Great Place to Work Europe: 11 companies from Switzerland receive awards
The "Best Employers in Europe" were awarded in Athens on June 14, 2018. Switzerland is successfully represented with 11 award-winning companies - among them are Swiss companies as well as Swiss business locations of international companies.
A total of 2,800 companies from 19 European countries took part in the competition to promote good and attractive workplace quality and voluntarily put themselves to the test. More than 1.6 million employees were surveyed by Great Place to Work on the quality and attractiveness of their company as an employer. The focus was on topics such as leadership, innovation, inclusion, organizational culture and trust. Company managers also answered questions on the quality, diversity and sustainability of the measures and instruments of their HR work.
Awards in four categories
The companies had qualified for the overall European competition via the national Great Place to Work competitions. Differentiation was made according to four different categories: international companies, small, medium-sized and large national companies. The awards for special quality and attractiveness as an employer have been presented annually since 2003. The 36 best employers in Switzerland were already honored in Zurich in May of this year. Of these Swiss winners, 11 companies have now been chosen as "Best Workplaces in Europe 2018″.
The winners from Switzerland
In the category "Europe's Best Employers - Multinationals", the following companies are currently also awarded in Switzerland:
- Cisco in 5th place,
- AbbVie in 6th place,
- SAS Institute in 7th place,
- Amgen in 12th place,
- Bristol-Myers Squibb in 14th place,
- DHL Express in 18th place,
- Novo Nordisk in first place
- SC Johnson in 22nd place
- and Phoenix Contact in 25th place.
The following companies based in Switzerland were also successfully placed:
- in the size category "Europe's Best Employers - Companies up to 50 Employees" The winning company from Switzerland, Rackspace came in 5th for Europe.
- In the size category "Europe's Best Employers - Companies between 50 and 500 Employees", the winning company from Switzerland, UMB AG, came in 6th place among all companies in Europe.
This makes UMB AG the best Swiss employer in Europe. "The fact that we, as the triple best Swiss employer, have now also reached the sensational 6th place in Europe out of more than 2800 evaluated companies, is another highlight of our success story", Matthias Keller, CEO & owner of UMB AG, is pleased to say.
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