Employee survey

An employee survey is used to collect and subsequently evaluate the opinions and assessments of employees. Such employee surveys usually relate to the day-to-day work of the team and, above all, their satisfaction with the company. The relationship with the line manager is also surveyed in order to resolve or prevent conflicts.

Employee survey: The framework conditions

There are a few basic conditions that are important in an employee survey:

Anonymity
Data protection
Comprehensibility of the questionnaire

This can be queried

The following aspects can be queried in the employee survey:

The current motivation to work
Internal communication within the team or across teams
Satisfaction with your own salary
Satisfaction with current working hours and vacation arrangements
Training and further education requirements

Objectives of an employee survey

The objectives of an employee survey include

to gain an assessment of employee retention.
optimize work processes.
to ensure quality.

Methods

There are many different ways to ask for feedback. Methods such as one-to-one meetings, the 360-degree feedback meeting, feedback cards or a questionnaire to be completed by hand are one way. It is also possible to use an online survey to ask your own employees.

This method also has a number of advantages.