Microsoft and Google named Top European Employers

Microsoft and Google were named the two Top 100 European employers on May 28th, 2008, by The Financial Times and The Great Place to Work Institute. Reaktor Innovations of Finland, a privately owned IT firm was named the #1 small/medium sized company in Europe.


The 2008 List of the Best Workplaces in Europe is produced by the Great Place to Work® Institute Europe and published on May 28th by the Financial Times.

The List of the Best Workplaces in Europe is based on 15 national Best Workplaces studies carried out in Europe. Participants in all countries are evaluated with the same methodology and the European List is created on the same criteria as national Lists.

More than 1250 companies participated in this year's competition in Europe.
For the first time, the companies are presented in two separate Lists featuring Small & Medium-sized Workplaces with 50-500 employees and Large Workplaces with more than 500 employees. Also for the first time, the companies are ranked.

More information about the Best Workplaces in Europe can be found in the Financial Times.

Top Five Small and Medium Sized Companies for 2008 were:


Rank
Companies

50 Best Small & Medium-Sized Workplaces (50-500 employees)
1
Reaktor Innovations, Finland 80 employees http://www.ri.fi/ Industry: Information Technology - IT Consulting Ownership: Private
2
ConSol* Software, Germany 153 employees http://www.consol.de/ Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Private
3
4flow, Germany 56 employees http://www.4flow.de/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Publicly quoted/held
4
Piscines Ideales, Greece 127 employees http://www.piscinesideales.gr/ Industry: Construction & Real Estate - Contracting Ownership: Private
5
&Samhoud, Netherlands 54 employees http://www.samhoud.nl/ Industry: Professional Services - Consulting - Management Ownership: Private

Top Five Large Companies were:


50 Best Large Workplaces (>500 employees)
1
Microsoft, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden 8938 employees http://www.microsoft.com/ Industry: Information Technology - Software Ownership: Private
2
Google, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, UK 2255 employees http://www.google.com/ Industry: Media - Online Internet Services Ownership: Private
3
Cisco, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Spain 2490 employees http://www.cisco.com/ Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicly quoted/held
4
3M, Germany 3102 employees http://www.mmm.de/ Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Chemicals Ownership: Publicly quoted/held
5
impuls Finanzmanagement, Germany 630 employees http://www.impulsonline.de/ Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Health Insurance Ownership: Private

Complete list can be found at: http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best/lists.php?year=current&idListName=eu&detail=1&order=rank