Q01
Message
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Remote & Hybrid Work Experience Survey
Measures remote and hybrid employees' experiences across tools, collaboration, productivity, and well-being to identify friction points and prioritize workplace improvements.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
29 questions · ~12 min
Q02
Dropdown
Over the last 30 days, approximately what share of your workdays were remote?
- 0% (I worked onsite only)
- 1–25%
- 26–50%
- 51–75%
- 76–99%
- 100% (fully remote)
Q03
Message
The following questions ask you to rate different aspects of your remote setup. Please respond based on your experience over the last 30 days.
Q04
Opinion Scale
How effective was team collaboration on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very ineffectiveMax:Very effective
Q05
Opinion Scale
How would you rate your personal productivity on remote days compared to onsite days?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Much lowerMax:Much higher
Q06
Opinion Scale
How easy was it to disconnect from work at the end of the day on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:Very difficultMax:Very easy
Q07
Opinion Scale
Overall, how satisfied are you with your remote or hybrid work experience at this company?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q08
Dropdown
What is your primary job function?
- Engineering/IT
- Product/Design
- Operations
- Sales/Marketing
- Customer Support/Success
- HR/People
- Finance/Legal
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q09
Message
Thank you for completing this survey. Your responses are confidential and will be used to improve our remote and hybrid work practices. If you have any questions, please contact [survey administrator].
Q10
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the reliability and speed of your internet connection on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q11
Multiple Choice
Which collaboration tools did you actively use on remote days? Select all that apply.
- Slack or Microsoft Teams
- Zoom, Google Meet, or Webex
- Asana, Jira, or Trello
- Confluence, Notion, or SharePoint
- Online whiteboards (Miro, Mural, FigJam)
- Other
- None of the above
Q12
Opinion Scale
How often did unclear priorities or goals slow you down on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:NeverMax:Very often
Q13
Opinion Scale
How would you rate your overall sense of connection to your team on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very disconnectedMax:Very connected
Q14
Long Text
Based on your responses throughout this survey, what is the single most important change that would improve your remote work experience?
Q15
Dropdown
How long have you been with the company?
- Less than 6 months
- 6–12 months
- 1–2 years
- 3–5 years
- 6+ years
- Prefer not to say
Q16
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the quality of your video conferencing tools (e.g., Zoom, Teams, Meet)?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q17
Dropdown
On a typical remote day, roughly how many meetings did you have?
- 0 meetings
- 1–2
- 3–4
- 5–6
- 7 or more
Q18
Opinion Scale
How often did waiting for responses from colleagues slow you down on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:NeverMax:Very often
Q19
AI Interview
We'd like to explore your experience in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions about your remote work.
Q20
Dropdown
What region best describes your primary work time zone?
- Americas
- EMEA
- APAC
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q21
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the quality of your messaging and collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Teams chat)?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q22
Opinion Scale
To what extent were your remote meetings efficient and productive?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not at allMax:To a great extent
Q23
Opinion Scale
How often did technical issues (slow tools, outages, VPN problems) slow you down on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:NeverMax:Very often
Q24
Dropdown
Are you a people manager?
- Yes
- No
- Prefer not to say
Q25
Opinion Scale
How would you rate the reliability of your VPN or remote-access setup?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very poorMax:Excellent
Q26
Opinion Scale
How often did excessive or unproductive meetings slow you down on remote days?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:NeverMax:Very often
Q27
Multiple Choice
Which hardware or environment factors created friction on remote days? Select all that apply.
- Laptop performance
- External monitor(s) setup
- Webcam or microphone
- Headset or audio quality
- VPN or authentication device
- Ergonomics (desk/chair)
- Power or internet reliability
- None of the above
Q28
Ranking
Rank the following improvements by how much they would help your remote work experience. Place the most helpful at the top.
- Better equipment stipend
- Faster VPN/network
- Fewer or shorter meetings
- Clearer goals and roadmaps
- Training on remote tools
- Dedicated focus-time norms
Drag to rank
Q29
Long Text
Were there any tools that felt missing, redundant, or difficult to use on remote days? Please describe.
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
- Goes beyond static ratings with an AI follow-up interview that lets employees elaborate on friction points in their own words, with fully transparent prompts.
- Separates remote-day experience into distinct dimensions (connectivity, video/collab tools, VPN, meeting efficiency, disconnection, team connection) rather than a single generic satisfaction score.
- Includes a ranking exercise for prioritizing improvements plus an open-text 'most important thing' question, giving both quantified priorities and qualitative context automatically summarized in a report.
- Captures role, tenure, manager status, and time zone as segmentation variables so results can be sliced by team/manager without extra setup.
Jotform
Remote or Hybrid Working Arrangement FormThis is primarily a working-arrangement request/agreement form rather than an experience-measurement survey, so its content focus differs from ours. It's built on Jotform's drag-and-drop form builder, useful for HR logistics documentation but not designed to probe productivity, collaboration, or well-being. Best treated as a related-but-different use case rather than a direct competitor to an experience survey.
What it does well
- Easy drag-and-drop customization within Jotform's form builder
- Likely integrates with Jotform's broader HR form ecosystem (e-signatures, approvals)
- Familiar, widely-used platform for quick deployment
Where it falls short
- Static form fields only — no adaptive follow-up questioning to probe 'why' behind responses
- Not focused on measuring experience/friction across tools, collaboration, and well-being like a dedicated experience survey
- No automated per-response quality scoring or AI-generated report
SurveyMonkey
Remote Workforce Engagement Survey TemplateA ready-to-field template aimed at gauging remote employee engagement, comparable in intent to our survey. SurveyMonkey brings strong analytics and benchmarking tools on the back end. However, it's built from static question types without adaptive probing into individual answers.
What it does well
- Backed by SurveyMonkey's established analytics and reporting dashboards
- Large template library suggests easy customization for engagement-specific angles
- Widely recognized platform likely to have high respondent familiarity/trust
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into open-ended friction points
- No voice AI interview option or guided screen-share tasks
- Methodology and question-generation logic aren't published as transparent prompts
SurveySparrow
Remote Employee Engagement Survey TemplateA fielding-ready survey template focused on remote employee engagement, filed under SurveySparrow's COVID-19-era template category. It's conversational in UI style but still relies on fixed question sequences rather than dynamic AI-driven probing. Good for a quick engagement pulse-check rather than deep root-cause analysis.
What it does well
- Conversational, chat-like survey UI that may improve completion rates
- Purpose-built for remote employee engagement context
- Likely supports basic branching logic within SurveySparrow's platform
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview or voice AI option to explore individual responses further
- Template is older (COVID-19-era category), so question set may not reflect current hybrid-work norms
- No automated quality scoring of individual responses or AI-synthesized report
Frequently asked questions
What questions are in the “Remote & Hybrid Work Experience Survey” template?
The template includes 29 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “Welcome to the Remote & Hybrid Work Experience Survey. This confidential survey takes approximately 13 minutes and asks…” · “Over the last 30 days, approximately what share of your workdays were remote?” · “The following questions ask you to rate different aspects of your remote setup. Please respond based on your experience…”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
How long does this survey take to complete?
Respondents typically finish the 29 questions in about 12 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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