Biotechnology January 2026
~695k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~80
Organizations
These insights represent ~695k questions answered from ~80 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 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
57%
Asia
26%
Europe
13%
Oceania
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
50%
Female
50%
Non-Binary
0.04%
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.
73% 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 19% compared with other industries.
How does Biotechnology compare?
People in Biotechnology were much more positive than average regarding Leadership, Collaboration & Communication, and Innovation.
On the lower side, people in Biotechnology had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in Biotechnology are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Biotechnology are less engaged than Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Biotechnology had 93% 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 Management.
People in Biotechnology were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 14% of people disagreeing (-3% below 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 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 %[Company]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
30%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
12%