Remember that immediately after Mao's Hundred Flowers Campaign, in which the CCP solicited "honest feedback" about how well they were doing, came the Anti-Rightist Campaign, in which the complainers were identified and punished, sometimes executed.

If the decision makers are welcoming honest feedback, chances are pretty good it's to put you on a potential troublemaker list so they'll know just who to hand pink slips to at the next round of needed layoffs (if not before).

Unless you're prepared to lose your job TODAY, treat your employer like the Roman Empire, and the CEO like Caesar.

I get the feeling that maybe Mao wasn’t always such a good guy.