Anonymous Employee Survey Tool
Run anonymous staff surveys your team will answer honestly. No name, no email, no IP address, no device fingerprint. Ready-made questions and results in real time.
What "anonymous" means here
Most survey tools call a survey anonymous when the form has no name field. The response still carries an IP address, a browser fingerprint and a timestamp that can be matched against VPN, badge or email logs. Anonymous mode removes that data before anything is saved.
Stored with each response
- The rating, score or choice
- Free-text answers
- The date and time it was submitted
Never stored
- Email address or name, even if the client sends one
- IP address
- Browser or device user agent
- Referrer, the page the respondent came from
Full details in the anonymous mode documentation.
How it works
Turn on anonymous mode
Start from the anonymous employee survey template or build your own. Tick Anonymous mode in the survey settings. That is the only switch.
Share one link with everyone
Post the same public link or QR code in a team channel. No per-person links, no tracking, so nobody can match a link to a person.
Watch results, then report back
See scores and comments in real time. Share the aggregate results and the actions you will take. The next survey gets more honest answers.
Anonymous employee survey questions
Ten of the twelve questions from the template. They ask about observable behaviour, avoid anything that narrows down to an individual, and take under three minutes.
- 1.Overall, how satisfied are you with working here right now?
- 2.I understand what is expected of me in my role.
- 3.My workload is manageable most weeks.
- 4.My manager gives me feedback I can act on.
- 5.I feel safe raising problems or disagreeing with decisions.
- 6.I can see a path to grow my skills or career here.
- 7.Good work is noticed and recognised.
- 8.How likely are you to recommend working here to a friend?
- 9.What is one thing we should stop doing?
- 10.What is one thing we should start doing?
What teams use it for
Quarterly engagement pulse
Six to twelve questions, same week every quarter, so the trend line means something.
Upward manager feedback
Direct reports rate their manager on clarity, support and fairness without fear of it coming back on them.
Always-on suggestion box
A permanent anonymous form linked from the intranet for concerns that do not fit a survey cycle.
Post-change check-in
Two weeks after a reorg, a new policy or a leadership change, ask how it landed.
Anonymous exit feedback
Leavers tell you what they would not put in a face-to-face interview.
Psychological safety audit
Find out whether people feel safe disagreeing before it shows up as attrition.
Keeping it anonymous on your side
Anonymous mode handles the data. These four habits handle the rest.
Set a minimum group size of five
Do not report any cut of the data (team, tenure, location) that contains fewer than five responses. Below that, answers are identifiable by elimination.
Send one generic link
Post the link in a channel rather than emailing individual links, and do not wrap it in a tracking redirect from your email tool.
Review open-text comments before managers see them
A comment about "the Tuesday client escalation" identifies its author without a name. Generalise the detail, keep the substance.
Report back within two weeks
Publish what you heard and the two or three things you will change. Participation in the next round depends on it.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really anonymous, or just "we don't ask for your name"?
Really anonymous. When anonymous mode is on, the server discards the respondent's email, name, IP address, browser user agent and referrer before the response is saved. Only the answers and a submission date are stored. This is enforced server-side, so a modified form or API client cannot bypass it.
Can I see who responded?
No. There is no identity attached to a response in anonymous mode, and no way to reconstruct one afterwards. You see counts, averages, distributions and the text of open answers.
Can employees answer more than once?
Because nothing identifying is stored, duplicates cannot be detected. In practice this rarely matters. If it does, set a response limit close to your headcount and a closing date.
Does it work for small teams?
Yes, but be careful with questions. Any demographic question that narrows to fewer than five people, such as department in a 12-person company, can identify someone by elimination. The template avoids these by default.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Anonymous mode is available on every plan including the free tier, which includes one survey and 50 responses per month with no credit card required.
Can I add my own questions?
Yes. Start from the anonymous employee survey template and add, remove or reword any question. Star ratings, agreement scales, multiple choice, thumbs, NPS and open text are all supported.