Employee satisfaction surveys and related tools

Bromgold Diversity Index (BDI)

Employee satisfaction surveys: focus on working conditions for the entire company, such as compensation, work-life balance, company's vision/mission, communication, resources.

Few questions, if any, focus on diversity; if they do, they don't get to the root causes of diversity issues.

BDI uncover deeper issues of diversity and barriers to success for immigrants, such as:

Getting help in starting at the company, communication skills, working with managers and co-workers, discrimination or racist issues, anti-harassment training, company's committment to diversity, opportunities for advancement.

Cultural assessment tools: Assess individuals’ cultural awareness.

They are usually costly, and are mainly for managers, sales people and executives.

BDI assesses diversity for all employees.

It is a cost-effective way to assess the effectiveness of current diversity strategies, and launch new strategies to improve career development.

Corporate jargon: Most employee satisfaction surveys use language that is difficult to understand for employees whose first language isn’t English.

BDI uses clear, ESL language (English Second Language) so that employees from different language backgrounds can understand it.

American tools: Most employee satisfaction surveys currently used were developed in the United States, and don't address issues specific to Canada.

Canadian tool: The Bromgold Diversity Index was developed by Canadians with deep experience in the Canadian workplace and immigrant issues.