DACH July 2026
~1.6m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~450
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.6m questions answered from ~450 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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Machinery, Computer & Network Security
Reported gender breakdown
Male
64%
Female
36%
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.
63% of DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 27% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -3 and is in the bottom 14% compared with other regions.
How does DACH compare?
People in DACH were much more positive than average regarding Readiness, Role Experience, and Social Connections.
On the lower side, people in DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Performance Confidence, Decision Making, and Equity.
People working in DACH are less engaged than Oceania, APAC, Eastern Europe, and North America.
The highest scoring question for DACH had 91% of people agreeing that they are comfortable sharing their personal background and experiences at %[Company]% (+12% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in DACH were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 19% of people disagreeing (+6% 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 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
25%