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Employee Feedback

Input employees provide through surveys, reviews, comments, check-ins, or other listening channels.

businessPublished 2026/06/08Last verified 2026/06/08

References

  1. OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey

    U.S. Office of Personnel Management

    Official survey program used as public-sector context for structured employee feedback.

FAQs

Is employee feedback the same as employee engagement?
No. Feedback is input employees provide; engagement is a broader measure of connection, motivation, and support.
What should buyers check in employee feedback tools?
Buyers should check anonymity settings, small-group reporting limits, manager workflows, action planning, integrations, and whether employees can see that feedback leads to follow-up.

Related Terms

  • Employee Engagement

    A measure of how connected, motivated, heard, and supported employees feel at work.

  • Pulse Survey

    A short recurring employee survey used to track sentiment, engagement, or workplace signals over time.

  • 360 Feedback

    A feedback process that gathers input from multiple perspectives, such as managers, peers, reports, and self review.

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    Lattice is an HR and AI platform for managing people and performance, with performance habits, feedback, updates, analytics, and people strategy workflows.

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What it means

Employee feedback is structured or unstructured input employees provide about work, managers, processes, culture, communication, support, and workplace needs. It can come from pulse surveys, engagement surveys, comments, check-ins, 360 feedback, performance conversations, helpdesk requests, or lifecycle surveys.

Why buyers should care

Feedback tools can reveal useful signals, but they can also create trust problems if anonymity, permissions, and follow-up are unclear. Employees are more likely to participate when they understand how feedback will be used, who can see it, and what actions will happen afterward.

Evaluation checks

Buyers should review anonymity options, small-group suppression, comment moderation, reporting permissions, survey templates, action planning, manager workflows, and export controls. Check whether feedback data can connect to engagement, retention, performance, and HR operations without exposing sensitive information unnecessarily. The product should help teams close the loop rather than only collect more input.

This glossary entry is buyer-oriented guidance, not legal, compliance, or financial advice.