Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America July 2026
~170k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~30
Organizations
These insights represent ~170k questions answered from ~30 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, Oil & Energy, Utilities, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Mining & Metals, Automotive, Building Materials, Construction
Reported gender breakdown
Male
77%
Female
23%
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.
76% of Construction and Heavy Industry Latin America employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 32 and is in the top 6% compared with the overall average.
How does Construction and Heavy Industry Latin America compare?
People in Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America were much more positive than average regarding Company Performance, Engagement, and Teamwork & Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America had much lower favorable scores than average in Feedback & Recognition, Leadership, and Learning & Development.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America 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 Latin America are less engaged than New Tech India, Real Estate United States, Tech: Manufacturing & Research East Asia, and New Tech South Asia.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Teamwork & Ownership.
People in Construction & Heavy Industry Latin America were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]%' with 20% of people disagreeing (+8% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
17%
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