Are you working for one of the best companies in New Zealand?
Each year, IBM conducts a survey across New Zealand to find out which companies have the happiest employees. Every single employee from each participating company is given the opportunity to complete the survey, where they rate their agreement/disagreement with various comments relating to: overall work environment, direct manager’s competencies, senior management engagement, feedback on core values, etc. The results are then compared by percentage of total employees that completed the survey and the overall satisfaction displayed though their agreement (or disagreement) of the comments throughout.
The survey gives companies a streamlined, and externally managed, method of gauging employee’s satisfaction with their own company as well as a platform for benchmarking against other NZ companies of similar size.
All participating companies fall into one of five categories; Enterprise (750+ Employees), Large (400-749), Medium-Large (150-399), Small-Medium (50-149) and Small (20-49).
So, who are the best companies to work for in New Zealand? Find out below.
Medium-Large Category (150-399 Employees)
3rd – Colliers International New Zealand
Commercial real estate and advisory services
2nd – Overland Footwear
Footwear retailer
1st – Mars New Zealand
Fast moving consumer goods.
Mars was actually named the Overall Winner as well, meaning they showed great consistency in performance over a number of years, had an impressive response rate from their employees and had consistent results over all areas of the business.
Large Category (400-749 Employees)
3rd – Trade Me
Online trading and classifieds service
2nd – AA Insurance
Insurance Provider
1st – FMG
Risk Advice & Insurance
Enterprise Category (750+ Employees)
3rd – Flight Centre
Travel Retailer
2nd – Warehouse Stationary
Stationery, technology, art & craft, copy & print and office furniture retailer
1st – VTNZ
Vehicle safety inspections
With more and more businesses taking part in this survey each year, the results will start to show common traits and trends shared by the winners each year, helping other companies reduce their staff turnover and hopefully become one of the best workplaces in New Zealand.
To see the winners of other categories follow the link here:
Do you have an amazing employer that you think deserves to be on this list? Let us know in the comments below.