If you're looking for the best companies to work for next year, Glassdoor, a free jobs and career online community, has recently released its list of best companies to work for in 2014, according to Forbes magazine.
Unlike other award-giving bodies or for top businesses in which companies self-nominate, Glassdor's annual Employee's Choice Awards uses an anonymous survey of employees to provide feedback about the companies they work for.
Glassdoor surveyed around half-million employees who responded to an 18-question survey between November 14, 2012 and November 12, 2013. The survey includes questions about overall employee satisfaction rate, compensation, benefits, career growth and opportunities, senior management, work-life balance, company culture and values, reports Forbes.
In an interview, Samantha Zupan, Glassdoor's spokesperson, said that deciding where to go to work is one of the most stressful decisions anyone could make. She said that it's only natural for people to learn more in order for them to make better career decisions.
"Being recognized by employees as a 'Best Place to Work' is no small achievement," says Zupan. "The companies on our list are being honored as it's a reflection of their commitment to employees to create a positive and enjoyable workplace."
Zupan adds that Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards could help job seekers information they need to know something about companies they're interested in.
"Finding a job you love is tough work but with feedback from people on the inside, it can make the job search process easier," Zupan explains. "In addition, insights into what makes the winners 'employers of choice' can offer HR and recruiting professionals at any company valuable perspective on what works when it comes to fostering a great company culture."
Here are the top 3 companies based on the employees' survey Glassdoor conducted:
1. Bain & Company
Bain & Co. is a Boston-based consulting firm that is consistent in the rankings. The company received its highest ranking in 2012 and ranked fourth in 2013. Overall, Bain & Co. received a rating of 4.6 out of a possible 5.
One employee wrote,
"The best part about working at Bain is the people. The people make the fantastic culture, provide wonderful professional development and coaching opportunities, and make the job fun."
Another employee from San Francisco said,
"The company offers 'interesting, impactful work.' There is rarely a boring day, much less a boring project."
Zupan adds that Bain has been recognized as a best Place to Work in its survey for all six years that the awards have been around.
"Employees here frequently comment on the opportunities to learn, the challenging work and what the experience does for an individual's career after having worked at Bain," Zupan tells Forbes.
2. Twitter
Social networking and microbloggin giant came in send in the list garnering a 4.6 company rating.
Twitter has 2,000 employees in its officer around the world and has 230 million monthly active users, reports Forbes. The company claims it has "raucous weekly all-hands meetings where tough questions are asked and answered because we maintain a culture of openness and trust from the inside out."
A Twitter director from its San Francisco office said,
"Twitter is an exceptionally transparent place. Senior team sets that bar very high. Also, we are charting our own course - not copying the playbook set out by other companies."
According to Forbes, the microblogging giant offers complete medical and dental benefits, and a generous vacation policy. It also provides it employees a 401(k) savings plan, paid maternity and paternity leave. Its San Francisco office catered breakfast and lunch, gym membership reimbursement, weekly in-office yoga and pilates classes and laundry and dry cleaning service, among other things.
Zupan says LinkedIn employees continually "sound off about the great colleagues and collaborative work environment, a strong sense of work-life balance, and attractive benefits and perks."
3. LinkedIn
Landing on top three is Mountain View, California-based LinkedIn with a 4.6 company rating.
It has 4,800 full-time employees and boast 26 offices in key cities around the world.
A software engineer in Mountain View said,
"[LinkedIn is] a company that truly cares about its employees, providing opportunities for professional growth and career transformation. I look forward to coming to work every day, and feel inspired by everyone around me."
While a Chicago-based manager said,
"LinkedIn is a great company and has a strong brand, but what I love more is the environment I get to work in every day. Scooters, cube decorating competitions, fund raising events for charities, hilarious and brilliant co-workers, food, group fitness classes, etc."
The other companies in Glassdoor's list are Eastman Chemical Company (#4), Facebook (#4), Guidewire (#5), Interactive Intelligence (#6), Google (#7), Orbitz (#8), and Nestlé Purina (#9).
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