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What is your HR objective?
Select the issue you want to measure. Each objective generates a questionnaire based on the Zest methodology.
Why should you use this social climate barometer questionnaire generator?
According to BaromEX by Zest 2024 (1,207 employees, an INSEE-representative sample), only 37% of French employees say they’re happy to get up in the morning and go to work, and 23% are considering leaving their company within the next 12 months. A well-designed questionnaire is the first step toward identifying and reversing these trends.
👉 Everything you need to know to launch your social climate barometer: methodology, frequency, and best practices.
This generator draws on the Zest methodology, built from the analysis of over 500,000 employee feedback responses, to offer you questions validated by HR experts, organized by objective, and tailored to your context. It covers the five key HR issues that the most effective social climate barometers are built around:
Objective 1: Measure your employees’ engagement and satisfaction
Zest experts know engagement can’t be guessed. It has to be measured. This block of questions targets eNPS, sense of belonging, and job satisfaction, with wording directly comparable to Zest BaromEX benchmarks. A low engagement score is a warning sign. It points to a risk of silent disengagement that often precedes a wave of departures. Spotting this threshold early gives you time to act.
Objective 2: Detect psychosocial risks before they escalate
Perceived overload, conflicting values, gradual isolation: these subtle warning signs rarely surface in everyday conversations. This block of psychosocial risk (PSR) questions is designed to bring them to light in a structured way, within an anonymous framework that protects the honesty of responses. According to BaromEX data, 34% of French employees are at risk of burnout, situations that a social climate barometer can help detect before they turn into sick leave or resignations.
Objective 3: Assess management quality
The relationship with a direct manager is the leading factor in employee retention, or departure, within an organization. This block focuses on three directly actionable dimensions: clarity of expectations, perceived trust, and day-to-day recognition. The results help HR teams identify teams under managerial strain and equip the managers involved, before the situation deteriorates.
Objective 4: Meet Quality of Life and Working Conditions (QLWC) requirements defined by ANACT
For companies subject to the QVCT regulatory framework, the social climate barometer is the reference measurement tool. This block covers the required dimensions (working conditions, work-life balance, risk prevention) in a questionnaire that can be presented directly to your employee representatives and social partners. It helps you structure a listening approach that’s compliant, traceable, and usable in your negotiations.
Objective 5: Prepare a concrete HR action plan
The relationship with a direct manager is the leading factor in employee retention, or departure, within an organization. This block focuses on three directly actionable dimensions: clarity of expectations, perceived trust, and day-to-day recognition. The results help HR teams identify teams under managerial strain and equip the managers involved, before the situation deteriorates.
Q&A
Any questions ?
✔ Can response anonymity be guaranteed with Zest?
Zest lets you configure survey anonymity using three models: full anonymity, respondent’s choice, or public responses only. You can also set a minimum number of respondents to protect confidentiality.
✔ Are there industry-specific social climate barometers?
Yes, industry-specific social climate barometers exist, tailored to the particular challenges of different sectors. The Zest suite lets you build custom social climate barometers to meet each company’s specific needs, whatever its industry.
✔ What is QWLC ?
QWLC refers to the actions and conditions that help reconcile better working conditions with overall company performance.
✔ What other actions can be taken to measure QWLC ?
Several complementary tools exist: annual questionnaires, Pulse surveys, eNPS, dashboards, and tracking indicators. Zest offers an integrated approach combining daily mood check-ins, Pulse surveys, Engageomètre, customizable polls, and social climate barometers for continuous, comprehensive QWLC measurement.
Why our clients recommend Zest?
I recommend Zest without reservation. It’s the best solution on the market for getting quick results thanks to its plug-and-play approach. Zest’s real strength lies in its support team, the most skilled and dedicated I’ve worked with on project development.
Antoine Thoral
Internal Communications and Employer Brand Director, Système U
Internal Communications and Employer Brand Director, Système U
We wanted to simplify and streamline our review process. The results have been very positive, with significant time savings and strong participation rates.
Delphine Prieto
HR Director, Les Petites Canailles Group
HR Director, Les Petites Canailles Group
Zest is a powerful, modular tool that adapts to your needs. I highly recommend it, especially if employee engagement is a priority for you.
Louis Jauneau
Employee Experience and HSE Director, Greenflex
Employee Experience and HSE Director, Greenflex
What Zest gives you:
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