4. Morgan Stanley
What: A bank that offers consumer services and has been expanding aggressively into wealth management (with $2 trillion in assets under management) as trading revenues dwindle.
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman emphasized the need to have a management team ready to manage the next financial crisis, according to comments he made at the DealBook Conference last November.
He said the bank takes a long-term view in hiring and promoting employees. "It's like the plenary going on in China. We have our own mini plenary around talent in 5, 10 and 15 years. So I look at the organization charts and ask, who, 10 years from now, could be in a senior role? What do we need to do to start moving them around to get them with the right toolset?”
Perks: Workers are encouraged to dress more comfortably, and receive more qualitative and frequent feedback. And vice presidents get four-week paid sabbaticals.
Overall ranking: 40 (Source: LinkedIn)
3. Goldman Sachs
What: A dream place to work for aspiring investment bankers, but also increasingly looking good for computer scientists, programmers and engineers. CEO Lloyd Blankfein likes to refer to Goldman Sachs as a "tech company."
The bank is changing how it hires (goodbye brain-teasers) and provides feedback to its younger employees. It also went through a period of "juniorization," where more younger people have been hired, especially in the operations, tech, and compliance units.
Perks: Expect five-star amenities such as a huge subsidized canteen, a gym with memberships that work like a progressive tax, and dry cleaner on site.
Overall ranking: 27 (Source: LinkedIn)
2. Deloitte
What: A New York-based auditing giant that provides accounting, consulting and tax services.
Deloitte, which has 225,000 employees, receives 1.9 million job applications every year. Its tech-infused services and scope of work has attracted those with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) backgrounds. The company told LinkedIn that their employees are "challenged by interesting work."
Perks: Offers a "marketplace" featuring various perks, education reimbursement, and most importantly, sabbatical programs that can run up to six months for "personal or professional growth opportunities."
Overall ranking: 24 (Source: LinkedIn)
1. BlackRock
What: A New York-based asset management company that manages $4.7 trillion as of March 2016.
BlackRock has more than 12,000 employees, and 47% of them are based outside the US. Apart from its 130+ investing teams, the firm also has economists, data scientists and 1,300 engineers in the house.
Perks: The firm is big on employee development plans and employee engagement. For example, employees get to pitch ideas to senior executives at the two-day Innovation Summit, which helps spur new products for retirees and connect co-workers across different departments, according to LinkedIn.
Overall ranking: 19 (Source: LinkedIn)