Q01
Message
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Employee Work Satisfaction Pulse Survey
Tracks how satisfied employees are with their job, manager, and growth path, and flags flight risk before it shows up in attrition data. An AI follow-up interview digs into the reason behind each person's lowest-rated area instead of leaving it as an unexplained number.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
12 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Opinion ScaleRequired
Overall, how satisfied are you with your job right now?
Scale: 1 – 10
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q03
MatrixRequired
How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your work?
6 rows × 5 columns
- Compensation and benefits
- Support from your manager
- Opportunities for career growth
- Work-life balance
- Recognition for your contributions
- +1 more
Columns: Very dissatisfied · Dissatisfied · Neutral · Satisfied · Very satisfied
Q04
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the last 3 months, how often have you thought about leaving your job?
- Never
- Once or twice
- About monthly
- About weekly
- Almost daily
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired
How would you rate your immediate manager's support over the last month?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not supportiveMax:Extremely supportive
Q06
Opinion ScaleRequired
How likely are you to recommend this company as a great place to work to a friend or former colleague?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q07
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required
If you could only fix ONE of these to improve your satisfaction at work, which would matter most and which would matter least?
- Higher pay
- More flexible hours or location
- Clearer path to promotion
- Better support from my manager
- More recognition for my work
- Improved work-life balance
- Better tools and resources
- Stronger team culture
Pick best & worst per setBest:Would improve my satisfaction mostWorst:Would improve my satisfaction least
Q08
AI Interview
Identify the respondent's lowest-rated area from the satisfaction battery (or their overall score if it's low) and ask them to walk through a specific recent moment that shaped that rating — what happened, who was involved, and what would have changed the outcome. If they said they've thought about leaving weekly or almost daily, gently probe what's kept them from acting on it so far. Keep the tone curious and non-judgmental, not confrontational.
Q09
Dropdown
Which department are you part of? (Template note: replace with your own department list before launching.)
- Engineering
- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer Support
- Operations
- People/HR
- Finance
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q10
Multiple Choice
How long have you been with the company?
- Less than 6 months
- 6–12 months
- 1–3 years
- 3–5 years
- 5+ years
- Prefer not to say
Q11
Multiple Choice
What is your age range?
- Under 25
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45–54
- 55+
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Message
That's everything — thank you for your honesty. Responses are aggregated with your team's to shape concrete changes, and individual answers are never shared with your direct 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.
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
- Includes a satisfaction battery (overall opinion scale, matrix across job/manager/growth aspects, manager rating, and eNPS-style recommend question) so you get both a top-line score and a breakdown.
- Uses a max-diff question to force-rank which single issue would most improve satisfaction, giving prioritization data most satisfaction surveys don't collect.
- Pairs a flight-risk question (frequency of thinking about leaving) with an AI follow-up interview that automatically probes the respondent's lowest-rated area, turning a low number into an actual explained reason instead of leaving it unexplained.
- Closes with a transparent chat message about how responses are aggregated, plus standard demographic/tenure/department questions for segmentation.
Jotform
Work Satisfaction Survey Form TemplateA ready-to-field, drag-and-drop customizable form template for gauging work satisfaction. It's built on Jotform's general-purpose form builder rather than a dedicated employee-experience research platform, so scoring and reporting are basic compared to survey-specific tools.
What it does well
- Fielding-ready template with easy drag-and-drop editing
- Broad integration ecosystem typical of Jotform's form builder
- Low barrier to quick customization for non-researchers
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive follow-up on low-satisfaction answers
- No published methodology or prompt transparency since there's no AI interviewing component
- Reporting is generic form-analytics rather than a dedicated satisfaction/flight-risk report
Typeform
Work Satisfaction Survey Form TemplateA conversational one-question-at-a-time template that's pleasant to fill out and easy to brand. It's still a fixed-path form under the hood, so any 'follow-up' is limited to pre-set logic jumps rather than a genuine adaptive interview.
What it does well
- Polished, conversational respondent experience
- Simple logic branching for basic personalization
- Fast to deploy with minimal setup
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI probing into an individual's specific lowest-rated area — only predefined logic paths
- No voice-based interview option
- No automated per-response quality scoring
QuestionPro
Employee Satisfaction Survey TemplateAn enterprise-oriented employee satisfaction template backed by QuestionPro's broader employee-experience and analytics suite. It covers standard satisfaction dimensions but, like other form-based tools, relies on fixed questions rather than dynamic interviewing.
What it does well
- Backed by a full employee-experience research platform with dashboards
- Established benchmarking and reporting tools
- Supports large-scale distribution for enterprise HR teams
Where it falls short
- Template itself is a static questionnaire, not an adaptive interview
- No mention of AI-driven follow-up or voice interviews
- No transparent, inspectable AI prompts since there's no AI interviewing layer
SurveyMonkey
Employee Satisfaction Survey TemplateA widely-used, expert-written employee satisfaction template with SurveyMonkey's standard reporting and benchmarking features. It's a solid static survey but doesn't dig deeper into individual low scores the way an adaptive interview would.
What it does well
- Well-established, easy-to-launch template with broad familiarity
- Built-in benchmarking and analysis dashboards
- Reliable survey logic and distribution tools
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview to explain why a specific respondent rated an area low
- No voice AI interview option
- No per-response quality scoring or transparent AI prompt methodology
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Employee Work Satisfaction Pulse Survey” template?
The template includes 12 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Thanks for taking a few minutes for this check-in on how work is going for you. Your responses are completely confidenti…” · “Overall, how satisfied are you with your job right now?” · “How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your work?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 12 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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