ZayZoon makes team communication easy with Announcements (beta) and Polls (beta) in Employer Connect. These features are free to access from your employer portal account.

With a few clicks in Employer connect, you can:

Welcome new hires
Send your team important updates
Send birthday/anniversary announcements and recognitions
Strengthen workplace culture and community through engagement

Deliver mobile-first, bite-sized communication within minutes!

Communication is the cornerstone for supporting, engaging, and understanding your workforce. Increase participation in team-building and create a more cohesive workplace culture with Announcements & Polls (beta).

Announcements

To get started, sign in to your Employer Connect portal, select Announcements (beta) from the menu on the left , then click Activate.

How do I create and send an announcement?

Click Create Announcement.
Select your audience based on whether you want to create an announcement for all employees or a custom employee group.

To create a custom group, click Company Settings on the left navigation menu.
If you've created a custom group already, select the group(s) you'd like to send to send announcements to. You can select more than one group.
Type your message out for your team, or select one of our pre-made templates.
Click Preview Announcement to review your message before sending.
When your announcement is ready, click Send. You'll see a confirmation banner at the top of your Announcements (beta) feed.

Any employee registered with payroll will receive email notifications. Employees who have the mobile app and notifications enabled will also receive a push notification.

Announcements are featured in the Company Activity feed in the ZayZoon app.

Are there templates I could use?

Yes! When you create an announcement, you'll now see the Choose a Template button in the message box.

Choose from one of our general company templates or our ZayZoon-specific templates.

ZayZoon templates can let your team know about earned wage access, discounts/savings they can access, budgeting tools, and financial education resources.

Can I add images/memes/files to my announcement?

Yes, you can add up to 3 images in a JPEG/PNG/GIF format (up to 10MBs each).

Choose a file or drag and drop your image when creating your announcement!

I made a mistake, can I edit or delete my announcement?

You won't be able to edit an announcement, but you can delete it from your Employer Connect Portal.

Find your announcement in the Announcements (beta) menu, click the 3 dots in the post, then select delete.

Will new employees be able to see announcements?

All employees who are connected to payroll with an associated email will receive notifications for announcements and polls, even if they haven't signed up for ZayZoon yet.

Can we pin polls/posts at the top of the company activity feed?

Currently, polls and announcements cannot be pinned to the company activity feed.

The most recent poll/announcement or recognition will appear first.

What if my employee doesn't have a ZayZoon account?

Employees connected to payroll with an email address will still receive poll and announcement notifications.

They'll be able to view the first 5 items on the Company Activity Feed. They'll only need a ZayZoon account to participate in polls or comment and react to announcements.

Can employees turn off notifications for polls or announcements?

The notifications for the ZayZoon app is a global setting - employees will get all notifications from the ZZ app, or they will not get any. At this time there isn’t a way to just turn off notifications for announcements or polls.

Group Announcements

You can create custom groups in Employer Connect and send announcements to a select group of your employees.

How do I create a custom group for an announcement?

To create a custom group for an announcement:

Log in to Employer Connect.
Select Company Settings in the left navigation bar, then click Create a Group.
Name your group, then click Save group. A pop-up window will appear for you to select employees.
Search by employee name and select which employees you'd like to add to your custom group. Click Save group to save or click Cancel to start over.
Once you've saved the group, you'll be taken to the Edit employee group page, where you can:
1. Update the group name
2. Add employees to the group
3. Remove employees from the group
To view all groups, click Company Settings. From this page, you'll be able to add members to a group or delete groups.
Select Announcements from the left navigation bar to start sending your group announcements.

Can employees be part of more than one group? Will they be notified twice?

Employees can be part of more than one group, but they will only be notified once.

Can administrators use groups created by other administrators?

Yes, employee groups are saved to the company settings in Employer Connect. All administrators have view and edit access to created groups.

Can I add multiple groups to an announcement?

Yes! Administrators can select several groups for the same announcement.

Can I view which groups were sent an announcement?

On your company feed in Announcements, you and your employees will be able to see that the announcement was sent to a limited audience.

However, you won’t be able to see which audiences were sent the message.

Will employees know which groups they are in?

No, but they will be able to see that the announcement was sent to a limited audience.

Polls

To get started, sign in to your Employer Connect portal, navigate to Polls (beta) in the side menu, then click Activate Polls.

How do I send a poll?

To send polls, sign in to your Employer Connect portal, then click Polls (beta) from the side menu.

Click Create new poll.

2. Write your poll question or statement. Currently, you can provide up to 5 choices in a poll.

Questions have a 250 maximum character limit and choices have a 50 character limit.

3. Click Preview Poll to view your poll preview. Click Cancel to keep editing, or click Send once it's good to go.

Once sent, any employee registered with payroll will receive an email notification. Employees who have the mobile app and notifications enabled will also receive a push notification.

The Announcements (beta) feed will show your previously posted polls and employee votes. Results are anonymous and automatically sorted by vote count.

Polls will be featured in the Company Activity feed in the ZayZoon app.

Can polls be edited or deleted after sending?

You won't be able to edit your poll, but you can delete it shortly after sending.

The email and push notifications sent to employees don't provide message previews. They might know a poll was sent but they won't be able to see it once it has been deleted.

I made a mistake, how do I delete my poll?

Made a mistake in your poll? You can delete your post with just a couple clicks.

The email and push notifications sent to employees don't provide message previews. They might know a poll was sent but they won't be able to see it once it has been deleted.

Click the 3 dots on the top right of your poll, then Delete.
Confirm in the pop-up window to delete the poll. Deletions cannot be reversed.

Will I know which employee has selected which answer?

No, at this time polls are fully anonymous. You won't be able to see who selected each answer. However, you can see the total number of responses and the spread of results across choices.

Can employees vote more than once?

Employees can only vote once for an option but they can change their vote at any time by selecting a different option.

Can polls be scheduled to send at a later time?

Once you send your poll, it'll be sent immediately.

We don't currently provide the option to schedule polls for a later time, but stay tuned!

Can we select which employees can see or vote in the polls?

Not at this time. Polls can be seen and voted on by all employees connected to payroll with a ZayZoon account.