The professional services benchmark is made up of companies that provide vital services in our modern economies. The work is increasingly a combination of experience and even technology - relying often on specialist industry knowledge and expertise.
~4m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~4m questions answered from ~200 organizations, ranging in size from 10 to 15,800 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
Financial Services
16%
Investment Banking
15%
Insurance
14%
Investment Management
12%
Management Consulting
12%
Commercial Real Estate
8%
Accounting
5%
Architecture & Planning
5%
Legal Services
5%
Staffing and Recruiting
3%
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 25% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 21 and is in the top 29% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 73% 4% above global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 67% 4% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 58% 3% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 84% 2% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 85% 1% below global average |
People working in Professional Services Northern America are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Professional Services Northern America are less engaged than Investment Management Male, Investment Management Northern America, Investment Management North America, and Investment Management United States.
The highest scoring question for Professional Services Northern America had 91% of People agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to [company]'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Professional Services Northern America 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 19% of people disagreeing (-1% 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 Professional Services (Northern America) organizations.
[Company] is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development
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 Professional Services (Northern America) organizations.
1 [Company] is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | 79% favorable Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at [Company] demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | 75% favorable Leadership |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at [Company] | 79% favorable Leadership |
4 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 67% favorable Learning & Development |
5 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | 68% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
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, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% 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 believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 67% favorable Learning & Development |
2 The products and services [Company] provides are as good as, or better than, our main competitors | 76% favorable Company Performance |
3 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 76% 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 | 3.8 stars (+0) |
Culture and Values | 3.8 stars (-0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 3.8 stars (+0) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.65 stars (+0) |
Career Opportunities | 3.6 stars (+0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 73.0% (+2) |
CEO Approval | 86.5% (+2.5) |
Organizations in the Professional Services (Northern America) 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%).
Professional Services (Northern America)
11%
Global average
10%
People in Professional Services Northern America were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Fairness.
On the lower side, People in Professional Services Northern America had much lower favorable scores than average in Diversity.
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