Technology, Science, Research January 2026
~4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~4m questions answered from ~300 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 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
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Research, Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals, Defense & Space
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
45%
Europe
28%
Oceania
12%
Asia
9%
Latin America
3%
MEA
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Non-Binary
0.09%
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 Technology, Science, Research employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 44% compared with other industries.
How does Technology, Science, Research compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research were much more positive than average regarding Wellbeing Culture, Company And Leadership, and Support Resources.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research had much lower favorable scores than average in Growth, Learning & Development, and Enablement.
People working in Technology, Science, Research are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Technology, Science, Research are less engaged than Computer & Network Security, Civil Engineering, Investment Management, and Legal Services.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research had 94% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Technology, Science, Research were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 Technology, Science, Research organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
19%