Glassdoor's UK Top 50 Employers
What makes each company on Glassdoor’s UK Top 50 employers list a great place to
work? We analysed each of their reviews to understand the most common positive phrases used to describe each
company. We also looked at the ‘advice to managers’ section, to see if there are any areas in which they
could improve.
ServiceNow
Common Employee Feedback
- Employee-centric organisation
- Good food
- Good retirement options
- Work-life balance
- Lots of restructuring
AND Digital
Common Employee Feedback
- Competitive salary
- Great culture
- High growth
- Strong CEO
- Difficult to progress
- Lack of training and support
Salesforce
Common Employee Feedback
- Great work culture
- Flexible timings
- Great policies
- Repetitive work
- Limited growth opportunities
Immediate Media Company
Common Employee Feedback
- Great teamwork
- Nice company and offices
- Ambitious and fun environment
- Non-competitive salaries
- Limited training and development
Abcam
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salary and benefits
- Room for growth
- Great company vision
- Cares greatly for the people
- Unclear goals and thus appraisals
McKinsey & Company
Common Employee Feedback
- Smart people
- Positive culture
- Many growth opportunities
- Open feedback channels
- Repetitive work
Adobe
Common Employee Feedback
- Best work culture
- Employee oriented
- Product based
- Lack of opportunities
- Scattered and political
VMware
Common Employee Feedback
- Positive management view
- Good market position and product
- Poor culture
- Work-life balance concerns
ARM
Common Employee Feedback
- Good work-life balance
- Positive environment
- Good pay
- Uninteresting work
- Limited development opportunities
Meta
Common Employee Feedback
- Big impact company
- Fast culture
- Strong rewards
- Growing very fast
- Limited remote working
Novuna
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salaries
- Networking potential
- Innovative
- Flexible and positive environment
- Ranking systems
- Cost cutting
- Bonuses
Dishoom
Common Employee Feedback
- Flexible rotas
- Friendly staff
- Busy workplace
- Competitive wage
- Work-life balance is not a priority
Microsoft
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salary and bonus
- Good benefits
- Positive culture
- Large company
- Heavy managerial structure
- Bureaucracy
Mastercard
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salary and benefits
- High code of conduct
- Lots of training opportunities
- Good work-life balance
- Office politics
- Occasional lack of clarity
- Lack of career growth opportunities
Dell Technologies
Common Employee Feedback
- Positive work environment
- Good management
- Great culture
- No appraisal process
- Limited opportunities
Zurich Insurance
Common Employee Feedback
- Good compensation
- Share options
- Knowledgeable team
- Culture
Awin
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salary
- Flexible environment
- Friendly and supportive
- Unclear career growth path
- No overtime pay available
Common Employee Feedback
- Good work-life balance
- Fantastic perk package
- Positive people
- Stressful environment
- High volume of work
SAP
Common Employee Feedback
- Work-life balance
- Good compensation
- Development opportunities
- Flexible and innovative
- Long working hours
- High workload
- Lofty sales targets
Wise
Common Employee Feedback
- Good culture and teamwork
- Compensation and 401k match
- Work-life balance
- Aggressive deadlines
Ocado Technology
Common Employee Feedback
- Good people
- Interesting projects
- Good culture
- Poorly structured internships
Boston Consulting Group
Common Employee Feedback
- Good salary
- Great teamwork
- Diverse work environment
- Poor work-life balance
- Heavy workload
Apple
Common Employee Feedback
- Decent pay
- Good learning opportunities
- Discounted products
- Poor work-life balance
- Lots of internal politics
Diageo
Common Employee Feedback
- Great facilities
- Good salary
- Relatively frequent reorganisations
The Gym Group
Common Employee Feedback
- Great progression opportunities
- Good bonus scheme
- Occasional monotonous work
Oliver Bonas
Common Employee Feedback
- Good perks and salary
- Company culture
- Good products
- Admin frustrations
- Occasional monotonous work
Octopus Energy
Common Employee Feedback
- Flexible working
- Well-being is a priority
- Good company values
- Friendly atmosphere
- Access to quality projects
Arcadis
Common Employee Feedback
- Supportive team
- Detailed product design
- Large projects
- Slow progression
- Frequent management changes
Sky Betting & Gaming
Common Employee Feedback
- Good benefits
- Great company culture
- Flexibility and work-life balance
- Lots of red tape
- Sometimes slow-moving
Barratt Developments
Common Employee Feedback
- Lots of opportunities
- Great team ethos
- Stressful environment
- Long working hours
Softcat
Common Employee Feedback
- Company culture
- Flexible working hours
- Work-life balance
- Slow promotion process
Cisco
Common Employee Feedback
- Good place to work
- Good work-life balance
- Outstanding benefits
- Difficult to progress
Sage
Common Employee Feedback
- Flexible working
- Good work culture
- Friendly environment
- Slow growth opportunities
- Repetitive work
Nando's UK & IRE
Common Employee Feedback
- Family oriented
- Positive team environment
- Great benefits and work-life balance
- Slow processes
- Limited growth opportunities
Trailfinders
Common Employee Feedback
- High visibility
- Good education opportunities
- Inclusive and accessible environment
- Long hours
- Fast-paced
Schuh Limited
Common Employee Feedback
- Good work-life balance
- People orientated
- Opportunities for self-development
- Unchallenging
- High-pressure
The LEGO Group
Common Employee Feedback
- Quality work
- Great colleagues
- Dynamic and constructive environment
- Limited salary progression
Kainos
Common Employee Feedback
- Supportive environment
- Interesting projects
- Good benefits
- Non-competitive salaries
- Slow initial work timescale
Johnson & Johnson
Common Employee Feedback
- Free food
- Good salary
- Good job quality
- Long working hours
- High volume of work
Fidelity International
Common Employee Feedback
- Cab facility
- Nice environment
- Positive work-life balance
- Non-competitive salary
- Slow growth
S&P Global
Common Employee Feedback
- Great salary
- Nice coworkers
- Good career opportunities
- Positive environment
- Fast-paced
- Lots of changes
Ford Motor Company
Common Employee Feedback
- Good working hours
- Great benefits
- Good work-life balance
- Global learning
- Non-competitive salaries
Jet2.com
Common Employee Feedback
- Fun environment
- Good bonuses and overtime
- Monthly employee events
- Long working hours
- Average pay
Procter & Gamble
Common Employee Feedback
- Free food and trips
- Employee support and courses
- Good values
- Poor work-life balance
- Antisocial hours
- No shift allowance
Marriott International
Common Employee Feedback
- Great benefits
- Great culture
- Treats employees well
- Health and safety
Capgemini Invent
Common Employee Feedback
- Interesting work
- Good benefits
- Positive management
- Difficult to specialise
- Limited salary increases
Mars
Common Employee Feedback
- Pet side of the business is good
- Great place to work
- Lots of career growth opportunities
- Poor work-life balance
Mott MacDonald
Common Employee Feedback
- Great work-life balance
- Great benefits
- Caring and helpful colleagues
- Limited training opportunities
- Non-competitive salary
O2
Common Employee Feedback
- Positive and flexible culture
- Great product and talent
- Excellent quality management
- Slow to market
- Missing opportunities
MBDA
Common Employee Feedback
- Exciting and challenging work
- Large pipeline of new work
- Great benefits and environment
- Fantastic colleagues
- Low salaries for defence industry
- Lower overtime rate in engineering