Western Europe July 2026
~4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~750
Organizations
These insights represent ~4m questions answered from ~750 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Machinery, Nonprofit Organization Management
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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 Western Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 33% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 6 and is in the bottom 36% compared with other regions.
How does Western Europe compare?
People in Western Europe were much more positive than average regarding Performance Effectiveness, Goal Alignment, and Coaching.
On the lower side, people in Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Equity.
People working in Western Europe are less engaged than APAC, Eastern Europe, North America, and Middle East.
The highest scoring question for Western Europe had 88% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Western Europe 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 18% of people disagreeing (+5% 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 Western Europe organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
21%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
25%