Manufacturing Malaysia July 2026
~135k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~20
Organizations
These insights represent ~135k questions answered from ~20 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, Machinery, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Building Materials, Chemicals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
67%
Female
33%
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.
76% of Manufacturing Malaysia employees are engaged
This is in the top 26% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 17% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing Malaysia compare?
People in Manufacturing Malaysia were much more positive than average regarding Engagement, Action, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Manufacturing Malaysia are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Manufacturing Malaysia are less engaged than Tech: Manufacturing & Research East Asia, Real Estate United States, New Tech South Asia, and South Asia (500-1000).
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing Malaysia had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Alignment & Involvement.
People in Manufacturing Malaysia were generally least favourable about Engagement, and were most negative towards 'I rarely think about looking for a job at another company' with 11% of people disagreeing (-8% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 11% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-8% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% 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
4%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
11%
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