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These are the 50 best companies to work for in the UK, according to Glassdoor

Researchers took into account things like work-life balance, pay, leadership and career growth

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Faima Bakar
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Stuck in a dead-end job and fancy a change of scene? Glassdoor’s annual ranking of the best places to work in the UK has just dropped – and it may well help you out on your search.

The jobs site analysed five different criteria across dozens of major firms, including work-life balance, a good team and culture, great pay and perks, strong leadership and good career growth.

While household names such as Google, Microsoft and even Heathrow Airport featured on the list, taking the crown was management consultancy Bain and Company, scoring 4.7 out of 5. 

In second place was software provider ServiceNow (who took the top spot in 2021), closely followed by another consulting firm, the Boston Consulting Group.  

Here’s the top 50 in full:

  1. Bain & Company 
  2. ServiceNow 
  3. Boston Consulting Group 
  4. Equinix 
  5. Ocado Technology 
  6. Mastercard 
  7. Google 
  8. Arup
  9. Salesforce 
  10. Version 1 
  11. Softcat
  12. BlackRock
  13. Microsoft
  14. Adobe
  15. Novuna
  16. Imagination Technologies
  17. Johnson & Johnson
  18. SAP
  19. Wise
  20. Capgemini Invent
  21. Office for National Statistics
  22. Cromwell Tools
  23. Mott MacDonald
  24. SUSE
  25. Cisco Systems
  26. Dell Technologies
  27. Baringa Partners
  28. Schroders
  29. Bloomberg L.P.
  30. S&P Global
  31. Syngenta
  32. Deloitte
  33. VMware
  34. Awin
  35. Diageo
  36. Apple
  37. RBC
  38. Fidelity International
  39. Kainos
  40. Dishoom
  41. Goldman Sachs
  42. Siemens
  43. NFU Mutual
  44. Avanade
  45. McKinsey & Company
  46. Heathrow Airport
  47. Expedia Group
  48. Computacenter
  49. Accenture
  50. Procter & Gamble

You can find out more about the Glassdoor study here.

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