New Tech July 2025
~17m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~1k
Organizations
These insights represent ~17m questions answered from ~1k organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Computer Games
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
45%
Europe
28%
Asia
13%
Oceania
9%
MEA
3%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
38%
Non-Binary
0.17%
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.
70% of New Tech employees are engaged
This is in the top 47% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 44% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech compare?
People in New Tech were much more positive than average regarding Work Pressure, Managing Energy, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in New Tech had much lower favorable scores than average in Progress And Growth, Team Adjustment To Remote Work, and Contribution To Broader Purpose.
People working in New Tech are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in New Tech are less engaged than Biotechnology, Accounting, Computer & Network Security, and Investment Management.
The highest scoring question for New Tech had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 23% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in New Tech organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
31%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
10%