Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) July 2025
~1.4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.4m questions answered from ~35 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 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, Mining & Metals, Environmental Services
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
50%
Northern America
35%
Europe
9%
Asia
2%
MEA
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
70%
Female
30%
Non-Binary
0.19%
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.
71% of Resources and Utilities (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the top 44% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 40% compared with other industries.
How does Resources and Utilities (1000-5000) compare?
People in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion.
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 Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) are less engaged than Accounting, Computer & Network Security, Investment Management, and Legal Services.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities (1000-5000) had 87% 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 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 26% of people disagreeing (+9% 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]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 People from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed at %[Company]% | Fairness |
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
7%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
21%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
29%