The Top Companies youngsters in India want to work with, as per Linkedin

This e-commerce giant was one of the forerunners of the now much evolved startup industry in India. Apart from its good salary packages and an outstanding environment for career growth, Flipkart is one of the first start-ups to offer six months of maternity leave and sabbatical options. Describing Flipkart, the LinkedIn report said, "It is a place where risk taking is encouraged - witness the recent move by Myntra to go app-only and roll it back when the results weren't as expected. Personal benefits and perks go side by side with a competitive environment.”

Next up on the list is US-based online retailer Amazon, which in the recent past received a lot of flak for its ruthless work environment. However, LinkedIn data shows that applications for Amazon jobs are up 25% since last year. The biggest e-tailer in the world with websites spread over 15 countries and 4 continents, Amazon is the biggest competitor for Flipkart in the Indian market. Amazon though, is not just an ecommerce business. Branching out into cloud-computing, device manufacturing, drone-delivery research and pioneering in voice-driven AI, it’s hiring needs are diverse and options are wide open for those talented enough to impress. What caters to the working force, apart from the Amazon brand name of course is that they provide excellent compensation and programs that encourage career growth and mentorship.

Capgemini is one of the only big companies to have elevated its head of human resources to country head, highlighting the importance this global consultant places on people management. That’s no surprise as half of the company’s global workforce is based in India. Catering to 800 global clients 24/7 can be challenging, but the company finds ways to keep its people engaged and happy. Like the time they organized a single Bollywood dance lesson for 4,000-plus employees, setting a Guinness record. In a win for diversity, the company also has a Disability Inclusion Program for differently abled employees.

Google comes in fourth - the search giant has usually dominated the best places to work lists across the world. In the race for perks, few can top Google. The company lavishes its 60,000-plus workers with mountains of food, A-list speakers, on-site massages—even benefits after death.

KPMG’s workforce has never been larger — now at close to 174,000 people globally. Last year, the audit and consulting company hired 24,000 new college graduates, a record, and created the largest partner class it’s ever had, promoting roughly 650 employees into that coveted role. So when it notes that “talent has never been more important to our business,” you get the sense it’s not corporate bluster. The company told LinkedIn that employees stay happy with stretch assignments and global placements; last year, 2,500 KPMG’ers participated in the company’s “global mobility program,” allowing them to work internationally. Want a job there? KPMG says it prizes agility in candidates, looking for those who can connect “issues that may not have been obvious before.”

Deloitte is so in-demand as an employer that the company receives 1.9 million applications annually. One simple — but important — reason so many employees want to join? “Our people are challenged by interesting work,” it told LinkedIn. The 225,000-employee firm is known for its accounting, consulting and tax services. But its scope, coupled with its use of emerging technologies like data analytics and AI, has attracted many employees with STEM backgrounds. Deloitte invests heavily in its employees, offering various training as well as education reimbursement. It also encourages employees to give back: In the 2015 fiscal year, employees spent 340,000 hours on pro-bono assignments and more than 820,000 hours volunteering.

Constant reinvention is a hallmark of Adobe's culture. The company behind Photoshop and Acrobat is more than 30 years old — a rarity in tech — and knows any of its 14,000 employees could come up with its next killer product. For that reason, it launched a program called "Kickbox" to help staffers develop and test ideas. Employees get $1,000 and lots of encouragement to refine their potential breakthrough. More recently, it introduced "experience-a-thons" so employees can dig in to new Adobe products and provide feedback ahead of launch. And while many companies are just now getting on the no-more-annual-review-bandwagon, forward-thinking Adobe got rid of its five years ago. Who does well here? The company tells LinkedIn it prizes "a learn-it-all versus a know-it-all attitude."

In 2015, HCL Technologies CEO Anant Gupta wrote a LinkedIn post describing what he thought a 21st century technology professional should look like, in which he highlighted five mindset changes that are needed to equip technocrats for the new world. Six months later, HCL Tech introduced an employee-led initiative called “Inspire,” which engages people managers directly and drives “ideapreneurship.” With a culture like that, is there any wonder why this company ranks up there on the list of top employers?

This company was started by a team of students from one of India’s premier engineering colleges to solve the country’s real estate problem with technology. Months after setting up, the startup also attracted a bunch of investors, including Softbank. It went through upheavals with a misbehaving CEO and some questionable ad spends, but employees swear by the exhilarating challenges that the company offers. “The only thing that matches the enthusiasm of our employees is the audacity of what we do,” it says on its website and, by all accounts, it’s true.

In December, unprecedented rains shook the city of Chennai, flooding roads and leaving scores of people stranded. As plying cabs in the city became out of the question, Ola worked with fishermen of the coastal city and professional rowers to arrange for boats to rescue stranded passengers. For a company in a business better known for surge pricing in times of need, this was not just innovative, but also large hearted. It is this spirit that drives employees at the company that’s giving Uber a run for its money in India. The other thing any Ola watcher will tell you is that the company is always trying something new – Ola Café, Ola Store, Ola E-rickshaws, some of which worked and some didn’t. In fact, the most commonly asked question in Ola’s corridors is, “What’s next?”