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Employee Pulse Survey template

This free Employee Pulse Survey template helps you run short recurring employee check-ins. It has 4 ready-made questions, takes about 1 minute to answer, and is anonymous by default. Customise every question, then share it by link, QR code or website embed.

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Questions in this template

How are you feeling about work this week? *
Rating scale
How manageable is your workload right now? *
Rating scale
Do you have what you need to do your job well? *
Single choice
Yes · Mostly · No
Anything you’d like leadership to know?
Long text

* required. Every question is editable.

Recommended settings

Visibility: Private — only your workspace and invited people
Responses: Anonymous — not linked to accounts
Who can respond: Invite only — personal single-use links
Results: Only you and your workspace see results
One response per: Browser

Best for: Recurring schedule, trend dashboard.

Tip: Run it on a regular cadence: duplicate the survey each month and compare results by date range.

Best practice for employee & hr

Keep employee surveys anonymous and say so clearly — honesty depends on it.
Use invite-only links and restrict results to HR and leadership.
Only report results for groups of 5 or more people to protect anonymity.

Employee Pulse Survey: frequently asked questions

What questions should a Employee Pulse Survey include?

A good Employee Pulse Survey is short and focused. This template asks: How are you feeling about work this week? · How manageable is your workload right now? · Do you have what you need to do your job well? · Anything you’d like leadership to know? Remove anything you won’t act on.

Is the Employee Pulse Survey anonymous?

Yes. Responses are anonymous by default and aren’t linked to anyone’s account.

How long does the Employee Pulse Survey take to complete?

About 1 minute — 4 questions. Shorter surveys get more responses.

Can I customise the Employee Pulse Survey template?

Yes. Every question, option and setting is editable before you publish, and you can add skip logic, pages, a cover image and translations into 20 more languages, from Chinese, Hindi and Spanish to Arabic, Bengali and Hausa.