2019 New Tech Benchmark - Mid-Sized

"Belief that their organization is a great place to progress their development is the biggest driver of engagement."

Summary:

The New Tech numbers tell a story of (mostly) young and fast-growing companies that are some of the most in-demand places to work in the world right now. But what makes a New Tech company is not their age, size or industry - it is their approach to business. All of our New Tech companies are disruptive at their hearts; often internet-based or focused on creating bold new technologies.

New Tech 2019 | 200-500: This benchmark captures data from the mid-tier sized New Tech companies that have surpassed the 200 people milestone but not yet cracked the 500+ size.

Anatomy of the benchmark:

Response rate:

• 81% average response rate across all companies
• Bottom quartile (25th percentile) was 72% participation
• Top quartile (75th percentile) was 91% participation

Sub industries:

• Computer Software
• Internet
• Information Technology and Services
• Computer & Network Security
• Computer Games

Glassdoor ratings:

We have connected the employee feedback data with ratings for each company included in the benchmark to provide the below insights.

• 3.9/5 stars average overall company rating
• 78% average CEO approval
• 74% average recommend to friend 

Key Insights and Data for the People Geeks!

How engaged are employees in New Tech - Mid-Sized companies?

New Tech - Mid-Sized companies employee engagement scores by percentile

If you are interested in the spread of employee engagement ratings, below are the engagement scores by percentile.

What has the biggest impact on employee engagement in New Tech - Mid-Sized companies?

Insight: Learning and development and confidence in leaders have the largest impact on employee engagement.

Questions included and excluded:

Engagement Questions Excluded: The following questions did not have enough responses to be included in this generation this year.

• I have been provided an opportunity to see and discuss recent employee survey results
• My manager, or someone else, has communicated some clear actions based on recent employee survey results

Diversity and Inclusion questions included: The following questions were able to be included because we received sufficient amounts of responses for this benchmark cut.

• I can be my authentic self at work
• I feel respected at %ACCOUNT_NAME%
• I feel like I belong at %ACCOUNT_NAME%
• %ACCOUNT_NAME% values diversity
• %ACCOUNT_NAME% builds teams that are diverse
• People from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to succeed at %ACCOUNT_NAME%
• %ACCOUNT_NAME% enables me to balance work and personal life
• When I speak up, my opinion is valued
• I can voice a contrary opinion without fear of negative consequences

Learn more

Gain a deeper understanding of what makes our benchmarks special and learn more about how we calculate our Industry benchmarks here.