--- title: "Team mood check-in poll template for Slack" url: "https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/team-mood-check-in/" description: "An anonymous mood check-in poll for Slack: copy-paste /poll templates for an emoji check-in, a 1 to 5 rating and a short weekly survey." --- # Team mood check-in poll for Slack When to use it: When you want an early, honest signal on how the team is feeling, before it shows up as missed deadlines or resignations. How often: Weekly A mood check-in is the smallest useful pulse: one anonymous question, answered in a few seconds, every week. On its own a single week means little. Over a month or two it shows you the trend, and the week it drops is the week to ask more. Keep it anonymous, keep it short, and keep it at the same time every week so the numbers are comparable. ## Example polls Paste any of these into the message box in Slack. ```text /poll "How are you feeling this week?" "Rough" :rain_cloud: "Meh" :cloud: "Fine" :partly_sunny: "Good" :sunny: "Great" :rainbow: anonymous limit 1 ``` The weather check-in. One anonymous tap, five emoji from bad to good. *Premium: vote limits.* ```text /poll "How was your week, honestly?" "Rough" "Meh" "Fine" "Good" "Great" scale anonymous ``` The same question as a 1 to 5 rating, so you get an average to track. *Free.* ```text /poll "Weekly check-in" "Anonymous. 30 seconds." anonymous close after 1 day --- "How was your week?" scale --- "Anything we should know about?" short text optional ``` A number plus an optional reason, as a short survey that closes itself. *Premium: surveys (several questions), closing automatically.* ## How to word it Ask about this week, not in general. "How are you feeling this week?" gets a real answer. "How happy are you at work?" gets a guarded one. Use five options that run from bad to good, so the results read like a scale. Emoji work well here: they are quick to tap and read at a glance. Add a description that says the poll is anonymous, because people answer differently when they know. If you want a reason as well as a number, add one optional free-text question. Make it optional: a required "why" turns a 5-second check-in into a chore. ## When to send it Friday afternoon or Monday morning, same time every week. Friday catches the week while it is fresh. Monday catches how people start the week. Pick one and stick with it. Set it up once as a recurring poll (Premium) from the Simple Poll modal. Give it a close, like `close after 1 day` (Premium), so each week's results stand on their own. ## What to do with the results Watch the trend, not the single week. A team that averages "Good" and dips to "Meh" for one week after a launch is fine. Three weeks of slide is a conversation. Say out loud what you saw and what you'll do about it, in the channel, in a sentence or two. People keep answering a check-in when they see it gets read. ## The mistake people make Trying to find out who answered "Rough". With `anonymous`, you can't, and you shouldn't try by other means. Ask the whole team instead: "A few people had a rough week. Anything we should change?" ## FAQ ### Is the mood poll really anonymous? With `anonymous`, nobody sees who answered what, including you as the creator. Say so in the description. ### Can people pick more than one mood? By default, yes. Add `limit 1` (Premium) so everyone gives one answer. A `scale` poll is one rating per person on every plan. ### Is there a built-in template? Yes. The Template gallery in the Simple Poll modal has a "Check in on your team's mood" template. ### How is this different from a pulse survey? A mood check-in is one question about feelings. A [weekly pulse survey](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/weekly-pulse-survey/) asks a few questions about work itself, like workload and clarity. ## Used by - [Slack polls for customer support teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/customer-support-teams/) - [Slack polls for remote teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/remote-teams/) ## Related - [Weekly pulse survey for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/weekly-pulse-survey/): When an annual engagement survey is too slow to catch problems and you want a light, regular read on how the team is doing. - [Workload check poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/workload-check/): Before planning the next sprint or quarter, during a crunch, or any time you suspect some of the team is carrying more than they say. - [What is a pulse survey?](https://simplepoll.rocks/glossary/pulse-survey/): A pulse survey is a short survey, usually one to five questions, sent to the same group on a regular schedule so you can see how things change over time. Common topics are workload, morale and engagement. - [How to make an emoji poll in Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-make-an-emoji-poll-in-slack/): "Emoji poll" means two things in Slack. One is a message where people vote by reacting with an emoji, which needs no app. The other is a proper poll where each option carries an emoji, which reads faster and still counts votes properly. This page covers both, plus the poll emoji themselves. - [How to create an anonymous poll in Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-create-an-anonymous-poll-in-slack/): An anonymous poll in Simple Poll hides who voted for what from everyone, including the person who created it. The poll still counts every vote and shows the totals. It's free on every plan. ## Sources - [What is the template gallery and how do I use it?](https://help.simplepoll.rocks/article/134-what-is-the-template-gallery-and-how-do-i-use-it) - [How to create an anonymous poll in Slack](https://help.simplepoll.rocks/article/123-how-to-create-an-anonymous-poll-in-slack) --- Simple Poll is the #1 polls and surveys app for Slack. Add it to Slack: https://simplepoll.rocks/. Pricing: https://simplepoll.rocks/pricing/.