New Tech (500-1000) July 2025
~3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~3m questions answered from ~200 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 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
38%
Europe
35%
Asia
12%
Oceania
9%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.16%
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.
68% of New Tech (500-1000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 45% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 37% compared with other industries.
How does New Tech (500-1000) compare?
People in New Tech (500-1000) were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Company And Leadership, and Wellbeing Culture.
On the lower side, people in New Tech (500-1000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, Company Performance, and Learning & Development.
People working in New Tech (500-1000) are less engaged than Consumer Goods, Resources & Utilities, Primary/Secondary Education, and Public Safety.
The highest scoring question for New Tech (500-1000) had 90% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+0% 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 Action, 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 26% of people disagreeing (+3% 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 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | 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, 21% 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
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
32%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
8%