The Abbott group is rated one of the country's best places to work because of its people-focused policies - it helps staffers every step of the way so they can attain their personal goals and, in turn, help the organisation achieve its overall goals.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is fast emerging as a respected brand in the job market. A professional work culture has helped the company leapfrog into the top 25 of Business Today's list of best companies to work for.
Lower growth rates and continued uncertainty in the IT industry's export markets have started reflecting in the industry leading to lower hiring, niggardly promotions and timid salary increments.
Google India's cool work culture and policy of pushing people to pursue their passion makes it the most attractive company for employees in India today.
Accenture India now has more than 90,000 employees. Globally, it invested $850 million in 2012 on training and professional development - an average of 52 hours per person. The company has climbed six spots in the pecking order in the 'Best Companies to Work For' listing. Full Coverage of Best Employers Survey
Rankings by sector, region, reasons for employees changing jobs; breakup of the survey's respondent profile, and other insights.
The survey aims to provide feedback to companies on what the employee marketplace thinks of them, which qualities in a company are considered important by employees, which factors attract people, which demoralise them, etc.
The past three years' studies were focused purely on the perception and aspirations of employees, but this year's result clearly shows that the employee is looking at hard-core reality with meaningful returns for her career as well as a well carved-out path to meet her aspirations.
Nandita Gurjar, Senior Vice President and Group Head, HR, Infosys, says, "The important thing about management is to listen. One cannot undermine the power of listening. We also do crowd sourcing of the policies."
Chandrasekhar Sripada, VP and head HR, IBM India and South Asia, says it has an offering for almost every unique group of employee segment. "We are kind of a one-stop shop for talent."
Rajan Dutta, president - corporate HR, Reliance Communications, says, "We have benchmarked with the best in the industry in each of the 24 HR policies."
Saurabh Govil, senior VP at Wipro Technologies, says, "We have gone through a lot of change in the last one year. Simpler agile structures led to very simple roles for the people. They know what roles they have, what objectives they have."





