It’s never easy to create and sustain a great workplace. The task of transforming and maintaining great workplaces is even more difficult when those accomplishments are measured against similar kinds of companies in other countries. The 100 companies on the three Latin America lists are recognized for a level of commitment and hard work that crosses national borders.
All 100 companies clearly demonstrate the attributes of a great workplace – an environment where your trust the people you work for, have pride in what you do, and enjoy the people you work with. These companies created and maintained the policies and practices that helped them achieve organizational objectives with employees who give their personal best and work together as a team or family – all in an environment of trust.
Congratulations from all of us at Great Place to Work®!
Companies on the Latin America lists demonstrated their courage and confidence to build great workplaces even if whether they reduced the size of their workforce (true for one out of five companies on the lists) or added jobs (true for more than half of the companies on the list.) Great workplaces usually perform better on the public markets, attract more job applicants, retain more employees, and suffer less theft.
For more imformation please contact: Otto Zell
Global List Director
Highlights
- Commitment to employee training: 61 hours
- Ratio of job applicants to existing jobs: 13:1
- Current annual turnover rate: 7.8%
- Total number of jobs created by the 100 companies: 26,102
- Proportion of female senior managers: 31%
- Most represented industry on the list: Manufacture and Production
- Average company age: 47.4 years
Selection Criteria
Selected from a total of 2036 companies, any organization that has been recognized in one of the 12 national lists of Latin America is a candidate to join one of the three categories from the list of Best Companies to Work For in Latin America. These ranking categories are:
- Best Multinationals to Work For in Latin America
- Best Companies to Work For in Latin America - Category 50 to 500 employees
Best Companies to Work For in Latin America - Category Over 500 employees
For multinational companies, to be eligible in this category, companies must have been previously recognized in at least three national lists of Best Companies to Work For in the region. If the company only appears in one or two national lists, it will automatically compete in the category of 50 to 500 employees or more than 500 employees.
- Have at least 1000 employees worldwide
- Ranked in at least three national list within Latin America in the past year
- At least 40% of all employees of a company must work outside the country of origin (where the company has it's headquaters).
- Bonus points are assigned by the number of countries in which the company participated in a Great Place to Work® list.
- Bonus points are assigned to companies based on the percentage of workers covered by all the surveys of Great Place to Work® worldwide.
