Post-Merger Integration Survey Questions

Survey includes twenty-one questions for employees in the following five categories: Demographics, Merger Announcement, Between Announcement and Close, During the Integration, and Overall.

Demographics/General

1. Were you employed by the Acquirer or the Acquired Company before the acquisition?
2. Had you ever been through another merger before this deal?
3. What was your primary location at the time of the announcement?
4. Have your job duties changed significantly since the closing of the deal?

Regarding the Announcement of the Acquisition

5. How and when did you receive formal notification of the deal?
6. Had you heard specific rumors about the merger before you were formally told about it?
7. On a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being poor and 7 excellent) how would you rate the way in which the announcement was handled.
8. Do you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve the announcement of major changes in the future?

Between Announcement and Close of the Deal

9. Did you feel that efforts were made to answer the questions that existed after the announcement?
10. How would you describe the impact on productivity immediately after the announcement? (Choose one of the following Extreme, Significant, Medium, Little, None). Give any examples that you think might be helpful.
11. What could be done in the future to minimize the impact of significant changes?
12. What things should have been handled differently following the announcement?

During Integration

13. Was the pace of the integration too fast, too slow, or about right? Explain.
14. On a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being poor, 7 being excellent) how was the process of deciding on new roles and responsibilities (and the resulting downsizing) handled? Explain.
15. What should have been done differently?
16. On a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being poor, 7 being excellent), considered, how was the consolidation of products, offices, systems, etc. handled? Explain.

Overall

17. Overall, how would you rate the success of the merger on a scale of 1 to 7(1 being poor, 7 being excellent)? Explain.
18. On a scale of 1 to 7(1 being low, 7 being high), how would you rate the benefits of the acquisition to each of the following groups?

  • Employees of Acquirer?
  • Customers of the organization?
  • Shareholders of Acquirer?

19. Was there anything you expected to happen during the acquisition that did not occur?
20. If one thing could be accomplished in the next 60 days to help the business further benefit from the integration, what would it be?
21 What do you remember as the key defining moments in the acquisition process?

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