Germany July 2025
~1.3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~450
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.3m questions answered from ~450 organizations, collected between January 2024 and December 2024.
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, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Marketing & Advertising
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
38%
Non-Binary
0.14%
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.
61% of Germany employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 31% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -5 and is in the bottom 12% compared with other countries.
How does Germany compare?
People in Germany were much more positive than average regarding Coaching, Remote Teams, and Manager & Team Support.
On the lower side, people in Germany had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Progress And Growth, and Equity.
People working in Germany are more engaged than Hungary. People working in Germany are less engaged than Czech Republic, Romania, New Zealand, and Malaysia.
The highest scoring question for Germany had 89% 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 Germany 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 Germany 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
16%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
16%