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Top pharmaceutical employers in Ireland

Pfizer leads Irish pharmaceutical with a Visibility score of 100.0 out of 100, 15.4 points ahead of Johnson & Johnson. AbbVie is third. The list covers the 53 pharmaceutical employers AI recommends to job seekers in Ireland.

53 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    Pfizer

    #1 in Irish pharmaceutical#1 for purpose#1 for onboarding#1 for Clinical Research

    Every AI recommends it for purpose, onboarding and the hiring process, among others. No other Irish pharmaceutical employer is named for purpose or onboarding by every AI. The pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most in Ireland.

    100.0
  2. 2

    Johnson & Johnson

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for the hiring process, work-life balance and pay, among others.

    84.6
  3. 3

    AbbVie

    Top 3Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for culture, pay and leadership, among others.

    76.9
  4. 4

    Merck & Co.

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, career growth and interviews.

    64.1
  5. 5

    Merck

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for innovation.

    59.0
  6. 6

    Eli Lilly

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership.

    51.3
  7. 7

    Sanofi

    AI recommends it most for the hiring process, inclusion and leadership, among others. One AI does not mention it yet.

    48.7
  8. 8

    Bristol Myers Squibb

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for culture, work-life balance and job security, among others.

    38.5
  9. 8

    Novartis

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security and interviews.

    38.5
  10. 10

    GSK

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, pay and interviews.

    35.9
  11. 10

    Janssen

    Every AI

    AI recommends it most for innovation, pay and career growth, among others.

    35.9
  12. 10

    Regeneron

    AI recommends it most for interviews. One AI does not mention it yet.

    35.9

Everyone else

13 to 27Amgen, Roche, Takeda, AstraZeneca and 20 moreShow
  1. 13Amgen33.3
  2. 13Roche33.3
  3. 15Takeda30.8
  4. 16AstraZeneca15.4
  5. 17Abbott12.8
  6. 17Teva12.8
  7. 19Allergan10.3
  8. 19BMS10.3
  9. 19Bayer10.3
  10. 19Gilead Sciences10.3
  11. 19Medtronic10.3
  12. 19Servier10.3
  13. 19Thermo Fisher Scientific10.3
  14. 26ICON7.7
  15. 27Almac Group5.1
  16. 27BD5.1
  17. 27Boston Scientific5.1
  18. 27Chugai5.1
  19. 27Gedeon Richter5.1
  20. 27Jazz Pharmaceuticals5.1
  21. 27Lonza5.1
  22. 27Mallinckrodt5.1
  23. 27Stryker5.1
  24. 27Vertex5.1
37Alkermes, Alnylam, Astellas, Bausch + Lomb and 13 moreShow
  1. 37Alkermes2.6
  2. 37Alnylam2.6
  3. 37Astellas2.6
  4. 37Bausch + Lomb2.6
  5. 37BioMarin2.6
  6. 37Biogen2.6
  7. 37Boehringer Ingelheim2.6
  8. 37Catalent2.6
  9. 37Fujifilm2.6
  10. 37IQVIA2.6
  11. 37Kerry2.6
  12. 37Labcorp2.6
  13. 37MSD in Ireland2.6
  14. 37Parexel2.6
  15. 37Syneos Health2.6
  16. 37Viatris2.6
  17. 37WuXi AppTec2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Irish pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most when candidates ask about each topic.

By role

Who AI recommends to engineers is not who it recommends to salespeople. Each role has its own ranking.

About this ranking

This is the first measurement of this ranking, so there is no earlier order to compare it with yet.

What separates the top five from the rest is innovation and inclusion: AI recommends the leaders for these far more often than the employers below them. The gap is smallest on work-life balance, where the rest of the list keeps closer to the leaders.

Across the 23 countries the index covers for pharmaceutical, the leader here has the 3rd highest score. Pfizer also leads in Canada, China and Mexico and elsewhere.

More than half of the 53 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 35.9. The leader's 100.0 shows how far ahead the most recommended employers sit.

Most lists of the best pharmaceutical companies to work for come from employee surveys or awards. This one tracks what AI tells job seekers, because many candidates now ask AI where to work before they open a careers page.

Pharmaceutical rankings in other countries

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Questions about this ranking

What are the top pharmaceutical companies to work for in Ireland?

Going by who AI recommends most to Irish job seekers right now: Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie, Merck & Co. and Merck.

Which Irish pharmaceutical employer does AI recommend for purpose?

Pfizer. No other Irish pharmaceutical employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about purpose.

Which Irish pharmaceutical employer does AI recommend for onboarding?

Pfizer. No other Irish pharmaceutical employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about onboarding.

Which Irish pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for the hiring process?

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are both named by every AI when candidates ask about the hiring process.

How does the Employer Visibility Index work?

We ask AI assistants the questions job seekers ask about employers, by industry, country and role. We record which employers they recommend and turn that into a Visibility score out of 100.

How often are rankings updated?

Rankings refresh with each new round of AI answers. Each page shows the date its data was updated, and the arrows next to each score show how an employer has moved since the previous measurement.

Do I need to be a PerceptionX customer to appear in the index?

No. Any employer AI recommends often enough appears automatically. Customers get the full picture behind their Visibility score and well beyond it: how positively AI describes them (Sentiment), the themes it links them with, the sources it relies on, custom reports by country and role, and clear steps to improve how candidates see them.