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Charles
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Alarm bells the size of France
The letter makes out that your info is private and confidential Why then do they need such identifiable info Going by the governments past record your info is definitely at risk with them I started the online survey which began with lumping wife and husband wit the word partner which is too PC any PC is too PC The survey got more intrusive very quickly so I abandoned it just before it wanted my D O B The whole thing rings alarm bells the size of France so I hope they contact me to ask why I never completed it so I can tell them I don t trust them one little bit
mohammed
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Disgraceful
I wouldn t like to get into details but let s just say The IT team can t even get their own URL data right 6 emails with all wrong data sent to me in an attempt to recruit me Why in earth would I want to work for a government who csnt even get their own URL address right even after 5 attempt at it All be it to an incompetent level Total sham and down right infuriating to think we paid for this ridiculous system with our hard earned going towards tax
Ally
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Weird and Dangerous
Weird and Dangerous Recieved a invitation to take the survey online via the mail post This guaranteed a 50 reward evouchure As soon as completing the online sign up my antivirus Kaspersky has now malfunctioned and refuses to reinstall There is something very fishy and dangerous going on here
Michael Cloake
6807 reviews
N/A
10 months ago
ONS seem to think businesses have loads
ONS seem to think businesses have loads of time and love nothing more than being bombarded with endless surveys coupled with the treat of a fine for failing to complete and return by an arbitrary deadline Quite why anyone thinks this is a good idea is beyond me
Adam and Eve s Club Reinvented
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Got sent a threatening letter stating
Got sent a threatening letter stating if I didn t fill in the survey - I would receive a 2 500 fine The surveys unfortunately aren t active so when you log in there s no survey So the ONS are now giving small business owners impossible tasks via financial threat Called them and apparently thousands of business owners have had this So - you log in and there is no survey - so you can t fill the survey in so liable for a hefty fine Please tell me how this is ethical I have had the worst rigmarole over this and it s actually made me ill How on God s earth a government organisation can be so unprofessional and unethical is beyond me Had to call and do it verbally - how many thousands of business owners are now facing this issue and becoming stressed over it Advice to the ONS - test your digital systems and make sure your digital visitors can actually complete the tasks before you threaten them with fines if they don t You could not actually make this up Shame on the ONS
John Tichborne
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Voucher award strategy unnecessarily complex
Voucher strategy unnecessarily complex I gave up and deleted 25 award email I will not be taking oart in any further studies take note A waste of my time
JJ
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
My husband and I had our survey in Oct
My husband and I had our survey in Oct 2023 The interviewer Ian Donnison came to our house and took down all our information and promised that ONS will pay us 50 each After waiting for months I emailed ONS ONS kept replied that The Survey Support team are currently dealing with your query and will respond by email as soon as they can I had received this email everytime I emailed them This made me feel like thieves had stolen the vouchers
Chris
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
A gang of thugs sponsored by the public
These guys will threaten you with court a criminal record and a 1000 fine purely for existing without filling in their crappy form Then they will literally send people to harass you until you comply or they will take you to court Oh and they re funded by the public why are we paying these criminals to issue threats to innocent civilians
John M
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
Unacceptable Level Service from a Public Organisation
As a result of being part of a virus testing sample for the Office of national Satitics I was offered vouvhers for each visit starting in August 2020 Despite three telephone calls and perhaps five emails dating from 16 th October I am owed approx 250 in vouchers acknowledged by ONSS and have been paid nothing My wife who is also gives a sample within a few minutes of myself has been mostly paid I just cannot get through to anyone in the ONSS other than junior staff who answer the t elephone Using therir formal complaints system will take a long time with possibly an answer jsut to fob me off John Morgan
Leonardo
6807 reviews
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10 months ago
The ONS s monthly business survey is a
The ONS s monthly business survey is a complete waste of tax payer s time and money This pathetic survey could easily be derived by VAT data from HMRC giving a far more accurate view of the whole economy without the burden on small businesses The UK is already very bureaucratic this survey just adds another reason for small businesses to want to move away
