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## Keep your team engaged
How can you improve retention and boost productivity all while engaging your team? Employee pulse surveys are an easy, automated way to understand how your team is feeling and pinpoint areas for improvement—and they’re free with Gusto.

Access actionable employee insights with sentiment insights across your company, ensuring every employee feels valued, heard, empowered, and engaged.

## Improve employee retention
Keep your incredible team engaged. Anonymous, real-time pulse surveys allow you to get ahead of issues before you risk losing the people at the heart of your business.

### Quickly pinpoint improvement areas
Take the guesswork out of what your team needs. You’ll save time and money when you can make impactful decisions based on feedback from your team.

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**88%**  agree Gusto helps them stay compliant with regulations.*  
**152 hours**  average time customers saved per year on tax and compliance work after switching to Gusto.‡

\*Source: Survey of 838 Gusto Customers, September 2024, ‡Survey of 538 Gusto Customers, Sept. 2024

## Drive culture & engagement
### Give your team what they need to succeed.
Happy employees are more engaged. Pulse surveys help you measure and improve engagement drivers that lead to a happier, healthier workforce while fostering a valuable, inclusive company culture.

### Retain & attract talent
Losing your best employees can cost you more than just money. It can put a ding in your reputation. But confidential employee surveys allow you to pinpoint problems and respond before anyone starts dusting off their resume.

### Easy-to-understand analytics
Gusto’s beautiful, customized reports help you make swift and informed decisions. You can track shifting sentiments in happiness, benefits, management, and more, all right at your fingertips.

## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is an employee pulse survey?
Employee pulse surveys are shorter, more-frequent check-ins to help you respond to employee issues in real-time.

### What are questions for a pulse survey?
Gusto’s employee pulse checks come with a list of pre-loaded questions that you can tailor to better fit your business.

### How do you conduct an employee pulse survey?
Gusto’s employee pulse check surveys are fully automated and sent out to your team once a month.

### How often should you use employee survey tools?
While Gusto recommends sending pulse surveys monthly, you should implement changes before checking the pulse again.

### How do you measure employee happiness?
Gusto’s pulse employee surveys are a great way to do it.

### How do I get my employees to respond to a pulse survey?
Ensure they know it’s confidential, share your own survey results, and provide an action plan based on the feedback received.

> “We view Gusto as our HR business partner for the entire company. Especially now as we’re more remote, there’s more of a need for Gusto.”  
> Adriana Vazquez, Director of Operations, MOD

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