Employees are an asset of a company, which play a key role in making a business successful. The employees, who work at various levels in different departments, are involved in every business process. The success of an enterprise primarily depends on the performance of its employees. Thus in today’s extreme competition it is essential to keep your employees happy and contended, so that they can contribute in taking your business to desirable heights. And to achieve this
employee surveys can prove extremely useful.
Every company, no matter how big or small, makes every effort to give its employees a progressive and pleasing work environment. Still there could be many issues which can affect the performance or behavior of an employee in a negative way.
There are many types of employee surveys which a company can utilize in order to know the views, satisfaction level and expectations of its employees. Generally these surveys are conducted by the HR department. A questionnaire is prepared, keeping in mind the objective or purpose of the survey and it includes questions which can help the company to achieve that specified objective. Then the questionnaire is distributed among the employees, manually or online. After the employees have completed the questionnaire, all the data and information is collected by the HR personals. The information that is collected through these
employee surveys can prove highly helpful to analyze what the employees think about the company, its work environment and its policies. The purpose of conducting these surveys is however not limited to just collecting the information. It is very crucial to analyze the collected data and improve the shortcomings that the employees have highlighted in their responses, by providing them constructive feedback. By improving the weak areas, a company or enterprise can drastically improve the employee related problems like, low performance, uncooperative behavior, lack of team work etc. Conducting these surveys regularly can prove immensely useful in keeping your employees happy and also for improving your business prospects.