Automotive & Machinery (200-500) July 2026
~175k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~25
Organizations
These insights represent ~175k questions answered from ~25 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Machinery, Automotive, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
49%
Europe
25%
Northern America
15%
Asia
9%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
78%
Female
22%
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.
70% of Automotive and Machinery (200-500) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 14 and is in the bottom 37% compared with other industries.
How does Automotive and Machinery (200-500) compare?
On the lower side, people in Automotive & Machinery (200-500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Automotive & Machinery (200-500) are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Automotive & Machinery (200-500) are less engaged than Financial Services, Biotechnology & Medical Devices, Legal, and Tech: Manufacturing & Research.
The highest scoring question for Automotive & Machinery (200-500) had 87% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Automotive & Machinery (200-500) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 25% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
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
3%
3 months to 6 months
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
22%
4 to less than 6 years
9%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
19%
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