Work Style - Great Place to Work Institute

In the next pages, you may find
all the contact information of the
Best Workplaces in Europe. The
five Great Place to Work Models
are listed in the pages that have
a full page photo on the left.
You can read a brief description
of the Great Place to Work ®
Institute next to the photos in
blue color.
General Facts
1.300 participated in the 2009-10 Best Workplaces
study in Europe. 293.911 employee surveys were correctly
filled out by employees for this edition of the
study. The companies taking part in the study represent
all together 1.619.076 employees. The average
Best Workplace is 37 years old. Oldest company on
the list: The Austrian branch of Worthington Cylinders
can date its history back to 1817 – 193 years! An average
of 92% of the employees in the 100 Best affirms
that “taking everything into account, I would say this
is a great place to work.” 20% of the 100 Best Workplaces
are consulting companies, while 19% are manufacturing
and production companies. The lists also
include retail companies as well as social services and
government agencies, which illustrates the variety of
companies and the fact that any company can become
a great workplace.
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The Best Workplaces at a Glance
2010
by Otto Zell*
A Great Business
The 100 Best Workplaces in Europe are definitely also
impacted by the global economic crisis as any other
company and the 100 Best hire fewer people than before,
although they are still hiring – on average 2.2%.
But, despite the crisis, the 100 Best have still been
growing revenues by 15.4% on average, which taking
the growth in the number of employees means
that they have improved productivity by an astonishing
12.9%. The Best Workplaces are obviously popular
employers, who receive a lot of job applications. On
average, the 100 Best received 5.7 job applications per
year per each existing staff member. WL Gore in Italy
has 88 employees, but received during the past year
about 6,000 job applications. This accounts for 68 job
applications per year per existing employees. On average
the largest employee groups at the 100 Best receive
about 66 hours of formal training per year. The
Voluntary Employee Turnover is lower than ever before.
The average is 4.7%. The average absenteeism at
the 100 Best in Europe is 2.5% per year.
The Quality of the Best Workplaces has steadily improved
over time. •
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Respect
Camaraderie
Credibility
Fairness
Pride
100 Best Workplaces
in Europe 2003-10,
average scores
by dimension
* Otto Zell, List Director Great Place to Work ® Source:
Great Place to Work®
Institute Europe,
2010.
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