New Tech January 2026
~15m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~850
Organizations
These insights represent ~15m questions answered from ~850 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 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
43%
Europe
30%
Asia
14%
Oceania
8%
MEA
4%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
64%
Female
36%
Non-Binary
0.21%
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.
71% of New Tech employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 45% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech compare?
People in New Tech were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Work Pressure, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in New Tech had much lower favorable scores than average in Recognition, Social Connection, and Team Adjustment To Remote Work.
People working in New Tech are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in New Tech are less engaged than Computer & Network Security, Civil Engineering, Investment Management, and Legal Services.
The highest scoring question for New Tech had 91% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (-1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech were generally least favourable about Decision Making, 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 (-1% below 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 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% 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
29%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
10%