employee-surveys
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A great workplace. According to whom?
Great Place To Work built a business by asking employees whom they trust. Its most useful discovery was that a happy average can hide an unhappy workplace.
Terryberry and the business of being remembered
A company that once put appreciation into pocket watches now puts it into software. Its most interesting wager is that a thank-you works better when people can see it, choose it, and sometimes keep it.
Perceptyx wants your employee survey to earn its keep
For years, companies have asked employees what is wrong. Perceptyx is building a business around the more awkward question: what happens on Monday morning after the answers arrive?
Nectar makes the quiet work visible
A $500 award can still miss the people who deserve it. Nectar is building a business around a different idea: let colleagues notice one another, then give that appreciation somewhere to go.
WorkTango Got Acquired Twice - Then Taught AI to Run the Meeting
A bootstrapped Toronto survey startup sold to a larger rival, watched the buyer take its name, and four years later joined a global rewards company. The useful lesson is not the dealmaking - it is how WorkTango closes the expensive gap between asking employees what is wrong and doing something about it.
HelloTeam
HelloTeam is a Boston-based HR technology company that builds an all-in-one employee engagement and performance management platform aimed at improving employee retention. Founded in 2016 by Tanya Bakalov, the software combines performance reviews, goals and OKRs, recognition and rewards, surveys, learning, a dynamic org chart, and people analytics into a single system so managers and HR teams can keep employees connected, engaged, and productive.
Leapsome
Leapsome is an AI-powered people enablement platform that unifies the HR stack - performance reviews, goals and OKRs, engagement surveys, learning, compensation, and a core HRIS - in one place. Founded in Berlin in 2016 by Jenny von Podewils and Kajetan von Armansperg, it helps managers and HR teams run feedback, development, and alignment processes without juggling spreadsheets and disconnected tools. The company bootstrapped to profitability before raising a $60M Series A in 2022, and today serves more than 1,500 organizations including Spotify, Unity, and monday.com.