PSA: That mandatory wellness seminar is just data mining in disguise

My company rolled out these required mental health talks last quarter. They frame it as caring for our well-being, but the surveys ask way too much personal info. I heard from a friend in HR that the answers get tagged to our employee files. It feels like they are building profiles to guess who might quit or need time off. This isn't support, it's a sneaky way to cut future costs. Let's debate if this is common practice or just my paranoid job.

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emery_martinez152mo ago

Yeah the part about answers getting TAGGED to files is so real. My friend's company did those "confidential" stress surveys and later her manager made a weird comment about her "coping capacity" during a review. Total coincidence, right?

robin7772mo ago

And that story from @emery_martinez15 is exactly why I'm suspicious. I used to answer those surveys honestly, like a fool, putting down that I sometimes feel overwhelmed. Now I just write "I find great peace in standard company procedures" for every answer. They want data, they can have my most boring profile possible.

cameron7702mo ago

Maybe it's just me but tagging survey answers feels like a step too far. @emery_martinez15 has a point about the manager comment, that's super sketchy.