South Asia 1000+ July 2026
~1.4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.4m 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, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Hospital & Health Care, Machinery, Retail
Reported gender breakdown
Male
68%
Female
32%
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 South Asia 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the top 30% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 29 and is in the top 14% compared with other regions.
How does South Asia 1000+ compare?
People in South Asia 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in South Asia 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in South Asia 1000+ are more engaged than Benelux, Central Europe, DACH, and Nordic.
The highest scoring question for South Asia 1000+ 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 Asia 1000+ were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 29% of people disagreeing (+11% 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 Asia 1000+ organizations.
1 My job performance is evaluated fairly | Feedback & Recognition |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 At %[Company]% there is open and honest two-way communication | Collaboration & Communication |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 13% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
12%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
30%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
10%
Greater than 10 years
6%