Manufacturing Nordic January 2026
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
Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Consumer Electronics, Medical Devices, Computer Networking, Renewables & Environment, Defense & Space, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Furniture, Plastics
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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.
67% of Manufacturing Nordic employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 30% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 2 and is in the bottom 15% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing Nordic compare?
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing Nordic had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Company Performance.
People working in Manufacturing Nordic are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Manufacturing Nordic are less engaged than Hospitality APAC, New Tech Eastern Europe, Food & Beverage United States, and Professional Services United Arab Emirates.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing Nordic 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 Management.
People in Manufacturing Nordic were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'Most of the systems and processes here support us getting our work done effectively' with 26% of people disagreeing (+12% 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 (+2% 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
0.46%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
24%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
26%