GAIS Benchmarks

GAIS offers different types of benchmarks in connection with job satisfaction surveys:

1. Job Satisfaction Index
2. Own Company Report
3. GAIS Live Industry

NOTE: The GAIS Live Industry benchmark is reserved for paying subscribers. Contact us to learn more about our subscriptions.

Choose the right setting 

Choose whether you want the different benchmarks to be displayed in the employee reports, company reports, and segment reports, respectively.

The actual selection takes place during the setup of the survey.

1. Select Surveys
2. Select Settings
3. Choose which benchmarks should be displayed in the employee report, company report, and segment reports.

Job Satisfaction Index

Is a research-based mapping of Danes' Job Satisfaction. Since 2015, the Knowledge Center for Job Satisfaction has been monitoring the development of job satisfaction across Danish employees.

Own Company Report

Benchmarking against your own company report means that a segment of the report - for example, a department - is compared with the company's overall results.

GAIS Live Industry (available only in paid subscriptions)

GAIS Live Benchmarks allows you to follow the development compared to your industry. Live Benchmarks are always updated with current data, so you get a real-time picture of the comparison.

How does GAIS Live Benchmark work?

GAIS Live Benchmark draws on all the data that is submitted daily to the GAIS platform via our customers. All data is anonymized and can therefore be used without conflicting with anonymity or GDPR regulations.

GAIS Live Benchmarks are valid according to current statistical standards. This means that if your company belongs to a smaller niche industry where we in GAIS do not have enough data for a valid benchmark, you will be moved up a category.

Example: If your company is part of an industry called "Microgreen Production", and there are not enough other companies to benchmark against in exactly the same industry, you will instead be presented with the benchmark for "Food Production", where there is enough data for a valid benchmark.

How to connect GAIS Live Benchmarks to the company profile

In connection with the creation of your company profile, your company has been linked to an industry.

If you wish to change the industry you are registered under, you can contact Support & Solution at support@gais.dk.

See and change benchmark in the report

The next time you open a company report, you will see that the benchmark displayed by default is the one you have selected as the primary benchmark.

Of course, you can still click the arrow on the far right and select a different benchmark if you wish. Here you will see the options listed above.

Understanding the benchmark chart in the report

Factors - benchmark

In the Factors analysis function, you find a gray bar under each factor. The gray bar represents the benchmark you have selected.

• The dark gray dot shows the benchmark itself. That is, the average of the scores in the survey you are benchmarking against.
• The left part of the light gray bar shows the range in which the quarter that answered the lowest in the survey you are benchmarking against has answered. In this quarter, the answers vary widely, so visually it appears to fill more, even though it represents only 25% of the responses.
• The middle part (a slightly darker gray color) shows the range in which the half that answered in the middle of the test you are benchmarking against has answered.
• The right part of the light gray bar shows the range in which the quarter that answered the highest in the test you are benchmarking against has answered.

Heatmap - Benchmark

In the Heatmap, you can benchmark the different scores against other surveys. Choose which survey you want to benchmark against - it could be the total Danish population, your industry, or previous surveys you have conducted in the company.

Spread - Benchmark

In the Spread function, you can see the spread in the survey responses in comparison to the survey you are benchmarking against. The gray shadow behind the bars illustrates the spread in the benchmark.

Strengths & Weaknesses - Benchmark

In Strengths & Weaknesses,you can see strengths and weaknesses in your survey responses in comparison to the survey you are benchmarking against. The number next to the column indicates how many points your test differs positively or negatively from the survey you are benchmarking against.