France January 2026
~610k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~610k 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, Internet, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Nonprofit Organization Management, Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
53%
Female
47%
Non-Binary
0.05%
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 France employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 32% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 0 and is in the bottom 27% compared with other countries.
How does France compare?
People in France were much more positive than average regarding Wellbeing Culture, Feedback Culture, and Work Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in France had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Decision Making, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in France are less engaged than Switzerland, Spain, Romania, and Argentina.
The highest scoring question for France had 87% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in France 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 21% of people disagreeing (+7% 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 France organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
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, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 14% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+4% 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
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
22%