Consulting & Staffing July 2026
~2.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~2.5m questions answered from ~200 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Management Consulting, Accounting, Architecture & Planning, Staffing & Recruiting, Human Resources
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
33%
Oceania
27%
Europe
22%
Asia
14%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
51%
Female
49%
Non-Binary
0.03%
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.
70% of Consulting and Staffing employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 49% compared with other industries.
How does Consulting and Staffing compare?
People in Consulting & Staffing were much more positive than average regarding Company And Leadership, Growth, and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Consulting & Staffing had much lower favorable scores than average in Work Pressure, Energy, and Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing.
People working in Consulting & Staffing are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Consulting & Staffing are less engaged than Financial Services, Biotechnology & Medical Devices, Legal, and Tech: Manufacturing & Research.
The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing had 89% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Diversity.
People in Consulting & Staffing 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 25% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 Consulting and Staffing organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
16%
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