Biotechnology & Medical Devices January 2026
~1.3m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.3m questions answered from ~150 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, Medical Devices
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
49%
Asia
17%
Oceania
16%
Europe
15%
Latin America
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
52%
Female
48%
Non-Binary
0.07%
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 and Medical Devices employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 22 and is in the top 20% compared with other industries.
How does Biotechnology and Medical Devices compare?
People in Biotechnology & Medical Devices were much more positive than average regarding Leadership, Collaboration & Communication, and Innovation.
On the lower side, people in Biotechnology & Medical Devices had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity and Diversity.
People working in Biotechnology & Medical Devices are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Biotechnology & Medical Devices are less engaged than Venture Capital & Private Equity and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Biotechnology & Medical Devices had 93% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Biotechnology & Medical Devices 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 15% of people disagreeing (-2% 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 and Medical Devices organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
14%