2012's best big companies to work for

The Sunday Times has released the results of its annual Best Companies To Work For list. Here's the top 25.

The Sunday Times has just released its annual index of the Best Companies To Work For. Companies nominate themselves and then get staff to fill out a survey on aspects of workplace culture from leadership to wellbeing to personal growth and a fair deal in terms of pay.

Last week, we looked at the results of the Best Small Companies To Work For survey.

Now here are this year’s top 25 big companies:

Company	Industry	2011 top 25 position
Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd	Retail	6
Pets at Home	Retail	-
Sytner Group	Car dealers/rental	3
Goldman Sachs International	Professional	2
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Professional	11
RSA	Financial	-
American Express UK	Financial	-
KPMG	Professional	9
Boots Opticians	Retail	1
McDonald's Restaurants	Hospitality	22
Signet Trading Ltd	Retail
Marriott Hotels International	Hospitality	7
Bourne Leisure	Leisure	4
InterContinental Hotels Group	Hospitality	10
Accenture UK Ltd	Professional	-
Deloitte	Professional	-
Zurich Insurance	Financial	20
Hilton Hotels, UK	Hospitality	18
AXA	Financial	-
Homebase Limited	Retail	-
Boots UK	Retail	19
Mott MacDonald Limited	Professional	13
British Gas	Utilities	14
The Midcounties Co-operative	Retail	24
Legal & General	Financial	-

If you're wondering who Signet Trading is, it's the firm behind high street jewellers H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis.

Pets At Home's rapid expansion over the past year means it has moved from the mid-sized companies list to the big companies list.

To find out more about why their employees rate these companies so highly, go to the official Best Companies website

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