South America July 2025
~775k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~775k questions answered from ~200 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
Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Marketing & Advertising, Research, Utilities, Education Management, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Food Production
Reported gender breakdown
Male
55%
Female
45%
Non-Binary
0.1%
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.
77% of South America employees are engaged
This is in the top 32% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 34 and is in the top 7% compared with other regions.
How does South America compare?
People in South America were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Service & Quality Focus, and Leadership.
On the lower side, people in South America had much lower favorable scores than average in Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing.
People working in South America are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic.
The highest scoring question for South America had 100% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+10% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in South America were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 21% of people disagreeing (+0% 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 South America organizations.
1 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
2 %[Company]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
12%
1 to less than 2 years
20%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
11%