South Africa 1000+ July 2026
~165k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~45
Organizations
These insights represent ~165k questions answered from ~45 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Information Technology & Services, Machinery, Computer Software, Consumer Goods, Defense & Space, Pharmaceuticals, Airlines/Aviation, Logistics & Supply Chain
Reported gender breakdown
Male
52%
Female
48%
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 South Africa 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 42% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 11 and is in the bottom 46% compared with other regions.
How does South Africa 1000+ compare?
People in South Africa 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Service & Quality Focus, Company Performance, and Innovation.
On the lower side, people in South Africa 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Growth, and Workplace Engagement.
People working in South Africa 1000+ are more engaged than Benelux, Central Europe, DACH, and Nordic. People working in South Africa 1000+ are less engaged than Asia, Latin America, South America, and Central America.
The highest scoring question for South Africa 1000+ had 91% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in South Africa 1000+ were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 28% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% 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
2%
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
25%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
19%