The 5-minute PTO pulse check: A ready-to-use employee survey template

Understanding how your employees truly feel about your PTO policy is the first step toward creating a time-off culture that supports both employee wellbeing and business performance. Use this survey as a starting point to gather honest feedback, identify improvement opportunities, and demonstrate that you value work-life balance. Remember to follow up on the insights you gather—your employees will notice when their feedback leads to positive changes, and that's how you build a workplace culture where people actually want to stay.

Employee PTO satisfaction survey

We value your feedback and want to better understand how our Paid Time Off (PTO) policy is meeting your needs. Your responses will remain confidential and will help us make informed decisions to improve our PTO offerings.

1. Yes/No: Do you feel the current PTO policy provides adequate time off to meet your personal and family needs?
2. Yes/No: Have you been able to utilize your PTO as intended over the past 12 months?
3. Open-Ended: If you answered "No" to the above, please share the primary reasons why you haven’t been able to use your PTO effectively.
4. Yes/No: Do you feel comfortable requesting PTO without concern for how it may be perceived by your manager or team?
5. Open-Ended: What improvements, if any, would you suggest to make the PTO policy more supportive of work-life balance?
6. Yes/No: Are you aware of all the PTO options and guidelines available to you as an employee?

Open-Ended: Please share any additional thoughts or experiences regarding the current PTO policy.