The Top Companies to Work For
Who do actual graduate employees say are the best companies to work for? The Top Companies For Graduates To Work For in 2013/14 is the graduate employer rankings, based entirely on thousands of reviews written on TheJobCrowd.com by employees in their first 3 years of work at hundreds of UK graduate employers.
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1. Microsoft
With incredible ratings across the board (culminating in an overall average of 4.74/5) and a top three ranking in five of the ten categories assessed, Microsoft were rated the number one company for graduates to work for, for the 2nd year in a row – an outstanding achievement. With such a strong offering in all areas, it is hard to pick just a few aspects that are stand-out but Training & Support would have to be one of these. Graduates rated this area an incredible 4.94/5, which was by far the highest rating given for any company. Reviewers said that there were a “huge range” of training options available, including “lots of opportunities” to travel to attend courses,”both within the UK and in EMEA and US”...
Graduates on Barratt Developments’ graduate scheme rated their experience an amazing 4.60/5 overall, which put the house builder (an ever present in the Top Companies rankings) into their highest ever position of 2nd in the overall top 100 companies. Unsurprisingly, as one employee put it: “the company are whole-heartedly committed to their employees, I think you’d struggle to find any employees with a bad word to say.” The “phenomenal training” (rated 4.90/5) is the most frequently cited factor in our reviews with one graduate summarising that it was “the best thing about the company”. There is a wealth of training offered to graduates both formally and informally with organised “detailed and challenging training sessions” and on the job training...
3. Brightsource
“The team I work with, and the people in the wider company, make my days at work fun and interesting.”
National Grid have had a continual presence in the Top Companies For Graduates To Work For and their achievement of yet another top 5 rating is testament to both the quality and consistency of their graduate offering. This is something that has been recognised widely elsewhere this year as well, with the energy company winning a host of graduate awards including the Association of Graduate Recruiter’s ‘Graduate Development Award’ and ‘Blue Ribbon Award’ for best overall entry, as well as the National Skills Academy for Power’s ‘Power Team of the Year’ in 2012 for the best in class bespoke management performance system....
7. FDM Group
Incredibly FDM Group, the IT Services Provider, have never been ranked outside the Top 10 companies in The Top Companies Rankings. According to their graduates, this is because FDM puts their employees (and their clients) “at the top of the priority list”. This comes across in outstanding ratings from reviewers in almost every aspect of their experience. Career Progression is a perfect example of the company’s commitment to its employees. Rated a very high 4.38/5, graduates report that “there is a strong focus on career progression at FDM” with “great opportunities to grow within the company”...
Procter & Gamble have performed extremely highly across the board and are ranked as the 9th top company overall this year. “The company is fantastic and I really feel they have my best interests at heart” are the sorts of comments that P&G employees regularly write in their reviews. “P&G works hard to take care of its people” says another review. The company “view themselves as a place where people are employed for life” and it really isn’t unusual for graduates to stay there for the majority, if not all of their career (hardly surprising when Career Progression is rated 4.50/5)...
10. Mars
“Working for a company with products that everyone knows is good fun, and you have the opportunity to get good chocolate freebies!”
“If you perform well, there is the opportunity to move very quickly through the firm with promotion every 6 months.”
15. Knight Frank
“Excellent training facilities, great treatment from other employees, ‘family’ like firm structure.”
17. FMC Technologies
“Fantastic graduate development scheme, great colleagues, good working atmosphere, well developed processes.”
18. Catlin Group
The company culture at Catlin Group, the global specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer was rated an incredibly high 4.82/5 and the praise from its graduates for the “very open and honest company that actually lives by the values that it advertises” is almost unanimous in our reviews. As one reviewer explains, “the company is very caring and always looks out for its employees… this is embodied in its company values (which aren’t just put on the website for show)”. Commitment to these values also leads to a 4.82/5 rating for Environmental & Ethical Awareness, the highest rating in the Insurance sector...
“It is a high performing organisation and will improve your management capabilities dramatically.”
Merlin Entertainments, the world’s 2nd largest visitor attraction operator, scored a very impressive 4.25/5 average score (the second highest score in this industry and 21st in the overall Top 100). Unquestionably top of the list of attributes of working for Merlin is just how “fun” it is to work there. With a very impressive average Enjoyment rating of 4.60/5 (the 9th highest score for any company across all industries), it is clear that graduates love their day-to-day job. “The company’s overall mission is to create memorable experiences” explains one reviewer “that in itself makes the job so fun”. “Working for a company which sells fun! Who wouldn’t want to do that!” adds another...
22. Shoosmiths
“The culture at the firm really sets us apart. Our offices are all open plan and means the firm as a whole is very non-hierarchical.”
“The training is brilliant. You have direct client contact from day one and are made to feel like a valued member of the team.”
25. Softwire
“Always unique things to motivate staff – we even have a morale officer to make sure all the staff are happy all the time!”
Grant Thornton have consistently been rated as the top Accountancy firm for graduates to work for in these rankings and the continued excellence of their graduate proposition seems to largely come down to achieving the perfect balance of being a global organisation with the culture and personal approach that would be expected from a smaller firm. “Grant Thornton are in a unique place in the market”, explains one graduate reviewer, “being large enough to offer exceptional services and global opportunities, but it is small enough that it really values each employee and is dedicated to helping me progress in my career”. As another reviewer puts it: “Grant Thornton is big enough to compete, small enough to care”...
27. Paddy Power
“Good high energy atmosphere. Pride working for the company as it is seen by many as a great e-commerce success story.”
“In my opinion, the training is the best in the industry” is how one trainee sums up the guidance on offer at Freshfields and their colleagues seem to widely agree, rating Training & Support an outstanding 4.78/5 – by some way the highest rating in the industry. “There are trainee specific, team specific and department specific training sessions” and “plenty of it”, with “several lectures and seminars every week on many topics”, as well as “a wide database of other lectures online”. Arguably however, the great Training is not even the best thing about working at Freshfields...
30. easyJet
One of the great things about working for easyJet is the “fantastic exposure to the business and key stakeholders” that graduates get. This “provides insight into how easyJet works and how senior employees interact with each other” which employees starting off in their career find invaluable. This is part of the reason that easyJet is one of the best rated companies overall for Management (4.41/5 on average). Almost every reviewer highlights the fact that graduates are given “real jobs”, being placed into “value-adding roles that are central to the business”....
31. TUI Travel PLC
“Professional yet relaxed approach. Working for a travel company means people are passionate about what they do!”
32. Intel
“Nice atmosphere, lots of online training available, many initiatives to create a great place to work.”
“Great culture and people, brands which I believe in and plenty of encouragement and support to progress.”
36. Dunnhumby
Perhaps the most stand-out aspect of reviews for dunnhumby is how much graduates enjoy the actual work that they do there. With Enjoyment rated a very high 4.19/5, reviewers regularly describe the work in terms such as “challenging”, “interesting” and “fun”. The work is very varied and most graduates say that “every day is different” with time split between the office and out and about at a wide range of top client sites – “from Lego to Sony”. Employees at dunnhumby are passionate about the work that they do so it is common to read comments such as “I love analysing data”. A large part of this is no doubt that graduates are given real jobs with real responsibility. “You are given your own work and projects immediately – you are accountable from the start” explains one graduate....
37. Philips UK
“Great work environment with really friendly staff. It’s a successful global company that has a genuine impact on
positive innovative change.”
positive innovative change.”
38. Wood Group
“Fantastic rotation programme – meeting interesting/intelligent people and great travel opportunities.”
39. Taylor Wimpey
“The company culture is very much one of feeling part of a team. It is friendly and approachable.”
40. Explore Learning
“They give great training, with lots of treats. They are keen to develop and progress you quickly, and are very efficient in making this happen.”
“The scheme is an excellent training & learning mechanism, offering great benefits packages and the rotational element keeps you very engaged.”
42. Marsh
“The graduate programme provides a very structured way to develop skills and abilities in the shortest time frame and for maximum benefit.”
Great atmosphere and friendly environment – everyone is here to help and muck in. There is a superb company culture.”
44. Unipart Group
Graduates say that Unipart Group has a “culture, respect, openness and can-do approach to everything” and that their employer “takes huge pride in their graduates”. This means that graduates get “extremely high” levels of responsibility and “no-one is too ‘junior’ to be allowed to solve a problem”. Responsibility was rated a very high 4.02/5 on average and Unipart reviewers say that “getting such a large amount of responsibility, and being put outside of my comfort zone at such an early stage has been brilliant for my development”. To support this early responsibility there is “amazing investment” in training and supporting graduates. “Brilliant training opportunities” include “emotional intelligence development”, “training relevant to my job” and a strong emphasis on “lean and six sigma” principles, which underpin the ‘Unipart Way’....
45. Next
“I truly don’t believe there could be a better place for training and an introduction to the industry”. Praise for the “brilliant” and “intense” training provided by Next is constant in their reviews and unsurprisingly Training & Support receives a very high 4.25/5 average rating. Next graduates are not only receiving “fantastic formal training” but they are also really encouraged to take on “real responsibility early on” so that they can learn and develop on the job too. The level of responsibility on offer to new recruits is highlighted by almost every reviewer. Then there is the outstanding Career Progression, scored a very high 4.51/5. Next’s commitment to progression is described as “excellent” and reviewers say that the “great progression opportunities” are very clear...
46. Diageo
“Inspirational and innovative business. Exciting working environment. Fantastic sales team, and world-renowned marketing.”
“Varied and interesting work with plenty of time spent away from your desk socialising within the industry or establishing/developing client relationships.”
“Good training provision. Friendly teams. Great office Good salary. High level of responsibility at a junior level.”
“Very friendly firm with lots of responsibilities given to juniors.”
“Fantastic place to work with plenty of training opportunities and a totally unique ethical and community focused organisation.”
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