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'.
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.
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Financial Services
50%
Investment Management
17%
Insurance
12%
Commercial Real Estate
8%
Investment Banking
8%
Banking
4%
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 31% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 21 and is in the top 29% 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 | 67% 4% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 58% 3% above global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 71% 2% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 83% 1% above global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 85% 1% below global average |
People working in Finance Asia are more engaged than Professional Services DACH, Marketing & Advertising Female, Professional Services Western Europe, and Retail United Kingdom. People working in Finance Asia are less engaged than Construction & Heavy Industry North America, Construction & Heavy Industry Northern America, New Tech Latin America, and New Tech Israel.
The highest scoring question for Finance Asia had 88% 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 Management.
People in Finance Asia were generally least favourable about Social Connection, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at [Company]' with 28% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% 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 Workloads are divided fairly among people where I work | 65% favorable Teamwork & Ownership |
2 Most people here make a good effort to consult other staff where appropriate | 75% favorable Collaboration & Communication |
3 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at [Company] | 64% 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 | 3.7 stars (-0.2) |
Work Life Balance | 3.75 stars (+0) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.5 stars (-0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.15 stars (-0.4) |
Recommend to Friend | 70.5% (-0.5) |
CEO Approval | 83.5% (-0.5) |
Organizations in the Finance (Asia) benchmark on average gave 7% 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 (Asia)
7%
People in Finance Asia were much more positive than average regarding Collaboration & Communication, Action, and Decision Making.
On the lower side, People in Finance Asia had much lower favorable scores than average in Fairness, Social Connection, and Company Performance.
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