New Tech 1000+ January 2026
~8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~8m questions answered from ~150 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
44%
Europe
26%
Asia
18%
Oceania
5%
MEA
4%
Latin America
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
64%
Female
35%
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 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the top 48% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 49% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech 1000+ compare?
People in New Tech 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Collaboration & Communication, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in New Tech 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Social Connection, and Enablement.
People working in New Tech 1000+ are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in New Tech 1000+ are less engaged than Health & Wellness, Consumer Goods, Computer & Network Security, and Civil Engineering.
The highest scoring question for New Tech 1000+ had 88% of people agreeing that their manager genuinely cares about their wellbeing (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech 1000+ were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 15% of people disagreeing (+1% 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 1000+ organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
3 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%