BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO

We believe that our employees around the world are compassionate, purpose-driven professionals who embody our mission of discovering and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Together, their unyielding focus on patients defines our culture.

Demographics: As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately 34,100 employees in 43 countries. Approximately 57% of our employees are located in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) and 43% are located outside of the U.S. We supplement our workforce with contingent and temporary workers, including certain independent contractors who provide certain specialized and skilled services.

People Strategy and Culture: Our People Strategy is designed to foster an inclusive and engaging work experience to attract, develop, and retain the most talented workforce that reflects the diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences of our patients and communities around the world. This is core to who we are and how we do business; it guides our decision-making and furthers our ability to deliver on our mission, execute our strategy and generate shareholder value. We strive to cultivate a culture that fosters collaboration and innovation, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and are valued for their unique perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer. We prioritize investment in enterprise-wide, comprehensive and cohesive programs and policies that accelerate development and collaboration, which creates a competitive advantage in recruiting, developing and retaining our future workforce.

Career Growth and Development: BMS champions the learning and development of all of our people, our most important asset, and we aspire to create a ‘future ready’ workforce by developing the critical skills needed to tackle the organization’s most pressing strategic priorities. Our extensive library of resources, which includes on-demand, open-enrollment and nominations-based experiences, are available in multiple languages to our 30,000+ employees. In 2024, more than 6,000 employees participated in our professional, managerial, and leadership development programs.

Employee Engagement: Our workforce is focused on our patients and are asked to demonstrate the values: Integrity, Passion, Inclusion, Innovation, Accountability and Urgency. By encouraging employees around the world to be their authentic selves at work, to ask questions, voice concerns, and think boldly, we create an energized environment of co-collaboration and co-design where bold ideas and solutions can lead to improved patient outcomes. We conduct confidential surveys that measure employee sentiment and actively seek feedback on topics such as culture and values, execution of our strategy, engagement and individual development, among others.

Compensation and Wellbeing: We provide highly competitive compensation and wellbeing offerings that enable our workforce to deliver on our business strategy.

•Compensation: Includes market competitive base salaries, annual incentives that recognize and reward company performance as well as individual results, and long-term equity incentives that focus employees on long-term value creation. We also offer sales-based incentives, special allowances, and peer-to-peer individual recognition.

•Wellbeing: We are committed to prioritizing the wellbeing of our workforce through Living Life Better, our strategy for encouraging the physical, emotional, work life, and financial wellbeing of our employees. For global consistency, we've established a framework with a set of standards concentrated on key areas: inclusive benefits, mental health, family care, and caregivers’ support, among others. Living Life Better is grounded in science and ensures that our employees have the support that best meets their individual needs at the right moment.

Employee Health & Safety: We are committed to protecting our workforce, communities, and patients, thereby ensuring the continued supply of life-saving medicines. We have comprehensive policies that ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors to our sites, can work or conduct their visit safely. We provide a comprehensive in-house occupational health service to ensure any work-related illness or disease is identified early so that worker health can be protected.