Manufacturing Japan July 2026
~75k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~75k questions answered from ~35 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, Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, Defense & Space, Machinery, Chemicals, Food Production, Furniture, Renewables & Environment, Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Reported gender breakdown
Male
59%
Female
41%
Non-Binary
0.05%
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.
59% of Manufacturing Japan employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 13% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -24 and is the lowest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing Japan compare?
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing Japan had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Company Performance, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Manufacturing Japan are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, and Information Technology & Services Germany. People working in Manufacturing Japan are less engaged than Professional Services Benelux, Call Centre Europe, Construction & Heavy Industry Central Europe, and Germany 1000+.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing Japan had 81% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (-6% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Voice.
People in Manufacturing Japan were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'Workloads are divided fairly among people where I work' with 35% of people disagreeing (+19% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% 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
0.92%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
8%
2 to less than 4 years
16%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
18%
Greater than 10 years
38%
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