SogoEX
Employee Engagement Software

Employee pulse survey software that catches problems before they become resignations

Annual surveys tell you how the workforce felt in one moment. Sogolytics helps HR run a short check-in every week or month, spot morale drift by team, and get the read-out to managers while there's still time.

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Most employee pulse survey programs are the annual survey chopped smaller

Different cadence, same problems.

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People stop opening them

A weekly survey with fifteen questions is a weekly survey. Participation quietly slides, and by the third month the picture is more about who has time to respond than how the workforce is feeling.

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The read-out is still org-wide

A cohort of new hires is quietly hitting a wall and the company average is hiding it, because a few strong teams somewhere else are lifting the number.

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Nothing happens with the answer

The report lands, the leadership deck gets updated, and the manager whose team is drifting has no idea any of it is going on.

How an employee pulse survey program actually runs

Three steps, and the first one is something you could get done this week.

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First

Ask three things, every week or two

A short pulse in the workplace chat tool your teams already use. Answers arrive without a name attached, at whatever cadence suits you — weekly, fortnightly, monthly, with a cap so nobody gets asked too often.

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Second

See how the mood's shifting, team by team

The overall pulse over time, sitting next to the same picture per team, per site, per hiring cohort. When a specific group starts drifting, it shows up as a group instead of disappearing into the average.

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Third

Get the read-out to the manager who can help

When a team is quietly drifting, the manager and People Ops both see it while there's still time. The read-out is short, framed to help, and paired with a suggested next step rather than a request for another meeting.

Where responses come in

Workplace chat

208

Email

341

SMS

112

Shared kiosk

76

QR

44

What's really moving the number

Time with manager

-0.44

Workload predictability

-0.36

Recognition

-0.22

Learning time

-0.14

Assigned, with a date

Team East · onboarding cohort

campaignHeard from: Weekly pulse · this week

"Six responses raising the same thing this week"


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Due alarmThis week

What employee pulse survey software should really give you

Six things that keep a pulse program worth running.

Three questions, not fifteen

Short pulses respect people's time. Higher response rates, more honest answers, less pulse fatigue by the third month.

Questions3
Avg. time~2 min
Response rate89%

A cadence that fits

Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, with a cap so nobody gets asked too often across the various programs running at the same time.

FrequencyWeekly · Fortnightly · Monthly
Per-person capEnforced

The whole workforce reached

Workplace chat, email, SMS, shared kiosks, QR at the door. No work email required, no smartphone assumed.

Chat & email
SMS & kiosk

Answers without a name on them

The record itself doesn't carry a person. Reports lock below a minimum so a small team doesn't turn into a mini-interrogation.

Minimum threshold5+
Record-level IDNone
Small-team lockAuto

A shortlist of what's really pulling the score

Each team sees the two or three things actually moving their number, not the things mentioned most often. So the follow-up conversation has a subject.

Top drivers2–3 per team
Ranked byImpact

Follow-up that lands with the manager

When a team drifts, the manager and People Ops both hear about it while there's still time to do something.

ManagerTeam read-out
People OpsOrg pattern
AlertBefore it's late

Employee pulse surveys in practice

One worked example with made-up numbers. Your cadence and teams would be your own.

Morale drift is picked up in week three of the drift · not at the exit conversation months later
Every number on this page is made up. Real programs start looking like this within a few weeks of going live.

A team talking through their weekly pulse results around a meeting table

From a weekly pulse to a Monday-morning conversation

01

Monday morning · pulse goes out

Three questions in the workplace chat tool the team already uses. Answers come in over the day. The record doesn't carry a name on it.

02

Tuesday · the read-out builds

The overall pulse is holding steady. One cohort — new hires at week four, is drifting quietly. The company average is hiding it.

03

Wednesday · the read-out lands

The manager for that cohort sees a short read-out with the two things pulling the score. People Ops sees the same picture, framed for enablement.

04

Thursday · a proper conversation happens

The manager sits with the team on Thursday and picks up the exact thing that's been quietly landing wrong. By Friday, one of the two drivers is already better.

Employee pulse survey software, in short walkthroughs

A few short walkthroughs, recorded in the product.

Employee Experience Management: Meet SogoEX walkthrough Take a Tour

Employee Experience Management: Meet SogoEX

Employee experience management requires more than just an annual performance review or employee satisfaction survey. Get the full picture with an EX system that keeps the conversation going and delivers insights year-round.

Recurring Survey Invitations walkthrough Distribution Focus

Recurring Survey Invitations

From weekly pulse checks to daily reports, keep the answers coming in with recurring survey invitations. With this automated distribution option, you'll set it and forget it, but invitations will continue to go out on schedule. Smart and efficient!

Key Driver Analysis Report: SogoCX walkthrough Data & Reports

Engagement Report

This powerful report allows you to measure engagement throughout your participant group and across critical segments, as well as to identify the key drivers that can have the biggest impact. Commonly used to drive employee engagement, this report delivers actionable results in an easy-to-understand form.

Anonymous Projects walkthrough Design Focus

Anonymous Projects

Anonymous surveys invite more candid responses by protecting participant identity even from the project administrator. Boost response rates and data quality with anonymous settings. Learn how!

People teams already running an employee pulse program

Real customers, and what changed for them.

"Our employees are now empowered to go above and beyond for our guests, thanks to the analytics and reports from Sogolytics."


Engagement ↔ guest connected employee engagement to what guests were saying

3,200+

Organizations run their people programs on Sogolytics

96.7% renewal rate · trusted by K-12 districts, healthcare systems, credit unions and hospitality operators

Why HR business partners pick us for their employee pulse

Five things that tend to matter once procurement gets involved.

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Short pulses, real analysis

Three questions on the front end, a proper read-out on the back end.

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Answers with no name on them, by design

The record itself doesn't carry a person on it.

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The whole workforce reached

Kiosks, QR codes, shared devices, workplace chat. Nobody gets left out.

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Someone who knows your account

Every account gets a named Strategic Account Manager.

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96.7% of our customers stay

That's ours.

Employee pulse survey templates, ready to reshape

Three ready-made starting points you can pull into your account and reshape.

An HR lead reviewing pulse results on a laptop

Work From Home Pulse Check Survey Template


An employee pulse check survey is the perfect way to keep in touch with everyone, everywhere.

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A new hire working through their first week at a desk

Training Feedback Form Template


The purpose of this form is to evaluate the effectiveness and effect of employee training.

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An employee working calmly in a plant-filled office

Employee Satisfaction Survey Template


Get employee feedback on different departments and learn where to put attention for improvements.

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Pulse data, flowing into your HR stack

Customer and people data comes in, feedback and events go out, on whatever schedule suits you.

Workday BambooHR ADP SAP SuccessFactors

HRIS

Keep the employee list in step. New hires appear, moves are picked up, leavers drop off, automatically.

Slack Microsoft Teams

Workplace chat

Deliver pulses in the chat tools your teams already use, with responses coming back the same way.

Okta Microsoft Entra Google Workspace

Single sign-on

Employees sign in with the credentials they already use.

SFTP

Data files

Drop a file on a schedule when a direct connection isn't on the table.

Security and compliance

Independently audited controls at every layer, and your data stays in whichever region you choose.

SOC 2 Type II ISO 27001 GDPR · CCPA HIPAA-enabled accounts PCI DSS Data residency · US · EU · IN · CA · AU

Questions about employee pulse survey software

What is an employee pulse survey?

A short, regular check-in that asks a few key questions — instead of one long annual survey, so morale drift shows up in weeks rather than months.

How often should we run one?

Weekly is common in periods of change. Monthly works well as a steady-state cadence. Quarterly is the floor. Frequency is capped so nobody gets asked too often across the various programs running at the same time.

Is a pulse response anonymous?

Yes. The record itself doesn't carry a name, and reports lock below a minimum number of answers, so a manager never sees a report of three.

Can we send it through workplace chat?

Yes. Pulses can be delivered in the chat tool your teams already live in, with responses coming back the same way.

How quickly can we launch?

Most teams have a first pulse program running in two to four weeks, alongside a dedicated Strategic Account Manager.

How does an employee pulse survey tool help improve feedback?

Short, frequent asks get higher completion than a long annual survey, and answers arrive while the issue is still live. Results sort themselves by team, so each manager sees their own read rather than a company average.

How often should you conduct an employee pulse survey?

Monthly or quarterly suits most teams, with weekly reserved for a specific change like a reorg or a new shift pattern. Whatever cadence you pick, keep it predictable and report back every time.

Why is an employee pulse survey important?

It catches drift between annual surveys, which is when most problems actually start. A quarter of movement in one team's scores is a signal you can act on well before it turns into resignations.

What is the difference between a pulse survey and an engagement survey for employees?

An engagement survey is the long annual census that sets your baseline across every driver. A pulse is short, runs often, and tracks a handful of those drivers in between. Most programs run both.

How long should a pulse survey for employees be?

Five to ten questions, or under two minutes to complete. Anything longer stops being a pulse, and completion drops with each extra screen. Rotate questions across cycles rather than asking everything at once.

Can I use AI to create employee pulse surveys?

You can draft questions in any external AI tool and paste them in, but you'll still need to design the survey yourself. Create with AI builds the whole survey inside Sogolytics from a prompt, with logic and branding already applied.

When should you avoid sharing an employee engagement pulse survey?

Skip it during layoffs or an acquisition announcement, and skip it if you have not acted on the last round. Asking again without visible follow-through teaches people that answering changes nothing.

Can an employee pulse survey platform reduce turnover rate?

Frequent asking is what makes this possible, since a team's scores usually slide months before anyone resigns. Spotting that slide by team and manager gives you time to intervene while the person is still there.

See an employee pulse survey program running on one like yours

Book a demo and we'll walk you through it, from the Monday-morning pulse to the manager opening their read-out by Wednesday.

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