Small Improvements vs. Workleap Officevibe

I'm honestly not sure why my company chose to use Small Improvements. We used Lattice before for the all the same use cases I mentioned here. The employee performance review feature might be a bit better in Small Improvements, but the goal-setting tool and the 1:1 tool are very weak. I may not have benefitted yet from all the features that Small Improvements have to offer, but so far it looks like a pretty basic HR tool with much better alternatives out there. If it's cheaper than the competition, that might be the only argument to go with it.

Incentivized

I think Officevibe is great for any office where management truly cares about how happy their employees are and is interested in making their company a great place to work. It's a quick and easy way for staff to give you honest thoughts and opinions that you can act on to make improvements

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• Take shared or private notes tied to each week's 1-1 meeting
• Remind each other of open action items until they are checked off
• Manage the performance review cycle

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• Does the remembering for me. Officevibe sends the surveys automatically on a scheduled sequence.
• The surveys cover a wide range of topics. They help address where pain points could be lurking and where I need to try to help my team.
• I like being able to see the trend in the reports. It helps me give an overall sense of the health of our employees feelings towards each other and the company.

Incentivized

• Interface can be cluttered at times
• There isn't a lot of help or knowledge readily available when first using the tool

Incentivized

• Add review processes, like 360.
• Add OKR tracking.
• Add daily task tracking in PPP format.

Incentivized

I never had to contact their support so far. There's no "N/A" option so I'm going with a neutral "5".

Incentivized

Lattice was able to link in with core OKRs whereas from my memory, Small Improvements didn't support this goal setting and tracking framework. While it was good for sentiment and management frameworks, it was unable to connect with the greater company vision as well as Lattice - that was the reason that we moved.

Incentivized

I didn't try anything else - Officevibe came across my desk and I went with it. I'm not sure what other options there are out there, but I'm sure there are a few. It's probably worth giving them a look, but if you're looking to keep your finger on the pulse of your company culture and employee happiness / engagement, Officevibe is not a bad choice at all.

Incentivized

• It helped keep my goals on track, both in documentation and email updates.
• It helped free up my manager's bandwidth to focus on other tasks.

Incentivized

• I used it to decide how best to allocate my resources for employee benefits and perks. I was able to find out which ones were truly important to them and which ones they didn't really care about so I knew which ones to spend my money on.
• I've also been able to see whether I'm doing a good job as a manager and where I need to improve, whether it be in terms of management style, leadership, communication or even things like policy - I'm able to see what is working and what isn't and make adjustments accordingly.

Incentivized