The finance benchmark represents a broad range of finance and investment focused companies. They range from more traditional finance companies (often those focused on modernizing) as well as more disruptive finance companies that might be described as 'FinTech'. This benchmark only includes organizations of size 100–200 employees.
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
Investment Banking
32%
Commercial Real Estate
21%
Financial Services
15%
Investment Management
13%
Insurance
13%
Banking
2%
Real Estate
2%
Capital Markets
2%
North America
55%
Oceania
26%
Europe
16%
MEA
2%
Asia
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 11% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 17% 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 | 68% 5% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 60% 5% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 73% 4% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 86% 4% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 88% 2% above global average |
People working in Finance 100–200) are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Finance 100–200) are less engaged than Investment Management United States, New Tech Eastern Europe, and China 1000+).
The highest scoring question for Finance 100–200) had 90% of People agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Finance 100–200) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 19% of people disagreeing (-1% below average).
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% 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 am included in decisions that affect my work | 72% favorable Decision Making |
2 I am appropriately involved in decisions that affect my work | 72% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
3 My manager, or someone else, has communicated some clear actions based on recent employee survey results | 58% favorable Action |
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 | 4.05 stars (+0.2) |
Culture and Values | 4.05 stars (+0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 4.0 stars (+0.2) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.8 stars (+0.2) |
Career Opportunities | 3.8 stars (+0.2) |
Recommend to Friend | 79.0% (+8) |
CEO Approval | 89.0% (+5) |
Organizations in the Finance (100–200) benchmark on average gave 10% 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%
Finance (100–200)
10%
People in Finance 100–200) were much more positive than average regarding Action, Collaboration & Communication, and Decision Making.
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