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I'd believe Gallup if they weren't hacks and crooks. Five to ten years ago they had a big program that they peddled to organizations about Employee Engagement.
by officemonkey 11y ago
I'd believe Gallup if they weren't hacks and crooks.
Five to ten years ago they had a big program that they peddled to organizations about Employee Engagement.
They ended up paying the Justice Department 10.5 million dollars for crimes associated with contracting irregularities (aka bribes.)
Looks like they're going to turn their "survey experience" to another part of employee training.
It's really sad about Gallup. They've been riding on their good name that they developed 60 years ago. They're bad pollsters (they predicted McCain would win in 2008) and they're pretty blatantly partisan. Oh, as as mentioned above, crooked.
That being said, yes, I'm sure that employees want "a great boss who cares about their development." I knew that years ago. I also know that this "story" is a puff piece to sell Gallup consulting services.
- feld 11y agoI worked for them for a short time due to an acquisition. They're crazy. They think they're solving the world's problems with polling data and they force you to be psycho-analyzed and have a plaque at your desk displaying your traits. Nuttier than squirrel turds.
- mfoy_ 11y agoIs your psycho-pass looking a bit cloudy today?
- stuxnet79 11y agoLovely. A Psycho-Pass reference. I was wondering how quickly it would turn up :) FWIW my Psycho-Pass is pretty clear today. Can't wait for the english version of the movie to finally get released by Funimation.
- 27182818284 11y agoIt spreads too with things like http://www.strengthsfinder.com/ http://www.strengthsfinder.com/ which are amazingly short-sighted. You mention you like solving some math-like problems and then surprise your strengths are analysis and math-related things!
- officemonkey 11y agoYes. It was "Strengths finder," which was almost as mumbo-jumbo as Myers-Briggs.
- afterburner 11y agoSmall correction, they predicted Romney would win in 2012, not McCain in 2008; they actually predicted Obama would do better than he did in 2008 (tied for the highest overestimated prediction). Their results have been poor indeed. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-polls-fared-best-and-worst-in-the-2012-presidential-race/?_r=0 http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/which-po... http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-vs-the-world/ http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-v...
- zxcvvcxz 11y agoThat's some grade-A Hacker News skepticism, mate.