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Biotechnology (United States) 2021

The biotech benchmark includes companies that derive their products and services from the extraction or manipulation of living organisms to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy, and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial manufacturing processes.

  • 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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Industry breakdown

  • Biotechnology

    100%

Are employees committed to their organizations?

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.

78% of Biotechnology (United States) employees are engaged

This is in the top 15% compared with the overall average.


The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 32 and is in the top 23% compared with the overall average.

Understanding the engagement questions

Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.

[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere

78%

7% above global average

I rarely think about looking for a job at another company

65%

6% above global average

I am proud to work for [Company]

92%

5% above global average

I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time

70%

3% above global average

I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work

85%

1% above global average

The highest scoring question for Biotechnology United States had 94% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.


People in Biotechnology United States were generally least favourable about Voice, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 17% of people disagreeing (+1% above average).

How long do people stay?

In the short term, 15% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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.

Average Glassdoor ratings

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

3.8 stars (+0)

Culture and Values

3.8 stars (-0.1)

Work Life Balance

3.8 stars (+0)

Compensation and Benefits

3.9 stars (+0.3)

Career Opportunities

3.6 stars (+0.1)

Recommend to Friend

69.0% (-2)

CEO Approval

92.0% (+8)

How does Biotechnology (United States) compare?

Organizations in Biotechnology United States tend to be very similar to the global all industries insights, with no significant departures from the average.

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