Facebook named top UK employer for pay and benefits

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Facebook has been named the top employer in the UK for its pay and employee benefits package, according to Glassdoor’s Top 25 UK companies for compensation and benefits list 2015.

Other organisations that feature on this year’s list include Autotrader, Google, Mars, MediaMath and Softcat.

The scores are based on responses from employees who rated the pay and benefits packages they receive on a scale of 1-5.

Facebook’s overall score was 4.7, whilst Jive Software, which came second in the rankings, also received 4.7 and MediaMath received a rating of 4.6 and placed third on the list.

Software firm Equal Experts was ranked fourth on the list, with a score of 4.6. Commenting on the ranking, Thomas Granier, founder of Equal Experts, said: “We strongly believe that you get what you pay for and we only want the most outstanding individuals, and then we retain them by providing an environment with less politics and more autonomy.”

The full list is as follows:

  1. Facebook: 4.7
  2. Jive Software: 4.7
  3. MediaMath: 4.6
  4. Equal Experts: 4.6
  5. AO: 4.6
  6. Informatica: 4.5
  7. Softcat: 4.5
  8. Baringa: 4.5
  9. BCG: 4.4
  10. Salesforce: 4.4
  11. Attenda: 4.4
  12. HomeAway: 4.4
  13. AutoTrader: 4.4
  14. Holiday Extras: 4.4
  15. Peninsula: 4.4
  16. McKinsey and Company: 4.3
  17. Skype: 4.3
  18. Newton Europe: 4.3
  19. New Voice Media: 4.3
  20. NetBuilder: 4.3
  21. BMC: 4.2
  22. Mars: 4.2
  23. Bain and Company: 4.2
  24. Imperial Tabacco: 4.2
  25. Google: 4.2