 AstraZeneca was again named among the top ten in Science magazine’s annual survey of Top Employers. This survey polls employees in the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and related industries, seeking to identify the companies with the best reputations as employers.
AstraZeneca’s three key characteristics were considered the following by respondents: During all Science’s Top Employers survey’s six years of existence, AstraZeneca has been on the top ten list. The 2007 results are based on 3,157 survey responses from readers of Science and other respondents in industry. Twenty-nine percent of the respondents came from outside the United States, primarily Western Europe, and 92 percent worked in private industry. This year, AstraZeneca ranked nine. The rankings, determined from a study conducted by an independent research firm commissioned by the business office of the journal, Science, appear in a special business supplement of the 12 October 2007 issue.
Survey parameters
Survey responses were analyzed by Senn-Delaney Culture Diagnostics & Measurement, which used a mathematical process to assign a unique score to rate the companies’ 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 factors. Published 18 October 2007 |