21 June 2010

Check out India's Top 10 great companies to work for

Check out India's Top 10 great companies to work for


ET Bureau

As before, the 2010 edition of "India's Best Companies To Work For" presents profiles the best. Our writers have spent time inside these organisations, interviewed CEOs, HR heads and employees to gauge what it takes to be the best company to work for.

The 2010 study reports on how companies have nurtured their human capital in the face of the downturn, while taking some bold initiatives to maintain the topline and bottomline growth.

There are companies out there which believe in the age-old 'home-away-from-home' principle and go all out to create a 'family' of workers, while others maintain a high fun quotient around their core activity.

Check out the top ten India's best companies to work for 2010:


Location: Bangalore

Profile: Online Search, Online Advertising & Online Applications

Number of employees: 1,259

Founded in India: 1998

Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:0.99

Voluntary turnover: 30%

It was an accidental misspelling that got Google its name but that's where the accidents end at the Google headquarters in RMZ Infinity, Bangalore. "Any good place to work is no accident," says Manoj Varghese, the APAC HR director. "And it's not just about beanbags."

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The best workplaces have redefined their agenda by improving employee positive perceptions about work life balance by a phenomenal 18% in the last five years. 88% of employees of the Top 25 best workplaces have agreed with the statement, “I am able to take time off from work when I think it’s necessary.” Click on the company names to find out why they love to work with them:

Rank
Name of the Company
Location
Number of Employees
Gender Ratio (F:M)
Voluntary Turnover
1
Bangalore
1,259
1:0.99
30%
2
Gurgaon
674
1:2.55
23.89%
3
Bangalore
2,430
1:3.99
4.4%
4
Mumbai
2,433
1:9.01
27.37%
5
Bangalore
1,042
1:4.51
5.95
6
Gurgaon
5,200
1:1.33
15.00%
7
New Delhi
24,708
1:8.11
0.12%
8
Chennai
419
1:3.6
0.48%
9
Chennai
1,612
1:1.41
23.45%
10
Mumbai
108
1:5.75
13.89%
11
Gurgaon
399
1:5.23
48.87%
12
Mumbai
241
1:6.3
9.96%
13
Mumbai
13,009
1:6.58
11.55%
14
Mumbai
1,314
1:30.29
6.24%
15
Gurgaon
1,128
1:13.28
8.69%
16
Gurgaon
5,040
1:1.86
12%
17
Chennai
2,263
1.21
8.66%
18
Delhi
427
1:13.72
12.88%
19
Bangalore
4,329
1:3.49
4.87%
20
Mumbai
25,810
1:2.27
NA
21
Mumbai
1,073
1:6.5
4.38%
22
Mumbai
514
1:4.3
12.65%
23
Mumbai
6,461
1:4.04
18.77%
24
Noida
5,650
1:9.58
53.35%
25
Mumbai
325
1:3.28
6.46%


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Src: Economictimes.indiatimes.com

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