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Return-to-Office Policy Impact & Readiness Survey

Measures employee sentiment, productivity perceptions, and fairness attitudes toward return-to-office policies. Designed for HR and People teams to identify friction points, gauge readiness, and inform hybrid work policy decisions.

Sample questions

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26 questions · ~11 min
Q01
Message

Welcome to the Return-to-Office Experience Survey. This survey takes approximately 12 minutes and asks about your work arrangement, preferences, and experience with our RTO policy. Your responses are completely confidential and will be reported only in aggregate — no individual answers will be shared with managers or leadership. Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers; we want your honest perspective. Results will be used internally by the People team to inform workplace policy decisions.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes your current work arrangement?

  • Fully remote (no in-office days)
  • Hybrid (some days in the office, some remote)
  • Fully in-office (five days in the office)
Q03
Dropdown

In a typical week, how many days would you prefer to work in the office?

  • 0 days
  • 1 day
  • 2 days
  • 3 days
  • 4 days
  • 5 days
Q04
Opinion Scale

Thinking about the past 30 days, how productive did you feel when working remotely?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all productiveMax:Extremely productive
Q05
Opinion Scale

In the past 30 days, how has the current RTO policy affected your morale?

Scale: 17
Min:Very negativelyMax:Very positively
Q06
AI Interview

We'd like to understand your RTO experience in more depth. Could you describe a recent workweek and how the current policy shaped your day-to-day experience?

Q07
Message

The following questions help us understand patterns across different groups. All items are optional and responses are never reported for groups smaller than five people.

Q08
Message

Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback is valuable and will directly inform our workplace policy decisions. Results will be shared in aggregate with the organization.

Q09
Multiple Choice

Who primarily decides which days you work in the office?

  • I choose my in-office days
  • My manager decides
  • Team rotation or schedule
  • Company-mandated specific days
  • It varies week to week
  • Not applicable — I am fully remote
Q10
Multiple Choice

Which of the following would make in-office days more valuable for you? Select all that apply.

  • Quieter focus spaces
  • More small meeting rooms or phone booths
  • Ergonomic workstations
  • Reliable video-conferencing rooms for hybrid meetings
  • Commute subsidy or transit pass
  • Parking support
  • Food and coffee options
  • On-site childcare support
  • Clear goals or agendas for in-office days
  • Nothing additional needed
Q11
Opinion Scale

Thinking about the past 30 days, how productive did you feel when working in the office?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all productiveMax:Extremely productive
Q12
Multiple Choice

How clear are the current RTO guidelines for your team?

  • Very clear
  • Somewhat clear
  • Somewhat unclear
  • Very unclear
  • I am not aware of any RTO guidelines
Q13
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or suggestions about our return-to-office approach.

Q14
Dropdown

How long have you worked at the company?

  • Less than 6 months
  • 6–11 months
  • 1–2 years
  • 3–5 years
  • 6–10 years
  • 11+ years
  • Prefer not to say
Q15
Dropdown

In a typical week over the past 30 days, how many days did you work in the office?

  • 0 days
  • 1 day
  • 2 days
  • 3 days
  • 4 days
  • 5 days
Q16
Ranking

Please rank the following factors by how much they influence your preferred work location. Drag to reorder (1 = most important).

  1. Commute time and cost
  2. Ability to focus without interruptions
  3. Quality of in-person collaboration
  4. Work–life balance
  5. Access to equipment or secure systems
  6. Visibility with leaders and peers
Drag to rank
Q17
Multiple Choice

Which activities are typically better for you to do in the office? Select all that apply.

  • Brainstorming and ideation
  • Team workshops or sprint planning
  • Client or stakeholder meetings
  • One-on-ones and coaching
  • Onboarding or training
  • Accessing specialized equipment or secure data
  • Career visibility and serendipitous interactions
  • Focused deep work
  • None of the above
Q18
Opinion Scale

The RTO policy is applied fairly across teams and roles.

Scale: 17
Min:Strongly disagreeMax:Strongly agree
Q19
Dropdown

Which function best describes your role?

  • Engineering / IT
  • Product / Design / UX
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Customer Support / Success
  • Operations / Supply Chain
  • Finance / Legal
  • HR / People
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q20
Opinion Scale

My manager supports flexibility within the current RTO policy.

Scale: 17
Min:Strongly disagreeMax:Strongly agree
Q21
Dropdown

What is your current level?

  • Individual contributor
  • People manager
  • Senior leader / executive
  • Contractor / fixed-term
  • Intern / apprentice
  • Prefer not to say
Q22
Opinion Scale

Leadership has clearly communicated the reasons behind the RTO policy.

Scale: 17
Min:Strongly disagreeMax:Strongly agree
Q23
Dropdown

What is your employment status?

  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Fixed-term / contractor
  • Prefer not to say
Q24
Dropdown

Where are you primarily based?

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia–Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East / Africa
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q25
Dropdown

What is your age group? (Optional)

  • 18–24
  • 25–34
  • 35–44
  • 45–54
  • 55–64
  • 65+
  • Prefer not to say
Q26
Multiple Choice

How do you describe your gender? (Optional)

  • Woman
  • Man
  • Non-binary
  • Another gender identity
  • Prefer not to say

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 multiple opinion-scale questions specifically measuring RTO fairness, morale impact, manager flexibility, and leadership communication clarity — not generic satisfaction items
  • Combines quantitative sentiment tracking (current vs. preferred in-office days, productivity ratings remote vs. in-office) with a dedicated AI follow-up interview to probe the 'why' behind RTO friction points
  • Captures decision-rights and policy-clarity questions (who decides in-office days, how clear are guidelines) that directly inform hybrid policy design, not just general workplace attitudes
  • Segments results by tenure, function, level, employment status, and location so HR teams can pinpoint which groups experience the most RTO friction

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