New Tech 1000+ July 2026
~7.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~7.5m questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
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
15%
Oceania
6%
MEA
3%
Latin America
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.06%
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.
69% of New Tech 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the bottom 50% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech 1000+ compare?
People in New Tech 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Learning, Readiness, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in New Tech 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Leadership, and Company Performance.
People working in New Tech 1000+ are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in New Tech 1000+ are less engaged than Computer & Network Security, Finance, Real Estate, and Banking.
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 believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 30% of people disagreeing (+7% 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 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% 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
15%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%
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