Would you rather replace every meeting with an email or every email with a meeting?
- Every meeting an email
- Every email a meeting
Would you rather questions for work: 60 you can run as polls
Each dilemma offers two tempting answers, and the split vote gets people talking. All sixty are safe for work and ready to launch as a poll your team votes on in a single tap.
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By Michael Hodge, BSc Psychology Updated September 2026
Every question, sorted by when to use it
Both options are written out on every card. Narrow the list by situation, then launch any question with one click, or copy it for the poll in your chat app.
60 of 60 questions
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Warm-ups for the first minute of a call
Quick to read out, quick to vote on. Launch one while people are still joining and share the result before the agenda starts.
Would you rather work four 10-hour days or five 8-hour days?
- Four 10-hour days
- Five 8-hour days
Would you rather only use GIFs in chat or only use bullet points in emails?
- Only GIFs in chat
- Only bullet points
Would you rather have your camera stuck on all day or your mic stuck on for one meeting?
- Camera on all day
- Mic on for one meeting
Would you rather always work with music in your headphones or always in complete silence?
- Always music
- Always silence
Would you rather give a five-minute talk with no notice or write a five-page report by tomorrow?
- Talk with no notice
- Report by tomorrow
Would you rather start every meeting with a joke or end every meeting with a compliment?
- Start with a joke
- End with a compliment
Would you rather be the first to join every call or the last to leave?
- First to join
- Last to leave
Would you rather share the wrong screen once or have your status stuck on busy forever?
- Share the wrong screen
- Stuck on busy forever
Would you rather present to the whole company or to one very senior person?
- The whole company
- One senior person
Remote and hybrid dilemmas
For teams that mostly meet on a screen. Several of these double as real preferences worth knowing.
Would you rather be fully remote with some travel, or hybrid with a great office?
- Fully remote
- Hybrid, great office
Would you rather have one 90-minute team meeting a week or three 30-minute check-ins?
- One 90-minute meeting
- Three 30-minute check-ins
For a virtual social, would you rather do an online escape room or a trivia night?
- Online escape room
- Trivia night
Would you rather have many focused project channels or one main channel with threads?
- Many focused channels
- One channel, threads
Would you rather get a home-office budget or a monthly food-delivery credit?
- Home-office budget
- Food-delivery credit
Would you rather work things out on a shared whiteboard or in a shared document?
- Shared whiteboard
- Shared document
With teammates in other time zones, would you rather meet early in the morning or late in the evening?
- Early mornings
- Late evenings
Would you rather get a public shout-out in a channel or a private thank-you with a small reward?
- Public shout-out
- Private thank-you
Would you rather have perfect Wi-Fi forever or the perfect chair forever?
- Perfect Wi-Fi
- Perfect chair
Would you rather work from a beach cafe with bad Wi-Fi or a quiet library with great Wi-Fi?
- Beach, bad Wi-Fi
- Library, great Wi-Fi
The ones that tell you how your team likes to work
Still a game, but the results are worth writing down. Run a few of these with a new team and you learn more than a questionnaire would tell you.
Tip: after the vote, ask one person from each side to explain their choice in a sentence.
Would you rather have a manager who checks in often or one who leaves you alone until you ask?
- Frequent check-ins
- Left alone until I ask
Would you rather spend most of your time on one big project or on many quick wins?
- One big project
- Many quick wins
Would you rather get direct feedback right away or softer feedback less often?
- Direct, right away
- Softer, less often
Would you rather the company spend more on learning or on office spaces and perks?
- Learning
- Spaces and perks
Would you rather work with clear, detailed processes or with flexible ways of working?
- Clear processes
- Flexible ways of working
Would you rather have a mentor inside the company or an external coach?
- Internal mentor
- External coach
Would you rather see leaders promoted from inside or hired from outside?
- Promoted from inside
- Hired from outside
Would you rather have a 10-minute stand-up every day or a 30-minute one twice a week?
- 10 minutes daily
- 30 minutes twice a week
Would you rather brainstorm quietly on sticky notes or out loud as a group?
- Quietly on sticky notes
- Out loud as a group
Would you rather take two long breaks a day or several short ones?
- Two long breaks
- Several short ones
Office life, desks and perks
For teams that share a floor, a kitchen and a printer. Expect strong opinions about the fridge.
Would you rather have a desk by the snacks or a quiet corner with no foot traffic?
- By the snacks
- A quiet corner
Would you rather get a free catered lunch every day or one extra remote day each week?
- Free lunch every day
- One extra remote day
Would you rather have a shared playlist at low volume or quiet zones only?
- Shared playlist
- Quiet zones only
Would you rather hot-desk every day or keep the same desk for years?
- Hot-desking
- The same desk
Would you rather have an office dog or a coffee machine that makes anything?
- An office dog
- The dream coffee machine
Would you rather sit by the window with the glare or in the dark corner with the quiet?
- Window with glare
- Quiet dark corner
Would you rather clean the office fridge every Friday or refill the printer every morning?
- Clean the fridge
- Refill the printer
Would you rather have unlimited snacks or unlimited coffee at work?
- Unlimited snacks
- Unlimited coffee
Would you rather take the stairs every day or share the lift with the CEO every day?
- Stairs every day
- Lift with the CEO
Would you rather the office had a nap pod or a games room?
- A nap pod
- A games room
For team socials, offsites and parties
Decide the plan and warm up the room at the same time. The winning answer can be the actual plan.
Would you rather our next team day be a volunteering day or a pure fun day?
- Volunteering day
- Pure fun day
Would you rather celebrate wins with quick shout-outs or a big quarterly awards night?
- Quick shout-outs
- Quarterly awards night
Would you rather turn the next all-hands into a game show or a costume party?
- A game show
- A costume party
Would you rather go on a team hike or take a team cooking class?
- Team hike
- Cooking class
Would you rather hold the end-of-year party at a fancy restaurant or a bowling alley?
- Fancy restaurant
- Bowling alley
Would you rather sing first at karaoke or give the first toast?
- Sing first
- Give the first toast
Would you rather have the offsite in a big city or at a quiet cabin?
- A big city
- A quiet cabin
Would you rather win the team sweepstake or bake the winning cake?
- Win the sweepstake
- Bake the winning cake
Would you rather the team photo come out too formal or too silly?
- Too formal
- Too silly
Would you rather end the week with a virtual coffee recap or a Friday trivia round?
- Coffee recap
- Friday trivia
Silly ones for a Friday afternoon
Nothing to learn here, just a laugh before the weekend. These also make good Instagram story polls.
Would you rather every email ended with a joke or every message started with an emoji?
- Emails end with a joke
- Messages start with emoji
Would you rather talk like a pirate in every meeting or sing your status updates?
- Talk like a pirate
- Sing status updates
Would you rather have a desk plant that talks or a mug that refills itself?
- A talking plant
- A self-refilling mug
Would you rather mute people in real life or fast-forward boring meetings?
- Mute people
- Fast-forward meetings
Would you rather have a theme song play when you join a call or when you leave?
- When I join
- When I leave
Would you rather have your job explained by a five-year-old or by a sports commentator?
- A five-year-old
- A sports commentator
Would you rather type only in capitals for a day or only in lowercase for a month?
- Capitals for a day
- Lowercase for a month
Would you rather sit next to someone who hums all day or someone who narrates everything they do?
- Hums all day
- Narrates everything
Would you rather swap jobs for a day with the CEO or with the office dog?
- The CEO
- The office dog
Would you rather know what everyone really thinks of your slides or never present again?
- Know what they think
- Never present again
No question matches. Clear the search or pick another chip.
Getting a real debate out of a simple choice
A would you rather poll takes ten seconds to vote on. What happens after the vote is where the team gets to know each other.
Choose dilemmas that split the room
The best questions divide a team roughly down the middle. If one option is obviously better, everyone picks it and there is nothing to talk about. Before you post one, ask yourself which side you would take; if the answer is instant, pick another.
Keep it light enough for anyone
Leave out pay, politics, bodies, relationships and anything that makes one person the joke. A new starter should be able to answer every question on this page on their first morning without a second thought.
Ask for one sentence from each side
Share the result, then ask one person from each side to explain their pick. Thirty seconds of that does more for a new team than a round of introductions, and the questions about how people like to work give a manager something to keep.
Run it wherever your team already is
Launch a question here and drop one link in the call chat, or copy it into your own chat app's poll. Two options fit every app below.
| Where | Options per poll | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Poll Maker | Every question on this page | No account to create or vote. Share one link anywhere. |
| Instagram story | Up to 43 | Keep options to a word or two. |
| X | Up to 4, 25 characters each1 | The card on each question says when it fits. |
| Teams chat | Up to 64 | Made with Microsoft Forms inside the chat. |
| Up to 12, 100 characters each2 | Several answers are allowed unless you switch it off. |
Would you rather at work, briefly
What are good would you rather questions for work?
Ones with two options that are about equally tempting, that anyone can answer without sharing anything private, and that take a few seconds to read. The dilemmas on this page are written to meet all three.
How do I run would you rather in a Teams or Zoom meeting?
Launch the question here, paste the poll link in the meeting chat and give people thirty seconds to vote. Share the result on screen. In a Teams chat you can also copy the question into a Forms poll, which takes up to six options.
Are would you rather questions good icebreakers?
Yes, because nobody has to talk first. Everyone votes, the split appears, and then the conversation starts on its own. They suit teams who find round-the-table introductions awkward.
How many should we do in one session?
One or two at the start of a meeting, three to five at a social. Past that, it stops being a warm-up and starts eating the agenda.
Put one to the vote before your next call
Pick a dilemma, launch it and paste the link in the chat. The result will be in before everyone has joined.
