Microsoft Viva Glint

My company started to use Glint for our employee engagement surveys, but when we found out they have a lot of additional add on features/platforms, and after our communications team was happy with using Glint, the HR/L&D teams looked into it for our 360 surveys and exit interview processes.

Glint was also acquired by LinkedIn and our company is a big LI customer as well.

Glint is a really user friendly and visually appealing platform for survey recipients. They also have a great support team, who are helpful in answering our questions.

Areas where Glint can improve is more on the admin side. If you only need to run your surveys a few times a year (which is what we do with our 360 & employee engagement surveys), it’s not going to be bad at all. For our exit interview process, we run them for every leaver and are running into difficulties with how to streamline how to upload the data in an efficient and non-time consuming way.

I also think data reporting can be better & more user friendly.

We began using Glint in 2020, as a means to a better employee engagement solution for our U.S. organization. Since that time, our Ireland facility has began using them as well for the same. We have launched several pulse surveys in the last year, for feedback of department satisfaction.

We thoroughly enjoyed the process from beginning to end! The Glint team we were assigned made implementation and the kickoff seem very easy! Their planning was stellar and their assistance was very responsive when we needed a little extra guidance in getting our platform running smooth.

Our executive team was interested in soliciting feedback from the company. Our culture was having issues and people didn't feel comfortable speaking up. Glint anonymous surveys were introduced as a potential solution. Individuals were sent "pulse" surveys and could easily fill them out. Then the management team would discuss the results during all hands. It was a great tool to solicit feedback but I was of mixed opinion about the management team's ability to implement change or even discuss the issues transparently.

Sending out quick "pulse" surveys to any number of employees. Pulling together the responses into a tool for understanding responses. It is great at soliciting feedback but I'm not sure it actually helps management change. I think a great evolution of the business would be to combine change management with survey responses. It is often hard for people to change. Giving them the data is a great first step but it's not the end state.

Our entire company uses Glint to monitor the pulse of employees. Scores are collected and aggregated across a number of metrics, and reports are distributed containing comparisons within departments as well as across the company, with submitted comments being read by all levels of management. Team leaders present the results to their reports in meeting settings, which allows for open dialogue about the results and how to fix problem areas.

Glint is well-suited to

• Collecting qualitative and quantitative feedback at a variety of cadences
• Aggregating feedback into insightful reports

Glint is less appropriate for

• Detailed deep-dives into specific feedback areas

We use Glint across the entire organization in all departments. This was a replacement for a more antiquated engagement philosophy and (long) survey we had previously done. We wanted the ability to reduce the number of questions while surveying more frequently so we could better see if our action is showing positive engagement results. Additionally, we wanted to be able to pulse anytime needed in our fast-paced environment to gauge employee needs. We also needed our leaders to have quick and direct access and use Glint and their proven approach to help guide conversations and action. Finally, we are using part of their lifecycle tools to look into both entrance and exit surveys.

I honestly think Glint could be used for any organization whether small, large, traditional, or progressive. What's great is you really can cater it to what you need, and you have the flexibility to do just that.