New Tech (200-500) January 2026
~2m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~250 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
40%
Europe
32%
Oceania
13%
Asia
10%
MEA
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
64%
Female
35%
Non-Binary
0.36%
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 (200-500) employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 17 and is in the top 48% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech (200-500) compare?
People in New Tech (200-500) were much more positive than average regarding Social Connections, Company And Leadership, and Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in New Tech (200-500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Growth, Social Connection, and Enablement.
People working in New Tech (200-500) are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in New Tech (200-500) are less engaged than Health & Wellness, Consumer Goods, Computer & Network Security, and Civil Engineering.
The highest scoring question for New Tech (200-500) had 94% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech (200-500) 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 14% 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 (200-500) organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
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, 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
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
12%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
8%