Expedia named best place to work in the UK 2017

Expedia

Expedia has been named the best place to work in the UK at Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2017 Employees’ Choice Awards.

The award winners are based on employee reviews posted on Glassdoor over the last year, with staff sharing their views on career opportunities, compensation and benefits, culture and values, as well as how satisfied they are with their employer, and the advantages or disadvantages of working at the organisation. Employees are also encouraged to provide advice for management and to rate their chief executive officer.

This is the second year in a row that Expedia has been ranked as the best place to work in the UK. ARM Holdings, HomeServe UK, Mott MacDonald, and Hays make up the top five organisations on the UK 2017 list.

In the US, Bain and Company has been named best large employer, followed by Facebook, Boston Consulting Group, Google, and World Wide Technology.

The 2017 top 20 best places to work in the UK are:

  1. Expedia
  2. ARM Holdings
  3. HomeServe UK
  4. Mott MacDonald
  5. Hays
  6. Peninsula
  7. Unilever
  8. Salesforce
  9. Screwfix
  10. First Derivatives
  11. American Express
  12. Grant Thornton UK
  13. Google
  14. Explore Learning
  15. Accenture
  16. PageLearning
  17. GlaxoSmithKline
  18. BBC
  19. Centrica
  20. Nando’s UK

Greg Reed, chief marketing officer at HomeServe, said: “Being named by Glassdoor as one of the top three best places to work in the UK is really special. Over the last three years, we have been on an incredible journey and have worked tirelessly to create an exceptional culture, one which is based on a really simple philosophy: you take care of your people, they will take care of your customers, and the rest will take care of itself. Best of all, it’s a culture that every single person in our [organisation] is proud to be a part of.”