Employees have spoken, and three technology companies took the top spots in a new survey of the best multinational workplaces:
To be eligible for the list, companies must have appeared on at least five national Great Places to Work lists, have at least 5,000 employees worldwide, and at least 40 percent of their global workforce must work outside of the company's home country. The 25 companies were chosen from a pool of more than 350 multinationals from 45 countries that participated in the survey.
"What we found in great workplaces is that they don't just do business as usual, and they try to be innovative, creative, and they really care about their people," says
To determine the best workplaces, the
Tolovi says each company has three characteristics that make a great workplace: trust, pride, and camaraderie. "Trust is the essential trait," he says. In the questionnaire given to employers, 60 percent of the questions are related to trust. "The best companies listen a lot to their people and then according to that, they keep changing and innovating," Tolovi says.
Of the 25 multinational companies on the list, 18 are based in
Companies received extra points for the number of countries in which employees participated in the survey, as well as the percentage of its employees that participated. For instance,
To put the size and scope of the companies into perspective, the top 25 companies have a combined total of 724,047 employees globally, and over the past 12 months, they have together created more than 30,000 jobs. In addition, these companies are highly competitive -- each receive, on average, seven job applications per employee.
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25. Quintiles (US)
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