Automotive & Machinery Oceania January 2026
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
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Automotive, Machinery, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Reported gender breakdown
Male
77%
Female
22%
Non-Binary
0.5%
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.
69% of Automotive and Machinery Oceania employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 38% compared with the overall average.
How does Automotive and Machinery Oceania compare?
On the lower side, people in Automotive & Machinery Oceania had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Social Connection.
People working in Automotive & Machinery Oceania are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Automotive & Machinery Oceania are less engaged than Biotechnology North America, Professional Services Latin America, Financial Services Middle East & Africa, and Southeast Asia > 5000.
The highest scoring question for Automotive & Machinery Oceania had 88% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Automotive & Machinery Oceania 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 (+4% 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 (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
22%