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Top pharmaceutical employers in the Netherlands

Pfizer leads Dutch pharmaceutical with a Visibility score of 97.4 out of 100, 17.9 points ahead of Johnson & Johnson. Sanofi is third. The list covers the 56 pharmaceutical employers AI recommends to job seekers in the Netherlands.

56 employers · scores out of 100 · Data updated:

  1. 1

    Pfizer

    #1 in Dutch pharmaceutical#1 for Clinical Research#1 for Commercial & Sales#1 for Manufacturing & Quality

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, onboarding and innovation, among others. The pharmaceutical employer AI recommends most in the Netherlands.

    97.4
  2. 2

    Johnson & Johnson

    Top 3#1 for Research & DevelopmentEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for leadership, career growth and inclusion, among others.

    79.5
  3. 3

    Sanofi

    Top 3Every AI

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

    76.9
  4. 4

    Novartis

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for innovation, job security and pay, among others.

    71.8
  5. 4

    Roche

    #1 for purposeEvery AI

    Every AI recommends it for purpose and pay. No other Dutch pharmaceutical employer is named for purpose by every AI.

    71.8
  6. 6

    Merck & Co.

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for job security, culture and the hiring process, among others.

    69.2
  7. 7

    Janssen

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for onboarding, innovation and inclusion, among others.

    64.1
  8. 8

    AstraZeneca

    Every AI

    Every AI recommends it for work-life balance.

    59.0
  9. 9

    GSK

    AI recommends it most for leadership, pay and career growth, among others. One AI does not mention it yet.

    43.6
  10. 10

    Organon

    AI recommends it most for inclusion, culture and onboarding, among others. Only one AI mentions it so far.

    33.3

Everyone else

11 to 29Merck, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Takeda and 17 moreShow
  1. 11Merck30.8
  2. 12Bayer28.2
  3. 13Novo Nordisk25.6
  4. 13Takeda25.6
  5. 15AbbVie23.1
  6. 16DSM-Firmenich20.5
  7. 17Astellas12.8
  8. 17Genmab12.8
  9. 19Gilead Sciences10.3
  10. 19Mylan10.3
  11. 19Viatris10.3
  12. 22Boehringer Ingelheim7.7
  13. 22Bristol Myers Squibb7.7
  14. 22IQVIA7.7
  15. 22Lonza7.7
  16. 22Philips7.7
  17. 22Teva7.7
  18. 22UCB7.7
  19. 29Abbott5.1
  20. 29Amgen5.1
  21. 29ICON5.1
32AkzoNobel, Alcon, BioMarin, Catalent and 21 moreShow
  1. 32AkzoNobel2.6
  2. 32Alcon2.6
  3. 32BioMarin2.6
  4. 32Catalent2.6
  5. 32Chiesi2.6
  6. 32Cognizant2.6
  7. 32FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies2.6
  8. 32Ferrer2.6
  9. 32Ferring Pharmaceuticals2.6
  10. 32Gedeon Richter2.6
  11. 32Hikma Pharmaceuticals2.6
  12. 32Labcorp2.6
  13. 32Lundbeck2.6
  14. 32Medtronic2.6
  15. 32PPD2.6
  16. 32Parexel2.6
  17. 32QIAGEN2.6
  18. 32Royal DSM2.6
  19. 32Sandoz2.6
  20. 32Sartorius2.6
  21. 32Servier2.6
  22. 32Solvay2.6
  23. 32Syneos Health2.6
  24. 32UCB Pharma2.6
  25. 32Vertex2.6

Best for what candidates ask about

The Dutch 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 the hiring process and pay: 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 9th highest score. Pfizer also leads in Canada, China and Ireland and elsewhere.

Half of the 56 employers score 5.1 or less, while a place in the top ten takes a score of 33.3. The leader's 97.4 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.

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Questions about this ranking

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

Going by who AI recommends most to Dutch job seekers right now: Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Novartis and Roche.

Which Dutch pharmaceutical employer does AI recommend for purpose?

Roche. No other Dutch pharmaceutical employer is named by every AI when candidates ask about purpose.

Which Dutch pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for leadership?

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are both named by every AI when candidates ask about leadership.

Which Dutch pharmaceutical employers does AI recommend for onboarding?

Pfizer and Janssen are both named by every AI when candidates ask about onboarding.

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.