DACH 1000+ January 2026
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~250 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 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, Financial Services, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Utilities
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.11%
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 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 30% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -3 and is in the bottom 13% compared with other regions.
How does DACH 1000+ compare?
People in DACH 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Social Connections, and Work Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in DACH 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in DACH 1000+ are less engaged than Oceania, Eastern Europe, APAC, and North America.
The highest scoring question for DACH 1000+ had 92% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in DACH 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 23% 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 1000+ organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% 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
0.98%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
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
15%
Greater than 10 years
26%