Manufacturing DACH July 2026
~470k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~80
Organizations
These insights represent ~470k questions answered from ~80 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
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Machinery, Medical Devices, Consumer Goods, Food Production, Renewables & Environment, Building Materials, Computer Networking, Defense & Space
Reported gender breakdown
Male
69%
Female
31%
Non-Binary
0.01%
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.
65% of Manufacturing DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 0 and is in the bottom 13% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing DACH compare?
People in Manufacturing DACH were much more positive than average regarding Growth and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Manufacturing DACH are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Manufacturing DACH are less engaged than Non Profits Australia, Non Profits Oceania, Thailand 1000+, and Nonprofit Organization Management Australia.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing DACH 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 Inclusion.
People in Manufacturing DACH 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 23% of people disagreeing (+9% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
5%
1 to less than 2 years
10%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
33%
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