Pre-Survey

Take time to review past survey results. This will help you communicate the importance of the survey to your team, set expectations for their participation and show you value listening to employees. Access communications tools for sharing the survey.

• Be Prepared to Answer "Why Are We Surveying Now?"
  With so much uncertainty and so many challenges before us, listening to employees has never been more important. The Employee Experience Survey isn’t about achieving the highest possible score—it’s about understanding the experiences of your team, learning from their feedback, and taking meaningful action to create a better workplace.

Join a webinar
We’ll cover what’s new in this year’s survey, how results will be shared/used, and simple ways you can help spread the word.

During Survey

Survey Support

• If you have any questions about the Employee Experience Survey, please email emp-experience@ucdavis.edu  

Response Rates

• On May 6, starting following daily response rate updates, broken down by school, college, and division, to see where feedback is coming from. Use prepared language to thank teams for participating and, where appropriate, encourage more participation.

Marketing toolkit

• Zoom backgrounds
• Email signature blocks
• Screensavers

Access all resources in Box (coming: huddle guides, messaging, posters/flyers)

Post-Survey

We're not going to overwhelm you right now!

Once the survey results are available, you'll have access to a range of resources and support to help you take meaningful action based on your team's feedback.

The Learning and Organizational Development team will provide tools and training to guide you in reviewing the results, exploring them with your team, identifying areas of improvement, and taking some actions that show your team you listened.

For example, these themed guides offer some of the tips capable of driving positive change within your teams.

• UC Davis Health Resource Sheets (from 2023)
• Davis Campus Tools and Resources (from 2022)
   

Helpful Departments

• Academic and Staff Assistance Program (ASAP)
• ASAP offers confidential, cost-free counseling, consultation and referral services to all UC Davis and UC Davis Health faculty, staff and their immediate families. For more in-depth assistance, ASAP offers customized departmental services with a recharge, including specialized departmental facilitations and executive coaching.
  
  Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/asap
  Phone: (530) 752-2727
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
• The DEI Office offers educational opportunities to units and departments, in addition to scheduled courses, seminars and workshops, on a host of topics aimed to increase awareness and sensitivity about the diversity that makes up our campus community. Through facilitated discussions, these educational sessions engage participants in dialogue about creating a more inclusive campus community and developing the important skills necessary to navigate an increasingly diverse institution. The DEI team is happy to work with departments to develop a custom program. To request a specialized presentation, training, or workshop for your group, please complete a Needs Assessment.
  
  Website: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/about
  Email: diversitytraining@ucdavis.edu
• Employee and Labor Relations
• Employee and Labor Relations (ELR) department works to enhance the relationship between the university and employees by providing direction and guidance on unions, policies, agreements and more. We work closely with both managers and supervisors in Davis and Sacramento to ensure the correct application of policies, procedures and laws are being used to manage a large, diverse, and round-the-clock workforce.
  Employee Relations Team
  The Employee Relations unit provides employees and supervisors with the resolutions of work-related issues. They also provide consultation and advice to managers, supervisors and employees regarding Human Resources issues, including performance management, corrective actions, interpretation of policies and procedures and collective bargaining agreements, training of staff policy and procedures, FMLA, etc.
  Labor Relations Team
  UC Davis Labor Relations is dedicated to creating and sustaining a positive work environment. We work to effectively communicate with the campus community on issues regarding collective bargaining, grievance processes, changes in labor law and more. We enhance understanding and create rapid solutions to other issues such like arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges and complaints to state agencies.
  
  Website: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/elr
• Harassment & Discrimination Assistance and Prevention Program (HDAPP)
• HDAPP supports the University's commitment to a harassment and discrimination-free work and learning environment for all members of the UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) campuses by preventing harassment and discrimination from occurring at UC Davis, UC Davis Health, and ANR by educating the campus communities about the issues; assisting individuals and campus units to resolve conflicts and complaints related to harassment, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence and hate and bias; and serving as the central office for receiving reports and maintaining records of these types of complaints.
  
  Website: https://hdapp.ucdavis.edu
  Phone: (530) 747-3864
  Anonymous Call Line: (530) 747-3865
  Email: hdapp@ucdavis.edu
• Ombuds Office
• The Ombuds Office is a confidential, independent, impartial and informal problem-solving and conflict management resource for all members of the UC Davis and UC Davis Health campus communities. The Ombuds Office can assist by listening to concerns, clarifying issues, identifying policies and resources, and providing coaching and communication strategies. The Ombuds Office provides individuals meetings, mediation and trainings.
  
  In addition to training courses and workshops offered in the UC Learning Center, the Ombuds Office offers tailored training to groups or work teams to address their specific needs.
  
  Website: https://ombuds.ucdavis.edu/
  Phone: (530) 754-7233
  Email: ombuds@ucdavis.edu (for non-confidential communications)
• UC Davis Learning and Organizational Development
• UC Davis Learning and Organizational Development supports the further education of faculty and staff by providing innovative, high-quality learning and development programs, resources and services. They offer courses, programs and certificate series on nearly 300 topics, as well as a resource library, online toolkits and training consultations.
  
  Additionally, thriving organizations develop and exist through the integration of effective leaders, high functioning teams, engaged employees, and the agility to initiate, manage and socialize change. Organizational Development partners with leaders, teams and organizations on all three levels to build and maintain strength and resilience.
  
  Website: hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-development
  Email: hr-learning@ucdavis.edu