Editor’s note: This article was first published in May 2012. The ranking is Great Place to Work Spain’s 2012 list (250 participating companies); positions, streaks such as Microsoft Ibérica’s eighth consecutive year, and the companies’ benefits refer to that year.
The biggest benefit of this list goes to the companies that appear on it. A satisfied employee who is involved in their work will fight for the shared interests that make the company they work for bigger and better. You simply have to work on employees’ motivation to be part of that company and to identify with it.
Clear values and objectives, results that benefit both sides, and fair, sufficient and generous employee benefits make many people excited to belong to your team, and they will give their all to reach better professional goals.
It will also be an advertisement that makes many candidates want to work with you.
The consultancy Great Place To Work Spain has, as it does every year, drawn up its list of the best companies in the country based on its workplace satisfaction surveys, which show how satisfied employees are with their company.
Methodology
The consultancy carried out a thorough, employee-focused study in which 250 companies of different sectors and sizes took part.
The methodology awards two thirds of the score through a survey of the workers themselves, and the rest comes from an analysis of corporate culture based on five common characteristics:
- Credibility
- Respect
- Fairness
- Pride in belonging
- Camaraderie
Some examples
Microsoft Ibérica
It earned its place for the eighth year in a row and stands out as the best company to work for in the 500 to 1,000 employee bracket. Its success rests on a Human Resources policy with well-judged work-life balance and flexibility measures.
Brico Dépôt
A European DIY and building specialist that has made the list of best companies to work for for the third time.
Its success is based on encouraging motivation, involvement and closeness, built on four major corporate commitments: commitment, development, results and satisfaction.
Mundipharma
An innovator in the healthcare market, despite the difficulties it went through a few years ago.
Its place among the 50 best companies to work for is based on trust in its employees and their autonomy in decision-making.
Medtronic
Also from the medical sector, its success is based on health insurance for workers and their families, parking spaces and meal subsidies, not to mention social responsibility activities.
Infojobs
Its strategy is based on well-being and professional and personal development, encouraging dialogue between workers and their managers, and teamwork in which everyone takes part in shaping the company’s immediate future.
Novartis
For this pharmaceutical company, what matters is its employees’ working conditions. It practices active listening to learn about its employees’ needs and hopes and to create the best working conditions.
The ranking also includes Ikea, Atento, Vodafone Spain, Leroy Merlin and others. You can see the full ranking here.
Featured image: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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