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Amazon, Alphabet rank one and two on LinkedIn most sought-after employers list

March 21, 2018

Amazon ranked No. 1 on the 2018 LinkedIn Top Companies list. The annual ranking highlights the companies in top markets around the globe that are most sought-after by professionals, based on LinkedIn data on the company’s 540-plus million members.

Here are the 10 most sought-after firms and some of what they are doing to attract candidates:

  1. Amazon now offers to prepay 95% of tuition, textbooks and fees for its employees to receive training in “professions of the future.”
  2. Alphabet’s newest offices include dog parks, indoor fire pits and bouldering walls.
  3. Facebook extended its bereavement leave policy last year to up to 20 days, a policy developed after Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg suddenly lost her husband.
  4. Salesforce does continuous audits of its salary data and has spent $6 million trying to ensure equal compensation across gender and race.
  5. Tesla has a carpool program that allows employees to drive a Tesla to work.
  6. Apple offers its employees a 25% discount on the company’s devices.
  7. Comcast NBCUniversal employees get complimentary access to Universal theme parks, discounts on resorts and early access to NBCUniversal movies and TV shows.
  8. The Walt Disney Company made an initial investment of $50 million at the beginning of the year in an ongoing education program specifically designed to cover tuition costs for hourly employees.
  9. Oracle recognizes its developers as inventors and creators of “world-changing tech” and encourages them to file patents.
  10. Netflix doesn’t have policies on vacation time, paid parental leave, dress code or expenses. “We trust our teams to do what they think is best for Netflix,” the company said.

The list includes rankings for the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India and the UK. For fairness, LinkedIn and Microsoft are removed from consideration for the LinkedIn Top Companies list.