How to Design, Implement, and Interpret an Employee Survey

Employee Groupings

Being able to report the survey results by employee groupings is important, but to do so, you need to identify the groupings required in advance. Then appropriate questions can be included in the survey, but there are two cautions:

Don't require such detailed demographics that employees will feel they can be individually identified.

Don't request demographic information unless you are going to use it.

Don't Require Such Detailed Demographics That Employees Feel They Can Be Individually Identified

Assume you want to be able to provide reports by length of service, gender, race, and educational level—all legitimate employee groupings—so you request that information. If you request that information and also department identification ...