Not so long ago, we selected the Best Employers of Switzerland 2020, now the next major award is just around the corner: the "Europe's Best Workplaces™" Awards! Companies from a total of 19 countries were represented, including two Swiss companies and seven multinational companies based in Switzerland.
Winner of the medium-sized Swiss companies in Europe's Top 5
At the top of the European awards for best employers is the IT consulting company UMB. The company has already won first place in the "Best Workplaces in Switzerland" category in 2014, 2016, 2018 and again this year with more than 250 employees. From now on, however, they also belong to the top 5 employers of medium-sized companies (50-499 employees) in Europe! The CEO of UMB, Matthias Keller, knows exactly how they achieved the fifth place: ""Culture eats strategy for breakfast"". We can fully confirm this statement. Culture - together with the right way of thinking - is at the top of our agenda. This not only includes celebrating successes together. Our parties are legendary. It's also the way we treat each other every day, it's the feedback culture, it's ethical issues and how we treat each other as a team.
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Europe-wide impact also for employers with 20-49 employees
Among the 20 Best Workplaces in Europe also CSP AG Competence Solutions Projects could secure the 13th place! Michèle Mégroz, CEO of CSP, was very happy about this result: "Joy, pride, gratitude and amazement - feelings that only rudimentarily describe what the announcement of the first place as Great Place to Work Switzerland of the 20-49 employees division triggered in me. Joy about the award for excellence and a unique CSP culture that makes every CSP employee what he or she really is! Proud that our ongoing investments and improvements in the areas of workplace culture and attractiveness as well as employee satisfaction are paying off and even radiating throughout Europe. Gratitude for all our employees who make CSP a Great Place to Work. And amazement at the path that CSP and all employees have taken together to achieve this. For the success of CSP, it is essential to find and keep motivated, well-trained and enthusiastic employees. This is the only way we can inspire our customers, lead their projects successfully and thus ensure the long-term success of CSP".
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«This award shows how our culture supports the company even in the most challenging times»
In the largest category of Europe's Best Workplaces, the best 25 multinational companies in Europe, no fewer than seven organizations are represented with a Swiss branch: Hilton (3rd place), Abbvie (5th place), DHL (10th place), SAS Institute (11th place), Amgen (13th place), Bristol-Myers Squibb (21st place) and SC Johnson (23rd place). We asked Gilles Marrache, Senior Vice President at Amgen and General Manager Europe Region, what this award means to him: "After 40 years as a leading innovator in biotechnology and 30 years in Europe, one of the achievements we are most proud of is our employee culture. This culture, which includes our mission to help patients, determines how we interact with each other, our partners and our stakeholders. The fantastic outcome of Great Place to Work® shows how our culture supports the company even in the most challenging times, such as how we came together during the COVID 19 pandemic. This year alone, Amgen will help 3 million patients in Europe - a tremendous achievement that makes us proud. We can only achieve this level of success thanks to our employees who are committed and dedicated to our mission".
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How to be recognized as one of Europe's Best Workplaces™
In order to participate in the European Awards, companies must first prove themselves nationally as one of the best employers. Based on our evidence-based methodology, companies are surveyed on the one hand with our Trust Index™ employee survey and on the other hand facts and figures about the company are recorded using Culture Brief™. If the minimum requirements of 65% are then met, the company receives certification as a Great Place to Work®. If the company reaches 70% and more and meets the requirements in Culture Audit™, in which measures of cultural development of organizations are recorded and analyzed, the company qualifies for the national ranking of the Best Employers. All companies that are recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in Switzerland then take part in the international ranking - where their results are compared and ranked with those of other European organizations.
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Complete Ranking
20 Best Small Workplaces in Europe 2020 (20-49 Employees):
1 Regent
2 status C AG
3 Aava & Bang
4 Viisi
5 IIH Nordic
6 McCarthy Recruitment
7 FotoWare
8 Rewe Markt Andreas Fleischer oHG
9 protek
10 Aventim
11 elaboratum GmbH
12 Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Halland
13 CSP AG Competence Solutions Projects
14 Aktivhotel Alpendorf
15 amuse
16 PanzerGlass
17 Republiq
18 Hoivatilat
19 Q-Construction
20 Ryan
50 Best Medium Workplaces in Europe 2020 (50-499 Employees)
1 PASCOE Naturmedizin
2 Cygni
3 EASI
4 Key Solutions
5 UMB AG
6 NOVENCIA GROUP
7 LCG
8 AE
9 Bending Spoons S.p.A.
10 Tenant & Partner
11 Middelfart Sparekasse
12 Multisoft AB
13 Dropbox
14 Abakion
15 Pentia
16 Delegate
17 Zeta Service
18 Job, Aktivitets- og Kompetencecenteret
19 QAware GmbH
20 Bostads AB Mimer
21 Transcendent Group
22 Esri Ireland
23 Foundation SP
24 MaibornWolff GmbH
25 Cofinpro AG
26 viadee Unternehmensberatung AG
27 AB Stångåstaden
28 Bitzer Electronics
29 Spirit Link GmbH
30 UPTOO
31 mnemonic
32 Centiro
33 Coop Trading
34 Carl Ras
35 Protime
36 Alfame
37 Werkmandejong
38 Greator GmbH
39 ICM opleidingen & trainingen
40 Art-Invest Real Estate
41 Vitari
42 Accuracy
43 Axxes
44 Natilik
45 willhaben internet service GmbH & Co KG
46 Tasmane
47 Impact
48 ORMIT
49 InTech
50 Workhuman
30 Best Large Workplaces in Europe 2020 (500+ Employees)
1 Sparekassen Kronjylland
2 St. Gereon Seniorendienste gGmbH
3 The Sovini Group
4 coöperatie DELA
5 adesso SE
6 EXTIA
7 I.K. Hofmann GmbH
8 Baringa Partners
9 Beierholm
10 Mandatum Life
11 MERITIS
12 B3 Consulting Group
13 PPI AG
14 SBAB
15 Sii Polska
16 mc2i
17 SBK Siemens-Betriebskrankenkasse
18 leboncoin Groupe
19 sahibinden.com
20 3
21 TALAN
22 Reitangruppen
23 If Skadeforsikring Danmark
24 REL Field Marketing
25 Norgeshus
26 Sparbanken Skåne
27 Version 1
28 Softcat plc
29 Visma
30 Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası
25 Best Multinational Workplaces in Europe 2020:
1 Salesforce
2 Cisco Systems Inc.
3 Hilton
4 Mars, Inc.
5 AbbVie Inc.
6 The Adecco Group
7 Daimler Mobility AG
8 Admiral Group plc
9 Cadence Design Systems Inc.
10 DHL Express
11 SAS Institute Inc.
12 Mundipharma
13 Amgen Inc.
14 Hilti
15 Johnson & Johnson
16 Stryker
17 W. L. Gore & Associates
18 Specsavers
19 EY
20 Novartis
21 Bristol-Myers Squibb
22 Groupe SEB
23 SC Johnson
24 Chiesi
25 Indeed
