Example wellbeing questions for employee surveys

If you need example questions about wellbeing at work for your employee survey ... I shared these with a new client last week. Wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance continue to be a common area that most organisations seek to improve and do more for.

These are our standard questions we start with in our employee survey framework:
(all use a Strongly Agree … Strongly Disagree scale)

1️⃣ My manager regularly checks in with me to ask about me and my wellbeing
2️⃣ I am able to achieve a good balance between my work and personal life
Alternative wording: I am happy with the balance between my work and home life
3️⃣ I am usually able to complete my work within my contracted work hours
Alternative wording: My workload is usually manageable
4️⃣ I am able to take sufficient breaks during my working day
5️⃣ I feel the Organisation genuinely cares about the welfare of its staff

The following statements are related, although not presented under a specific section about wellbeing or work-life balance:

⏹ My workplace is a healthy place to work
⏹ I feel able to be myself at work
⏹ The workplace is free from bullying and harassment
⏹ I find my work meaningful, and I have a sense of purpose

Some surveys we have introduced or adapted other statements for a client - possibly dropping one or more of the above in favour of any of these instead:

💛 I feel comfortable raising any concerns about my health, safety and wellbeing
🤍 I know where to go for support regarding my health and wellbeing
💗 I feel that I have the support and flexibility to thrive at work
🏢 I am maintaining a healthy work-life balance regardless of whether I work from home, office or site
🆙 I am confident I can take steps at work to support my mental health

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Wellbeing is one of the subject areas that is tailored to fit the organisation the most when writing the survey. It's important to ask questions / statements that are relevant to your workplace. Occasionally, we ask more tactical questions relating to a programme or similar for direct feedback on - such as awareness/usefulness of a well-being hub - but I am always checking what do you need to know? And how will the results help you?

If you are planning a survey ...

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