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    Job clarity

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

    This survey evaluates employees’ understanding of their job responsibilities, the regularity of performance feedback, and how easy it is to communicate ideas with leadership. Use this template to uncover opportunities for improving alignment and communication across your teams.

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    Why use this template

    • Assess role understandingEnsure everyone is clear on what their responsibilities are.

    • Gauge feedback frequencyLearn how consistently employees are receiving feedback.

    • Encourage open dialogueUnderstand whether your team feels safe and empowered to share ideas with leadership.

    How this template works

    Geekbot’s Job clarity survey helps you check whether your employees fully understand their responsibilities, receive enough feedback, and feel comfortable sharing ideas with leadership. By sending this survey on a recurring basis, you can quickly spot alignment gaps and uncover opportunities to support employee growth.

    Over time, these insights give managers actionable input to refine communication, feedback rhythms, and clarity across the organization.

    Questions

    1. Clarity of Responsibilities
      1. How clear are your job responsibilities?
      1-5 scale
    2. Feedback Timeliness
      2. Do you receive timely feedback about your work?
      Yes/No
    3. Ease of Idea Sharing
      3. It is easy to share ideas with leadership.
      Agree/Disagree

    Settings

    • Schedule:

      Trigger: Immediately

      Recurrence: Every 6 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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    Customize it

    Edit questions, schedule, or fit to your team's needs.
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    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 Job clarity survey helps managers and HR teams understand whether employees have a clear sense of their responsibilities, receive regular feedback, and feel comfortable sharing ideas with leadership. It provides actionable insights into alignment, communication, and role definition — key drivers of engagement and productivity.

    Running this survey every 6 months works best to monitor evolving team structures and feedback patterns. Frequent check-ins help ensure that as projects, roles, or company goals shift, employees remain aligned and supported.

    Yes, you can edit questions to suit your organization’s structure — for instance, adding questions about role ownership or performance expectations. You can also modify how often it runs or decide which teams or departments receive it for more focused insights.