The Science and Science Careers' 2017 annual Top Employers Survey polled employees in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and related industries to determine the 20 best employers in these industries as well as their driving characteristics. Respondents to the web-based survey were asked to rate companies based on 23 characteristics, including financial strength, easy adaptation to change, and a research-driven environment.
Again this year, Regeneron of Tarrytown, New York, receives the top honor in a ranking of the world's most respected biopharmaceutical employers. The rankings, determined from a study conducted by an independent research firm commissioned by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office, will appear in the 20 October 2017 print issue of Science and online at ScienceCareers.org.
Like Science and Science Careers' 2016 ranking of biopharma employers , the 2017 survey sought to identify the companies with the best reputations as employers. The findings are based on 6,950 completed surveys from readers of Science and other survey invitees. Survey respondents came from North America (65%), Europe (25%), and Asia/Pacific Rim (7%); 94% work in biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical companies.
Survey responses were analyzed by The Brighton Consulting Group, which used a mathematical process to determine the driving characteristics of a top employer and to assign a unique score to rate each company's employer reputation. Each company received a ranking, for example, on the basis of whether it treats its employees with respect, whether its work-culture values align with employees' personal values, and other driving characteristics.
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For the complete feature along with individual company rankings, go to http://www.sciencecareers.org/TopEmployers2017.
The article will be posted at this URL address the evening of October 19, 2017.
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