The best places to work in the UK have been revealed, The top workplace in the annual Glassdoor Best Places to Work survey is consultants Bain & Company with a rating of 4.7 out of 5.
Employees praised the business for having a friendly culture, strong work-life balance, and learning opportunities. In second place was last year’s winner and software company ServiceNow, followed by Boston Consulting Group. There were 13 newcomers on the list including the Office for National Statistics and Heathrow Airport. Google is the only company to feature on every UK list since 2015 and appeared in seventh position this year. Other big names that have been applauded include Ocado Technology, Mastercard, Microsoft, and Adobe. You can see the full list below. A total of 13 industries feature across the Glassdoor results, with tech companies dominating the rankings, appearing 21 times in total.
This is followed by nine finance firms, seven consulting businesses, and four places specializing in manufacturing. But some major companies fell off the list. Meta and Sky Betting & Gaming appeared last year but failed the rank in 2023. A total of 2.3 million employers were reviewed by Glassdoor for its annual list, with the average company rating coming in at 3.7. Workplaces must employ 1,000 or more employees to be included, with the winners ranked based on their overall rating achieved during the past year. Employees provide anonymous feedback on Glassdoor by completing a company review about their job, work environment, and employer over the past year.
Glassdoor chief executive Christian Sutherland-Wong said: “The past year brought extreme highs and lows for job seekers and employees, but despite an increasingly uncertain job market, Glassdoor data shows there are still companies hyper-focused on creating outstanding employee experiences.” “It's encouraging to see companies doubling down on employee mental health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, competitive benefits and flexible work environments as we head into 2023. “I sincerely congratulate all of the Best Places to Work winners.”
The top 50 places to work in 2023
- Bain & Company
- ServiceNow
- Boston Consulting Group
- Equinix
- Ocado Technology
- Mastercard
- Arup
- Salesforce
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- Softcat
- BlackRock
- Microsoft
- Adobe
- Novuna
- Imagination Technologies
- Johnson & Johnson
- SAP
- Wise
- Capgemini Invent
- Office for National Statistics
- Cromwell Tools
- Mott MacDonald
- SUSE
- Cisco Systems
- Dell Technologies
- Baringa Partners
- Schroders
- Bloomberg L.P.
- S&P Global
- Syngenta
- Deloitte
- VMware
- Awin
- Diageo
- Apple
- RBC
- Fidelity International
- Kainos
- Dishoom
- Goldman Sachs
- Siemens
- NFU Mutual
- Avanade
- McKinsey & Company
- Heathrow Airport
- Expedia Group
- Computacenter
- Accenture
- Procter & Gamble