Pharmaceuticals North America July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Female
54%
Male
46%
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.
67% of Pharmaceuticals North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 48% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 4 and is in the bottom 18% compared with the overall average.
How does Pharmaceuticals North America compare?
People in Pharmaceuticals North America were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion and Management.
On the lower side, people in Pharmaceuticals North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Feedback & Recognition, and Leadership.
People working in Pharmaceuticals North America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Pharmaceuticals North America are less engaged than Consulting & Staffing APAC, Computer Software Middle East, Medical Devices, and Consulting & Staffing (1000-5000).
The highest scoring question for Pharmaceuticals North America had 91% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Pharmaceuticals North America were generally least favourable about Company Performance, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+3% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
15%