Employee Experience articles, guides and best practices from SurveyMaker.
Learn when and how to collect new-hire onboarding feedback, which questions to ask at each milestone, and how to turn responses into a stronger first 90 days.
A practical walkthrough of the four levels of the Kirkpatrick Model for evaluating training, with survey examples for measuring reaction, learning, behavior, and results.
A complete guide to stay interviews, including what they are, how they differ from exit interviews, the best questions to ask, and how to turn answers into retention.
Compare pulse surveys and annual engagement surveys, including their strengths, weaknesses, ideal cadence, and how to combine both for a complete listening strategy.
Learn how to benchmark employee engagement using internal trends, external norms, and best-practice comparisons, plus the common pitfalls that make benchmarks misleading.
Understand what 360-degree feedback is, how to design a fair multi-rater process, common mistakes to avoid, and how to turn the results into real development.
A practical, end-to-end guide to employee feedback surveys: why they matter, how to design them, which questions to ask, how often to run them, and how to turn results into action.
Twenty-five proven employee engagement survey questions grouped by theme, with examples and guidance on how to use each one to measure commitment, satisfaction, and connection.
Learn how to design, schedule, and act on employee pulse surveys, the short and frequent check-ins that keep you connected to how your team feels between annual surveys.
A guide to onboarding surveys: when to send them, what to ask new hires at each milestone, and how to use the answers to improve your onboarding and reduce early turnover.