Choose what to ask about
Each team picks its own topics, like safety or workload, and how often it wants to check in.
ThemeSafety
How oftenEvery week
Per round2 questions
Find out what's wearing your teams down,before it turns into sick leave.
Vector Pulse is a pulse survey for your whole workforce, field crews included. Each team answers a few quick questions on a schedule it picks. Employees get a practical tip and the right support the moment they answer. Managers see what needs attention while there's still time to fix it.
Sound familiar?
Burnout is rising, and many organizations hear about it too late.
- 21%of Dutch employees report burnout symptoms, up from 13% ten years ago.
- 40%of long-term sick leave has a psychological cause.
- 63days of sick leave, on average, for burnout and other psychological complaints.
Sources: Netherlands Working Conditions Survey 2025 (TNO/CBS); TNO Arbobalans 2024 and VZinfo.nl (RIVM), figures for 2023.
Once a year isn't enough
Many organizations rely on one big annual survey. It asks everyone the same questions, and the results take months. By then, the moment to act has often passed.
The help is there. People can't find it.
Coaching, occupational health, workload support: many organizations already offer a lot. But when someone is struggling, they often don't know what's available or where to look.
Field and office
Easy enough to answer from a van, a shop floor or a meeting room.
Field staff rarely have a desk, a work laptop or time to spare. Office staff have the laptop, but not the time. So we stripped it back: an email, two taps, and they're on the first question.
- No app, no password
- Works on any phone or laptop
- Available in ten languages
For managers and HR
A clear view of every team and location.
Managers see how their own team is doing. HR sees the whole organization. AI summarizes the comments and flags what needs a closer look.
- Results by team and location
- AI summaries of every week's comments
- Early flags on what needs attention
- A question bank with AI suggestions
- Support, announcements and links
- A confidential inbox for requests
- Team rewards for taking part
- Ten languages, translated automatically
Example: Field Team North
How it works
Answer a few quick questions
One tap per question. Anyone who wants to can say more in a short note.
How safe did you feel at work?
Get something useful back
Straight after answering, people see a practical tip and the support that's already there for what they're dealing with.
Something small to tryCheck your protective gear before you start
Spot the pattern
Managers see how their team is doing once at least five people have answered. HR sees the bigger picture across teams and locations.
Location: NorthTeam: Field Team NorthLast 6 weeks
Safety
2.8 / 5
What's going on
“The ladder in van 4 has been broken for weeks.”
Fix it together
The team talks it through and tries one small change. The next check-in shows whether it worked.
Worth a look
Discuss in your next team meeting which equipment needs replacing.
Worth a look
Share with each other how you deal with difficult customers.
Features
Switch on what you need.
Many features can be turned on or off, AI included. Without AI, it all still works.
For employees
✦ AI
For you
Every kind of support in one place, with short explanations, images or video in their own language. Browse it, or let AI find the right thing.
Talk to someone
Anyone who wants to talk can ask, in confidence. Only the person they choose sees the request.
Personal goals
Small goals of their own, with a gentle nudge after a survey now and then. Nobody else sees them.
Team goal
The team sees how many people took part this week, and earns a reward when it hits the goal. It's about showing up, never about the answers.
For managers and HR
Insights
Scores, trends and the reasons people give, per theme, team or location. Only shown once five or more people have answered.
✦ AI
Comment summaries
AI turns a week of comments into a short summary by theme, without quoting anyone.
✦ AI
Worth a look
Vector Pulse flags what needs attention. With AI on, you also get a suggestion for raising it with the team.
✦ AI
Question bank
Fixed or rotating questions per theme, on a rhythm that suits each team. AI suggests new ones, you decide.
Support library
Fill the For you hub with explanations, answers and requests, and link them to themes so they show up at the right moment.
Announcements and links
Short updates for everyone or one team, plus quick links to the systems people already use.
Confidential inbox
Requests to talk land in a separate inbox and never show up in team reports.
✦ AI
Ten languages
Questions and support in ten languages. AI translates automatically, and anything you write yourself stays as it is.
Privacy
How we handle answers
- Answers are stored separately from names.
- Managers and HR see group results only, by default once five or more people have answered.
- Comments appear without a name, although what someone writes can still give them away.
- No individual scores, no team leaderboards.
- All data is stored in the EU.
- Your organization decides whether AI features are on. Names are never sent.
Who we are
We're Jort, Kasper and Bas, with backgrounds in healthcare and tech. We started Vector Pulse because problems at work tend to surface late, even though the people closest to the work usually saw them coming.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is a pulse survey?
A short survey that comes back regularly, say every week or two. Instead of one big annual employee survey, you get a running picture of workload, safety and wellbeing.
Is it anonymous?
Answers are stored separately from names, and by default results only show up once at least five people have answered. Comments are shown without a name, but their content can sometimes identify the writer. The app explains exactly how data is handled.
How much of employees' time does it take?
Very little: a few questions, one tap each. Each team decides how often questions go out and how many.
Can we keep our annual survey?
Yes. You can start with a single team alongside it, or use Vector Pulse to follow up on themes your annual survey raised.
Do people need to install anything?
No. They get a secure link by email that opens in any browser. No app and no password.
Does it work for frontline workers?
That's who we designed it for: field crews, shift workers and anyone without a desk. They get a link by email and answer on their own phone, with no app or password. Short questions, a five-face scale and ten languages make it easy for everyone.
How do you use AI?
Your organization decides whether AI features are on. When they are, AI summarizes comments, flags what needs attention, suggests questions and handles translations. Names are never sent, and everything works without it.
Which languages are available?
Ten, including Dutch, English, Polish, Turkish, Arabic and Ukrainian.
How do we get started?
Get in touch and tell us what you need. We'll start small, with one team.
Contact
Let's talk
Curious whether Vector Pulse would work for your organization? Send us a message and we'll get back to you.
Or email us:
info@vectorfwd.com