Survey template: Employee survey about recognition and rewards

Employee recognition and rewards programs deserve honest, nuanced feedback, but getting truly insightful responses can be tough. That’s why we built this conversational AI survey template—so you can gather, clarify, and deeply understand what drives recognition at work. Use and try this template on Specific to quickly elevate your employee feedback game.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for employee feedback

Traditional employee surveys about recognition and rewards often fall flat—they’re rigid, uninspiring, and sometimes overwhelming to complete. Creating a truly engaging survey that people actually finish (and answer thoughtfully) can feel like an uphill battle. With an AI survey template from Specific, the old headaches vanish. You get a flexible, conversational experience where feedback naturally unfolds, and both survey creators and employees enjoy the process.

Compared to old-style forms, AI-generated surveys are adaptive—they change in real time, guiding the respondent to dig a bit deeper, offer clearer feedback, or expand on what matters most. This keeps the experience personal, relevant, and actually enjoyable. No more wading through endless, cold checklist questions. Instead, the whole process feels like a smart, respectful conversation.

Why use AI for employee surveys?

• Boosted Completion Rates: AI survey templates can achieve a 70–90% completion rate, compared to 10–30% for static surveys, because they feel more like a helpful chat than a chore [1].

• Higher Data Quality: Clarifications and probing follow-ups mean you get richer feedback and reduce misinterpretation.

• Effortless Setup: The survey builder quickly translates your needs into smart questions—no manual heavy-lifting required.

• Delightful Experience: Both creators and employees get a user-friendly, fast survey interaction on any device, thanks to Specific’s modern conversational UX.

With Specific, every survey is designed not just to collect responses, but to get to the heart of what employees really think about your recognition and rewards practices. If you want to dive deeper, you can also explore how to craft the best questions for an employee recognition and rewards survey.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

Let’s be honest: open-ended survey answers are often vague or incomplete, especially when it comes to how employees feel about recognition and rewards in the workplace. With Specific’s conversational AI, every reply is an opportunity for smarter, real-time follow-up questions. The AI knows when to probe, clarify, or encourage employees to expand on a point—just like a skilled interview facilitator. This saves hours you’d otherwise spend chasing down clarification or sending extra emails for context.

Here’s a common example:

• Employee: “I feel recognition is okay, but could be better.”

• AI follow-up: “Can you describe a recent situation where you felt recognition was lacking? What could have improved the experience?”

Or imagine this:

• Employee: “I like the current rewards, but not everyone finds them useful.”

• AI follow-up: “What kind of rewards do you think would be more meaningful for your team?”

Without these smart follow-ups, most surveys would leave you guessing what people actually mean. Automated followups don’t just save you time—they unlock detailed, actionable stories in every employee’s voice. Want to see follow-ups in action? Try generating your own survey with this recognition and rewards template, or explore the automatic AI follow-up feature in depth.

Bottom line: these follow-ups make it a real conversation, not just a form. That’s the true power of a conversational survey.

Easy editing, like magic

Editing your recognition and rewards survey is as frictionless as chatting with an expert. Want to add a question about spot bonuses, or change how you ask about peer-to-peer recognition? Just say it—Specific’s AI survey editor updates your template instantly, applying best practices and real-trend insights based on thousands of research-backed surveys. No more dragging blocks around or fiddling with complicated logic—just describe your change, and the AI handles the setup in seconds.

You can fine-tune wording, format, or tone in a flash. That means less time stuck in editing and more time acting on what you learn. If you want to start from scratch or build a made-to-measure survey for a different topic, you can try the AI survey generator as well.

Delivering employee recognition surveys—your way

Specific gives you flexibility for how you deliver recognition and rewards surveys to your team, so you meet employees where they are:

• Sharable landing page surveys—Perfect for quarterly recognition reviews or when you want to target a distributed team. Just share a link, and employees join the chat in seconds.

• In-product surveys—Embed the survey right inside your HR portal, benefits platform, or company intranet. It’s a great way to get real-time recognition feedback after a milestone, during onboarding, or following a team award announcement.

For a broad recognition program feedback, landing page surveys make participation smooth across departments or even continents. If you’re measuring the impact of a specific rewards feature or integrating with your workflow software, in-product surveys are the way to go. You choose what fits best, without technical barriers.

AI-powered survey analysis in seconds

No more spreadsheet wrangling. With Specific’s AI survey analysis, our system summarizes key patterns, surfaces common themes, and highlights outlier responses across all your recognition and rewards surveys. AI-powered sentiment analysis delivers 95% accuracy in interpreting employee comments—so you get trusted insights, fast [2].

Automatic topic detection groups responses instantly, while chat-style analytics let you ask the AI for clarifications, trends, or top concerns. For a complete walkthrough, check out our guide on how to analyze employee recognition and rewards survey responses with AI.

Use this recognition and rewards survey template now

Start unlocking richer, more honest feedback from your employees about recognition and rewards—use this AI-powered conversational survey template today, and see just how easy and effective smart surveys can be.