Malaysia (1000-5000) January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services, Oil & Energy, Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Wholesale, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, Telecommunications, Sporting Goods, Plastics
Reported gender breakdown
Male
52%
Female
48%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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 Malaysia (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 36% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 0 and is in the bottom 22% compared with other regions.
How does Malaysia (1000-5000) compare?
People in Malaysia (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Company Performance, and Innovation.
On the lower side, people in Malaysia (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Engagement and Enablement.
People working in Malaysia (1000-5000) are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, and Central Europe. People working in Malaysia (1000-5000) are less engaged than APAC, North America, Middle East, and Africa.
The highest scoring question for Malaysia (1000-5000) had 88% of people agreeing that We are genuinely supported if they choose to make use of flexible working arrangements (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Malaysia (1000-5000) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 19% of people disagreeing (-4% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% 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
0.6%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
18%