According to the second biennial 2019 Life Sciences Ideal Employer Report by BioSpace, the top three most important attributes cited by life sciences professionals around the world are the opportunity to do interesting and meaningful work, a competitive salary and health benefits.
What do life sciences professionals value in an employer?
According to the second biennial 2019 Life Sciences Ideal Employer Report by BioSpace, the top three most important attributes cited by life sciences professionals around the world are the opportunity to do interesting and meaningful work, a competitive salary and health benefits.
BioSpace surveyed more than 2,700 life science professionals globally between May and July 2019. Respondents were asked to identify their top 3 ideal employers – companies they are most interested in working for – and then asked to rate various attributes of those employers. More than 5,400 votes for Ideal Employer were cast, and almost 900 different companies were named. These are the 30 companies that rose to the top:
2019 Top 30 Life Sciences Employers
| RANK | COMPANY | RANK | COMPANY |
| 1 | Genentech | 16 | GlaxoSmithKline |
| 2 | Pfizer | 17 | AstraZeneca |
| 3 | Merck | 18 | Eli Lilly and Company |
| 4 | Amgen | 19 | Verily |
| 5 | Novartis | 20 | Sanofi |
| 6 | Johnson & Johnson | 21 | Abbott |
| 7 | Roche | 22 | Celgene |
| 8 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 23 | bluebird bio |
| 9 | Gilead Sciences | 24 | BioMarin |
| 10 | AbbVie | 25 | Vertex |
| 11 | Illumina | 26 | Medtronic |
| 12 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 27 | Bayer |
| 13 | Takeda/Shire | 28 | Boston Scientific |
| 14 | Biogen | 29 | Stryker |
| 15 | Regeneron | 30 | Alnylam |
