If a tree falls in empty woods, does it make a sound? If you perform an employee survey and never address the feedback, did you do anything at all?
Yes, you wasted a lot of people’s time. An employee survey gives your employees a voice and lets them feel valued.
Conversely, an employee survey with no follow up action or acknowledgment makes employees feel like they’re being humored—like you’re just going through the motions of trying to care.
So don’t waste this opportunity. Avoid doing any of these things:
1. Make Surveys Too Long
Keep your employee survey reasonably short, but thorough. Bogging employees down in a longwinded survey is a great way to lose them in a hurry.
2. Ignore Negative Feedback
If your employees say they would like something fixed, it’s worth your time to look into it. If it’s not something you can change, at least address the concern so you’re employees feel like they’ve been heard.
3. Keep Changes Quiet
Again, if you make changes based on employee feedback it’s important that everyone knows. Trumpet it from the rooftops. “We heard you and this is what we’ve done.”
4.Tie up to many resources
Consider an online tool for your next employee survey. This makes sure your HR department and managers aren’t bogged down for weeks, collecting and analyzing the results of your survey.
If you’re wondering what a 360 employee survey can do for your company, please don’t hesitate to contact us any time.