The Importance of Surveys

Employee Satisfaction surveys are a great way to give your team a voice and increase engagement. Sammy our HR manager, distributes employee satisfaction surveys annually and has advised of the following benefits:

• Measure employee engagement
• Give employees a voice
• Increase employee engagement
• Direct organizational growth
• Benchmark results
• Improved employee safety
• Uncover employee weaknesses
• Employee knowledge gaps
• Happier employees
• Increased employee satisfaction
• Lower absenteeism
• Higher retention
• Increased employee loyalty
• Improved customer service

Certain times in your organization’s annual cycle are a good fit for presenting survey results:

• The annual report, when company results are released, often needs to include fresh survey data. You’ll need to submit your data before the copy deadline.
• Executive meetings are usually held monthly or quarterly. Compile your results in advance of those to secure a feedback presentation slot.
• A quieter time of year is best for people to absorb survey results. Performance review time, Christmas, and year-end are usually busy, and analyzing results at these times can seem more like a distraction.
• Historical survey times can be helpful because of corporate rhythms and habits. If you run a survey at a particular time of year, and it gives useful results, keep it at that time.
• A three-four month interval gives you time to do the whole learning cycle properly: learn using a survey, thank the staff, plan, do the work, give it time to bed in, tweak as needed, then start again