Employee Exit Survey Template

Exit surveys cannot really be anonymous: people usually leave one at a time, so the date alone can identify someone. The survey says confidential rather than anonymous for that reason, and the questions avoid anything that narrows it further, with no tenure, team or role. The main reason is a fixed list so it can be counted across everyone who leaves; the free text after it is where the useful detail lives.

8 questions, 1 required

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What respondents see

Every question below, exactly as it will appear. Nothing here needs editing before you send it, though you can change any of it once the survey is yours.

1. What is the main reason you decided to leave? *

Career growth or promotionPay or benefitsMy managerWorkload or stressThe work itselfCompany direction or culturePersonal or family reasonsRelocationOther

2. In your own words, what led to your decision?

3. How would you rate your overall experience working here?

PoorExcellent

4. I had the support I needed from my manager

Strongly disagreeStrongly agree

5. I could see a way to grow here

Strongly disagreeStrongly agree

6. Was there anything that would have made you stay?

7. Would you consider working here again in the future?

YesMaybeNo

8. What is one thing we should change for the people still here?

* Required question

What you get back

Results arrive as charts per question, and one click turns them into an executive summary, key findings and recommended actions. That is included on every plan, free included, and every figure in the summary is calculated in code rather than written by the model, so it cannot disagree with the chart beside it. See a finished report from a real 144 response survey.

More on this kind of survey in Employee Engagement Surveys That Spot Trends, Not Just Snapshots.

Prefer to work through the answers yourself? See how to analyze open-ended survey responses, how to read rating-scale results and how to present survey results to leadership.

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Start with this template and edit anything you like. It lands in your editor as a draft, so nothing goes out until you send it.

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