Google has taken the number one Spot on Glassdoor’s Inaugural Best Places to Work UK List.
The jobs and career community, has just announced the winners of its seventh annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honouring the Best Places to Work in 2015 across the UK and the U.S. This is the first year the awards have published a list of the Best Places to Work in the UK, based entirely on UK employee insights submitted over the past year.
“Career-wise this is a great place to work – there are opportunities for anyone who is willing to build a reputation.”
Search engine powerhouse Google took the employer crown based on its workplace flexibility, working culture, office environment and leadership. One google employee described the Google working experience as having a “very cool culture, amazing people, offices to die for, some of the most innovative projects anywhere on the planet, flat organisation, leaders who understand the challenges facing the organisation, honesty, openness, trust, low turnover of people and a very active can do environment.”
The 2015 awards honour companies in three different categories: 25 Best Places to Work UK – new this year (based on UK employee feedback); 50 Best Places to Work – U.S. (recognising employers with 1,000 or more employees; based on U.S. employee feedback); 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For – U.S. (recognising employers with fewer than 1,000 employees; based on U.S. employee feedback). Winners are ranked based on their overall company rating achieved during the past year. (Ratings based on a 5-point scale: 1.0=very dissatisfied, 3.0=OK, 5.0=very satisfied.)
The top five Best Places to Work UK in 2015 are:
Google(#1, 4.4 rating)
John Lewis(#2, 4.3 rating)
Microsoft(#3, 4.1)
Accenture(#4, 4.0 rating)
Jaguar Land Rover(#5, 4.0 rating)
The top five Best Places to Work in 2015 U.S. are:
Google(#1, 4.5 rating)
Bain & Company(#2, 4.4 rating)
Nestle Purina PetCare(#3, 4.4 rating)
F5 Networks(#4, 4.3 rating)
Boston Consulting Group(#5, 4.3 rating).
The top five Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For in 2015 U.S. are:
Motley Fool(#1, 4.6 rating)
Fast Enterprises(#2, 4.6 rating)
Evolent Health(#3, 4.6 rating)
Intacct Corporation(#4, 4.6 rating)
TubeMogul(#5, 4.6 rating)
The Glassdoor company review survey gathers employee opinion on some of the best reasons to work for their employer (pros), some of the downsides (cons), and encourages employees to provide advice to senior management. Employees are asked to rate how satisfied they are with their company overall, how they feel their CEO is leading the company, as well as key workplace attributes like career opportunities, compensation & benefits, culture & values, senior management and work-life balance. In addition, employees are asked whether they would recommend their employer to a friend, and what their opinion is on the company’s business outlook in the next six months.
Robert Hohman, Glassdoor CEO and co-founder, said: “Millions of employees around the world are turning to Glassdoor each month to share their work experiences and research companies. It is this type of authentic feedback that helps others find jobs and companies they love, and allows us to honour employers who stand out for their efforts in providing an enjoyable work environment and culture. I am proud to celebrate the 2015 Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards winners in earning this tremendous achievement.”
SEE THE 2015 WINNERS: All winners of the Glassdoor 2015 Employees’ Choice Awards, along with employee commentary, videos and photos, can be found by visiting:
50 Best Places to Work (U.S.)
