Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC July 2025
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
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Computer Hardware, Printing, Semiconductors, Wireless
Reported gender breakdown
Male
67%
Female
33%
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.
74% of Tech: Manufacturing and Research APAC employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 28% compared with the overall average.
How does Tech: Manufacturing and Research APAC compare?
People in Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Leadership.
People working in Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC are less engaged than Investment Management North America, Information Technology & Services Asia, Professional Services Latin America, and New Tech Brazil.
The highest scoring question for Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC had 89% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Tech: Manufacturing & Research APAC 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 20% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
25%