The Great Employee Benefits Study 2026.
Do you know how to engage your employees? A large-scale employee benefits survey provides HR decision-makers with data they can use to justify investments in benefits to management and target them where they yield the greatest return
Study: Employers’ and employees’ views on investing in workplace wellbeing differ sharply.
The 2026 Great Employee Benefits Study maps trends in workplace wellbeing, benefits, and the employee experience in Finland and Europe. The study reveals where organizations’ promises and employees’ everyday realities diverge, where the gap between management’s perspective and the employee experience is greatest, and where employee benefits are not yet living up to their potential.
The results show that the relevance of benefits matters more than their quantity. The competitive advantage of the future will go to employers who target their investments in employee benefits precisely where they have the greatest impact on engagement, wellbeing, and employer brand.
What is the Great Employee Benefits Study?
The Great Employee Benefits Study will be conducted for the fourth time in 2026. The study was designed by professors and researchers at Aalto University. It was conducted by Pole Star Advisory in collaboration with Epassi.
The study compares the views of employees and employers on employee benefits, workplace wellbeing, and the employee experience across eight European countries. The Finnish data set consists of 1,000 employees and 450 employers.
The results show how your organization’s benefits package likely compares to those of other organizations in the same industry, and what kinds of benefits your employees are hoping for.
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1. Introduction to The Great Study on Employee Benefits 20262. The Role of Benefits in Recruitment and Retention
3. Tailoring Benefits Investments to Employees’ Needs
4. Why Employees Stay—and Why They Leave
5. The Impact of Benefits on Employee Satisfaction
6. From Benefits to Impact—Closing the Gap
7. Well-being at work: from investment to impact
8. Hybrid work works—but not for everyone
9. The Rise of AI in the Workplace—Opportunity or Threat?
10. The Swedish benefits landscape
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By European standards, Finnish employees are satisfied with their employment benefits. Three out of four Finnish employees feel that their benefits package has a significant impact on their job satisfaction.
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Check out the studies from previous years.
The Great Employee Benefits Study 2025.
The Great Employee Benefits Study 2024.
The Great Employee Benefits Study 2023.
The value of employee benefits is increasing every year.
Benefits play a crucial role in recruitment and employee retention.
“Benefits can be a deciding factor when competing for the best experts. These days, small consulting firms may even offer more and better benefits than large firms.”
