Coronavirus and the resultant global lockdown have changed the working world overnight, with the majority of the global work-force now working from home. This has sent a massive shock-wave through organizations as managers must overnight start managing previously on-site co-located teams as home-based remote workers. The good news is that industry has been preparing for, (and indeed urging), this homeworking revolution for many years now and as a result there are lots of resources available to help organizations with this endeavour.
Pulse or Sentiment Surveys are indeed one such resource which are perfect for tracking the mood of remote teams. Rather than waiting for the annual engagement survey at the end of the year, pulse or sentiment surveys track the mood and engagement levels of your staff on an ongoing basis, by automatically sending out survey questions to staff. It then uses automated statistical analysis to identify and highlight any negative trends that need addressing. This is a great way to gauge the mood of your remote staff without micro-managing them and without much effort as this pulse/sentiment survey software does it all for you, once configured appropriately. Here’s our top 5 Employee Pulse/Sentiment Surveys for small businesses.
This is fully featured pulse survey software that can provide fast and frequent employee feedback from your remote, home-based or onsite team members. It’s automated and frequent staff survey’s enable you to track employee experience, organizational health as well as gathering specific feedback on company change programmes, (such as a transition from office to home-working), or get ongoing feedback about specific projects or work areas. Customers are typically FTSE 100 calibre. Click to try it out now!
This is another exceptional employee pulse survey software that will be great for gauging the mood of your remote or home-based teams. It’s automated and regular survey of your remote staff will enable you to collect continuous employee feedback. The system will provide statistical and actionable feedback on issues within your remote and home-based teams. Use by the likes of Nike and a product which is generally pitched at enterprises. Click to try it out now.
3. Culture Amp. This is an innovative employee pulse survey software tool. It is designed by psychologists and data scientists. It contains a research-backed library of engagement, pulse and deep dive surveys, which can be used as, or tailored to incorporate their latest questions on well-being, diversity and inclusion and readiness for change. You can benchmarks results against other organizations too. Once selected, the pulse surveys are fully automated for each stage of the employee life cycle, e.g. onboarding to exit,
4. OfficeVibe. This is another excellent employee pulse survey software tool. It is used by the likes of Dyson, BOSE and Payscale. The tools allows you to conduct a weekly employee pulse survey of your staff body in a fully automated and anonymous manner. Once again, the system provides managers with powerful, actionable up to the minute reports of employee mood and sentiment. Pricing starts at USD 4 per month per user and there is also a free version with reduced functionality.
5. Quantum Workplace. This is a powerful cloud-based employee pulse survey software tool which allows you to keep the finger on the pulse of your staff’s fluctuating engagement levels. This survey tool can offer a traditional annual survey format and/or a pulse format where you can program it to survey employees at regular intervals to suit your needs. It comes in multiple languages and surveys.
6.Decision Wise. This is a market leading employee engagement software survey tool. It is a cloud-based tool naturally which means your employees can login anywhere at anytime to complete the survey.
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