Ireland July 2026
~715k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~715k questions answered from ~300 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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Investment Management, Environmental Services, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications
Reported gender breakdown
Male
55%
Female
45%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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.
67% of Ireland employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 41% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 6 and is in the bottom 40% compared with other countries.
How does Ireland compare?
People in Ireland were much more positive than average regarding Role Experience, Growth, and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Ireland had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Decision Making, and Action.
People working in Ireland are more engaged than Norway, Denmark, Japan, and Sweden. People working in Ireland are less engaged than Serbia, South Africa, Canada, and Israel.
The highest scoring question for Ireland had 87% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Diversity.
People in Ireland were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 31% of people disagreeing (+13% 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 Ireland 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 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
20%