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I love the idea, our company has recently been having work life balance discussions so this would be a great tool if:

1. The sliders are just bad. Make it a clickable 1-10 list of faces or just about anything else, really.

2. The descriptions are too specifically emotional. I'm stressed but not nervous, I didn't enjoy the week but it certainly wasn't tedious. Not a big deal but kind of jarring since that's the only info the slider provides.

3. Allow me to share with a limited team (on hipchat :-) and chart my team's progress. I'm not tweeting this info to my clients or facebooking to my friends and family ...

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Fwiw, I love the slider. I don't have to think "was today a 7 or an 8?" Instead I just throw the slider to a "pretty high."

The point isn't the specific number, it's the general placement. And even more, it's the trend over time/comparison to average.

Love the slider.

I really love the slider, the fact that you can't see all options at once makes your reflection less automatic, you consider each one as you slide up and down.

I'm going to second this. I loved the slider and shades rather than a specific number. It gave me a way to guage where I felt like I was. I also liked that there was a description to say, hey this is what a 10 really is, don't just give a 10 because you want your job to be exceptional. In my case it helped me be more honest with myself (I'm a habitual 10 or 1 guy.

I agree.

+1 to all of these. I was thinking the same points.

Additionally, speaking of work/life balance, it may make sense to have a question in there about having enough time to enjoy life or something along those lines. But maybe it overlaps enough with one or more of the other questions (i.e. stress).

Seconded 2. I'd rather have no explicit descriptions of what each mark should reflect, as I'd prefer to make up a scale of my own that fits my needs.

Agree the slider needs some tweaks, or at least ticks. If I am in between two states do it affect things? Seems like I have to move pretty far over to move to the next "response."

I've always found 1-10 choices to be a frustrating scale for things are subjective.

Rate your week, 1-10. I dunno, what is 1 even like? Are you asking me to compare to the worst possible week? Yeah, my week sucked, but I'm not in work camp or anything.

This has been the most straightforward way of asking this kind of question I've seen.

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