Western Europe January 2026
~4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~800
Organizations
These insights represent ~4m questions answered from ~800 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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications
Reported gender breakdown
Male
57%
Female
43%
Non-Binary
0.06%
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.
65% 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 Wellbeing Culture, Remote Teams, and Flow.
On the lower side, people in Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Western Europe are less engaged than Eastern Europe, APAC, North America, and Middle East.
The highest scoring question for Western Europe had 87% 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 Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 27% of people disagreeing (+4% 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]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
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, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
22%