Best Austrian Employer

Do you want to work at a great company? Then get a job at the Sparkasse Neuhofen.  They were named Austrian Employer of the Year 2008 by Great Place to Work Institute. Pretty special, considering that they only have about 58 employees (I hope I counted right, they’re all listed by name on the home page). Omicron Electronics (Klaus) came in 2nd place, followed by ARDEX Baustoffe (Loosdorf), Western Union Financial Services (Vienna) and Procter & Gamble (Vienna).

What did these companies do to be named Austrian Employer of the Year? Well, first they got nominated by their employees. Then Great Place to Work anonymously surveyed the employees of all nominated companies concerning the following issues:

- the rapport between employees and management,
- employees’ relationship towards their tasks and duties, and towards the organisation,
- and the relationship between the employees themselves.

And let’s admit it. The employees of these companies probably are more productive than employees of other (less employee friendly) companies. Why? Because they seem to enjoy going to work - unless they were coerced into nominating their employers and then giving positive answers in the anonymous survey (doubtful).
I assume they simply like their jobs and the people they work with. 

Having a positive opinion of your daily tasks, the company you work for and your colleagues can certainly make work a lot less like “work” and a lot more like “fun”.

Wouldn’t it be great if all companies were striving for this title?

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