Benelux January 2026
~0.8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~0.8m questions answered from ~300 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
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
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Biotechnology, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
38%
Non-Binary
0.09%
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.
61% of Benelux employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 22% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -6 and is in the bottom 6% compared with other regions.
How does Benelux compare?
People in Benelux were much more positive than average regarding Wellbeing Culture, Growth, and Work Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in Benelux had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Benelux are less engaged than Europe, Oceania, Eastern Europe, and APAC.
The highest scoring question for Benelux had 87% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Benelux 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 28% 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 Benelux organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 25% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 14% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+4% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
21%