Netherlands January 2026
~590k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~590k questions answered from ~250 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Pharmaceuticals, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Real Estate
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
38%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
61% of Netherlands employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 26% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -7 and is in the bottom 6% compared with other countries.
How does Netherlands compare?
People in Netherlands were much more positive than average regarding Work Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in Netherlands had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Company And Leadership, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Netherlands are less engaged than Ireland, Portugal, South Korea, and Switzerland.
The highest scoring question for Netherlands had 88% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Netherlands 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 18% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 26% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+6% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 14% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
19%