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20 employee engagement survey questions people answer honestly
Engagement surveys fail in two ways: they are too long, and people don't believe they're anonymous. Short polls fix the first. QR Polls fixes the second: no names, no emails, no logins, and the results show only totals.
Ask four or five of these at a time, a few times a year, and compare. The trend matters more than any single score.
How to run it
- 01Pick five questions across different themes.
- 02Run them at an all-hands with the QR on screen, or print a poster for the break room and leave it open for a week.
- 03Share the results back within a week, with one thing you will change.
The questions
Each link opens the editor with the question already written. Change anything, then publish and put the QR code on screen.
- Use this →01Multiple choice
I would recommend this as a place to work.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →02Multiple choice
My workload is manageable most weeks.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →03Multiple choice
I know what is expected of me.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →04Multiple choice
I get recognition when I do good work.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →05Multiple choice
I have the tools I need to do my job well.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →06Multiple choice
I see a path to grow here.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →07Multiple choice
My manager gives me useful feedback.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →08Multiple choice
I feel comfortable raising a problem.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →09Multiple choice
I trust the decisions leadership makes.
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →10Rating 1–5
How would you rate your energy at work lately?
- Use this →11Multiple choice
Do you see yourself working here in a year?
- Yes
- Probably
- Not sure
- Probably not
- Use this →12Open text
What is one thing that would make your job better?
- Use this →13Open text
What should we stop doing?
- Use this →14Ranked
Rank what matters most to you at work.
- Pay
- Flexibility
- Growth
- The team
- Meaningful work
- Use this →15Rating 1–5
How connected do you feel to your team?
- Use this →16Multiple choice
Are meetings a good use of your time?
- Mostly
- Some of them
- Rarely
- Use this →17Yes / No
Do you have enough focus time?
- Use this →18Rating 1–5
How well do we communicate changes?
- Use this →19Multiple choice
Is your work recognised fairly compared with others?
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Use this →20Open text
In one word, how does work feel right now?
Tips from running these live
- Use the same wording every time so the results are comparable across quarters.
- Don't ask in a room of fewer than about eight people; small groups make anonymous answers guessable.
- Publish the results even when they're bad. Skipping that step is what kills the next survey.
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