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The top 10 best companies in the UK - as voted for by their workers

  • <p>Company rating 4.3: “A very special culture. A lot of businesses claim to have created a ‘family like’ feel. HomeServe truly has. I have a real sense of belonging, people at all levels genuinely care about the customers and each other.” — HomeServe UK marketing manager, Walsall, West Midlands. </p>
    1/10

    10. HomeServe UK

    Company rating 4.3: “A very special culture. A lot of businesses claim to have created a ‘family like’ feel. HomeServe truly has. I have a real sense of belonging, people at all levels genuinely care about the customers and each other.” — HomeServe UK marketing manager, Walsall, West Midlands.

  • <p>Company rating 4.3: “Great HR team, they adapt to your own person very quickly and are very considerate in regards to help when you need it. Acknowledgement for achievements is second to none.” — Apple technical specialist, London. </p>
    2/10

    9. Apple

    Company rating 4.3: “Great HR team, they adapt to your own person very quickly and are very considerate in regards to help when you need it. Acknowledgement for achievements is second to none.” — Apple technical specialist, London.

  • <p>Company rating 4.3: “Engaging, intelligent people surrounding you and opportunities to develop yourself with driven, bright people that have been successful in their careers with Hiscox. Lots of autonomy, you are treated like an adult and trusted to get your job done.” — Hiscox employee, Colchester, Essex. </p>
    3/10

    8. Hiscox

    Company rating 4.3: “Engaging, intelligent people surrounding you and opportunities to develop yourself with driven, bright people that have been successful in their careers with Hiscox. Lots of autonomy, you are treated like an adult and trusted to get your job done.” — Hiscox employee, Colchester, Essex.

  • <p>Company rating 4.3: “Excellent training programme for sales and service staff across all businesses under the Rentokil Initial umbrella. Opportunities for staff progression and promotion as part of the talent for tomorrow. Excellent incentives and staff recognition acknowledgements for outstanding achievements.” — Rentokil Initial administrative employee, Camberley, Surrey. </p>
    4/10

    7. Rentokil Initial

    Company rating 4.3: “Excellent training programme for sales and service staff across all businesses under the Rentokil Initial umbrella. Opportunities for staff progression and promotion as part of the talent for tomorrow. Excellent incentives and staff recognition acknowledgements for outstanding achievements.” — Rentokil Initial administrative employee, Camberley, Surrey.

  • <p>Company rating: 4.3: “They hire the right people, who are friendly and very proactive. The investment in their people is hard to rival and no two days are ever the same!” — Lookers employee, Manchester. </p>
    5/10

    6. Lookers

    Company rating: 4.3: “They hire the right people, who are friendly and very proactive. The investment in their people is hard to rival and no two days are ever the same!” — Lookers employee, Manchester.

  • <p>Company rating 4.4: “Extremely flexible, challenging in a good way, extremely innovative. A great internal support structure, decent transparency for a large organisation. This is a group of VERY intelligent, very motivated people.” — Salesforce solutions engineer, London. </p>
    6/10

    5. Salesforce

    Company rating 4.4: “Extremely flexible, challenging in a good way, extremely innovative. A great internal support structure, decent transparency for a large organisation. This is a group of VERY intelligent, very motivated people.” — Salesforce solutions engineer, London.

  • <p>Company rating 4.4: “Everyone on the team is driven by an absolute ambition to make the world a better a place. The teams are collaborative, creative and welcoming to new ideas. The company is driven by impact and moving fast, so if you’ve got an idea you’ve got room to make a real impact.” — Facebook creative strategist, London. </p>
    7/10

    4. Facebook

    Company rating 4.4: “Everyone on the team is driven by an absolute ambition to make the world a better a place. The teams are collaborative, creative and welcoming to new ideas. The company is driven by impact and moving fast, so if you’ve got an idea you’ve got room to make a real impact.” — Facebook creative strategist, London.

  • <p>Company rating 4.4: “Colleagues with positive attitudes, development opportunities, flexible working approach, great systems and the right tools to do the job all in a supportive environment.” — Bromford employee, Birmingham. </p>
    8/10

    3. Bromford

    Company rating 4.4: “Colleagues with positive attitudes, development opportunities, flexible working approach, great systems and the right tools to do the job all in a supportive environment.” — Bromford employee, Birmingham.

  • <p>Company rating 4.4: “Anglian Water really does put its employees at the heart of what it does. If you are looking for job satisfaction, reward and enjoyment, this is an ideal company to work for.” — Anglian Water asset group manager, East of England. </p>
    9/10

    2. Anglian Water

    Company rating 4.4: “Anglian Water really does put its employees at the heart of what it does. If you are looking for job satisfaction, reward and enjoyment, this is an ideal company to work for.” — Anglian Water asset group manager, East of England.

  • <p>Company rating 4.5: “Culture – sharing culture where everyone in different departments will work collaboratively. People – excellent, bright, ambitious individuals to work with. Salary – good high salary. Benefits – this includes food, medical, dental, travel expenses, stock.” — Google partner marketing manager, London. (All images: Glassdoor) </p>
    10/10

    1. Google

    Company rating 4.5: “Culture – sharing culture where everyone in different departments will work collaboratively. People – excellent, bright, ambitious individuals to work with. Salary – good high salary. Benefits – this includes food, medical, dental, travel expenses, stock.” — Google partner marketing manager, London. (All images: Glassdoor)

<p>Company rating 4.3: “A very special culture. A lot of businesses claim to have created a ‘family like’ feel. HomeServe truly has. I have a real sense of belonging, people at all levels genuinely care about the customers and each other.” — HomeServe UK marketing manager, Walsall, West Midlands. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.3: “Great HR team, they adapt to your own person very quickly and are very considerate in regards to help when you need it. Acknowledgement for achievements is second to none.” — Apple technical specialist, London. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.3: “Engaging, intelligent people surrounding you and opportunities to develop yourself with driven, bright people that have been successful in their careers with Hiscox. Lots of autonomy, you are treated like an adult and trusted to get your job done.” — Hiscox employee, Colchester, Essex. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.3: “Excellent training programme for sales and service staff across all businesses under the Rentokil Initial umbrella. Opportunities for staff progression and promotion as part of the talent for tomorrow. Excellent incentives and staff recognition acknowledgements for outstanding achievements.” — Rentokil Initial administrative employee, Camberley, Surrey. </p>
<p>Company rating: 4.3: “They hire the right people, who are friendly and very proactive. The investment in their people is hard to rival and no two days are ever the same!” — Lookers employee, Manchester. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.4: “Extremely flexible, challenging in a good way, extremely innovative. A great internal support structure, decent transparency for a large organisation. This is a group of VERY intelligent, very motivated people.” — Salesforce solutions engineer, London. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.4: “Everyone on the team is driven by an absolute ambition to make the world a better a place. The teams are collaborative, creative and welcoming to new ideas. The company is driven by impact and moving fast, so if you’ve got an idea you’ve got room to make a real impact.” — Facebook creative strategist, London. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.4: “Colleagues with positive attitudes, development opportunities, flexible working approach, great systems and the right tools to do the job all in a supportive environment.” — Bromford employee, Birmingham. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.4: “Anglian Water really does put its employees at the heart of what it does. If you are looking for job satisfaction, reward and enjoyment, this is an ideal company to work for.” — Anglian Water asset group manager, East of England. </p>
<p>Company rating 4.5: “Culture – sharing culture where everyone in different departments will work collaboratively. People – excellent, bright, ambitious individuals to work with. Salary – good high salary. Benefits – this includes food, medical, dental, travel expenses, stock.” — Google partner marketing manager, London. (All images: Glassdoor) </p>
Mark Dorman

It’s the dream scenario for every boss up and down the UK: building an environment where people love to come to work.

Jobsite portal Glassdoor’s 50 UK Best Places to Work in 2018 list features employers across diverse industries spanning technology, retail, investment banking, insurance, consumer goods, telecommunications and more.

Tech giant Google has been named No. 1 in the UK for the second time, following up its top placing in 2015, and has made the UK list for four consecutive years.

The rankings are compiled through workers’ reviews of the company’s overall rating, career opportunities, compensation & benefits, culture & values, senior management, work/life balance, recommend to a friend and business outlook. See the full list here.