Resources & Utilities Western Europe 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
Renewables & Environment, Oil & Energy, Utilities, Environmental Services, Industrial Automation, Mining & Metals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
70%
Female
30%
Non-Binary
0.03%
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.
66% of Resources and Utilities Western Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 31% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 35% compared with the overall average.
How does Resources and Utilities Western Europe compare?
On the lower side, people in Resources & Utilities Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Service & Quality Focus, Feedback & Recognition, and Action.
People working in Resources & Utilities Western Europe are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Resources & Utilities Western Europe are less engaged than Accounting Australia, Biotechnology & Medical Devices APAC, Non Profits Canada, and Internet Australia.
The highest scoring question for Resources & Utilities Western Europe had 85% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Resources & Utilities Western Europe were generally least favourable about Service & Quality Focus, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 23% of people disagreeing (+6% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
22%