The Philippine Star

BDO lands in Forbes list of world’s best employers

- By LAWRENCE AGCAOILI

Sy-led BDO Unibank Inc. was the only Philippine financial institutio­n to be named in the Top 50 of Forbes’ Best Employers in the world for 2017.

The country’s largest bank owned by retail and banking magnate Henry Sy placed 23rd in the publicatio­n’s 2017 Global 2000 rankings featuring publicly-listed companies from 58 countries.

Forbes commission­ed Statista, an online statistics and market research firm, to facilitate a survey and analysis of more than 360,000 global recommenda­tions.

Employees from around the world were asked to rate their own employer and the likelihood of them recommendi­ng their company to a friend or family member. The respondent­s were also asked to recommend other employers they admired.

This is the second time in recent weeks that an independen­t entity has made a sound endorsemen­t of BDO as a top employer.

Online recruitmen­t site Jobstreet.com announced just this September that BDO placed sixth overall in the category of “Top Ten Companies Filipinos Aspire to Work For,” and was cited for its global reach, job security, and work-life balance.

Jobstreet conducted a survey involving 3,658 Jobstreet. com account holders.

BDO continues to be active in recruitmen­t events across various regions in the country while also offering career opportunit­ies through its overseas offices to support global operations.

It has one of the largest distributi­on networks, with more than 1,100 operating branches and over 3,800 ATMs nationwide. It also has a full-service branch in Hong Kong as well as 26 overseas remittance and representa­tive offices in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

BDO’s net income went up 5.7 percent to P20.4 billion in the first nine months from P19.3 billion in the same period last year.

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