[ShakataGaNai]

As someone who works in security and has sent out anonymous surveys in a corporate environment.

* Never trust a survey to be truly anonymous *

Sure, you can send google surveys that will tell you they don't collect your username and you can trust that. However, a lot of surveys still collect information like your IP address. Unless you're sitting in the office and know for a 100% certainty that your reported IP address will be the same as everyone else... you're at risk. Even then, unless the survey is from a trusted vendor like surveymonkey, you're at risk of the URL being tagged (assuming you know what good/bad URLs from SurveyMonkey even look like).

In the past I've been asked to figure out who completed an anonymous survey based on IP address and it was not hard nor time consuming. For someone in IT or Security, there is plenty of information sources for cross-referencing.

Unless you don't care about your job...Always answer any corporate survey as if the CEO themselves is talking to you in person.

[silicon2401]

Can't second this enough. If you get a survey at work, assume all your personal info will be attached to this. At my current job, I've had a coworker let me and some friends know that they were reached out to by HR due to certain concerns. Basically, work surveys are 100% not anonymous, so be mindful of that when you're answering. Answer boldly when you feel confident doing so (like if you're answering questions around work life balance, etc), but don't share more than you feel comfortable sharing.

[wilsonjohn]

I'm developing a survey tool aimed at building trust. Responses are not tracked or no meta information is captured. For demonstrating or proving the privacy, respondents and take ownership of the data by answering with pseudo anonymity. Would this bring some change in employees to be authentic while responding surveys at workplace?