Marriott, Accor in top 25 multinational workplaces
Only two hotel firms made the 2012 World’s Best Multinational Workplaces ranking by Great Place to Work Institute.
Marriott made the rankings at number six, while Accor came in at 19. Other hospitality-related firms included Pepsico and McDonald’s.
Marriott employs 325,000 employees (including those at managed and franchised properties), has seen 2.7% growth, and generates US $12.3 billion global revenue. Average age of employees is 41.5 years. Women make up 33% of the executive and senior management team and voluntary turnover stands at 17%.
Accor has 160,000 employees and generates US $7.9 billion revenue gloibally. There are three applicants for every one job. The average age of employees is 29.5 years and women make up 43% of executive or senior management roles.
Research firm Great Place to Work selected the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces from nearly 5700 companies that participated in Best Workplaces competitions dur¬ing late 2011 to mid-2012 in the 45 countries in which it operates.
Some 350 multinational corporations participated globally in the surveys. Of these, 250 appeared on one of group’s national Best Workplaces Lists, conducted in countries ranging from Argentina to Finland and Australia.
Of these 250 best companies, 38 passed additional eligibility criteria for the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces list.
Information technology firm SAS Institute made the top spot, beating Google at number two.
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• 1. SAS Institute
13,268 Employees
www.sas.com
Industry: Information Technology
Headquarters: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Listed In: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, India, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
Employee Growth: 6.2%
Global Revenues: $2.7 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1993
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• 2. Google
34,311 Employees
www.google.com
Industry: Information Technology
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Ireland, Japan, United States
Employee Growth: 19%
Global Revenues: $37.9 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2006
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• 3. NetApp
12,643 Employees
www.netapp.com
Industry: Information Technology // Data Management
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Listed In: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, The Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 7.6%
Global Revenues: $5.1 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2008
Women in Senior Management: 23%
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• 4. Kimberly-Clark
57,929 Employees
www.kimberly-clark.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Personal and Household goods
Headquarters: Irving, Texas, United States
Listed In: Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Peru, Venezuela
Employee Growth: 1.6%
Global Revenues: $20.8 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2003
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• 5. Microsoft
96,052 Employees
www.microsoft.com
Industry: Information Technology // Software
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 6.2%
Global Revenues: $73.7 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1993
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• 6. Marriott
325,000 Employees
www.marriott.com
Industry: Hospitality // Hotel/Resort
Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Listed In: Brazil, India, Mexico, Peru, United Arab Emirates, United States
Employee Growth: 2.7%
Global Revenues: $12.3 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1998
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• 7. FedEx Express
151,344 Employees
www.fedex.com
Industry: Transportation // Package Transport
Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
Employee Growth: 4.5%
Global Revenues: $26.5 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1984
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• 8. W. L. Gore & Associates
10,059 Employees
www.gore.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production
Headquarters: Newark, Delaware, United States
Listed In: France, Germany, Italy, Korea, United States
Employee Growth: 6.8%
Global Revenues: $3 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1984
Women in Senior Management: 21%
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• 9. Diageo
25,000 Employees
www.diageo.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Food products; beverages
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Listed In: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria, Venezuela
Employee Growth: 8%
Global Revenues: $16.8 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2002
Women in Senior Management: 27%
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• 10. Autodesk
7,254 Employees
www.autodesk.com
Industry: Information Technology // Software
Headquarters: San Rafael, California, United States
Listed In: Canada, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 4.2%
Global Revenues: $2 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1999
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• 11. PepsiCo
300,000 Employees
www.pepsico.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Food products; beverages
Headquarters: Purchase, New York, United States
Listed In: France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay
Global Revenues: $66 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2004
Women in Senior Management: 31%
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• 12. Ernst & Young
167,000 Employees
www.ey.com
Industry: Professional Services
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Listed In: Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 9.9%
Global Revenues: $24.4 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1999
Women in Senior Management: 34%
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• 13. Telefónica
130,709 Employees
www.telefonica.com
Industry: Telecommunciations
Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
Listed In: Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela
Employee Growth: -3%
Global Revenues: $88 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2005
Women in Senior Management: 19%
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• 14. Monsanto
21,255 Employees
www.monsanto.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Chemicals
Headquarters: Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States
Listed In: Argentina, France, India, Ireland, Japan, United States
Global Revenues: $11.8 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2000
Women in Senior Management: 30%
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• 15. Intel
104,116 Employees
www.intel.com
Industry: Information Technology // Hardware
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States
Listed In: Argentina, India, Ireland, Japan, United States
Employee Growth: 8.8%
Global Revenues: $54 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1984
Women in Senior Management: 14%
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• 16. National Instruments
6,704 Employees
www.ni.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Electronics
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, United States
Listed In: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 9%
Global Revenues: $1 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2000
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• 17. General Mills
39,000 Employees
www.generalmills.com
Industry: Retail // Food/Grocery
Headquarters: Golden Valley, Minnesota, United States
Listed In: Canada, France, Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Employee Growth: 11%
Global Revenues: $14.9 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1984
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• 18. American Express
62,877 Employees
www.americanexpress.com
Industry: Financial Services & Insurance // Banking/Credit Services
Headquarters: New York City, New York, United States
Listed In: Argentina, India, Japan, Mexico, United States
Employee Growth: 0%
Global Revenues: $30 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2000
Women in Senior Management: 33%
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• 19. Accor
160,000 Employees
www.accor.com
Industry: Hospitality // Hotel/Resort
Headquarters: Paris, France
Listed In: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom
Global Revenues: $7.9 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1997
Women in Senior Management: 43%
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• 20. McDonald's
1,850,000 Employees
www.mcdonalds.com
Industry: Hospitality // Food and Beverage Service
Headquarters: Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela
Employee Growth: 2.7%
Global Revenues: $27 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1997
Women in Senior Management: 31%
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• 21. Cisco
66,599 Employees
www.cisco.com
Industry: Information Technology
Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States
Listed In: Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States
Global Revenues: $43.2 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2001
Women in Senior Management: 16%
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• 22. Novo Nordisk
33,970 Employees
www.novonordisk.com
Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters: Bagsværd, Denmark
Listed In: Finland, India, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, United States
Employee Growth: 4.5%
Global Revenues: $12.4 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2001
Women in Senior Management: 25%
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• 23. Quintiles
26,676 Employees
www.quintiles.com
Industry: Health Care // Services
Headquarters: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Listed In: Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom
Employee Growth: 12%
Global Revenues: $3 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2003
Women in Senior Management: 52%
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• 24. SC Johnson
13,000 Employees
www.scjohnson.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Personal and Household goods
Headquarters: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Venezuela
Employee Growth: 1%
Global Revenues: $9 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 1984
Women in Senior Management: 27%
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• 25. Mars
70,000 Employees
www.mars.com
Industry: Manufacturing & Production // Food products
Headquarters: McLean, Virginia, United States
Listed In: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Korea, The Netherlands, Spain
Employee Growth: 3.5%
Global Revenues: $30 billion
1st Year as a Great Place To Work: 2008
Women in Senior Management: 38%