HUMAN CAPITAL PULSE: TECHNOLOGY · ISSUE 6 · JUNE 2026
A monthly Human Capital benchmark for HR and People leaders in Technology: the sector's talking points and how culture, workforce and talent compare across your peers, built on Deltabase data covering 5,500+ companies and 11M employee reviews.
June's wellbeing theme arrived through the side door. Meta's CTO said morale is close to its worst in 20 years after May's cuts, Oracle's annual filing confirmed a 21,000 fall in headcount, and CompTIA put the UK tech workforce at 2.15 million. The common thread: those who stay carry the load. This issue benchmarks Work-Life Balance and turnover across ten Technology leaders.
Leroy Hall, Deltabase
What happened: At a 2 June staff session, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said morale was "maybe not the worst it's ever been in 20 years here, but it's probably up there", according to Business Insider. In a later memo, Wired reported, he said the company had done "an atrocious job explaining the vision". Meta cut about 8,000 roles in May.
The Deltabase lens: Culture: The warning signs showed in 2025: Meta's overall NSS fell from +16.8% to +7.5% (2,835 reviews), Supportive Leadership from −32.4% to −46.8% and Purpose from −37.8% to −59.8%.
So what: Leadership and Purpose sentiment are the early indicators to track before, not after, a restructure.
What happened: Oracle's FY2026 annual report showed headcount down from 162,000 to 141,000 in the year to 31 May 2026, with restructuring costs of about $1.8bn. The filing links reductions to the adoption and deployment of AI across its operations, GIGAZINE reported.
The Deltabase lens: Workforce: Oracle is weighted to delivery, with 20.8% of staff in Professional Services and 10.9% in Sales, and its average monthly turnover rose to 1.24% in January–May 2026, from 0.63% a year earlier, peaking at 2.32% in April. Culture: Its Career Progression NSS fell from −67.9% to −75.8% in 2025, the lowest of the ten companies we track, even as Work-Life Balance held at +46.9%.
So what: Survivors who see no route up are a flight risk, however good the hours. Pair any AI-led restructure with a visible career path for those who remain.
What happened: CompTIA's UK research put the tech workforce at 2.15 million in 2025, 6.4% of total employment, with growth of 1% projected for 2026. Tech roles pay 53% above the UK median, IT Brief UK reported.
The Deltabase lens: Talent: UK-headquartered Arm shows the skills that premium buys: 30.7% of its workforce lists Python, 15.5% AI and 12.5% machine learning. Culture: Arm's Work-Life Balance NSS remained strong at +35.4% in 2025, though below +47.7% in 2024.
So what: In a market paying well above median, wellbeing and flexibility are part of the offer. Watch for slippage in strong scores, not just weak ones.
7 of 10: Technology Top 100 companies saw Work-Life Balance NSS fall in 2025, even as the sector median edged up from +8.0% to +11.0%.
| Company | Culture: Work-Life Balance NSS, 2025 (2024) | Workforce: % in HR | Turnover: avg monthly, Jan–May 2026 (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAP | +52.1% (+54.6%) | 2.1% | 0.45% (0.63%) |
| Oracle | +46.9% (+47.2%) | 1.6% | 1.24% (0.63%) |
| IBM | +40.9% (+42.9%) | 2.1% | 0.64% (0.86%) |
| Microsoft | +20.4% (+20.9%) | 1.5% | 1.41% (1.40%) |
| Alphabet (Google) | −20.3% (−15.4%) | 2.0% | 0.67% (0.76%) |
| Meta Platforms | −65.3% (−38.6%) | 2.3% | 1.12% (1.20%) |
Source: Deltabase Culture data, Employee Net Sentiment Score (−100% to +100%), 2024–2025; sector median and count across Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Meta Platforms, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP and Arm Holdings. Deltabase Workforce data (share of workforce in HR). Deltabase Employee Turnover data, average monthly turnover January–May 2026 (January–May 2025 in brackets).
On Culture, Microsoft's Work-Life Balance NSS was +20.4% in 2025 (4,976 reviews) against −65.3% at Meta (2,835 reviews), though Microsoft's Supportive Leadership slipped from −10.2% to −24.6%. On Workforce, Microsoft is the more engineering-centred, with 46.9% of staff in Tech against 30.6% at Meta, where 15.5% sit in Marketing. On Talent, 32.4% of Microsoft's workforce lists AI skills, against 19.1% at Meta. Median tenure is 5.3 years at Microsoft and 3.6 years at Meta, and average monthly turnover in January–May 2026 was 1.41% and 1.12%.
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Sources: Stocktwits, citing Business Insider and Wired (16 June 2026); GIGAZINE, citing Oracle's FY2026 Form 10-K (23 June 2026); IT Brief UK, citing CompTIA (26 June 2026); Deltabase Culture data; Deltabase Workforce data; Deltabase Talent data; Deltabase Employee Turnover data.