> Once in a while you'll see a follow up email from the sender saying that they are aware of many people reporting the email as a phishing attempt and that reporting the email was wrong and that link to that particular website is a company approved tool and that employees are required to complete the survey at the link for some department or center's benefit.

That's exactly what a spearphisher would say. Still not clicking a link. Of course, I would rarely read the company email anyway.