Resources & Utilities January 2026
~5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~5m questions answered from ~250 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
Utilities, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Oil & Energy, Mining & Metals, Industrial Automation
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
43%
Oceania
33%
Europe
14%
Asia
6%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
70%
Female
30%
Non-Binary
0.23%
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.
72% of Resources and Utilities employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 39% compared with other industries.
How does Resources and Utilities compare?
People in Resources & Utilities were much more positive than average regarding Work Pressure, Support Resources, and Transfer Of Expectations & Values.
On the lower side, people in Resources & Utilities had much lower favorable scores than average in Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, Work Pressure, and Learning & Development.
People working in Resources & Utilities are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Resources & Utilities are less engaged than Legal Services, Venture Capital & Private Equity, and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities had 92% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (-1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Resources & Utilities were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 17% of people disagreeing (+0% 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 Resources and Utilities organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
19%