Food Production July 2026
~2m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~55
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~55 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
Food Production
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
32%
Europe
31%
Asia
19%
Oceania
13%
Latin America
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.01%
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 Food Production employees are engaged
This is in the top 47% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 44% compared with other industries.
How does Food Production compare?
People in Food Production were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Food Production had much lower favorable scores than average in Feedback & Recognition, Collaboration & Communication, and Leadership.
People working in Food Production are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Food Production are less engaged than Legal Services, Renewables & Environment, Civil Engineering, and Investment Management.
The highest scoring question for Food Production had 88% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Food Production were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+3% 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 Food Production organizations.
1 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 Our physical workspace is enjoyable to work in | Enablement |
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, 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
21%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
25%
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