Employee Survey Design
The design of an employee survey should aid understanding and ensure actionable feedback. Read our advice on planning, design and question choice.
The careful and effective design of an employee survey is crucial to ensuring participant understanding and buy-in, and to gaining staff feedback that is reliable and actionable.
Here we outline some best practice advice on planning your survey, design advice, some considerations for question choice, and the best scoring mechanism to employ.
Companies with engaged employees pull in 2.5x more revenues compared to competitors with low engagement levels.
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Design considerations for an effective survey
This can vary depending on your company size and the areas you have identified as critical to be surveyed. However, typically most employee surveys are roughly 30–40 questions in length and ideally require no longer than 10–15 minutes to complete.
Employee Survey Templates
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Highly engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their companies than their less engaged counterparts.
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Choose a rating scale for your employee survey
One of the most effective formats for a question is to include a rating scale, where respondents can grade how satisfied they are with something, from very unhappy to extremely satisfied.
Likert scales that operate on a four- or five-point system are common and extremely popular. But each has its own strengths and weaknesses, so you would need to consider what best fits your needs.
Employee Survey Templates
From selecting what areas you should measure to choosing the questions to ask, it can be daunting to know where to begin with your first survey. We’ve developed a great selection of fully customisable templates for you to start with.
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