Career and jobs website, Glassdoor, has announced its seventh annual Employees Choice Awards. The awards recognize the best companies to work as voted by the employees in the US and UK.
1. Google
Google Office, Zurich
Google has been named the ‘best company to work for’ by a number of publications including Fortune. The tech giant has also been voted the best company to work for in Canada, USA, Japan, Ireland, India and the UK. It is hard to beat a work environment where employees come more to play than to work. With fancy, colorful and playful offices, great perks for employees and free lunches, employees have no reason to have ‘Monday blues’. But it is the open, collaborative and innovative culture at Google that makes the organization different from most companies of the same size. Co-founders Larry and Sergey have deliberately kept the open culture of a start-up which has been replicated in Google’s 70 offices in 40 countries.
2. Bain & Company
As one of the biggest consulting companies based in Boston, US, Bain & Company employees say that working at the company makes them feel “useful and make a significant impact” irrespective of position. Employees get a lot of support from management and the pay is good, though there is a lot of work. The level of community and family is evident in how colleagues relate with each other.
3. Nestle Purina PetCare
For a company that makes pet food, you would be forgiven to expect drab routine without much thrill. But workers at the biggest pet food company love what they do, plus they get to bring their pets to work once a week. Nestle Purina PetCare ethos of excellence and creating a conducive environment for employees makes it the envy of many companies. As a result, it attracts the best minds in the field.
4. F5 Networks
This network and security firm ranks very well in compensating its staff and creating great products. The spirit of teamwork is evident at F5 Networks with employees saying the environment is competitive and pushes them to be better by learning from colleagues and bosses.
5. Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group goes head to head with its competitors, Bain & Company and McKinsey, in attracting the best consultants. In addition to working with the best in the industry, BCG gives employees get up to 30 days of annual vacation and education sponsorship. The flat hierarchy helps early-career employees get first-hand mentorship from managers. Though the work is a lot, workers feel their creative and analytical skills are needed and being used, even for undergrads.
The other top companies that appeared on the list include:
6. Chevron
7. HEB
8. In-N-Out Burger
9. McKinsey & Company
10. Mayo Clinic