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 Men employees. We use woman and man because most of our customers are using binary options.
~3.5m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~3.5m questions answered from ~200 organizations, ranging in size from 10 to 10,000 people, in the last 12 months.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Investment Banking
22%
Insurance
22%
Financial Services
21%
Investment Management
15%
Commercial Real Estate
13%
Real Estate
3%
Banking
3%
North America
52%
Oceania
21%
Europe
19%
Asia
6%
MEA
2%
South America
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 19% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 23 and is in the top 21% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 68% 5% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 59% 4% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 85% 3% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 71% 2% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 88% 2% above global average |
Men working in Finance are more engaged than Creative & Media Male, Marketing & Advertising Male, Public Relations & Communications Male, and Retail Male.
The highest scoring question for Finance had 91% of Men agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
Men in Finance were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 18% of people disagreeing (-2% below average).
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Finance (Male) organizations.
I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company]
The factor this relates most closely to is Learning & Development
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Finance (Male) organizations.
1 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 65% favorable Learning & Development |
2 [Company] believes that people can always greatly improve their talents and abilities | 74% favorable Opportunities & Resources |
3 [Company] is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | 78% favorable Learning & Development |
4 I have confidence in the leaders at [Company] | 80% favorable Leadership |
5 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 78% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% 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 feel respected at [Company] | 85% favorable Belonging |
2 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 78% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
3 I feel like I belong at [Company] | 80% favorable Belonging |
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 | 3.8 stars (+0) |
Culture and Values | 3.8 stars (-0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 4.0 stars (+0.2) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.7 stars (+0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.6 stars (+0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 72.0% (+1) |
CEO Approval | 85.0% (+1) |
Organizations in the Finance (Male) benchmark on average gave 11% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is higher than average and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark tend to be more transparent with their survey results to leaders and managers.
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%).
Finance (Male)
11%
Global average
10%
Men in Finance were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Fairness.
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