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India's 10 best companies to work for

Last updated on: October 01, 2013 13:06 IST


Photographs: Courtesy, Google

Google has been ranked as the best company to work for in India in a survey conducted by Business Today and PeopleStrong HR Services. 

Interestingly, around 37 per cent of the employees surveyed feel that career and growth prospects make a  company a great place to work for.

The Business Today survey reveals only 13 per cent employees feel that their companies provide excellent career and growth opportunities and 42 per cent feel that their companies fail in providing growth and development.

While 27 per cent of the employees feel that salary and perks are most important aspect in their careers, only 11 per cent of the respondents feel that their companies are able to meet their expectations.

While employees from private companies accounted for 40 per cent of the respondents, 10 per cent were from the PSUs.

Take a look at India’s 10 best employers…

Google

Rank: 1

Index score: 100

Google wins employees’ admiration for being a cool work place and helping people follow their passion and aspirations. 

The company tops in all parameters - career growth prospects, financial compensation, work life balance, performance evaluation, stability and other HR practices.

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India's 10 best companies to work for

Image: Visitors look at devices at Accenture stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters

Accenture

Rank: 2

Index score: 99.5

Accenture scores high career growth prospects, work life balance, performance evaluation, stability and other HR practices.

The company makes sure that employees are happy at work. 

Tags: India

India's 10 best companies to work for


Photographs: Courtesy, Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Rank: 3

Index score: 82.14

Tata Consultancy Services has slipped to third position from being the topper last year.

TCS ranks high on performance evaluation, HR practices and stability.

India's 10 best companies to work for

Image: Staff walk in Infosys Technologies campus at Electronics City in Bangalore.
Photographs: Reuters

Infosys Technologies

Rank: 4

Index score: 69.5

Infosys has fallen to fourth position from second place held in last year’s survey.

Employees are upbeat on aspects like performance evaluation, stability and career growth prospects.

India's 10 best companies to work for

Image: Larsen & Toubro
Photographs: Reuters

Larsen & Toubro

Rank: 5

Index score: 65.82

Larsen & Toubro, which focuses on bringing up leadership qualities, has zoomed to fifth position from being 10th last year.

The company ranks high on career growth prospects, work life balance, performance evaluation and stability.

India's 10 best companies to work for


Photographs: Courtesy, BHEL.

BHEL

Rank: 6

Index score: 61.24

BHEL is the only PSU listed among the top 10 best employers in India.

The company ranks high on financial compensation, stability and HR practices.

Tags: BHEL , PSU , India

India's 10 best companies to work for


Photographs: Nir Elias/Reuters

IBM

Rank: 7

Index score: 61.05

IT giant IBM is the fifth IT company to be listed among top employers in India.

IBM scores on career growth prospects, work life balance, performance evaluation stability and other HR practices.

Tags: IBM , India

India's 10 best companies to work for

Image: A Jaguar Land Rover Freelander 2 at a plant in Pune.
Photographs: Reuters

Tata Motors

Rank: 8

Index score: 56.61

Tata Motors is the only automobile company among the 10 best employers.

The company scores on performance evaluation, stability and other HR practices.

India's 10 best companies to work for


Photographs: Reuters

Wipro

Rank: 9

Index score: 54.2

Wipro which was ranked at third position last year has fallen to ninth place.

It ranks high on work life balance, performance evaluation, stability and other HR practices.

Tags: India

India's 10 best companies to work for

Image: A pedestrian walks past the Hindustan Unilever Limited headquarters in Mumbai.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Hindustan Unilever

Rank: 10

Index score: 48.54

Hindustan Unilever scores high financial compensation, work life balance and stability.

Tags: India