Well-being questions that show where the pace is wearing people down
Ask employees how work is affecting their energy, rest and balance, and what support would help. Each question below comes with when to ask it and what the answer tells you.
What employee well-being survey questions tell you
Employee well-being survey questions ask how work is affecting people: how much energy is left at the end of the day, whether the pace can last, whether people can switch off and take time off, and what would help. They stay on work and its pace, and leave health itself to the people and services trained for it.
Ask once a quarter, and after a hard stretch such as a launch, a restructure or a busy season. Pick five to seven questions and share the link with anonymous responses on, which store no user ID, traits or visitor ID for website, link or QR code surveys. Surveys sent through Usertick email are not anonymous, so use the link for this topic.
Each written answer is read as it arrives and filed under a category and a theme from your own list, with a sentiment and an urgency, so a note from someone who is struggling can be read first. Close the survey with the message about your employee assistance program, so everyone who answers sees where to get help.
- Questions
- 13
- Best asked
- Once a quarter and after a hard stretch
- Industry
- HR and employees
- Where to find them
- From library in the Usertick survey editor, on every plan
The 13 well-being and balance questions, with when to ask each
Grouped by what they tell you. Use them as they are or change the wording.
Energy and pace
Ask these four together to see how people are coping right now and whether the current pace can last.
- 01Mood dial
How are you feeling at work lately?
A mood dial for how work feels lately, answered in one turn. Results shows each face with its share; put it first, so the trend from quarter to quarter includes everyone who opened the survey.
- 02Slider
How much energy do you have at the end of a workday?
Energy left at the end of a workday, on a slider from 0 to 100. Results shows the median and the middle half; a low median in one team after a deadline tells you where to ease off.
- 04Big scale
How sustainable is your current pace?
How sustainable the current pace is, from 1 to 10. Results shows the average and a column per step; a cluster at the low end deserves more attention than the average itself.
- 05Matrix
Over the last month, how often did you feel
How often people felt rested, overloaded, supported and anxious over the last month. The heat map shows each feeling; read the overloaded and supported rows together, since support can soften a heavy month.
Rest and time off
Switching off, recent time off and sleep show whether people recover between workdays, so read them beside the energy scores.
- 03Yes / No
Can you unplug after work?
A yes or no on switching off after work. Select No in Results to see whether those employees also report a pace they can't keep up and no recent time off.
- 12Yes / No
Have you taken time off in the last three months?
A yes or no on time off in the last three months. Select No in Results to see how those employees rate their pace and energy, and ask managers to plan leave with them.
- 09Ruler
How many hours do you sleep on a work night?
Hours of sleep on a work night, on a ruler from 0 to 12. Results shows the median and the middle half. Sleep is personal, so leave it out unless people know why you ask and the survey is anonymous.
What affects well-being
Name the biggest pressure and the trade-offs people would choose, before you change hours, meetings or working patterns.
- 06Multiple choice
What affects your well-being most at work?
Names the biggest pressure in one tap, from workload to the commute. Results shows the share of each; keep Nothing in particular so people with a good month can say so.
- 11This or that
For your working week, which would you choose?
Two trade-offs side by side: shorter days or a four day week, more flexibility or more pay. Results shows a split bar per pair, useful before you trial a new working pattern.
Support that would help
End with what support people know about, which benefits would help and what they need now, then point them to the assistance program.
- 07Yes / No
Do you know what support is available?
A yes or no on knowing what support exists. A low share of yes tells you to repeat where help is, in the survey itself and in the next company update.
- 10Multiple choice
Which benefits would help your well-being?
Lets employees pick every benefit that would help. Results shows a bar per option; compare the top picks with what you already offer before you add a new benefit.
- 08Text
What would help you most right now?
An open question about what would help right now. Each answer gets a theme and an urgency, so name an owner on the people team who reads urgent answers in the inbox the same day.
- 13Call to action
Our employee assistance program is free and confidential
A message with a button that opens your employee assistance program page. Put it last, so everyone who reaches the end of the survey sees where to get help, whatever they answered.
Tips for asking about well-being and balance
Small choices that get honest, useful answers.
- 01
Keep the questions on work
Ask about pace, rest and support, and leave health conditions out of the survey. People can take those to a doctor or the assistance program.
- 02
Ask after a hard stretch
Run a short round a week or two after a launch, a restructure or a peak season, while the strain is still fresh.
- 03
Show where help is
End every round with the assistance program message, so the survey gives something back to the people who answer it.
- 04
Share what you change
Tell people what changed because of their answers, such as fewer late meetings or protected time off, before you ask again.
Add these questions to a survey
From the library to the first answers.
- 1
Open the library
In the Usertick survey editor, choose From library, filter by industry and topic, and add several questions at once.
- 2
Or paste your own list
Paste questions reads up to 10 questions from any text on Free, 100 on Starter and 200 on Pro and above, keeps your wording and picks an answer type for each.
- 3
Choose where it runs
Show the survey on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.
- 4
Read the answers
Results counts every score and choice, and Usertick reads each written answer and files it by topic, on every plan.
Templates and more questions about well-being and balance
Full surveys that ask about the same things, and neighboring topics in the library.
Templates
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Once a quarter, plus a short round after a hard stretch. Keep the same core questions, so each card in Results compares with the period before.
Yes, by link or on the website. With anonymous responses on, Usertick stores no user ID, traits or visitor ID for website, link or QR code surveys. Surveys sent through Usertick email are not anonymous.
Keep it to work: energy, pace, rest, time off and support. Leave health conditions and treatment out, and point people to the assistance program for those.
Each response gets an urgency, so name an owner in the inbox who checks urgent answers every day. In an anonymous survey you can't reach the person who wrote it, so make sure the survey itself shows where to get help.
Yes. The question library comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.
Yes. Once a question is in your survey, reword it, change its options or its answer type, and add logic to skip it for some answers.
Yes. The library is translated into Usertick's built-in languages, and in any other language it shows in English for you to translate.
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