Employee engagement questionnaire
A 12-item engagement check covering pride in the work, day-to-day energy and intent to stay, scored as three subscale means.
"Use this template" opens the Psych Lab builder with this brief pre-filled — you review and edit every item before it goes out.
Response scale
1–5 agreement scale, scored as a mean per subscale.
- 1Strongly disagree
- 2Disagree
- 3Neither
- 4Agree
- 5Strongly agree
Items (12)
Items marked reverse are flipped before scoring with new = (max + min) − raw.
| # | Item | Subscale | Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I would recommend this organisation as a good place to work. | Pride | Direct |
| 2 | I understand how my work contributes to the wider goals. | Pride | Direct |
| 3 | I rarely feel proud of what my team produces. | Pride | Reverse |
| 4 | I have the resources I need to do my job well. | Pride | Direct |
| 5 | I usually finish the week with energy left over. | Energy | Direct |
| 6 | My workload feels unsustainable most weeks. | Energy | Reverse |
| 7 | I can concentrate on meaningful work without constant interruption. | Energy | Direct |
| 8 | I feel drained before the working day begins. | Energy | Reverse |
| 9 | I expect to still be working here in a year. | Retention | Direct |
| 10 | I have recently thought seriously about leaving. | Retention | Reverse |
| 11 | I can see a realistic path to grow here. | Retention | Direct |
| 12 | My manager gives feedback I can act on. | Retention | Direct |
Score ranges
Low
1.0 – 2.4Responses point to weak engagement on this dimension; treat it as a priority area to explore in conversation.
Moderate
2.5 – 3.7A mixed picture — some drivers are working and others are not. Look at the individual items rather than the average.
High
3.8 – 5.0Responses point to strong engagement on this dimension. Worth understanding what is working so it can be protected.
How to score and run it
- Reverse-scored items use new = (max + min) − raw, so on a 1–5 scale a raw 2 becomes a 4.
- Each subscale is the mean of its own items, reported separately — there is no single engagement number.
- Run it anonymously and report subscale means at team level, not per person.
This is a self-report questionnaire template for feedback and reflection. It is not a clinical or diagnostic instrument, and scores should not be used to make decisions about an individual on their own.
Run this with automatic scoring
Psych Lab handles the reverse scoring, subscale bands, join codes and CSV export for you — and you can list the finished questionnaire publicly.