The legalfinance benchmark includes responses from only people who work within this specific function group. These people had role titles such as Accounting, Auditing, Tax, Payroll, Risk, and Financial Analyst.
~1.6m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~850
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.6m questions answered from ~850 organizations, ranging in size from 0 to 1,900 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
Computer Software
18%
Information Technology and Services
8%
Internet
6%
Financial Services
4%
Insurance
3%
Investment Banking
3%
Investment Management
3%
Hospital & Health Care
2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
2%
Food & Beverages
2%
Wholesale
2%
Commercial Real Estate
2%
North America
46%
Oceania
23%
Europe
18%
Asia
8%
MEA
3%
South America
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 bottom 33% compared with other job functions.
The average eNPS score for people in this group is 14 and is in the bottom 23% 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 | 64% 1% above global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 83% 1% above global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 55% Same as global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 86% Same as global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 68% 1% below global average |
People within Function Legal & Finance are less engaged than Function Sales and Function Leadership.
The highest scoring question for Function Legal & Finance had 91% of People agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to [company]'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Diversity.
People in Function Legal & Finance 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 20% of people disagreeing (+0% 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 Function: Legal and Finance organizations.
I have confidence in the leaders at [Company]
The factor this relates most closely to is Leadership
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 Function: Legal and Finance organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at [Company] | 73% favorable Leadership |
2 The leaders at [Company] demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | 71% favorable Leadership |
3 [Company] really allows us to make a positive difference | 70% favorable Social Connection |
4 [Company] effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | 57% favorable Company Performance |
5 People from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed at [Company] | 80% favorable Fairness |
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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 have confidence in the leaders at [Company] | 73% favorable Leadership |
2 [Company] effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | 57% favorable Company Performance |
3 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | 75% favorable Alignment & Involvement |
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 | 3.7 stars (-0.1) |
Culture and Values | 3.8 stars (-0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 3.8 stars (+0) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.6 stars (+0) |
Career Opportunities | 3.5 stars (+0) |
Recommend to Friend | 69.0% (-2) |
CEO Approval | 83.0% (-1) |
Organizations in the Function: Legal and Finance benchmark on average gave 9% 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%
Function: Legal and Finance
9%
People in Function Legal & Finance were much more positive than average regarding Fairness, Decision Making, and Diversity.
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