South America July 2026
~690k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~690k questions answered from ~200 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
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Marketing & Advertising, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Machinery, Nonprofit Organization Management, Food Production, Medical Devices
Reported gender breakdown
Male
57%
Female
43%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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.
78% 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 33 and is in the top 9% compared with other regions.
How does South America compare?
People in South America were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Energy, and Service & Quality Focus.
On the lower side, people in South America had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Transparency, and Readiness.
People working in South America are more engaged than Benelux, Central Europe, DACH, and Nordic.
The highest scoring question for South America had 92% 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 Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in South America were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 15% of people disagreeing (+1% 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 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% 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
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
13%