Hmm that's true! I agree! Any ideas for how one can nudge co-workers into sharing more actionable feedback like you mentioned?

Hmm understood! This is really helpful! Thank you!

Totally agree. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

So the concern here is that the feedback is not truly anonymous because someone from HR or IT is able to view the data? If run by a completely 3rd party tool, would that make you comfortable?

Sorry for the late reply.

andrei_says_ seems to have reached into my brain and answered your question perfectly.

I don't think I would change my approach when using a third party tool. The personal downside of giving potentially harsh honest feedback outweighs any benefit for the "greater company" in my mind.

Not the OP but NO because it’s HR that pays for the feedback SAAS product and any 3rd party company needs to bend backward to sell it to them.

Hmm got it and totally agree with your point! In fact, for 360Katas, the product we are building, we are exploring if there could be an alternate revenue model so that we can avoid this :)

For now, it is free and we do not provide any admin features. Any individual can commission feedback for themselves and only they will be able to view their feedback :)

Hmm are you saying that it's not too hard because the writing style in the feedback will give away the identity or anything else?

Say you're a manager who tends to be a little too "friendly" around women. There are two women in the company. It's easy to figure which one. Or things like the pantry is dirty and you're the one who's most vocal about it. Or you're sitting across from some guy who doesn't shower when he goes to work. Or maybe the back end engineers tend to screw up on a lot of little things, and you're one of the three people who deal with them. You could fingerprint someone with just a few of these.

Do you feel it's a good stepping stone though for people to open up before starting to share non-anonymous feedback?