Pharmaceuticals July 2026
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~50
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~50 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Pharmaceuticals
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Europe
53%
Northern America
35%
Asia
5%
Oceania
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
51%
Male
49%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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.
70% of Pharmaceuticals employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 50% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 12 and is in the bottom 23% compared with other industries.
How does Pharmaceuticals compare?
On the lower side, people in Pharmaceuticals had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Pharmaceuticals are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Pharmaceuticals are less engaged than Biotechnology, Legal Services, Renewables & Environment, and Civil Engineering.
The highest scoring question for Pharmaceuticals had 91% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Pharmaceuticals were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 17% of people disagreeing (+4% 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 Pharmaceuticals organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 We are encouraged to be innovative even though some of our initiatives may not succeed | Innovation |
3 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at %[Company]% | Feedback & Recognition |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
19%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
24%
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