Safaricom is the biggest company in East Africa. It has has a virtual monopoly on the telecommunications market. That has made it the big kahuna from complaints about it to praise about it.

But one thing that will shock many is that it is also the best company to work for. That is according Brighter Monday, the job site company. The new report that puts the mobile services provider ahead of United Nations, yes the majestic U.N!

The ranking results from recruitment firm Brighter Monday’s 2018 Best 100 companies to work survey. Other companies in the top ten include Centum Investments, Kenya Power, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Unilever and Coca-Cola.

In determining the best 100 companies to work for, the survey looked at attributes that matter most to employees which include pride, culture, career growth, diversity, inclusion as well as competitive pay package.

Brighter Monday says it used an online survey of its database of more than 800,000 employees and analyzed feedback from current and former employees of the companies listed. The report said:

“Respondents were expected to provide information on defining attributes like gender, age and their level of experience. This data was then analyzed and clustered to create the report."

According to the report, men occupy more senior level jobs while women take up more entry-level and mid-level jobs with a higher percentage of males on the higher salary bracket.

The level of job satisfaction is low in both male and female employees, but lower in the female employees as they posed a greater flight risk (willing to leave their current place of work) when compared to their male counterparts.

The report further revealed that 60% of the employed earn salaries of less than Ksh50,000 while 21% earn between Ksh50,000 and Sh100,000. Eight per cent earn between Ksh101,000 and Sh105,000 and 6% between Ksh151,000 and Sh250,000. Just 3% of the respondents reported earning Ksh251,000 to Sh400,000, while only 2% said they earned more.

Meanwhile, younger employees have a positive perception of their companies but they are still willing to leave when better opportunities come knocking. Both men and women value the same traits in a company. The top 3 traits being:

Good Pay, Job Security, and Proximity to Home.

The list is below:

SAFARICOM

UNITED NATIONS,

KENGEN

GOOGLE

KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY

CENTUM INVESTMENTS

KENYA POWER

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PWC)

UNILEVER

COCA-COLA

DELOITTE

KENYA PIPELINE COMPANY

KENYA AIRWAYS

KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK (KCB)

KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY (KPA)

KPMG

BAT

MICROSOFT

WORD BANK

NGO

ORACLE

CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA (CBK)

BIDCO

CYTONN

PROCTOR & GAMBLE (P&G)

PENDA HEALTH

TOTAL

ANDELA

GENERAL ELECTRIC

GOVERNMENT OF KENYA

WORLD VISION

GLAXOSMITHKLINE

AMREF

BALLORE

BROOKSIDE

IBM

KENYA REDCROSS

TETRA PARK

UNEP

KTDA

BRITAM

EQUITY BANK

GENERAL MOTORS

ILRI (INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

KENYA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY (KAA)

TOYOTA

BAMBURI

BRITISH COMMISSION

DAVIS &SHIRTLIFF

DHL

KENYA BREWERIES LTD (KBL)

NHIF

PLAN INTERNATIONAL

UNICEF

EACC (ETHICS & ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION)

NATION MEDIA GROUP (NMG)

BARCLAYS BANK

COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICA (CBA)

G4S

ICEA LION

JUBILEE INSURANCE

KEBS

MCKINSEY & COMPANY

MICHELLE COTTS

NESTLE

VIVO ENERGY

ROYAL MEDIA SERVICES

TULLOW

STANBIC BANK

AIRTEL

CO-OPERATIVE BANK

GEOTHERMANL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (GDC)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (KNBS)

KENYA WINES AGENCY (KWAL)

KIBOS SUGAR

KNIGHT FRANK

MAERSK

MONSANTO

NAIROBI WATER

SPORTPESA

SAMSUNG

SAROVA HOTELS

SERENA HOTELS

TATA

ICRAF

KENYA NATIONAL HOSPITAL

SAVE THE CHILDREN

AAR

BRIGHTER MONDAY

AIG

ALEXANDER FORBES

BAYER

BOMILL

BONFIRE ADVENTURES

CHILD FUND

NAIROBI CITY COUNTY

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS)

FAIRMONT

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