The best companies to work for in Asia: Professional Services
The winners of the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ awards have been revealed, with a dozen professional services firms recognised among the region’s top employers.
Held annually in twelve Asian countries, the ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ awards ceremony recognises companies with the best HR practices and which demonstrate high levels of employee engagement and excellent workplace cultures. The competition assesses the human capital policies and performance of all types of companies, from Fortune 500 enterprises and government institutions to mid-sized businesses and start-ups.
Over 100,000 employees from 1,000+ companies in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the employer surveys used for the competition, with the top performing companies lauded by country.
Among the more well-known winners are major financial services institutions such as HSBC and Prudential, food & beverage giants Coca Cola, Danone, Nestlé and Unilever, technology companies Microsoft and Lenovo, cosmetics group L’Oréal, and telecom player China Mobile.
The ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ awards also includes professional services firms Deloitte and KPMG (notably, the two other Big Four firms EY and PwC have not made the list), mid-market accountancy and consultancy groups Baker Tilly, Grant Thornton and Mazars, and technology specialists DXC Technology, Thoughtworks and Wipro.
Other consultancies lauded for their top employee culture are Accenture (a consulting and technology group with over 500,000 employees globally), Marsh (part of Marsh McLennan), Knight Frank (a real estate consultancy) and Royal HaskoningDHV (an engineering consultancy).
An overview of professional services firms that made the ranking by country:
China
KPMG
Cambodia
Baker Tilly
South Korea
Marsh
Thailand
DXC Technology
Mazars
Thoughtworks
Philippines
No consulting firms made the list
Hong Kong
Knight Frank
KPMG
Malaysia
Accenture
Deloitte
Wipro
Indonesia
Deloitte
Mazars
Wipro
Singapore
Mazars
Taiwan
No consulting firms made the list
Vietnam
Deloitte
Grant Thornton
Royal HaskoningDHV
KPMG
Wipro
The ‘Best Companies to Work for in Asia’ ranking is presented annually by publication Business Media International in collaboration with platform HR Asia.