I once worked for a 40 employee company. The president would take every employee to lunch at the country club once a year. He took 5 or so employees at a time. He listened, took notes, explained why we couldn't do certain things, and how we might do others. The following year, he would get out the notes from the previous year and talk about what changed and what didn't. THIS survey was good for moral. Christmas parties were great. Annual results were discussed over heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks. A few other random dinners/lunches took place as well.
I moved to megacorp (would have been sold to one anyway at the small company). Most of this ended. Any events were turned into high pressure sales meetings. They issued "engagement" surveys. I completed one the first year because it sounded like they may be ready to listen. They didn't. I refused to complete one again. Took to much of my valuable time when I was already overloaded.
