Research July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Research
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
39%
Europe
32%
Northern America
19%
Asia
5%
Latin America
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
56%
Male
44%
Non-Binary
0.21%
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 Research employees are engaged
This is in the top 48% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 12 and is in the bottom 27% compared with other industries.
How does Research compare?
People in Research were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Research had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Service & Quality Focus, and Social Connection.
People working in Research are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Research are less engaged than Legal, Construction, Biotechnology & Medical Devices, and Individual & Family Services.
The highest scoring question for Research had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Research 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 17% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+2% 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
4%
3 months to 6 months
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
15%