Manufacturing South America 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
Chemicals, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Food Production, Medical Devices, Renewables & Environment, Computer Networking, Consumer Goods, Machinery, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles
Reported gender breakdown
Male
68%
Female
32%
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.
82% of Manufacturing South America employees are engaged
This is in the top 29% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 50 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing South America compare?
People in Manufacturing South America were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Service & Quality Focus, and Learning & Development.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing South America had much lower favorable scores than average in Work & Life Blend.
People working in Manufacturing South America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Manufacturing South America are less engaged than China 1000+, China, China > 5000, and Manufacturing China.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing South America had 100% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+11% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Alignment & Involvement.
People in Manufacturing South America were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 11% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 13% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-7% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 3% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-7% 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
0.27%
3 months to 6 months
0.56%
6 months to less than 1 year
2%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
18%
Greater than 10 years
25%