Technology, Science, Research (0-100) 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
Biotechnology, Research, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
49%
Europe
33%
Asia
9%
Oceania
5%
MEA
2%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
56%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.3%
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.
75% of Technology, Science, Research (0-100) employees are engaged
This is in the top 38% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 21 and is in the top 22% compared with other industries.
How does Technology, Science, Research (0-100) compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research (0-100) were much more positive than average regarding Service & Quality Focus, Company Performance, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research (0-100) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action.
People working in Technology, Science, Research (0-100) are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Technology, Science, Research (0-100) are less engaged than Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research (0-100) had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Technology, Science, Research (0-100) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 20% of people disagreeing (+7% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% 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
5%
3 months to 6 months
8%
6 months to less than 1 year
14%
1 to less than 2 years
23%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
9%
6 to less than 10 years
8%
Greater than 10 years
6%