Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) January 2026
~1.8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~40
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.8m questions answered from ~40 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, Oil & Energy, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Industrial Automation, Mining & Metals
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
43%
Northern America
34%
Europe
13%
Asia
7%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
70%
Female
29%
Non-Binary
0.15%
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.
70% of Resources and Utilities (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 42% compared with other industries.
How does Resources and Utilities (1000-5000) compare?
On the lower side, people in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Company Performance.
People working in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) are less engaged than Health & Wellness, Consumer Goods, Computer & Network Security, and Civil Engineering.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) had 88% 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 Management.
People in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) 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 19% of people disagreeing (+6% 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 (1000-5000) organizations.
1 %[Company]%'s commitment to social responsibility (e.g. community support, sustainability, etc.) is genuine | Social Connection |
2 I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies | Alignment & Involvement |
3 I am given opportunities to develop skills relevant to my interests | Learning & Development |
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
3%
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
23%
4 to less than 6 years
9%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
28%