Biotechnology July 2025
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~95
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~95 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 2025.
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
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Biotechnology
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
58%
Asia
25%
Europe
13%
Oceania
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
54%
Male
46%
Non-Binary
0.1%
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.
75% of Biotechnology employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 22 and is in the top 17% compared with other industries.
How does Biotechnology compare?
People in Biotechnology were much more positive than average regarding Equity, Service & Quality Focus, and Company Performance.
People working in Biotechnology are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Biotechnology are less engaged than Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Biotechnology had 94% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Biotechnology 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 17% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
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 Biotechnology organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
4%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
34%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
9%
Greater than 10 years
3%