Resources & Utilities Latin America January 2026
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
Oil & Energy, Utilities, Renewables & Environment, Environmental Services, Mining & Metals, Industrial Automation
Reported gender breakdown
Male
72%
Female
28%
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.
79% of Resources and Utilities Latin America employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 38 and is in the top 3% compared with the overall average.
How does Resources and Utilities Latin America compare?
People in Resources & Utilities Latin America were much more positive than average regarding Action, Company Performance, and Service & Quality Focus.
On the lower side, people in Resources & Utilities Latin America had much lower favorable scores than average in Feedback & Recognition and Work & Life Blend.
People working in Resources & Utilities Latin America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Resources & Utilities Latin America are less engaged than China (1000-5000), China 1000+, China, and China > 5000.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities Latin America had 96% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+7% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Innovation.
People in Resources & Utilities Latin America were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 19% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 15% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
24%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
16%