Do you want to know which benefits and perks your employees actually value most, instead of relying on guesswork or a generic satisfaction score? This template asks staff to rank their benefits and workplace priorities in order of importance, so HR can see what really moves the needle.
Why Use This Template
This template fits HR teams preparing for open enrollment or a benefits renewal, small-business owners deciding where to invest a limited perks budget, and any organization that wants to weigh in-demand benefits like remote flexibility against traditional ones like bonuses before making a change.
What’s in the Employee Benefits Ranking Survey
- Department/Team (Dropdown) – segments responses so you can tell whether priorities differ across teams, rather than reading everything as one flat average
- How long have you worked here? (Dropdown: Less than 1 year, 1-3 years, 3-5 years, 5+ years) – tenure often shifts what people value, so this lets you see if new hires and long-tenured staff want different things
- Employment Type (Radio: Full-time, Part-time, Contract) – benefit eligibility and interest genuinely differ by employment type, so this keeps you from acting on an average that mixes incompatible groups
- Please rank these benefits and perks in order of importance to you (Ranking field: Health Insurance Coverage, Remote/Flexible Work Options, Paid Time Off, Performance Bonuses, Retirement/401(k) Matching) – the core of the survey, forcing a real trade-off instead of letting every benefit score “very important.” Displayed as an icon grid rather than a plain text list, so each benefit is easy to recognize and rank at a glance
- Why is your top priority important to you? (Paragraph text) – turns the #1 ranked item into a quotable reason you can bring into a compensation or benefits discussion
- Is there a benefit or perk we don’t currently offer that you’d like to see? (Paragraph text) – catches ideas the fixed benefits list doesn’t cover
- Overall, how satisfied are you with your current benefits package? (5-star rating) – a baseline satisfaction score, so a benefit ranking low doesn’t get misread as “nobody cares about this” when it might just mean “already satisfied”
This survey doesn’t ask for a name or email. That’s intentional. Honest feedback about compensation and benefits is more likely when staff know their individual response can’t be tied back to them.
How to Create an Employee Benefits & Workplace Priorities Survey in WordPress
The easiest way to build this survey is with WPForms. Select this template from the template library, then use the drag-and-drop builder to swap in your own department list, adjust the benefits being ranked, or add and remove fields to match your organization. The Ranking field’s icon-and-grid display is already configured, so respondents see a clean, scannable set of options rather than a wall of text. Once your fields are set, head to Settings to configure your Notifications and Confirmation message. Then embed the survey on your intranet, in an internal newsletter, or anywhere your staff will see it.
Customizing Your Employee Benefits Ranking Survey
- Swap the icons to match your brand or the benefit types you actually offer, rather than the defaults.
- Add a location or office field if your organization spans multiple sites and benefits or policies vary by location.
- Keep the ranked list to 5–7 items, as this template does — a longer list makes the ranking feel like a chore and can hurt completion rates.
- If you want to allow follow-up conversations instead of full anonymity, add an optional “willing to discuss this further” checkbox with a conditional email field, rather than asking for contact info up front.
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