Purpose
1.2. Automates the process from trigger to survey collection and reporting, reducing manual management, increasing response rates, and creating continuous improvement cycles.
1.3. Enables automated insights, trends, and analytics from staff feedback, powering decision-making in HR and operations.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automate triggering on onboarding anniversaries or after peak operational periods.
2.3. Automator triggers on HR system staff updates or changes in shift scheduling.
Platform Variants
3.1. Google Forms + Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey dispatch via email; Apps Script schedules, sends via Gmail API, and auto-collects responses.
3.2. Microsoft Forms + Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automates survey scheduling and response routing; configure Power Automate flows for reminders and aggregate results.
3.3. SurveyMonkey API
• Feature/Setting: Automates survey creation and distribution via the SurveyMonkey REST API; retrieve data with "get_responses" endpoint.
3.4. Typeform Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: Automator uses webhooks to trigger custom alerts or next steps upon survey submission; configure webhook endpoint in settings.
3.5. Qualtrics API
• Feature/Setting: Schedule and automatedly send satisfaction surveys with "response export" and "distributions" endpoints.
3.6. Zoho Survey + Zoho Flow
• Feature/Setting: Use Zoho Flow automation for timed survey dispatch; automate aggregation into Zoho Analytics.
3.7. Slack Workflow Builder
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey reminders with scheduled messages, collecting responses using forms and automator workflows.
3.8. Microsoft Teams + Adaptive Cards
• Feature/Setting: Use Automator to pulse survey cards to staff at regular intervals, collecting replies automatically.
3.9. Mailchimp API
• Feature/Setting: Automate personalized survey links via audience segmentation and automatable campaigns.
3.10. Twilio SMS API
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly send SMS surveys using programmable SMS; configure message service and track replies.
3.11. SendGrid Marketing Campaigns
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey email blasts and track open/click rates via SendGrid’s campaign automation flows.
3.12. Airtable Automations
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey invitations on status changes in tables, aggregate responses directly in Airtable.
3.13. Jotform API
• Feature/Setting: Automator pushes out surveys and collects submissions using endpoints for create and list responses.
3.14. Monday.com Automation
• Feature/Setting: Automates creation of survey pulses to team when status changes, and tracks responses in dashboards.
3.15. HubSpot Workflows
• Feature/Setting: Automate staff survey emails based on staff lifecycle stage; use “send internal email” and “track replies”.
3.16. Salesforce Flow
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey assignments triggered by staff updates and collect satisfaction data in Salesforce objects.
3.17. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey tasks/pages to each employee as reminders; responses recorded back via Notion API.
3.18. Trello Butler Automation
• Feature/Setting: Automates card creation for surveys on team boards, uses checklists for response tracking.
3.19. Asana Rules Automation
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly assigns survey tasks and marks completion by tracking responses in dedicated projects.
3.20. Zendesk Triggers
• Feature/Setting: Automator sends satisfaction surveys after employee support tickets are closed.
3.21. BambooHR Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: Automate survey send-outs after HR milestone events, captures responses in HR records.
3.22. Freshdesk Automations
• Feature/Setting: Sends automatedly scheduled employee satisfaction surveys post-resolution of internal requests.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual HR workload, allowing focus on staff engagement improvements.
4.3. Automated survey cycles result in actionable reports for restaurant management.
4.4. Ensures compliance with continuous improvement standards through data-backed automation.
4.5. Automating response tracking minimizes response fatigue and provides real-time analytics to leadership.