A pulse survey tool inside Slack

1. Pick two or three questions you want to track for months. A rating scale for the week and one open question is enough to start.
2. Write it as a survey with anonymous in the header, so people can be honest.
3. Add close after 2 days and a reminder (Premium), so each round ends cleanly and late answers don't blur into the next one.
4. Post it in a channel everyone is in, then make it recurring in Slack so it repeats on its own (Premium).

The weekly pulse survey template has this ready to paste.

Weekly suits teams in a busy stretch: a launch, a reorganisation, a new manager. Every two weeks is a good default. Monthly works for a company-wide pulse alongside a deeper quarterly survey such as eNPS.

Whatever you choose, keep the questions the same from round to round. A pulse is only useful as a trend, and a trend needs the same question asked the same way.

One bad week is noise. Three weeks of workload scores sliding is a signal. Export each round's results (Premium) and put them side by side, question by question.

Look at the open answers last. They explain the scores, but they're easy to over-read when one strong comment stands out.

People keep answering a pulse when they see something happen because of it. After each round, post a short summary in the same channel: what the scores did, what people said, and one thing you'll change. Skip that, and people stop seeing a reason to answer. More on that in survey fatigue.

A pulse only works if everyone gets it. Simple Poll's Premium is one price per workspace, not per user, so every team can run its own pulse without extra seats. See pricing, or start the 14-day free trial with /simplepoll trial (card required, no charge until it ends).