Consulting & Staffing 1000+ July 2025
~1.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.5m questions answered from ~35 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Management Consulting, Information Services, Accounting, Staffing & Recruiting, Architecture & Planning, Human Resources, Market Research, Professional Training & Coaching, Program Development
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
45%
Europe
18%
Oceania
17%
Asia
17%
MEA
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
56%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
72% of Consulting and Staffing 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the top 42% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 45% compared with other industries.
How does Consulting and Staffing 1000+ compare?
People in Consulting & Staffing 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Service & Quality Focus, Teamwork & Ownership, and Alignment & Involvement.
On the lower side, people in Consulting & Staffing 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action.
People working in Consulting & Staffing 1000+ are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Consulting & Staffing 1000+ are less engaged than Banking and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing 1000+ 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 Growth.
People in Consulting & Staffing 1000+ were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 12% of people disagreeing (-1% below 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 1000+ organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]% | Feedback & Recognition |
3 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at %[Company]% | Feedback & Recognition |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% 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
9%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
31%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
12%