{"id":2591,"date":"2019-03-29T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2591"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:11:26","slug":"10-employee-survey-statistics","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/blog\/10-employee-survey-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Employee Survey Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull blog-2025-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Employee Survey Statistics<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>TAGLIST BLOCK<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<h2>Automatic H2 List Table of Content<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<h2>Author Metadata<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group recap-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<p><strong>Le r\u00e9cap de l&#8217;article<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>From survey length, to response rates, to reliability of results, we\u2019ve compiled a list of ten statistics about employee surveying, providing you with insight into what to strive for, and what to avoid, when implementing employee surveys.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"big-green-p\">Annual Satisfaction Survey. The combination of these three words spark unease in managers and employees worldwide. But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gap12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"croissant\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>Surveying employees is a key engagement metric for all companies and form the basis of many HR strategies. Often dreaded by all involved, they evolved as part of company culture for a reason: to measure, and hopefully improve, employee engagement.\r\n\r\nHowever, more often than not, they\u2019re poorly planned, receive a low response rate, and are time-consuming to analyze; the potential for impact often falling into oblivion when no action is taken. But these faults lie in the execution, not in the idea of surveying itself.\r\n\r\nMany companies are benefitting from modernized, simplified, and more frequent employee surveys. Those leading the charge are adopting an employee engagement tool, like Zest, to transition to a continuous, real-time, streamlined surveying approach.\r\n\r\nFrom survey length, to response rates, to reliability of results, we\u2019ve compiled a list of ten statistics about employee surveying, providing you with insight into what to strive for, and what to avoid, when implementing employee surveys.\r\n\r\n<em>BONUS<\/em>: Ten tips on how to execute successful employee surveys in your business.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IG002-10-Employee-Survey-Statistics-ENG-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1173\" height=\"4807\" \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Sources:<\/em>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/curiosity\/survey_completion_times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>80% average completion rate for surveys shorter than 7 minutes<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.6q.io\/5-great-reasons-why-your-annual-employee-survey-sucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>83% average response rate for surveys shorter than 12 questions<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.custominsight.com\/employee-engagement-survey\/employee-survey-response-rates.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A good survey response rate is 70%<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/surveyanyplace.com\/average-survey-response-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The average survey response rate is only 30%<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrmarketer.com\/Hypocrisy_Reviews_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>48% of employees think surveys are not an accurate reflection of reality<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrmarketer.com\/Hypocrisy_Reviews_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>52% of senior managers think surveys provide a very accurate assessment of reality<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #0000ee;\"><i><u>Only <\/u><\/i><\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic; color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/positivesharing.com\/2008\/01\/performance-reviews-are-a-big-fat-waste-of-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20% of employees think their manager will act on survey results<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/positivesharing.com\/2008\/01\/performance-reviews-are-a-big-fat-waste-of-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>80% of managers actively follow up with concerns raised<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrmagazine.co.uk\/article-details\/line-managers-fail-to-act-on-employee-engagement-surveys-according-to-global-aon-hewitt-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>27% average\u00a0engagement score when manages do not review, or take action on, survey results<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #00d85d;\"><a style=\"color: #00d85d;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aon.com\/attachments\/thought-leadership\/EMEA_Managers_Strongest_or_Weakest_Link.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>63% average\u00a0engagement score when managers review identify actions from survey results<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From survey length, to response rates, to reliability of results, we\u2019ve compiled a list of ten statistics about employee surveying, providing you with insight into what to strive for, and what to avoid, when implementing employee surveys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","blogcategory":[],"class_list":["post-2591","blog","type-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blogcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blogcategory?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}