Human Resources Europe July 2026
~65k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~75
Organizations
These insights represent ~65k questions answered from ~75 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Real Estate, Food Production, Computer & Network Security, Insurance, Internet, Broadcast Media, Marketing & Advertising
Reported gender breakdown
Female
77%
Male
23%
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.
68% of Human Resources Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 42% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 8 and is in the bottom 14% compared with the overall average.
How does Human Resources Europe compare?
People in Human Resources Europe were much more positive than average regarding Action, Growth, and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Human Resources Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Leadership, Service & Quality Focus, and Company Performance.
People working in Human Resources Europe are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Human Resources Europe are less engaged than Apparel & Fashion Australia, Professional Services 1000+, Pharmaceuticals North America, and Private Company.
The highest scoring question for Human Resources Europe had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Human Resources Europe were generally least favourable about Leadership, and were most negative towards '%[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals' with 18% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
11%