The construction and heavy industry benchmark covers industries that are often doing things on a grand physical scale. They employ engineers, machinery operators and other skilled workers who can bring big projects and endeavors to life. This benchmark only includes Men employees. We use woman and man because most of our customers are using binary options.
~2m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~80
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~80 organizations, ranging in size from 10 to 7,700 people, in the last 12 months.
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
Construction
30%
Utilities
21%
Automotive
14%
Oil & Energy
11%
Mining & Metals
8%
Renewables & Environment
8%
Building Materials
3%
Machinery
3%
Oceania
59%
North America
21%
Europe
12%
Asia
6%
MEA
1%
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 in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 43% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 69% 6% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 56% 1% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 82% Same as global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 85% 1% below global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 67% 2% below global average |
Men working in Construction & Heavy Industry are more engaged than Marketing & Advertising Male. Men working in Construction & Heavy Industry are less engaged than Pharmaceuticals Male and Investment Management Male.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry had 90% of Men agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
Men in Construction & Heavy Industry 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 16% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
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 Construction and Heavy Industry (Male) organizations.
Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities
The factor this relates most closely to is Service & Quality Focus
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 Construction and Heavy Industry (Male) organizations.
1 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | 64% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
2 [Company] is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | 74% favorable Learning & Development |
3 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 63% favorable Learning & Development |
4 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 77% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
5 At [Company] we act on promising new or innovative ideas | 61% favorable Innovation |
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, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% 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 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | 64% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
2 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 63% favorable Learning & Development |
3 Most of the systems and processes here support us getting our work done effectively | 58% favorable Enablement |
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 | 3.5 stars (-0.3) |
Culture and Values | 3.5 stars (-0.4) |
Work Life Balance | 3.4 stars (-0.4) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.5 stars (-0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.3 stars (-0.2) |
Recommend to Friend | 66.0% (-5) |
CEO Approval | 79.0% (-5) |
Organizations in the Construction and Heavy Industry (Male) 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%
Construction and Heavy Industry (Male)
8%
Men in Construction & Heavy Industry were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making.
On the lower side, Men in Construction & Heavy Industry had much lower favorable scores than average in Voice and Service & Quality Focus.
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