India's Best Companies to Work For

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Rank: 5

India HQ: Gurgaon

Employees: 1462

Gender Ratio (F:M): 1:0.93

Employee Turnover: 12%

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Hiring alone is the most important function for senior managers at Google. Engineers are allowed ‘20% time’ to spend on anything they are passionate about. Ergo, it comes as no surprise why Google stands out as a verb.

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Rank: 6

India HQ: Mumbai

Employees: 984

Gender Ratio (F:M): 1:5.6

Employee Turnover: 6%

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At a time when various companies are laying off people, Qualcomm is reversing its role. In fact, the company is increasing investment in new ventures, CSR activities and doling out appraisals—twice a year. It h

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Rank: 7

India HQ: Mumbai

Employees: 2566

Gender Ratio (F:M): 1:4.55

Employee Turnover: 15%

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Every company would like to embody the ‘mailroom to boardroom’ dream, where even the humblest employee has a fair shot at the corner office. At Marriot International, the very top slot still belongs to the 72-year-old John Willard Marriot Jr, but every other position is open to those who can make it and to prove its point, the company presents a whole list of former stewards and housekeepers who have gone on to become business heads.

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Rank: 8

India HQ: Gurgaon

Employees: 5920

Gender Ratio (F:M): 1:1.3

Employee Turnover: 20%

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Out of about 70,000 employees, trust Amex people to know each other by name. Perhaps, it’s this personal touch which makes employees return to Amex. Manoj Adlakha, head of commercial cards business at American Express in India, who joined back after spending four years outside the company. “It was my first job. While I had left Amex physically in 2005, I always used to miss it badly. It is the transparency and the Blue Box Values of people, integrity, teamwork, a will to win and personal accountability that brings people back to Amex,” he says.

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Rank: 9

India HQ: Bangalore

Employees: 894

Gender Ratio (F:M): 1:4.69

Employee Turnover: 9%

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It’s not surprising to see the employees of NetApp play video games or cricket during their normal working hours as the company very clearly reposes its trust among its people to achieve the deliverables while having fun. For the software firm, which is very clear about its business objectives, values play a key role in keeping its engine running.