Thursday, November 25, 2004
The 10 best employers in India
The Bangalore-based, Rajiv Mody-founded Sasken Communication Technologies has been ranked as the best company to work for in India, in a study conducted by international HR Consulting firm Mercer in association with Business Today magazine.
The other companies that feature in the '10 best companies to work for in India' list include IT giant Infosys Technologies at the second spot; energy and environment management firm Thermax at number 3; HCL Technologies' subsidiary HCL Comnet at the fourth place and home finance major HDFC at number 5.
National Thermal Power Corporation is the only public sector unit to feature in the top10 list and has been ranked as the sixth best company to work for in India.
The other companies that complete the top 10 list are: pharmaceuticals major Dr Reddy's Laboratories at number 7; IT major Satyam Computer Services at rank 8; India's sixth largest IT firm Patni Computer Systems at number 9; and Hughes Software Systems at number 10.
To create the rankings, Mercer worked with international market research firm TNS and surveyed companies across 14 different industry groups.
For the study, all the companies were evaluated in four key areas. These include employee perception, HR processes and policies, HR metrics and stakeholder perception.
Commenting on the participants and the results, Nitin Dheer, Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting (XLRI, 98)said, "Mercer was responsible for the design of the process as well as analysis of the results, which was done on a no name basis to pre-empt any situations of bias or consultant client conflict, while TNS took care of actual client interface. This insured that the survey results were completely neutral and reflective of the actual caliber of the company."
Rank Company
1 Sasken
2 Infosys
3 Thermax
4 HCL Comnet
5 HDFC
6 NTPC
7 Dr Reddy's
8 Satyam
9 Patni Computer
10Hughes Software
The other companies that feature in the '10 best companies to work for in India' list include IT giant Infosys Technologies at the second spot; energy and environment management firm Thermax at number 3; HCL Technologies' subsidiary HCL Comnet at the fourth place and home finance major HDFC at number 5.
National Thermal Power Corporation is the only public sector unit to feature in the top10 list and has been ranked as the sixth best company to work for in India.
The other companies that complete the top 10 list are: pharmaceuticals major Dr Reddy's Laboratories at number 7; IT major Satyam Computer Services at rank 8; India's sixth largest IT firm Patni Computer Systems at number 9; and Hughes Software Systems at number 10.
To create the rankings, Mercer worked with international market research firm TNS and surveyed companies across 14 different industry groups.
For the study, all the companies were evaluated in four key areas. These include employee perception, HR processes and policies, HR metrics and stakeholder perception.
Commenting on the participants and the results, Nitin Dheer, Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting (XLRI, 98)said, "Mercer was responsible for the design of the process as well as analysis of the results, which was done on a no name basis to pre-empt any situations of bias or consultant client conflict, while TNS took care of actual client interface. This insured that the survey results were completely neutral and reflective of the actual caliber of the company."
Rank Company
1 Sasken
2 Infosys
3 Thermax
4 HCL Comnet
5 HDFC
6 NTPC
7 Dr Reddy's
8 Satyam
9 Patni Computer
10Hughes Software
