The China benchmark represents people who work in China. It covers all industries and functions. The benchmark includes people who work in China but their organizations have headquarters in other countries.
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
Computer Software
14%
Financial Services
8%
Staffing and Recruiting
6%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
6%
Information Technology and Services
5%
Insurance
3%
Marketing and Advertising
3%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3%
Food & Beverages
3%
Consumer Electronics
3%
Automotive
3%
Retail
3%
Public Relations and Communications
3%
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.
This is the highest scoring group compared with other countries.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 40 and is the highest scoring group compared with other countries.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 85% 16% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 71% 16% above global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 78% 15% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 89% 7% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 89% 3% above global average |
People working in China are more engaged than Italy, New Zealand, France, and Ireland.
The highest scoring question for China had 95% of People agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+6% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Teamwork & Ownership.
People in China were generally least favourable about Company Performance, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at [Company]' with 12% of people disagreeing (-11% below average).
In the short term, 7% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-13% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 2% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-10% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 I believe action will take place as a result of this survey | 83% favorable Action |
2 I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at [Company] | 64% favorable Fairness |
3 When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it | 76% favorable Feedback & Recognition |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 3.55 stars (-0.2) |
Culture and Values | 3.8 stars (-0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 3.5 stars (-0.3) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.5 stars (-0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.3 stars (-0.2) |
Recommend to Friend | 70.0% (-1) |
CEO Approval | 82.0% (-2) |
Organizations in the China benchmark on average gave 8% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is below the overall average of 10% and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark are more likely to share via offline and traditional formats.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Global average
10%
China
8%
People in China were much more positive than average regarding Fairness, Company Performance, and Enablement.
Below are the most common areas that organizations in China choose to take action on using the Culture Amp platform. Actions varied from changing or iterating on an All Hands meeting, introducing new skip level 1:1s, to introducing an organizational transparency report.
1 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 75% favorable Learning & Development |
2 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at [Company] | 84% favorable Feedback & Recognition |
3 I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 71% favorable Engagement |
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