This is for you if you’re using free survey tools like Microsoft Forms or Google Forms.
If you’re in HR and using these free survey tools, you already know how painful it can be to run employee surveys manually.
Collecting responses, downloading spreadsheets, cleaning up data, creating charts, and then trying to make sense of it all.
It’s not unusual for this process to drag on for 4 – 8 weeks or more.
By the time the results are finally ready to share, oftentimes the workplace has moved on, employees are disengaged, and the moment for action has passed.
This is why many organisations only run surveys once a year, even though employees want to be heard far more often.
There’s a better way.
To put it into perspective:
Manual surveys are slow, clunky, and often counter-productive.
HR knows employee feedback is crucial, but the manual process makes it slow and painful for everyone involved. It’s a vicious cycle.
Here’s why:
This is where HR survey software like Stribe comes in.
Instead of wasting weeks on spreadsheets, you can collect, analyse, and act on feedback in real-time.
Here’s how it works:
The biggest win is HR teams get their time back.
Instead of number-crunching, you can focus on conversations, solutions, and positive change.
Fast feedback loops are essential for engagement.
When employees see that their feedback leads to visible changes, trust builds.
When surveys vanish into a black hole for months, people stop bothering to respond.
By moving away from manual surveys and embracing survey software like Stribe, you can:
The biggest driver of engagement is showing people what you're doing about their feedback. 
At Stribe, we believe HR should spend less time wrangling spreadsheets and more time driving real change.
That’s why we built employee engagement survey software designed to make feedback easy, fast, accessible and actionable.
With Stribe you get:
✅ Unlimited pulse surveys
✅ Employee recognition platform
✅ Anonymous messenger
✅ Comprehensive reporting dashboards
✅ Employee intranet with built-in analytics
✅ Seamless integrations and single sign-on (SSO)
✅ Customisable survey templates
✅ iOS and Android app
✅ AI survey writing tool
✅ Dedicated customer support
No more waiting months for results.
No more frustrated employees wondering if their feedback went anywhere.
Quicker insights, better conversations, and healthier workplace culture.
About the author
Starting out her early career as a journalist, Jade Madeley is an accomplished content writer with 8+ years’ experience across business, personal finance, SaaS, human resources and employee engagement. Working with Stribe, she crafts insightful content that brings complex HR topics to life and drives meaningful action.
