Manufacturing New Zealand July 2026
~185k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~30
Organizations
These insights represent ~185k questions answered from ~30 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
Food Production, Machinery, Consumer Goods, Medical Devices, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Defense & Space, Furniture, Industrial Automation, Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.1%
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.
66% of Manufacturing New Zealand employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 12 and is in the bottom 42% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing New Zealand compare?
People in Manufacturing New Zealand were much more positive than average regarding Work & Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing New Zealand had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Manufacturing New Zealand are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Manufacturing New Zealand are less engaged than Canada (1000-5000), North America (500-1000), Retail APAC, and East Asia (1000-5000).
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing New Zealand had 90% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Manufacturing New Zealand were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 28% of people disagreeing (+11% 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 (+1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
21%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
26%
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