Resources & Utilities 1000+ July 2026
~3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~45
Organizations
These insights represent ~3m questions answered from ~45 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Utilities, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Mining & Metals, Industrial Automation, Oil & Energy
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
46%
Northern America
32%
Europe
16%
Asia
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
71%
Female
29%
Non-Binary
0.07%
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 Resources and Utilities 1000+ 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 29% compared with other industries.
How does Resources and Utilities 1000+ compare?
On the lower side, people in Resources & Utilities 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Resources & Utilities 1000+ are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Resources & Utilities 1000+ are less engaged than Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Semiconductors & High Tech Manufacturing, Computer & Network Security, and Finance.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities 1000+ had 87% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Resources & Utilities 1000+ 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+ organizations.
1 We acknowledge people who deliver outstanding service here | Service & Quality Focus |
2 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
26%
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