Google's annual "Googlegeist" employee survey has always been a good way to read how employees feel about the company. Staff can rate how they feel about compensation, company values, their projects — and how their bosses are doing.
Google told staff during last week's all-hands that it plans to "reimagine" Googlegeist so the company can take more regular feedback from employees, according to a leaked recording of the meeting heard by Insider.
"To have a survey once a year with so much going on in the world, and the pace of change at Google as well ... you really want to be able to act faster on pressure data with more relevant feedback," said Fiona Cicconi, Google's chief people officer.
"So we're thinking of reimagining Googlegeist so that you can share your voice and your thoughts more regularly. We have a team working on this, we want to do it really well," she added.
The comments were made in response to a question as to why the Googlegeist survey — which is typically distributed at the beginning of the year — hadn't yet hit Googlers' inboxes. Cicconi said the company had delayed its 2023 survey due to layoffs, "urgency around AI," and the fact employees had been going through their compensation planning.
Cicconi said the company hoped to have the new Googlegeist ready to go "in a couple of months."
"So bear with us. I think it's an important change for us," she said.
A Google spokesperson declined to comment.
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