Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia 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
Oil & Energy, Utilities, Automotive, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Industrial Automation, Mining & Metals, Building Materials, Civil Engineering, Construction
Reported gender breakdown
Male
78%
Female
22%
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.
81% of Construction and Heavy Industry South Asia employees are engaged
This is in the top 25% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 34 and is in the top 5% compared with the overall average.
How does Construction and Heavy Industry South Asia compare?
People in Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Action, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia are less engaged than China 1000+, China, China > 5000, and Manufacturing China.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia had 94% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+5% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Social Connection.
People in Construction & Heavy Industry South Asia were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, 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 25% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 5% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-5% 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
0.78%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
23%
2 to less than 4 years
33%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
8%