Manufacturing (200-500) July 2025
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
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Food Production, Renewables & Environment, Pharmaceuticals, Building Materials, Machinery, Consumer Goods, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics, Printing
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
45%
Oceania
25%
Europe
22%
Asia
7%
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.
69% of Manufacturing (200-500) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 50% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the bottom 30% compared with other industries.
How does Manufacturing (200-500) compare?
People in Manufacturing (200-500) were much more positive than average regarding Growth.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing (200-500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Leadership, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Manufacturing (200-500) are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, and Government. People working in Manufacturing (200-500) are less engaged than Renewables & Environment, Finance, Legal, and Construction.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing (200-500) had 89% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Manufacturing (200-500) were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 14% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
16%