DACH July 2025
~1.8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~550
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.8m questions answered from ~550 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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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.
62% of DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 29% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -5 and is in the bottom 10% compared with other regions.
How does DACH compare?
People in DACH were much more positive than average regarding Coaching, Remote Teams, and Manager & Team Support.
On the lower side, people in DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency, Progress And Growth, and Action.
People working in DACH are less engaged than Oceania, Eastern Europe, APAC, and North America.
The highest scoring question for DACH had 88% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in DACH 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 22% of people disagreeing (+9% 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 DACH organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
3 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 25% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 13% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+3% 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
15%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
18%