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Virtual Workplace Relationships & Team Connection Survey
Measures how well employees build and sustain real working relationships with managers and coworkers through online and hybrid communication channels. Built for People teams assessing remote/hybrid culture, with an AI follow-up interview that surfaces a specific moment where an online interaction built — or broke — a work relationship, beyond what a connection score alone shows.
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14 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which best describes how you currently work?
- Fully remote
- Hybrid (mix of remote and in-office)
- Fully in-office, but I work with remote colleagues
- Fully in-office with no remote colleagues
Q03
Slider Matrix
Based mainly on your online or virtual interactions, how strong does your working relationship feel with each of these groups?
4 rows, one slider each
- Your direct manager
- Your immediate team members
- Colleagues in other departments
- Senior leadership
Slider 0–10Min:No real connectionMax:Very strong connection
Q04
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how connected do you feel to your coworkers given how much of your interaction with them happens online?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not connected at allMax:Extremely connected
Q05
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In a typical week, how often do you have non-work conversations with colleagues over chat, video, or other online channels?
- Never
- Rarely (once or less)
- Sometimes (2-3 times)
- Often (almost daily)
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Which of these get most in the way of building real relationships with coworkers online, and which matter least?
- Lack of a video/camera-on culture
- No informal chat channels or virtual water-cooler time
- Time zone differences
- Too many meetings, not enough casual time
- Difficulty reading tone or intent in text
- Underused or clunky collaboration tools
- Infrequent in-person meetups
- Manager doesn't prioritize team bonding
Pick best & worst per setBest:Gets most in the wayWorst:Gets least in the way
Q07
Rating ScaleRequired
How would you rate the tools your company provides for staying connected with colleagues (chat, video calls, shared spaces)?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:PoorMax:Excellent
Q08
Multiple Choice
Have you ever met your current teammates in person?
- Yes, all of them
- Yes, some of them
- No, none of them
- Not applicable — I work fully in-office
Q09
AI Interview
Probe the story behind the respondent's connection score: ask for one specific recent moment where an online interaction (a chat thread, video call, or its absence) either strengthened or damaged a work relationship, and what happened next. If they flagged a barrier like time zones, unclear tone, or lack of casual time, dig into how that barrier actually played out in a real interaction rather than in general terms. If their connection score was high, ask what specifically their manager or team does online that makes it work, so it can be identified as a repeatable practice.
Q10
Message
Almost done — just a few quick background questions to help us spot patterns across teams. All optional.
Q11
Multiple Choice
How long have you been with the company?
- Less than 6 months
- 6 months–1 year
- 1–3 years
- 3–5 years
- 5+ years
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice
What is your age range?
- Under 25
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45–54
- 55–64
- 65 or older
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice
What is your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer to self-describe
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Message
Thank you for sharing this! Your answers feed directly into how we improve virtual team practices and support managers in building stronger connections across remote and hybrid teams. No individual responses are shared with your manager.
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.
Why this template
What this template is built to do — we found no directly comparable template from other survey tools to review.
What sets it apart
- Includes an AI follow-up interview that probes the story behind each respondent's connection score, asking for one specific real interaction that built or broke a work relationship — something a static rating scale can't surface.
- Combines quantitative measures (slider matrix on relationship strength, opinion scale on overall connectedness, rating of company connection tools, max-diff on top barriers) with qualitative depth in a single flow.
- Purpose-built for People teams assessing remote/hybrid culture specifically, with items on work mode, in-person contact history, and frequency of non-work conversation — not a generic relationship survey.
- Produces an automated report plus transparent, reviewable AI prompts, so People teams can see exactly how the follow-up question was asked and quality-score each response.
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