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Top Employers for Tech Talent™ ─ Understanding Brand Perception from the Perspective of Tech Employees in India, the US, and the UK | Blog

In today’s competitive talent market, presenting a compelling brand image is critical to attracting and retaining the best tech talent. This blog presents the top tech employers in three markets based on employees’ brand perceptions of more than 400 organizations as well as other key findings from Everest Group’s research.

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Brand perception matters

Attracting and retaining top tech talent has grown increasingly difficult in recent years due to the impact of new work models during the pandemic, rapid technological advancements, and fiercer competition. These disruptions have played a significant role in shaping employees’ expectations, providing candidates with a wider array of options in selecting employers and job opportunities that align with their preferences.

Having employees with niche skillsets and expertise is increasingly critical to sustaining a competitive edge. A recent Everest Group survey found that 34% of respondents struggle to find quality tech talent, emphasizing that the battle for tech talent is still far from over and underscores the need for organizations to differentiate themselves.

Employer brand perception – or how current and potential employees view the organization’s brand – is one of the most critical factors in attracting talent. For employees and candidates, perception is reality.

In today’s digital era, employees can easily research and collect information on a company’s culture, reputation, policies and practices, and values. Online platforms such as Glassdoor and Indeed, social media, and various forums allow employees to access reviews, ratings, and feedback.

Based on these insights, employees develop their perceptions of an organization – but the potential issue is that these views can differ from the image the organization wants to project. Let’s look at research that helps to better understand this dichotomy.

Introducing Everest Group Top Employers for Tech Talent Report

While most organizations regularly collect internal feedback from employees, they can be blindsided by the perception of their brand from an outside-in perspective.

Everest Group Top Employer for Tech Talent™ report is designed to draw on publicly available information and the latest feedback capturing prospective employees’ perceptions about the organization’s reputation as a tech employer.

The report analyzed 400-plus organizations across India, the US, and the UK for their employer brand perception rating as a tech employer in the respective markets.

The study examined brand perception across dimensions such as compensation and benefits, career progression, senior management, work-life balance, culture and values, and diversity and inclusion. It also evaluated the performance of the tech employers in local talent markets, spotlighting attrition rates, joiner-exit ratio, and overall employee satisfaction ratings.

Insights from the report

The analysis of the outside-in perspective revealed fascinating insights into employee expectations. Tech employers need to watch the trends in employee sentiments to maintain a positive brand perception. Here are some takeaways:

  • Employer brand perception is dynamic and fluctuates over time. Job seekers are constantly evaluating employers who must be watchful of changing brand perception
  • Employee expectations constantly change, and approaches that previously worked may not be relevant now
  • Maintaining the status as a top employer is a monumental feat that requires an ongoing process of creating and maintaining a superior employee value proposition
  • Systematic local talent market differences play a critical role in determining employer brand perception. Employees in India, for example, assign varying degrees of importance to different components of employee value proposition compared to counterparts in the US and the UK
  • Perceived brand perception strongly influences and correlates with success in the talent markets for tech employers

Learnings from Top Employers: Shell and SAP

To better understand what makes the leading employers stand out, Everest Group hosted a webinar featuring two companies viewed as top employers for tech talent across all three analyzed geographies.

Jimit Arora, Partner at Everest Group, and Mihir Bade, Senior Analyst at Everest Group, discuss with Brandi Khouri, Vice President of Human Resources at Shell, and Shweta Mohanty, Head of Human Resources at SAP, the secret sauce behind their successes.

During the webinar, Shell highlights that the challenge to develop energy solutions of today and tomorrow, collaboration with experienced and high-caliber colleagues, the opportunity to create a direct impact, and a value-led environment are the keys to their success as an employer of choice.

For leading technology organization, SAP, connecting employees with its purpose and culture creates the difference. The core element of co-creation is well reflected in SAP’s employee value proposition of “we build breakthroughs together.”

To learn the details of these successes, view the webinar, 2023 Top Employers for Tech Talent: Create a Powerful Employer Value Proposition.

Enterprise and CIO leaders are invited to request a complimentary copy of the Top Employers for Tech Talent™ report providing an overview of their organization’s outside-in perception and a benchmark comparison with industry peers.

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Everest Group Names Top Employers for Tech Talent in US, UK and India

Eighty companies recognized by Everest Group as top tech employers based on brand perception and perceived performance from 400-plus companies assessed in top three talent markets.

 

DALLAS, August 1, 2023 — Everest Group today released the results of its second annual rating of top employers for tech talent, this year expanding the rating beyond the United States to include employers in the United Kingdom and India. The Everest Group Top Employers for Tech Talent™ report for 2023 identifies eighty companies perceived to be the best tech employers by virtue of their work environment and the job satisfaction of their employees.

Everest Group analyzed publicly available information on 400+ leading tech employers based out of the U.S., the U.K. and India to analyze the employer brand perception and the perceived performance of each of these tech employers in the local talent markets.

The Top Employers for Tech Talent report identifies 40 top employers in the U.S., 25 in India, and 15 in the U.K. In addition, Everest Group’s research team assessed the initiatives undertaken by best-in-class tech employers to differentiate themselves in talent markets.

 

***Download a complimentary copy of the Top Employers for Tech Talent report here (registration required).***

 

***View the on-demand webinar “The 2023 Top Employers for Tech Talent: Insights to Create a Powerful Employer Value Proposition,” featuring Brandi Khoury, vice president, Human Resources Global Talent Acquisition–Technical at Shell, and Shweta Mohanty, vice president, head of HR at SAP, India.***

“Despite the slowdown and layoff cycles of 2023, organizations are still struggling to recruit and retain high-quality tech talent, particularly employees with niche technology skillsets and expertise,” said Rohitashwa Aggarwal, partner at Everest Group. “Our research shows perceived brand perception of tech employers strongly influences and correlates with success in the talent markets. The Top Employers for Tech Talent assessment helps organizations benchmark against the leaders who are perceived by their tech employees as successfully creating the culture and work environment they want and need.”

 

Top Employers for Tech Talent in the U.S.

Among 210 of the largest employers for tech talent in the U.S. assessed by Everest Group, 40 were designated as Top Employers. Among the highest rated are Alphabet, ConocoPhillips, Fidelity Investments, Intuit, Netflix, Nvidia, Salesforce, ServiceNow and VMware.

 

Top Employers for Tech Talent in the U.K.

Among 70 of the largest employers for tech talent in the U.K. assessed by Everest Group, 15 were designated as Top Employers: ABB Ltd., Amazon.com, Apple, Astra Zeneca, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Ericsson AB, Intel Corporation, Meta Platforms, Nokia Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sage Group, SAP SE, Shell and Vodafone Group.

 

Top Employers for Tech Talent in India

Among 135 of the largest employers for tech talent in India assessed by Everest Group, 25 were designated Top Employers. Among that group, the top rated include Adobe, Alphabet, Apple, Experian, Microsoft, Salesforce, Sun Life Financial, Synchrony Financial, Thomson Reuters, Uber and VMware.

“I am thrilled that Experian is amongst the Top Employers for Tech Talent in India and the United States,” said Ravi Devesetti, global chief technology officer, Experian Software Solutions. “This award is a testament to the harmonious collaboration between the two countries and the common passion for technology. Our positioning of ‘Engineering Excellence Everywhere’ has steered us towards attracting the top tech talent in both countries. This remarkable achievement signifies the culmination of our team’s dedication, resilience and enthusiasm for excellence in the field of technology and engineering. We have made significant investment in our employees’ growth and upskilling through path-breaking Learning & Development programs. Innovation is at our core; we encourage an environment of continuous learning through Hackathons that see incredible participation from our employees. Our early careers and university partnerships have fueled our strategy to attract top tech talent. This award signifies our commitment to pushing boundaries of technological advancement, and my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has played an important role in this remarkable achievement. Our commitment to innovation, engineering excellence everywhere and societal impact remains integral to us.”

 

Key Takeaways:
  • Employer brand perception is dynamic and fluctuates over time. In 2022-23, employer brand perception ratings across the U.S. took a noticeable dip, while tech employers in India have maintained their brand perception ratings.
  • Holding the top position as the preferred employer for tech talent is a formidable challenge, as approximately 40% of last year’s top performers have slipped from the top quadrant in India and the U.S. However, some tech employers have achieved significant improvements in brand perception through multi-pronged initiatives.
  • Employee expectations are continuously evolving. Work flexibility and diversity and inclusion (D&I) emerged as crucial factors in attracting and retaining talent, with compensation and benefits also ranking highly important.
  • Systematic differences impact employer brand perception. Employees in India generally place more importance on compensation and benefits whereas employees in the U.S. and the U.K. are more concerned about career development.

 

About Everest Group

Everest Group is a leading research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. We guide clients through today’s market challenges and strengthen their strategies by applying contextualized problem-solving to their unique situations. This drives maximized operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. Our deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes, and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability, and sourcing delivers precise and action-oriented guidance. Find further details and in-depth content at http://www.everestgrp.com.

How to Effectively Attract and Drive Productivity within the Tech Workforce | Webinar

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

How to Effectively Attract and Drive Productivity within the Tech Workforce

Access the on-demand webinar, which was delivered live on June 7, 2022.

The pandemic undoubtedly accelerated digital transformation worldwide, creating a booming demand for tech talent that is not slowing down. Businesses need technology-focused workers to help execute existing and evolving digital transformation, adopt new processes, and innovate.

Creating a standout employee value proposition is now a cornerstone of success for recruiting and keeping tech talent. But that’s not the endgame. In this ever-evolving work environment, employers need to constantly refine organizational practices, levers, and metrics to drive productivity among tech workforce and maximize potential.

What questions will the on-demand webinar answer for the participants?

  • What helps attract high potential tech talent, and what is driving them away?
  • Who are some of the best employers of tech talent?
  • What are the prevailing best practices pertaining to productivity measurement and improvement within tech services?

Who should attend?

  • CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs
  • EVPs / SVPs / Senior directors of IT
  • Chief talent officer
  • Chief HR officer
  • Director global technology / IT talent strategy
  • Director global workforce planning
  • Director workforce transformation

Top Employers for Tech Talent – Who is Winning the Tech Talent War? | LinkedIn Live

LINKEDIN LIVE

Top Employers for Tech Talent – Who is Winning the Tech Talent War?

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on May 18, 2022.

The expectations of today’s technology workforce have changed and continue to evolve. As a result, employers are needing to focus on creating compelling employee value propositions, especially in light of the Great Resignation and the persistent demand for talent required by digital growth. 💥

📣Join this LinkedIn Live event to hear our analysis of the top US employers across key industries for tech talent and explore the reasons that set best-in-class firms apart. This analysis will focus specifically on the tech workforce – a first of its kind in the market.

Karl Sprules, Head of Global Technology and Operations, AllianceBernstein, will be joining the event to discuss the culture and environment that AllianceBernstein has cultivated to recruit and retain tech talent, which has earned them the No. 1 spot on the Financial Services ranking.

Our experts will also share critical insights into what today’s tech workforce truly wants, and what potential employers could be overlooking.

What questions will the event answer for the participants?
✔️Who are the best employers of tech talent among the largest US firms?
✔️What makes the best employers stand out?
✔️What helps attract and drive away high-potential tech talent?

Meet the Speakers

KarlSprules
Head of Global Technology and Operations
AllianceBernstein

Everest Group Identifies ‘Top Employers for Tech Talent’ Among Largest US Enterprises | Press Release

Everest Group’s new rankings reveal top US employers by industry based on their perceived ability to recruit and retain highly coveted software engineers and other tech talent.

 

DALLAS, May 10, 2022— With the IT skills gaps widening and demand for talent consistently outpacing supply, competition among U.S. employers for top tech talent is stiff. Everest Group today launched its new ranking of top employers for tech talent, identifying which US companies are perceived to be the best tech employers by virtue of their work environment and the job satisfaction of their employees.

For the inaugural edition of Everest Group’s Top Employers for Tech Talent™, the research firm has ranked the largest US-based companies (based on overall scale and market share) within each of three industries—Technology (Top 20), Financial Services (Top 30), and Insurance (Top 20). The top 10 employers in each industry are listed below.

  • Also join Everest Group for a LinkedIn Live event—Top Employers for Tech Talent – Who is Winning the Tech Talent War?— on Wednesday, May 18, at 10 am CDT. Everest Group experts will share critical insights into what today’s tech workforce truly wants and what potential employers could be overlooking. Special guest Karl Sprules, head of Global Technology and Operations, AllianceBernstein (No. 1 on the Financial Services ranking), will discuss the culture and environment that AllianceBernstein has created to recruit and retain tech talent.

Top Employers for Tech Talent—Technology

  1. NVIDIA
  2. Intuit
  3. ServiceNow
  4. Netflix
  5. Salesforce
  6. Google
  7. Adobe
  8. Microsoft
  9. Meta (formerly Facebook)
  10. Apple
 

Top Employers for Tech Talent—Financial Services

  1. AllianceBernstein
  2. Capital One
  3. Capital Group
  4. Fidelity
  5. TD Bank
  6. BlackRock
  7. Franklin Templeton
  8. U.S. Bank
  9. Edward Jones
  10. KeyBank
 

Top Employers for Tech Talent—Insurance

  1. New York Life
  2. Liberty Mutual
  3. Travelers
  4. Northwestern Mutual
  5. American Family Insurance
  6. Marsh & McLennan
  7. Prudential
  8. Nationwide
  9. Hartford
  10. State Farm
 

“With the demand for technical talent higher than ever, our clientele among the Fortune 500 are keenly interested in how best to recruit and retain their most valuable assets, and benchmarking against the leaders is one of the best ways to develop successful strategies,” said Jimit Arora, partner at Everest Group and leader of the research practice serving Enterprise IT leaders. “With the launch of Everest Group’s Top Employers for Tech Talent report, we’re providing a snapshot of market-leading employers across a variety of industries and shining a spotlight on organizations who are perceived by their tech employees as successfully creating the culture, trust and environment they want and need in an incredibly competitive race to hire and retain the best of the best.”

About Everest Group

Everest Group is a research firm focused on strategic IT, business services, engineering services, and sourcing. Our research also covers the technologies that power those processes and functions and the related talent trends and strategies. Our clients include leading global companies, service and technology providers, and investors. Clients use our services to guide their journeys to maximize operational and financial performance, transform experiences, and realize high-impact business outcomes. Details and in-depth content are available at www.everestgrp.com.

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