Meeting Effectiveness & Culture Pulse Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes on this — ironically, about meetings. We want an honest read on how meeting time is being spent so we can fix what isn't working. About 8 minutes, and your answers are anonymous to your team lead.

In a typical week, how many meetings do you attend?

• 0-2
• 3-5
• 6-10
• 11-15
• More than 15

How often is each of these true of the meetings you attend?

Overall, how effective are the meetings you attend at helping you do your job?

In the last month, how often have you felt you could have skipped a meeting without missing anything important?

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Almost always

If you could only fix a few things about meetings here, rank these from most to least important to fix first.

1. Fewer meetings overall
2. Shorter meetings
3. Clearer agendas
4. Better facilitation
5. More relevant attendees
6. More actionable follow-up
7. Better use of technology/tools

Thinking about a typical 8 minutes meeting you attend, how would you ideally like that time allocated? Split 100 points across these.

• Sharing status/updates
• Open discussion and debate
• Decision-making
• Problem-solving
• Relationship building/small talk

Which meeting format do you personally find most productive?

• In-person
• Video call
• Phone/audio only
• Hybrid (some in-person, some remote)
• No strong preference

Ask the respondent to describe one specific recent meeting that felt like a poor use of their time: what it was about, who was there, and what actually happened versus what they expected. Probe concretely for what made it ineffective (agenda, attendees, length, follow-through) and what single change would have made it worth attending. If they say all their meetings are fine, ask them instead to describe their single most valuable recent meeting and what made it work, then compare that to their ranking of what to fix first.

Almost done — just a few quick background questions to help us spot patterns across teams and tenure.

Which department are you part of?

• Engineering
• Sales
• Marketing
• Customer Support
• Operations
• Finance
• People/HR
• Prefer not to say

Which best describes your role level?

• Individual contributor
• Team lead/Manager
• Senior manager/Director
• Executive/VP and above
• Prefer not to say

How long have you been with the company?

• Less than 6 months
• 6 months to 2 years
• 2-5 years
• More than 5 years
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you! We're combining these ratings and AI follow-up interviews across the company into a meeting-culture report, and will use it to reset agendas, attendee lists, and cadence where it matters most.