Automotive & Machinery July 2026
~2m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~85
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~85 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Machinery, Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
35%
Europe
25%
Oceania
17%
Asia
11%
Latin America
9%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
79%
Female
21%
Non-Binary
0.01%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
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.
71% of Automotive and Machinery employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 14 and is in the bottom 39% compared with other industries.
How does Automotive and Machinery compare?
People in Automotive & Machinery were much more positive than average regarding Growth.
On the lower side, people in Automotive & Machinery had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Automotive & Machinery are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Automotive & Machinery are less engaged than Investment Management, Investment Management, Venture Capital, & Private Equity, Health & Wellness, and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Automotive & Machinery had 88% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Automotive & Machinery 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 18% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
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 Automotive and Machinery organizations.
1 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
2 I have access to the learning and development I need to do my job well | Learning & Development |
3 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
27%
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