Technology, Science, Research DACH July 2026
~180k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~180k questions answered from ~35 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Biotechnology, Defense & Space, Research, Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
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.
69% of Technology, Science, Research DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 1 and is in the bottom 16% compared with the overall average.
How does Technology, Science, Research DACH compare?
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Technology, Science, Research DACH are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Technology, Science, Research DACH are less engaged than East Asia, Software Engineer Canada, Consulting & Staffing Asia, and Construction & Heavy Industry (100-200).
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research DACH had 92% 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 DACH were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]%' with 21% of people disagreeing (+9% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
0.72%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
9%
2 to less than 4 years
15%
4 to less than 6 years
19%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
38%
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