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Employee Happiness & Engagement Pulse Survey
Tracks how happy employees are right now, what's driving or dragging that happiness, and how it connects to retention risk. An AI follow-up interview digs into the story behind each person's happiness rating instead of settling for a number, giving HR teams concrete detail to act on.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
14 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how happy are you at work these days?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all happyMax:Extremely happy
Q03
MatrixRequired
How much do you agree with each statement about your day-to-day work?
5 rows × 5 columns
- I have the autonomy to do my job well
- My contributions are recognized
- My workload is manageable
- I have opportunities to grow my skills
- My manager supports me when I need it
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q04
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the last 30 days, how often have you felt stressed at work?
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired
How would you rate the support you get from your direct manager?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:PoorMax:Excellent
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
Which of these would make the biggest difference to your happiness at work — and which would matter least?
- More flexible working hours
- Higher pay or better benefits
- More recognition for good work
- Clearer career growth paths
- Better work-life balance
- Stronger relationship with my manager
- More meaningful work
- Better team collaboration
Pick best & worst per setBest:Would improve my happiness mostWorst:Would improve my happiness least
Q07
Multiple ChoiceRequired
How likely are you to look for a new job in the next 6 months?
- Not at all likely
- Slightly likely
- Somewhat likely
- Very likely
- Already looking
Q08
AI Interview
Anchor on the overall happiness rating the respondent gave earlier and ask them to walk through a specific recent moment that explains that score — what happened, who was involved, how it made them feel. If the score was low or mid-range, probe what would need to change for it to go up and what's stopping that from happening already. If the score was high, probe what's working well that they'd hate to lose, and whether anything nags at them despite the high score. Push past vague answers like 'the culture' or 'the pay' to get a concrete example.
Q09
Long Text
What's one thing that would make the biggest difference to your happiness at work?
Q10
Message
A few quick questions about you — these help us spot patterns, not identify you individually. All optional.
Q11
Multiple Choice
Which department do you work in?
- Engineering & Product
- Sales & Marketing
- Customer Support
- Operations
- HR & People
- Finance & Legal
- (Replace with your own department list before launching)
- Prefer not to say
Q12
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
Q13
Multiple Choice
What's your employment type?
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Contractor or temporary
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Message
Thank you for being honest with us. Your responses are combined with your team's to shape concrete changes to how we support and reward people — we'll share what we learn and what we're doing about it.
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
- Anchors an AI follow-up interview directly on each respondent's own happiness rating, so HR gets the story behind the number instead of just a score
- Combines a validated matrix on day-to-day work factors, a manager-support rating, and a max-diff prioritization question to triangulate what's actually driving happiness
- Directly links happiness to retention risk with a dedicated 'likelihood to look for a new job' question, then lets the AI interview probe that risk in the respondent's own words
- Opens and closes with plain-language chat messages that set anonymity expectations, which helps response honesty on a sensitive topic
Jotform
Employee Happiness Survey Form TemplateA standard drag-and-drop form template for gauging employee happiness, built on Jotform's general-purpose form builder. It's ready to field quickly and integrates with Jotform's wider form ecosystem, but the questions are static and identical for every respondent. There's no mechanism to dig deeper into an individual's rating beyond what's pre-written.
What it does well
- Quick to deploy using a familiar drag-and-drop form builder
- Benefits from Jotform's broad integrations and form-management ecosystem
- Customizable fields and branding typical of Jotform templates
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive follow-up to explore why someone gave a particular happiness rating
- No voice interview option or guided screen-share tasks
- No published methodology or per-response quality scoring
QuestionPro
Happiness Survey For Employees Questions + Sample Questionnaire TemplateThis page reads more like a questionnaire guide with sample questions than a polished, ready-to-field survey instrument — useful as a reference for question ideas rather than a turnkey deployment. It sits on QuestionPro's established enterprise survey platform, which offers solid analytics and distribution tools. However, the format is fixed-question and doesn't adapt based on how an employee actually answers.
What it does well
- Backed by QuestionPro's mature enterprise survey and analytics platform
- Provides sample questions that can guide question design
- Supports broad distribution and reporting features typical of the platform
Where it falls short
- Presented as a sample questionnaire/guide rather than a fielding-ready adaptive survey
- No adaptive AI interview to follow up on individual happiness scores
- No transparent, publishable prompt methodology for how questions are generated or scored
SurveySparrow
Monthly Employee Check-In TemplateSurveySparrow's conversational-style survey format makes this check-in feel more human than a typical grid form, which suits a recurring happiness pulse. It's built for a monthly cadence rather than deep, one-off narrative digging into each response. The chat-like UI is a presentation layer, not an adaptive interview that generates new questions based on answers.
What it does well
- Conversational, chat-like question flow that can feel less clinical than a form
- Designed for recurring monthly check-ins, supporting trend tracking over time
- Mobile-friendly presentation typical of SurveySparrow's product
Where it falls short
- Conversational UI is scripted, not an adaptive AI interview that probes based on the respondent's specific answer
- No voice AI interview or guided screen-share task option
- No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt disclosure
SurveyMonkey
Employee Engagement Survey TemplateA well-established engagement survey template from a major survey platform, likely offering solid benchmarking and reporting tools. It's built around fixed multiple-choice and scale questions rather than any adaptive interviewing, so nuance behind scores has to be inferred rather than asked for directly. Good for broad engagement tracking, less suited to surfacing individual retention-risk stories.
What it does well
- Backed by SurveyMonkey's large-scale survey infrastructure and benchmarking data
- Established reporting and analytics dashboard
- Broad name recognition and ease of distribution
Where it falls short
- Fixed-question engagement survey with no adaptive AI follow-up to explore an individual's happiness driver
- No voice interview or guided task capability
- No transparent per-response prompt/methodology disclosure or automated quality scoring
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Employee Happiness & Engagement Pulse Survey” template?
The template includes 14 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Hi! This short check-in is about how you're really feeling at work. It's anonymous and takes about 8 minutes. There are…” · “Overall, how happy are you at work these days?” · “How much do you agree with each statement about your day-to-day work?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 14 questions in about 7 minutes.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.
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