San Miguel Corporation (SMC) climbed
131 spots up to number 43
on the annual World’s Best
Employers list by Forbes
Magazine and research
firm Statista, emerging as
the runaway leader among
the few Filipino firms that
made it to the global ranking.
SMC, led by
President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S.
Ang, climbed to 43rd place
this year from 174 in last
year’s ranking, to become
the only Philippine firm to
make it to the top 50 of the
world’s best.
Other Philippine
companies that made it to
the elite roster are Security
Bank (54th), Metropolitan
Bank and Trust Company or Metrobank (162nd),
Ayala Corporation (186th),
Alliance Global (283rd),
Landbank (304th), LT
Group (361st), and SM Investments (420th).
According to
Forbes.com, rankings
were determined through a
survey conducted by market research firm Statista,
which covered more than
170,000 employees who
work for various multinational companies and
institutions from over 50
countries worldwide.
“It’s a great honor
to make it to this list of the
world’s 700 best employers, along with some of
the most recognized and
most successful Philippine firms. This just goes
to show that Filipinos can
compete and run proudly
with the very best in the
world. It also shows that
given the right training,
motivation, support, and a
sense of a higher purpose,
the Filipino workforce is
highly motivated, effective,
dedicated, and therefore
fulfilled in their work,” said
Ang.
He added: “Specific to us in San Miguel,
I believe that our strong
emphasis on business for
nation-building, our core
value of malasakit, coupled with our decisive and
impactful actions related
to greater sustainability,
has really resonated with
our employees. We have
also always strived to provide our employees an
environment where they
can learn, realize their potential, build good relationships with colleagues, and
feel they are part of not
just a great heritage, but
also of something bigger.
We believe this has greatly contributed to whatever
successes we’ve had over
the years.”
This is the second time that SMC has
ranked high in a global
business survey this year.
In September, it placed in
the top 50% of Time Magazine’s list of the World’s
Best Companies for 2023,
ranking 347 overall, and
making it to the top two of
just six Filipino firms that
made it to the list.
Ang said these
favorable rankings signifies that San Miguel is still
one of the companies that
many Filipinos admire and
want to work for.
This is especially
relevant as the company
aims to create new employment opportunities
through its various major projects, including the
New Manila International
Airport (NMIA)–said to be
the single largest investment by a Filipino company, and in the Philippines
by far.
Recently, it renewed a partnership with
the Technical Educations
and Skills Authority (TESDA), to expand a joint
skills training partnership
to train more workers for
upcoming job opportunities at the NMIA and other
major SMC projects nationwide.
Apart from competitive compensation and
benefits, SMC has various
programs to help employees hone their skills to advance in their careers and
maintain their health and
well-being.
The company
also provides employees
with opportunities to give
back to the community
through volunteerism for
its various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
and Sustainability programs.
For the Forbes
and Statista survey, companies were rated based
on criteria including talent development, remote
working options, parental
leave benefits, diversity, work-life balance, and
pride in the product or services that company offers.
R e s p o n d e n t s
were also asked if they
would recommend their
company to family and
friends and also rate companies within their own industries and countries. PR
