Questionnaire Surveys 2025 - 2022 - 2020

Questionnaire 2025

We would like to thank you for your active participation in the questionnaire survey among employees of BUT, which took place in October 2025. Your opinions, experiences, and recommendations represent a very valuable basis for improving the working environment, HR processes, and for developing a culture of respect, cooperation, and trust across the university.
The final report is HERE and so NEWS / HRS4R section as well as on the university SharePoint in the section INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES / Questionnaire Survey.

The questionnaire could be completed between 9 October 2025 and 28 October 2025.
The request to complete the survey was sent by email on October 9, 2025.

Summary of the questionnaire survey:
• Interest in completing the questionnaire was much higher than three years ago; the response rate increased by more than 10 percentage points to almost 40%.
• BUT as an institution, as well as individual workplaces (slightly more so), enables employees above average to balance work and private life. However, interest in more frequent use of home office is high (54%).
• Most respondents have additional benefits at their workplace beyond those offered university-wide; this was reported more often by technical and economic staff.
• 84% of BUT employees believe that there is no preferential treatment in professional or career development at their workplace based on gender (or other criteria).
• 86% feel supported by their supervisors in their development, with 72% feeling fully supported.
• However, 22% miss feedback, mostly because their supervisors do not have enough time to address these matters.
• 52% of employees believe that their workload corresponds to the scope of their employment; 32% report having rather more work, and 15% are long-term overloaded.
• Conditions for teaching at BUT are relatively good, but there is room for improvement. The survey reflected a recurring opinion that teaching is a secondary matter at BUT.
• The most desired type of mobility is international mobility; however, technical and economic staff equally appreciate institutional mobility within the Czech Republic.
• Only slightly more than half of employees (54%) who joined recently were assigned a mentor.
• Four out of five employees feel above-average safe and supported at their workplace in terms of social relations.
• Overall job satisfaction at BUT is relatively high, averaging 3.8 on a scale of 1 to 5; internal communication across the university scores the lowest (though still above average).

Information about the survey is also available on Sharepoint/Information for Employees/Questionnaire Survey.
More detailed information was also prepared by the Human Resources Department in the News section and on our website Support and Development of Employees and Students.
It is mentioned in the December 2025 issue of the NEWSLETTER.

Prepared by: Mgr. Eva Kneblová, Sociologist
Provided and coordinated by: Human Resources Department – Personnel Development Department

Questionnaire 2022

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Employee Survey.
Its results will be available (during February 2023) to all University staff, for example on the Staff Support & Development website.

Satisfaction survey of BUT employees in 2022

The questionnaire survey for BUT staff was conducted via the Click4Survey web application. It was available in two language versions (English and Czech). You received the link to fill it in via BUTnews. The questionnaire could be completed from 19 October 2022 to 11 November 2022.

Summary of the questionnaire survey:

• 1,064 respondents completed the questionnaire / a 29.4 % return rate / 17 % were senior staff.
• Most of the respondents were in the age range of 41 - 50 years.
• The assignment of mentor/mentee for new entrants increased significantly after the award.
• Language and vocational training would be most welcomed by respondents.
• In terms of benefits, respondents would welcome allowances for children, sports, cafeteria.
• In terms of mobility, 60 % of respondents plan to go abroad.
• The biggest barriers to mobility are family reasons and language barriers.
• 80 % of respondents feel socially safe at university.
• Respondents agree to create a welcome service (welcome day, adaptation ...) also for new employees from the Czech Republic.
• The questionnaire survey revealed that it will be necessary to set up and improve knowledge transfer support and partly also project support.

Another objective was to identify progress in the key areas of the HR Award Action Plan (2021-2022) and to set out the steps and actions we will continue to work on in order to sustain the HR Award (2023-2026). The survey was also part of the Interim Assessment phase of the HR Award process.
Detailed information on the entire HR Award process can be found here on the website.

Thank you again to everyone! HR Department

Questionnaire 2020

In the period from April 21 to May 21, 2020, the HR Award survey, focused on the implementation status of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, was carried out. 
HR Award Survey – Thank you for your participation!

Satisfaction survey of BUT employees in 2020

The aim of the survey was identified key areas for improvement in the individual areas evaluated and to identified the steps and measures we will work on as part of the process of winning and maintaining the HR Award on BUT. The survey was carried out and its results will representitived, among other things, under OTM-R policy (Open, Transparent and Merit-based policy), which the HR Award also requires to be documented and demonstrated. Survey will be available to all university staff.

The survey included a total of 40 statements corresponding to the 40 guidelines included in the Charter and the Code.

Overview of questionnaire survey results was in Czech and in English.

The questionnaire consisted of 4 thematic blocks concerning:

• Ethical and Professional aspects
• Recruitment and Selection
• Working conditions and Social security
• Training and Development