

{"id":24516,"date":"2016-05-27T14:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=24516"},"modified":"2023-08-22T05:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T05:50:00","slug":"data-benchmarking-employee-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You&#8217;ve gotten your data. But have you benchmarked it?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-2.03.37-PM.png\" alt=\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys\" class=\"wp-image-24547\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Say you&#8217;ve just completed launching and collecting responses for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/employee-survey\/\">employee survey<\/a>. You&#8217;ve gotten some pretty good insights with cool analytical tools like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/key-driver-analysis-how-to-use-regression-analysis-to-determine-employee-aspirations\/\">key driver analysis<\/a>&nbsp;and management now has a good sense of where your company stands in terms of employee satisfaction and engagement. Now you should be data benchmarking employee surveys. Example:&nbsp;your&nbsp;employees might not be completely happy with their compensation, but they&#8217;re satisfied with their managers and invested in your company&#8217;s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are great insights, but almost inevitably, you start to wonder about trends. Did my company&nbsp;always have&nbsp;this problem with compensation? Is this problem new? Have I been steadily improving over time? Or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">LEARN ABOUT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/employee-satisfaction-survey-template\/\">Employee Satisfaction Survey Template<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To trend, you must have historical data that is relevant to the existing problem. &nbsp;It&#8217;s tempting to run different surveys&#8211;the industry is always coming up with a new magic bullet&#8211;but I strongly recommend finding one survey template and sticking to it for at least several years. Even if it isn&#8217;t exactly perfect, if the survey&nbsp;covers the core components (and let&#8217;s admit, almost all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/employee-engagement-survey.html\">employee engagement surveys<\/a> are identical, give or take a period and an adjective), then the ability to compare and contrast is infinitely more useful than chasing after the latest HR trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><b>Learn more: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/employee-engagement-survey-examples\/\">employee engagement survey examples<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data is like wine&#8211;it almost always gets better with age.&nbsp;Sure, you&#8217;ll get the odd vinegar, the odd data point that is no longer presently relevant. But more likely than not, if you are conscientious, you&#8217;ll begin to identify core behavior trends over time. This is key to identifying what had and has not worked&nbsp;or your unique corporate culture historically, which will help current management make better future decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"banner-section wf-section\" lang=\"\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"right-column-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bannerbg white\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"h1-2\">Create memorable experiences based on real-time data, insights and advanced analysis.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#userliteForm\" data-toggle=\"modal\" class=\"button w-button\">Request Demo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"userlite-modal modal fade\" id=\"userliteForm\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"material-icons\">close<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-us-form-wrapper contact-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"userlite-form-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/userlite-form-blog-en.html?product=Workforce&amp;referralurl=https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516&amp;lang=en&amp;cat=workforce-2\" style=\"display: block;\" ><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"demo-form-wrapper success-message-div\" style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"success-message-para\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alright, I get it. I should be benchmarking employee surveys. But how?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-3.28.39-PM.png\" alt=\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys\" class=\"wp-image-25004\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-3.28.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys\" class=\"wp-image-25010\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You could export your data to Excel and SPSS and hack it out. Or you can input our old data&nbsp;into our scorecard generator and let our tool do to the work for you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a visually pleasing and easy to understand report is one of the most time and labor-intensive parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/employee-opinion-survey\/\">employee opinion survey<\/a> process. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/workforce\">QuestionPro Workforce<\/a>, our employee feedback-specific tool,&nbsp;our scorecard generator comes with the ability to import data for benchmarking purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a class=\"square-cta secondary-lined-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/a\/showEntry.do?mode=workforce&amp;classID=1024&amp;sourceRef=blog-workforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Create a free account<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve gotten your data. But have you benchmarked it? Say you&#8217;ve just completed launching and collecting responses for an employee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":774553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#039;s always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"QuestionPro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/questionpro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-2.03.37-PM-1-1024x718.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@questionpro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@questionpro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karen Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/782cfdb126ffe93b3df50ae97751f048\"},\"headline\":\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Workforce\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\",\"name\":\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"It's always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Workforce\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/category\/workforce-2\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"QuestionPro\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"QuestionPro\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/questionpro-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/questionpro-logo.svg\",\"caption\":\"QuestionPro\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/questionpro\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/questionpro\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/questionpro\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/782cfdb126ffe93b3df50ae97751f048\",\"name\":\"Karen Chen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b5d41e0cfab6d9f2834f486b8be9ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b5d41e0cfab6d9f2834f486b8be9ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karen Chen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/author\/karen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro","description":"It's always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro","og_description":"It's always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/","og_site_name":"QuestionPro","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/questionpro","article_published_time":"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":718,"url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-2.03.37-PM-1-1024x718.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Karen Chen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@questionpro","twitter_site":"@questionpro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karen Chen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/"},"author":{"name":"Karen Chen","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/782cfdb126ffe93b3df50ae97751f048"},"headline":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys","datePublished":"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/"},"wordCount":418,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Workforce"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/","url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/","name":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys | QuestionPro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-05-27T21:24:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-22T05:50:00+00:00","description":"It's always good to know where you stand and go from there. Data benchmarking employee surveys will help get a deeper level of understanding.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-benchmarking-employee-surveys\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Workforce","item":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/category\/workforce-2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Data Benchmarking Employee Surveys"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/","name":"QuestionPro","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"QuestionPro","url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/questionpro-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/questionpro-logo.svg","caption":"QuestionPro"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/questionpro","https:\/\/twitter.com\/questionpro","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/questionpro\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/782cfdb126ffe93b3df50ae97751f048","name":"Karen Chen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b5d41e0cfab6d9f2834f486b8be9ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b5d41e0cfab6d9f2834f486b8be9ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Karen Chen"},"url":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/author\/karen\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-2.03.37-PM-1-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-27-at-2.03.37-PM-1-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Karen Chen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/author\/karen\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809124,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24516\/revisions\/809124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}