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    Work-life balance

    Feedback & Recognition People & Culture Leads People & Well-being

    This survey assesses how sustainable your team's current work rhythm is. It captures satisfaction with work-life balance, ability to switch off at the end of the day, and whether workloads feel manageable — giving leaders early visibility into burnout risks.

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    Why use this template

    • Measure work-life balance

      Understand how satisfied your team feels about their personal and professional balance.

    • Spot burnout risks early

      Find out if your team can disconnect and whether their workload feels sustainable.

    • Take action before it’s too late

      Use concrete signals to adjust workloads, set boundaries, or open conversations.

    How this template works

    Geekbot’s Work-life balance survey gives leaders and HR a recurring pulse on how employees balance work with their personal lives.

    It captures overall satisfaction, whether people can truly switch off after work, and whether their workload feels sustainable long-term. Responses are aggregated in Geekbot’s dashboard, offering a clear picture of team wellness. Over time, this helps companies adjust workloads, set healthier boundaries, and ensure employees can thrive both in and outside of work.

    Questions

    1. Work-Life Balance
      1. How satisfied are you with your work-life balance?
      1-5 scale
    2. Disconnecting
      2. I'm able to disconnect from work at the end of the day.
      Agree/Disagree
    3. Workload Sustainability
      3. My current workload is sustainable.
      Agree/Disagree

    Settings

    • Schedule:

      Trigger: Immediately

      Recurrence: Every 3 month(s)

      Duration: Allow voting for 14 day(s)

    • Results

      Results Visibility: In real time, after the user votes

      Anonymize results: ON

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    Get started in 3 short steps

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    Add this template

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    2

    Customize it

    Edit questions, schedule, or fit to your team's needs.
    3

    Hit Publish!

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    Frequently asked questions

    Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Try the Help Center— our team is here to help.

    The Work-Life Balance Survey helps you understand whether your team's current work rhythm is sustainable. It measures satisfaction with balance, ability to disconnect, and workload manageability — three key indicators of burnout risk that are easy to miss in day-to-day work.

    Running this survey every 3 months is ideal for tracking changes in employee well-being over time. It ensures you can act quickly on early signs of imbalance or overwork before they affect engagement and retention.

    Yes — you can adjust the questions to focus on specific aspects of balance relevant to your team, such as hybrid schedules, after-hours expectations, or seasonal workload spikes. You can also change the cadence or audience to match your needs.