements were things like "The goals and values of the company are clearly communicated," and "I feel like I belong here," and many, many more. And all of the statements were things that were conceptually quite complex, not anything that could really be summed up by something like a blanket 'agree' or 'disagree.' (I answered a lot of 'neither agree nor disagree,' which always make me add in my head 'but some secret third thing, which is that this is a question that requires a long-form answer!')
