2013'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 released its annual index of the Best Companies To Work For. Companies nominate themselves (for a fee) and then get staff to fill out a survey on aspects of workplace culture from leadership to wellbeing, and from opportunities for personal growth to a fair deal in terms of pay.

The companies are then ranked based on the employees' responses to those surveys.

For the 2012 results, head to 2012's best big companies to work for.

Here are this year’s top 25 big companies.

In addition, Intercontinental Hotels Group won a special award for its training and development, while Zurich won the award for "giving something back".

As you can see, most of the companies on this year's list are household names. And it seems money doesn't always buy you job satisfaction, as only a third of Pets At Home's employees earn more than £15,000 a year, although nearly half are part time.

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

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