Our employee engagement survey is back! Beginning Wednesday, May 19 through Friday, May 28, Essex leadership invites you to participate in our bi-annual survey to ensure your voice is heard and help our company change, evolve and innovate. This short survey should take less than two minutes to complete and can be submitted on a computer, iPad or smartphone. 

The survey questions will look familiar! This is intentional and will allow us to track our progress since our last survey in October 2020. 

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY GOALS

• Offer a safe place for you to share honest and insightful feedback
• Increase engagement and productivity to build a model for change and innovation
• Identify overall engagement trends and create benchmarks to track nuances over time
• Turn your feedback into action!

YOU SPOKE. WE LISTENED!
 

IMPROVED COMMUNICATION

Our October survey revealed more than 25% of associates felt they were not provided sufficient communication and the right tools to properly execute new program roll outs. Since then ...

• Empower Hour (E-Hour) returned in February 2021 for on-site team members
• Communication has been streamlined through Buzz, Coffee Talk, E-Hour, and company-wide emails for new initiatives
• Super users are being identified to provide additional program support
• Role-based Zoom group chats are being set up to encourage interaction among associates and to share tips on solving issues
• Surveys are being sent after training sessions to gauge acceptance and understanding of the material so we can make future adjustments

TRAINING AND CAREER GROWTH

More than 30% of associates also said their manager had not discussed career growth opportunities with them or mentored them in their career development. Since then ...

• Topic-specific and time-efficient trainings are offered via Zoom to meet individual needs
• Unconscious bias, DEI, and Women at Essex events were launched
• Career development tools and leadership   programs are currently in pilot
• Oz accountability training returns mid-2021, focusing on accountability, continuous communication, and feedback
• Increased IT training, Q&A sessions, and resources to support project rollouts
• Microlearning (short-burst trainings) were implemented to introduce new features

Visit our Employee Engagement Survey Page for more information.