The Fake Anonymous Survey

Your manager sends around a confidential employee survey. Everyone fills it out. Two days later she messages the team: send me one answer you submitted so I can match everyone up. She says she just forgot to turn off the anonymity setting.

That's not a mistake. That's a move — and this episode names it. We walk through the three ways the fake anonymous survey gets engineered, why it works so effectively on a psychological level, and how to handle it without looking like you have something to hide. You'll leave with a clear read on what's actually happening when this shows up, plus three specific lines you can use if the follow-up ever lands in your inbox.