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Employee Workplace Happiness Pulse Survey

A pulse check on how happy employees genuinely feel at work, what's driving that feeling, and where it's at risk of slipping — built for HR and people teams running regular sentiment check-ins. An AI follow-up interview digs into the specific moment behind each person's rating so low scores come with a real story, not just a number.

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12 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Hi! We're checking in on how things are going at work — your honest answers help us figure out what's actually working and what needs to change. This takes about 5 minutes and your responses feed into aggregate reporting, not individual review.

Q02
Opinion ScaleRequired

Overall, how happy do you feel at work these days?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Very unhappyMax:Very happy
Q03
MatrixRequired

How much do you agree with each statement about your day-to-day experience at work?

6 rows × 5 columns
  • I have enough autonomy to do my job well
  • I feel recognized for the work I do
  • My workload is manageable
  • I feel a genuine sense of connection with my teammates
  • I see a clear path for growth here
  • +1 more
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q04
Multiple ChoiceRequired

In the last 30 days, how often have you felt genuinely energized or excited about your work?

  • Never
  • Rarely (1-2 times)
  • Sometimes (about weekly)
  • Often (most days)
  • Almost every day
Q05
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

Which of these would do the most to improve your happiness at work — and which would matter least?

  • Higher pay or better benefits
  • Lighter or more manageable workload
  • More support from my manager
  • Clearer path for career growth
  • More recognition for my work
  • More flexibility in when or where I work
  • Stronger relationships with teammates
  • Feeling like my work matters
Pick best & worst per setBest:Would improve my happiness mostWorst:Would improve my happiness least
Q06
AI Interview

Explore the story behind the respondent's happiness rating and their top-ranked improvement factor: ask for a specific recent moment, good or bad, that shaped how they feel about work right now, and what would need to change for their rating to go up by even one point. If they rated their happiness low (0-4), probe whether it's tied to their role, manager, team, or something outside work, and whether they've considered leaving. If they rated it high (8-10), find out specifically what's working so it can be protected or replicated for others.

Q07
Rating ScaleRequired

How would you rate your working relationship with your direct manager?

Range: 1 – 5
Min:PoorMax:Excellent
Q08
Multiple ChoiceRequired

How likely are you to look for a new job in the next 6 months?

  • Not at all likely
  • Somewhat unlikely
  • Not sure
  • Somewhat likely
  • Very likely
Q09
Short Text

What's one change that would make the biggest difference to your happiness at work?

Q10
Multiple Choice

Which department or team are you part of?

  • Engineering
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Customer Support
  • Operations
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Prefer not to say
Q11
Multiple Choice

How long have you been with the company?

  • Less than 6 months
  • 6 months to 1 year
  • 1-3 years
  • 3-5 years
  • More than 5 years
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Message

Thanks so much for sharing this. Your answers, combined with everyone else's, go into a report we use to spot what's boosting or draining team happiness — and to shape what we work on next.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Pairs a quick opinion-scale happiness rating with an AI follow-up interview that asks each person to explain the specific moment behind their score, so low ratings arrive with a real story instead of just a number.
  • Uses a max-diff exercise to force-rank what would most help or hurt happiness, then has the AI interview dig into the respondent's top-ranked driver specifically, rather than treating all comments as equally weighted.
  • Covers manager relationship quality, flight-risk (likelihood to job search in 6 months), and a free-text 'one change' question alongside the core happiness and engagement matrix, giving HR both breadth and depth in one flow.
  • Closes with a transparent thank-you message that tells respondents their input is aggregated with others', supporting response honesty and trust in a recurring pulse program.

SurveySparrow

Workplace Happiness Survey Template

A fielding-ready static template covering common happiness dimensions for employees. It's built for quick deployment via SurveySparrow's survey builder, with typical customization and reporting options, but the page doesn't indicate any adaptive follow-up capability. Good as a straightforward starting point rather than a probing diagnostic tool.

What it does well

  • Ready-to-use template within an established survey platform
  • Likely supports standard branching/logic and reporting dashboards
  • Easy to customize wording and branding for quick rollout

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview to explore the story behind a low or high rating
  • No voice-based interview option
  • No published methodology for how responses are scored or interpreted

Jotform

Workplace Happiness Survey Form Template

A form-builder template focused on capturing basic happiness feedback, well-suited to Jotform's drag-and-drop customization and integrations. It's a static questionnaire rather than a conversational interview, so all follow-up would need to be built manually with conditional logic. Solid for simple one-off check-ins, less suited to recurring sentiment programs needing depth.

What it does well

  • Simple drag-and-drop customization within Jotform's form builder
  • Wide range of integrations (payment, storage, notifications) typical of Jotform templates
  • Free tier available for basic use

Where it falls short

  • No AI-driven follow-up questioning — any deeper probing must be manually scripted with static conditional logic
  • No voice interview or guided screen-share task option
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or auto-generated narrative reports

QuestionPro

Happiness Survey For Employees Questions + Sample Questionnaire Template

This page reads as a guide-plus-template resource, offering sample questions and question-writing advice alongside a downloadable questionnaire, rather than a single polished fielding-ready flow. It's useful for researchers wanting question ideas, but implies more manual assembly before deployment. QuestionPro's platform does offer broader analytics tooling outside this specific page.

What it does well

  • Extensive sample question bank for authors building their own survey
  • Backed by QuestionPro's larger survey analytics platform
  • Guidance content useful for teams new to writing happiness surveys

Where it falls short

  • Presented as a static question list/guide rather than an adaptive interview experience
  • No AI follow-up probing to surface the story behind a rating
  • No transparent, publishable prompt methodology or automated quality scoring described

SurveyMonkey

Pulse Survey Template

A general employee pulse survey template geared toward recurring sentiment check-ins, aligned well with regular HR cadence use cases. It's a fixed-question format built for SurveyMonkey's survey engine, with strong reporting and benchmarking features typical of the platform, but no indication of dynamic per-respondent follow-up. Best suited to trend tracking rather than uncovering individual stories behind scores.

What it does well

  • Designed specifically for recurring pulse-check cadences
  • Backed by SurveyMonkey's mature reporting, benchmarking, and analytics tools
  • Familiar respondent experience with wide platform adoption

Where it falls short

  • Fixed question set with no adaptive AI interview to explore individual reasoning behind ratings
  • No voice AI interview or guided screen-share task functionality
  • No transparent per-response scoring methodology published on the page

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