Automotive & Machinery Western Europe July 2026
~80k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~25
Organizations
These insights represent ~80k 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
Reported gender breakdown
Male
73%
Female
27%
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.
65% of Automotive and Machinery Western Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 34% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 0 and is in the bottom 13% compared with the overall average.
How does Automotive and Machinery Western Europe compare?
People in Automotive & Machinery Western Europe were much more positive than average regarding Alignment & Involvement and Teamwork & Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Automotive & Machinery Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Leadership.
People working in Automotive & Machinery Western Europe are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Automotive & Machinery Western Europe are less engaged than Environmental Services, Construction & Heavy Industry 1000+, Retail, and Government Administration North America.
The highest scoring question for Automotive & Machinery Western Europe 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 Teamwork & Ownership.
People in Automotive & Machinery Western Europe 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 (+3% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% 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
0.76%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
4%
1 to less than 2 years
8%
2 to less than 4 years
19%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
42%
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