Construction & Heavy Industry DACH July 2026
~195k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~40
Organizations
These insights represent ~195k questions answered from ~40 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, Renewables & Environment, Utilities, Automotive, Building Materials, Construction, Environmental Services, Industrial Automation, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Mining & Metals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
75%
Female
25%
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.
63% of Construction and Heavy Industry DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 33% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -14 and is the lowest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Construction and Heavy Industry DACH compare?
On the lower side, people in Construction & Heavy Industry DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Service & Quality Focus, Feedback & Recognition, and Leadership.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry DACH are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Construction & Heavy Industry DACH are less engaged than Spain, Financial Services Western Europe, New Tech Oceania, and Retail United Kingdom.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry DACH 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 Construction & Heavy Industry DACH were generally least favourable about Service & Quality Focus, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 22% of people disagreeing (+9% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
11%
2 to less than 4 years
34%
4 to less than 6 years
7%
6 to less than 10 years
8%
Greater than 10 years
27%
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