Eighth Best Big Company

Group chairman Peter Wickens and staff collect the Best Big Companies Award at London's Battersea Evolution on 28 February

Mott MacDonald ranked 8th place in the UK’s Sunday Times ‘20 Best Big Companies to Work For’ survey published on 9 March 2008. Two years running and we’ve improved on our position by three places and are the best placed consultancy of our kind in the list.

This year the whole Best Companies survey, including big, medium and small firms, attracted a record number of entries with 868 companies taking part. The awards were presented by the BBC’s Fiona Bruce, at London’s Battersea Evolution on 28 February.

Group Chairman Peter Wickens, who attended the event, said “We are delighted at this result, it’s important to us that our employees enjoy working at Mott MacDonald. We hope that our further success in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For Survey will continue to encourage talented people across the world to view us as their employer of choice.”

Our achievement is without a doubt a tribute to all the hard work, commitment and enthusiasm of our staff. The survey showed a huge amount of positive feedback:

• We got 88%, the highest scores of all 20 firms, for making health and safety a priority
• We also had the highest score at 73% for making a difference to the world we live in
• Our staff are loyal, one in four staff has been with the company for at least a decade
• 69% of staff are excited about where the company is going
• 78% of staff feel their job is secure
• 74% of staff say they would not leave tomorrow if offered another job, a score bettered by just three other organisations
• 75% of staff say they would strongly recommend the company as a place to work
• 76% of staff believe they can make a valuable contribution to the Group's success
• 76% believe the experience they gain is valuable for their future