These are the best employers in 2015…

At the ceremonial award ceremony for ‘Best Employer’, recognitions were awarded to companies based on the results of a survey conducted by MojPosao among more than 3,000 employees.

This year’s Employee Satisfaction Survey included companies from all sectors of the economy in private, foreign, and domestic ownership, totaling 34.

The purpose of the survey is an in-depth analysis of a range of factors that influence employee satisfaction and the degree of their engagement in a particular company.

The goal of the research is to find out which companies are currently the best to work for in Croatia based on the experiences and perceptions of the employees themselves.

The Employee Satisfaction Survey included companies that agreed to conduct the survey among their employees, and the survey itself was conducted through a questionnaire consisting of 78 key statements from nine areas of research:

1.   Challenge of work tasks
2.   Employee loyalty
3.   Work organization
4.   Working conditions
5.   Personal growth and development
6.   Involvement in decision-making
7.   Commitment to work
8.   Interpersonal relationships
9.   Communication in the company

The results achieved within four categories (personal growth and development, involvement in decision-making, interpersonal relationships, and communication in the company) are further analyzed and evaluated within a separate unit: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.

Employees determined the degree of agreement with each statement using ratings from 1 to 4. The statements were formulated in two ways – as positive and negative, to avoid automatic responses and effects of suggestibility.

By comparing the ratings of all companies that participated in the survey, a ranking of the best employers in 2015 was obtained.

According to the stated criteria, the best employers in 2015 in the large company category are:

    1. Deichmann shoe store d.o.o.
    2. dm-drogerie markt d.o.o.
    3. Jadranka d.d.

The best employers in the medium company category are:

    1. DHL International d.o.o.
    2. Rimac Automobili d.o.o.
    3. degordian d.o.o.

The best employers in the small company category for 2015 are:

    1. INFINUM d.o.o.
    2. Mireo d.d.
    3. Acceleratio d.o.o.

Characteristics of the best employers

Regardless of the size of the company, the highest-rated category is ‘Commitment to work’, while the lowest-rated is ‘Work organization’.

The top three employers in the large company category stand out the most from others in the category in terms of satisfaction with the factor ‘Loyalty’, while the least differences are in the category ‘Involvement in decision-making’.

The top three employers in the medium company category stand out the most from others in the category in terms of satisfaction with the factor ‘Involvement in decision-making’, while the least differences are in the category ‘Commitment to work’.

The top three employers in the small company category differ the most from others in the category in terms of satisfaction with the factor ‘Work organization’, while the least differences in satisfaction are with the factor ‘Commitment to work’.

Employee Engagement

An engaged employee can be described as one who sees meaning in their work, and according to the overall results of the Employee Satisfaction Survey, 56% of employees are engaged, which is a respectable figure.

According to the latest Gallup survey, it is known that only 3% of Croatian employees are engaged.

While these two figures cannot be compared, given that they are based on different methodologies, they certainly indicate a trend that employees in these companies (which participate in the Employee Satisfaction Survey) are more engaged than is the case in the general population.

As for the companies that have been declared the best, the percentage of engaged employees is even higher, reaching as much as 74%.

Support for the Best Employers project for 2015 was provided by media partners: Lider magazine, Otvoreni radio, and the portals Jutarnji.hr, Poduzetnistvo.org, and Poslovniportal.hr.