HR Survey and Employee Engagement Barometer Software
A social barometer with no follow through is worse than no barometer at all.
Too many companies launch a barometer, present the results at the executive committee, and then stop there. Managers receive a report they don’t know how to turn into a decision. Employees see no change. The following year, participation rates drop.
Zest closes the loop, from scientific questionnaire to action plan, with no break between HR, the manager, and the field.
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Listening without taking actions is worse than not listening at all.
Most companies already have data on their teams’ engagement. The problem isn’t a lack of listening. It’s the missing link between measurement and action.
Results come in, get presented at the executive committee, and then stop there. Managers receive a report they don’t know how to turn into a decision.
Employees see no change. The following year, participation rates drop, and so do the scores: the barometer becomes a ritual everyone goes through without believing in it.
Zest is designed so that every result becomes a decision, from score to action plan, without ever leaving the platform.
What does Zest actually do?
Build your employee engagement survey campaigns
Ready to use templates
Zest offers a library of scientifically validated templates: a QWL (quality of work life) barometer, a post reorganization survey, an onboarding questionnaire, an ad hoc thematic survey. Each template can be deployed in minutes and is fully customizable.
Templates
Customization
Rapid deployment
Built in expertise with The Zest Lab
The Lab brings together psychometricians and occupational psychologists. They are the ones who designed the templates in the library, and they support every client in adapting them to their own context: sector, size, current challenges, target populations.
Grounded in psychometrics
Tailored to your context
Highly configurable campaigns
Anonymity, response modes, conditional questions, thematic sections: every parameter can be configured independently. A quick survey can be launched in just a few clicks. A complex, multi scope campaign can be structured with ease. Zest adapts to your level of maturity, not the other way around.
Conditional questions
Plug and play
Offer a complete listening system, from diagnosis to early warning signals
The Engagement Meter: Zest’s turnkey barometer
The Engagement Meter is Zest’s benchmark engagement questionnaire. Designed with psychometricians and occupational psychologists, it measures engagement and produces a score that can be compared over time and benchmarked against your sector.
This benchmark changes everything: 16 million respondents, 75,000 surveys analyzed. You no longer read your results in isolation: you know exactly where you stand compared to your peers, sector by sector.
The Pulse Survey: listening in between barometers
The barometer provides the diagnosis. The Pulse tracks what changes between two campaigns: a reorganization, a return from crisis, a rising signal. Short, targeted, actionable within days.
The two reinforce each other. The barometer structures the annual reading. The Pulse lets you act without waiting. Discover the Pulse within Zest.
From headquarters to the shop floor, no one is left out of the measurement
Measurement that excludes the field doesn’t measure much at all.
Zest reaches 100% of employees, including those without a dedicated computer workstation. Mobile, QR code, or a shared terminal on the shop floor or at the point of sale: every employee responds at their own pace, on whatever interface they have at hand. Visual formats and a question by question display ensure accessibility for every population, from headquarters to the field.
An RGAA compliant interface, available in 36 languages, with automatic translation of questionnaires.
Recipients are targeted through segments synchronized with your HRIS: each employee receives the right campaign with no manual re entry required.
Conversational mode turns the questionnaire into a dialogue: one question appears, the employee answers, the next one follows. No page to scroll through, no login required. The format that comes closest to natural mobile behavior.
Questions adapt to each context: numeric scale, multiple choice, free text, slider, or visual icons for populations less familiar with digital tools. The format never creates a barrier to responding.
Analyze in depth results
Dashboards designed for decision making, actionable the same day.
- Real time results. Organized by team, entity, or attribute, comparable over time across subsidiaries and populations. The Heatmap gives an immediate view of tension points and levers to activate.
- An exclusive sector benchmark. Built on 16 million respondents and 75,000 surveys, it shows where you stand compared to your peers, sector by sector.
- Built in AI. Analysis of open text comments, automatic categorization of themes, and priority flagging of sensitive feedback.
- Turnkey reports. Customizable and exportable in one click to feed your executive committee reviews or leadership presentations.
What sets Zest apart from a generic survey tool?
Accessible to every population
Mobile, QR code, offline mode. 36 languages. Icons, weather style visuals: accessible visual formats for every population, from headquarters to the shop floor, including in the field.
Based on science, not intuition
Questionnaires designed with psychometricians and occupational psychologists. Results that are measurable, comparable, and defensible.
Built for action, not reporting
Results go directly to the managers concerned, along with recommendations for action.
Action plans tailored to your context, proposed with Zest AI.
Your data stays in France
OVH infrastructure, fully GDPR compliant. A decisive criterion for the banking, public sector, healthcare, and defense industries.
Expert support included
Every client is supported by a Customer Success Manager specialized in HR, who helps configure campaigns, analyze data, and receive actionable recommendations.
Calculate the ROI of your employee listening program
An engagement barometer is not an HR cost. It’s an investment whose return can be measured across three concrete levers: reducing turnover, controlling absenteeism, and re engaging disengaged employees.
59%
less turnover
41%
less absenteeism
23%
additional profitability
The question isn’t “how much does a barometer cost?” but “how much does the absence of listening cost?” The lost revenue tied to disengagement, unanticipated departures, and unaddressed absenteeism can be calculated.
Zest gives you the method to calculate it and present it to your leadership as a business case, not an HR expense.
Q&A
Frequently asked questions about Zest’s HR survey and employee engagement barometer software
Do you need to be an HR expert to use Zest?
No. The platform is designed so that the manager is the main user, not a passive reader of reports. It can be used right away with no prior training. The Customer Success Manager supports the launch and the first campaigns.
How long does it take to deploy the first campaign?
On average, allow 28 days from signature to the first actionable results. Native integrations with the leading HRIS platforms (ADP, Talentsoft, SAP Success Factors, and others) eliminate manual re entry and avoid involving the IT department.
Is anonymity really guaranteed?
You configure the level of anonymity according to your needs: anonymous response, public response, or the employee’s choice. Confidentiality thresholds can be set by team to prevent any individual identification within small groups.
Can we use our own questions instead of Zest’s templates?
Yes. The template library is a starting point, not a constraint. You can build a fully custom questionnaire, mix your own questions with those from the Lab, or add a section specific to a current issue.
Does Zest integrate with our existing HRIS?
Zest has native connectors with the leading HRIS platforms on the market (ADP, Talentsoft, SAP Success Factors, and others). Employee data is synchronized automatically, with no manual re entry and no involvement from the IT department.
What is the difference between Zest and a generic survey tool?
A generic tool measures whatever you ask it to measure. Zest measures what predicts engagement, turnover, and absenteeism, based on scientifically validated models. And it turns results into actionable recommendations, where a generic tool stops at the chart.
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