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The following core survey principles help to define when it is appropriate to run an employee survey:
Purpose of surveying: Surveying allows measurement and insight generation for business leaders on those topics they are seeking to address to improve business performance and employee engagement. It contributes to the on-going actions by leaders to ask for and respond to feedback from their workforce.
Business focused: Surveys should be focused around the experiences of employees working at your company and how the employees interact with the company.
Action based outcomes: Surveying should only take place when there is a commitment to take actions on results.
Inclusive: Surveys should be simple, straightforward and easy to access.
Confidentiality: Employee confidentiality will be strictly maintained and respected; individual responses will never be shared.
Transparency in reporting: There is a commitment to be transparent in sharing survey participation rates and to provide feedback to employees on the results.