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Routine HR Administration in Start-ups & SMEs

Thank you for taking part! This Survey won't finish in a minute or two! Because, I believe the problem that I am trying to address here is important for you too (you have confirm it by participating in this survey) and it needs your honest & detailed feedback, for me to propose a best fitting solution.

I’m Sree Ram, a product Manager. I am developing a 'Digital HR Assistant' which is fully focused on startup & SMEs.

As part of this, I’m researching to know * How you (Startups & Small Enterprises) handle routine HR administration. * What a new tool should have and do so that you can focus your energy on core business.

The survey takes about 5-10 minutes and is anonymous. In return, we offer you 'hands on' experience of our first working prototype (MVP).

Answers are used only for this project. No sales, no follow-up unless you ask for it.

Part A: About you (context)

Company Name / Website

Your Name

1. What is your role? (single choice)

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2. How many employees does your company have? (single choice)

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3. Which industry are you in? (short text)

Part B: How it works today in your company?

4. Who mainly handles HR admin tasks (leave application/approval , leave accounts, payroll preparation, employee documents)? (multiple choice)

5. Which tools do you currently use for these tasks? (multiple choice)

6. Roughly how many 'hours per month' does your company spend on these tasks in total? (single choice)

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Part C: Pain Points

7. How often the following take your focus off from more important works? (rating matrix)

7a. Handling leave/vacation requests and approvals

not oftenvery often

7b. Keeping track of remaining leave days

not oftenvery often

7c. Preparing monthly payroll (e.g. adjusting for absences etc.)

not oftenvery often

7d. Creating and sending payslips

not oftenvery often

7e. Preparing employee documents (e.g. employment certificates)

not oftenvery often

7f. Answering employees' questions about company policies

not oftenvery often

7g. Onboarding new employees

not oftenvery often

7h. Offboarding leaving employees

not oftenvery often

8. How often do employees come to you with simple questions (e.g. "How many leave days do I have left?")? (single choice)

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9. Have you tried an HR software before and stopped using it? If yes, why? (multiple choice)

Part D: Your Expectations

10. If you used a tool for these tasks, how important would the following be? (rating matrix)

10a. Usable without any training

not importantessential

10b. Low monthly cost

not importantessential

10c. No IT support needed

not importantessential

10d. GDPR compliance / data hosted in the EU

not importantessential

10e. I approve important actions (e.g. payments) before they happen

not importantessential

10f. Employees can use it from their phone

not importantessential

10f. Works with my existing tools (e.g. DATEV, tax advisor)

not importantessential

Please feel free to add your further expectations

11. Which tasks would you trust a tool to do fully automatically, and which would need your approval first? (Question for Employers)

11a. Answering company policy questions

11b. Approving leave requests

11c. Calculating salaries

11d. Sending payslips

11e. Making salary payments

12. What would you realistically pay per month for a tool that handles these tasks well? (single choice)

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Part E: Optional

13. Would you be interested in testing MVP (first working prototype) of this tool?

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B

14. Would you like the summary of the results, or would you be open to a 15-minute call?

Send me the summary to following E-Mail ID

I'm open to a short call. Here's my contact number

15. What do think about this survey? (comments/feedback/....)