Biotechnology July 2026
~480k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~65
Organizations
These insights represent ~480k questions answered from ~65 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. 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
74%
Europe
20%
Asia
5%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
55%
Female
45%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
74% of Biotechnology employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 36% compared with other industries.
How does Biotechnology compare?
People in Biotechnology were much more positive than average regarding Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in Biotechnology had much lower favorable scores than average in Workplace Engagement.
People working in Biotechnology are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Biotechnology are less engaged than Health & Wellness and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Biotechnology had 94% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+5% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
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).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% 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
3%
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
25%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
16%
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