The World’s Top 50 Most Attractive Employers: Google No.1, Microsoft 3rd ~ Information of New Stuff

Both are tech giants. Both of their headquarters are located in the United States. Both of their co-founders are multi-billionaires. But when it comes to which company has a higher employer attractiveness, the title goes to Google. According to the first global index of employer attractiveness by Universum, an employer branding company, Google is the most wanted employer in the world. The search engine leader has topped the lists of both ‘Global Top 50 Business Companies to Work For’ (beating PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs) as well as ‘Global Top 50 Engineering Companies to Work For’ (edging past Microsoft, IBM and BMW). Universum’s global index of employer attractiveness is designed to assess the world’s most powerful employer brands, those companies that excel in talent attraction and retention. Nearly 120,000 students at top academic institutions from the world’s leading economies (US, Japan, China, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain, Canada and India) took part in the survey and chose their ideal companies to work for.

“These companies in the Top 50 really work with employer branding strategically. The Big Four, for example, are all in the top 10 business ranking, as they have employer branding as part of their business strategy. Many associate their corporate brands to people. This is normal for the service industry, but it’s a new approach for other companies. These companies are in the Top 50 because they are focused, consistent and differentiate themselves in their communication.” said Michal Kalinowski, CEO of Universum to Softpedia.
Benefits of a Google Employee:
Googlers can play beach volleyball on campus. Other fun activities at Google include Foosball, videogames, pool tables, ping pong and roller hockey twice a week in the parking lot.
There are 11 gourmet restaurants; snack rooms; free wi-fi coaches for employee transportation; $5000 towards a hybrid car; car washes; oil changes; haircuts; $2000 employee referral fee; $500 “new baby” reimbursement for takeout food in first 4 weeks; gym onsite; subsidized exercise classes; language classes; personal concierge; laundry rooms; dry cleaning services; massage room; onsite childcare; onsite notaries; car services; on-site physicians for employee checkups; onsite dentist; motorized scooters to get around buildings; allows pets at work for limited hours.