Employee surveys that are not anonymous are not really surveys — they are documented opinions with the employee's name attached. The result is predictable: people answer in a way that feels safe, not honest. Today we are launching anonymous mode in the Employko Surveys module to address exactly this problem.
How anonymous mode works
When you enable anonymous mode on a survey, responses are stored without any identifier linking them to the individual employee. The system records that a response was submitted but not who submitted it. HR managers and administrators cannot drill down to individual responses — they see only aggregate data.
What you can still do with anonymous data
Anonymous does not mean unstructured. When building the survey, you can include demographic targeting (department, team, work location) so that aggregate results can be filtered by these dimensions. This allows you to see that the Engineering team scores lower on work-life balance without knowing which specific engineer gave a low rating.
Targeting and distribution
The Surveys module allows you to target by department, team, work location, or a manually selected list of employees. You can schedule surveys to launch automatically, set response deadlines, and send automated reminders to employees who have not yet responded.
Real-time results
Results update in real time as responses come in. For scale and dropdown questions, you see average scores, response distributions, and response counts. For free-text questions, responses are collected and displayed as anonymised text entries.
