Private Equity July 2026
~235k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~25
Organizations
These insights represent ~235k questions answered from ~25 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Investment Management, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Computer Software, Financial Services
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Europe
37%
Northern America
31%
APAC
15%
Asia
9%
Oceania
7%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Non-Binary
0.05%
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.
75% of Private Equity employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 20 and is in the top 29% compared with other industries.
How does Private Equity compare?
People in Private Equity were much more positive than average regarding Engagement and Enablement.
On the lower side, people in Private Equity had much lower favorable scores than average in Leadership, Work & Life Blend, and Management.
People working in Private Equity are as engaged as other industries.
The highest scoring question for Private Equity had 91% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Enablement.
People in Private Equity were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]%' with 15% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
14%