New Tech (500-1000) January 2026
~3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~3m questions answered from ~200 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
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
43%
Europe
36%
Asia
10%
Oceania
7%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.18%
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 (500-1000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 40% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech (500-1000) compare?
People in New Tech (500-1000) were much more positive than average regarding Growth, Goal Alignment, and Your Manager.
On the lower side, people in New Tech (500-1000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, Equity, and Company And Leadership.
People working in New Tech (500-1000) are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in New Tech (500-1000) are less engaged than Professional Services, Hospital & Health Care, Law Practice, and Individual & Family Services.
The highest scoring question for New Tech (500-1000) 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 (500-1000) were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 26% of people disagreeing (+6% 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 (500-1000) organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | 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
30%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
9%