Almost a third of firms on regional list of top employers have S'pore presence

Almost one-third, or 32, companies on a list of the top 100 employers to work for in Southeast Asia have a presence in Singapore.

- Tay Hong Yi Correspondent

The first Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for Southeast Asia was published on Dec 2 by financial publication Fortune, in collaboration with consultancy Great Place To Work (GPTW).

It follows similar lists for North America since 1998 and in Europe since 2024.

For the Southeast Asian list, more than 1.3 million employees across 10 markets were invited to assess trust, fairness and support at work, with over 550,000 providing verified survey responses in hashing out the rankings, GPTW said on Dec 2.

The markets are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

As major markets in the region, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand were also well represented on the list.

The Philippines shone in this regard, with more than half of the listed employers having operations there.