De Staic Research designs, delivers and analyses staff satisfaction and wellbeing surveys for corporations, healthcare organisations, higher education institutions, care providers and other public, private and voluntary sector employers. We help you understand employee experience and identify practical priorities for improvement.
Our experience includes workforce surveys, interviews and focus groups, bringing together measurable patterns and staff perspectives. We can deliver a complete survey project or support an existing staff research programme.
What do you need to understand?
A tailored staff survey can explore job satisfaction, workload, wellbeing, management and communication, recognition, learning and development, working arrangements and intention to stay. We work with you to identify the topics that matter to your organisation and the decisions the findings need to inform.
In healthcare and the care sector, questions may focus on the working environment, support, staff experience and retention. In higher education, they may explore academic and professional services staff experiences, organisational change and opportunities for development.
A survey designed for your organisation
We develop clear, relevant questionnaires and can incorporate established measures where appropriate. We agree how the survey will be distributed, how participation will be encouraged and how findings will be reported. Where suitable, consistent questions can support comparisons over time; external benchmarking depends on the availability of genuinely comparable data.
Confidentiality and meaningful participation
Staff need to understand who can access their responses and how the findings will be used. We agree confidentiality arrangements and reporting rules before launch, including how small groups and potentially identifying comments will be handled. Clear invitations and accessible questionnaires help staff make an informed choice about participating.
Analysis that supports action
Reports can include an overall picture, relevant comparisons between staff groups or departments where numbers permit, and analysis of open comments. We interpret differences in context, considering participation, missing responses and the limits of the data.
Interviews or focus groups can explore why patterns occur and help explain experiences that a questionnaire alone may not capture. Recommendations are grounded in the findings and linked to realistic areas for action.
Track change and connect with inclusion
Repeating a survey can help assess progress and identify emerging concerns. Staff research can also be linked with equality, diversity and inclusion research to examine fairness, belonging and differences in experience.
Planning your survey
We work with you to agree the scope, reporting requirements and timescale for your project, tailored to your organisation’s needs.
Discuss a staff satisfaction or wellbeing survey. Tell us about your workforce, the questions you want to explore and your preferred timescale. You can also explore our research and evaluation services.
