The finance benchmark represents a broad range of finance and investment focused companies. They range from more traditional finance companies (often those focused on modernizing) as well as more disruptive finance companies that might be described as 'FinTech'. This benchmark only includes organizations of size 200–500 employees.
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Financial Services
29%
Investment Banking
27%
Insurance
16%
Investment Management
13%
Commercial Real Estate
8%
Banking
5%
Real Estate
3%
North America
43%
Oceania
39%
Europe
13%
Asia
3%
MEA
1%
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
This is in the top 37% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 36% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 59% 4% above global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 66% 3% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 70% 1% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 83% 1% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 85% 1% below global average |
People working in Finance 200–500) are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Finance 200–500) are less engaged than New Tech India, Hospitality North America, Construction & Heavy Industry North America, and Construction & Heavy Industry Northern America.
The highest scoring question for Finance 200–500) had 90% of People agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Finance 200–500) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 17% of people disagreeing (+3% above average).
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 77% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
2 I have confidence in the leaders at [Company] | 76% favorable Leadership |
3 I know what I need to do to be successful in my role | 86% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 4.0 stars (+0.2) |
Culture and Values | 4.0 stars (+0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 4.0 stars (+0.2) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.8 stars (+0.2) |
Career Opportunities | 3.6 stars (+0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 78.0% (+7) |
CEO Approval | 88.0% (+4) |
Organizations in the Finance (200–500) benchmark on average gave 10% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is below the overall average of 10% and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark are more likely to share via offline and traditional formats.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Global average
10%
Finance (200–500)
10%
People in Finance 200–500) were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Social Connection, and Belonging.
On the lower side, People in Finance 200–500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action and Voice.
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