World's Best Employers list: Reliance Industries highest-ranking Indian business

New Delhi: According to Forbes' list of the world's best employers for 2022, Reliance Industries is placed first among Indian businesses.

RIL is ranked 20th overall and first among Indian firms, surpassing HDFC Bank, which is placed 137.

The top spot in the list of the world's best employers went to Samsung, which was followed in the top ten by Microsoft, IBM, Alphabet, Apple, Delta Airlines, Costco, Adobe, Southwest Airlines, and Dell Technologies. Reliance Industries, which has 2.3 lakh employees, came in at number 20, ahead of brands like Rolex, Dassault Group, Huawei, Bosch, Mercedes Benz, and Pfizer.

Among the Indian companies, Reliance Industries is followed by HDFC Bank at 137 rank, Bajaj at 173, Aditya Birla Group at 240, Hero Motocorp at 333, Larsen & Toubro at 354, ICICI Bank at 365, HCL Technologies at 455, State Bank of India at 499, Adani Enterprises at 547 and Infosys is ranked at 668.

Forbes has compiled the sixth annual World's Best Employers in partnership with market research company Statista. To compile this ranking, Statista surveyed 150,000 full-time and part-time workers from 57 countries working for multinational companies and institutions to determine which ones excel in corporate impact and image, talent development, gender equality and social responsibility.

Participants were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their employers to friends and family and to evaluate other employers in their respective industries that stood out either positively or negatively. This year's list comprises 800 companies that received the highest scores.

With inputs from IANS