Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) 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
Pharmaceuticals, Research, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Medical Devices, Aviation & Aerospace, Defense & Space
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Europe
38%
Northern America
35%
Asia
11%
Oceania
10%
Latin America
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
56%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
66% of Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 39% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 2 and is in the bottom 5% compared with other industries.
How does Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Alignment & Involvement.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Service & Quality Focus, Company Performance, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) are less engaged than Investment Banking, Consulting & Staffing, Food Production, and Wholesale.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) had 86% 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 Alignment & Involvement.
People in Technology, Science, Research (1000-5000) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards '%[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals' with 18% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
7%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
19%