Employee surveys can be useful tools in assessing employee emotions and levels of job satisfaction.
These surveys can provide managers with the knowledge and devices to create a positive work environment.
However, one problem managers have always faced when using them is getting employees to participate.
Well, there just might be a solution. Now there’s technology that allows surveys to be administered anytime,
anyplace using employees’ mobile devices. And creating these surveys is just as simple. But what if that
employee “survey” could instead be used as continual tracking process? Currently, research is being done
with wearable technology that tracks employee productivity and level of job satisfaction .
In tomorrow’s workplace, you might find individual workers using wearable technology to improve their
performance.
(a): What benefits do you see for managers and for employees in “anyplace, anytime” employee surveys?
(b): What drawbacks do you see for managers and for employees in “anyplace, anytime” employee
surveys? 

Answer:

a) There are various benefits for the manager and employees in "anyplace, anytime" employee surveys which can be mentioned below:

• Swiftness and efficiency in the response rate from the employees
• It can be a flexible approach in terms of responding
• It's a real-time way of analyzing the feedback and actions which can be taken by the managers accordingly
• There is the advantage of convenience attached when we can respond easily as surveys are mostly objective and easy to make a reply on the same
• There is the possibility of quality feedback which is shared by the employee(element of transparency)
• It is an innovative platform for sharing feedback which is cost-effective too
• There is a benefit related to choice as there is no location limitation either for the employee as well as for the manager
• Surveys can be evaluated by the managers easily
• The survey can be a good option when it is rated in terms of utilizing the benefits of means of communication and interaction ( both for the employee as well as manager)
• It's a unique style of motivation and improving the culture from the point of view of the manager as well as the employee
• Various flaws in the workplace or organization can be highlighted by the employees to the managers

b) Below are the mentioned drawbacks refer to "anytime, anyplace" employee surveys:

• There is the possibility of a tick mark activity showing a lack of interest by the employee
• It may not be authentic and there is also the possibility of a rare case wherein honest feedback is shared by the employees
• Employees in many cases feel fear in sharing their thoughts openly
• It is possible that n the scenario of anyplace criteria the employees take a casual approach in responding
• There is the possibility that at certain times the surveys are very lengthy and time taking and it requires subjective information too and those are left blank by the employees which really don't reveal the complete aspect of the survey
• There is the possibility that employees have less knowledge about a certain topic and they may reveal no or false information which also kills the idea of a successful survey mechanism