Public Company January 2026
~18m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~18m questions answered from ~300 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
Financial Services, Computer Software, Internet, Information Technology & Services, Biotechnology, Investment Management, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Marketing & Advertising, Retail
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
44%
Europe
23%
Oceania
14%
Asia
13%
Latin America
3%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
59%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.24%
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 Public Company employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the bottom 28% compared with other industries.
How does Public Company compare?
People in Public Company were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Social Connections, and Goal Alignment.
On the lower side, people in Public Company had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Leadership, and Feedback Culture.
People working in Public Company are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Public Company are less engaged than Hospital & Health Care, Law Practice, Individual & Family Services, and Cosmetics.
The highest scoring question for Public Company had 89% 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 Public Company 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 16% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 Public Company organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | 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, 9% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
21%