Technology, Science, Research 1000+ January 2026
~3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~45
Organizations
These insights represent ~3m questions answered from ~45 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
Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Research, Defense & Space, Aviation & Aerospace
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
40%
Europe
32%
Asia
11%
Oceania
11%
Latin America
4%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.07%
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.
67% of Technology, Science, Research 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 37% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 5 and is in the bottom 7% compared with other industries.
How does Technology, Science, Research 1000+ compare?
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Technology, Science, Research 1000+ are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications. People working in Technology, Science, Research 1000+ are less engaged than All Industries (Global), Hospitality, B Corp, and New Tech.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research 1000+ 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 Management.
People in Technology, Science, Research 1000+ 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 (+3% 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 1000+ organizations.
1 I have access to the things I need to do my job well | Enablement (outcome) |
2 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
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, 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
22%