Employee Experience Survey Thank You for Participating
Why This Survey
At UC Davis and UC Davis Health, your experience matters.
Listening is more important than ever. When you share honest feedback, we listen, learn, and take actions that improve the workplace and advance our missions—together.
When you feel heard, valued and supported, your experience improves—from greater well-being to stronger team connections— and everyone benefits.
As leading academic institutions, UC Davis Health and the Davis campus rely on data to make informed decisions that foster the best possible workplace for our employees.
The Employee Experience Survey is a key part of this effort, offering you the opportunity to share your feedback, highlight what’s working, and identify areas for improvement.
Your feedback has led to real change.
See what we accomplished since our last surveys.
What’s Next
The work to improve the employee experience is ongoing – and your voice continues to shape it. Here's what's ahead:
- August 22: Employee Experience Network Meeting
All employees are welcome to join! New members will be welcomed, and tools and resources will be shared to help you take action at the team level. - Fall 2025: Survey Results Review
The Employee Experience Advisory Committees will review 2025 survey feedback and begin identifying trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Managers and supervisors will receive their team's survey results and begin collaborating with staff to identify priorities and implement meaningful improvements.
Survey Details
- Previously known as the Staff Experience Survey on the Davis campus and the CommUNITY Feedback Survey at UC Davis Health, this survey is now a single, unified effort across both campuses. While the survey will be the same, the actions taken afterward will be tailored to each campus's unique needs.
Questions
26 core-based questions designed for you to share your own views around:
- Belonging
- Teamwork
- Your satisfaction
Additional role-based questions were asked for some UC Davis Health positions.
Population
- Career staff, limited/partial-year appts/per diem/contract
- Represented and policy-covered (non-rep) staff
- UC Davis Health: Academic and staff physicians
Confidentiality
We need your honest feedback—both positive and negative—which is why we use a third-party vendor, Press Ganey, and take strong measures to protect your confidentiality.
More Survey Details
Survey Response and Results
Current Response Rate and Past Survey Results
Support for Supervisors and Managers
Supervisors and managers play a critical role throughout the Employee Experience Survey process. To ensure you’re equipped at every step—from preparation to action—we’re providing useful and timely tools to support you.
After the Survey
Once the survey results are available, you'll have access to a range of resources and support on this webpage to help you take meaningful action based on your team's feedback. The Learning and Organizational Development team will provide resources to guide you in reviewing the results, identifying areas of improvement, and taking some actions that show your team you listened.
Employee Experience Network
You have a role! Join the network and help increase employee engagement in your area.
More Tools Before, During, After Survey
Progress from Past Surveys
You Said, Together We Did.
- Career Development Week was created, along with expanded career support resources, to meet employee demand for growth opportunities.
- Flexible work options remain available, along with additional resources to support remote employees and managers.
- A new compensation policy allows salary increases for lateral moves in non-represented positions
- A comprehensive Diverse Hiring Playbook Guide has been designed and provided to all hiring managers and supervisors.
Read More Things We Did - Together
Your feedback fuels progress—thank you for helping us build a stronger, more effective organization.
Contact the Employee Experience Survey Team at emp-experience@ucdavis.edu