What does a topCompanies out? The answers are from a ranking published this week by Glassdoor: The top-rated companies stand out from the crowd with their good corporate culture, career opportunities, and employee benefits.

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The employees have decided

In contrast to other awards, the ranking is based exclusively on the authentic Feedback those who know the company best: the employees.

Companies where employees have their Workplace and value their employer show again and again that they both Recruiting as well as in the entrepreneurial Performance have a competitive advantage.

The top 10 of the best employers in Germany for 2018 are:

  1. Bain and Company
  2. MHP - A Porsche Company
  3. SAP
  4. Infineon Technologies
  5. PUMA Group
  6. Porsche
  7. Daimler
  8. BMW
  9. adidas
  10.  mömax

The 25 best employers for 2018 include companies from a wide variety of industries. In addition to the textile industry, trade and the areas IT and research, many employers from the consulting sector and traditional industry are at the forefront this year. With an average rating of 4,7, the consulting company Bain and Company - last year's winner in the USA - has replaced SAP (rank 3) in Germany as the best employer of the year, although the Walldorf-based software company even exceeded its average rating increase could (from 4,4 to 4,6).

What distinguishes top-placed companies

A closer look at the top-ranked employers shows that salary is not necessarily the top priority for employees. Other factors such as employee benefits, culture and values ​​and career opportunities, on the other hand, are highly valued. Great colleagues and a good working atmosphere are often highlighted in the ratings for the top 5 employers.

Among the large US corporations, this could be social Network uniebook make up another place compared to last year and is the new number one. Facebook at the top of the ranking for the third time (2018, 2013, 2011) and in the “Best Places To Work" represent. In the UK, Fac celebratesebook This year made its debut among the best employers of the year (4th place), first place went to Google (5th place in the US). Facebooks COO Sheryl Sandberg says:

“The most important thing is them People, which at Facebook work. We are extremely happy about the award because it is based on authentic evaluations from real employees. The best thing about working at Facebook is that we encourage our employees to come to work entirely as themselves. We all believe in our mission and we value our relationships with each other. Our corporate culture is based on Power of employees – we look for people who excel at what they do.”

How are employers rated concretely?

When employees submit a company review on Glassdoor, they are asked to share the pros and cons of each company. Additionally, the employee is encouraged to give advice to management and asked how satisfied he or she is generally with the employer. It is possible to rate the CEO as well as five key attributes of the workplace: the career opportunities, compensation and benefits, culture and values, the Executives as well as the workLife-Balance. Employees are also asked whether they would recommend their employer to a friend and how they assess the business outlook for the next six months.

The best employers in Germany 2018 are determined by Glassdoor by its own algorithm. This takes into account the quality, the quantity and the uniformity of the activated company valuations, which were transmitted by employees in Germany. All reviews were between the 1. November 2016 and the 22. October 2017 delivered.

Employers who have been analyzed for the German ranking must have at least 20 company ratings in the specified period.