Construction & Heavy Industry Western Europe 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
Renewables & Environment, Automotive, Oil & Energy, Utilities, Construction, Environmental Services, Machinery, Industrial Automation, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Mining & Metals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
71%
Female
29%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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 Construction and Heavy Industry Western Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 32% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 37% compared with the overall average.
How does Construction and Heavy Industry Western Europe compare?
On the lower side, people in Construction & Heavy Industry Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry Western Europe 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 Western Europe are less engaged than Internet United States, Logistics & Transport United States, Eastern Europe (500-1000), and Spain 1000+.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry Western Europe had 85% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Construction & Heavy Industry 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 24% of people disagreeing (+7% 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 (+2% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
30%