Daewoong & Roche were selected as Best Companies to Work for

In the era of COVID-19, securing the health of employees through telecommuting and flexible working

Attention to corporate culture such as Medtronic & Baxter, leading as a healthcare company

Employees of Daewoong, Roche, Baxter, and Medtronic are posing while communicating (clockwise from left)

This year, many healthcare companies were listed as one of the top 100 companies to work for.

 

According to related industries, companies such as Daewoong, Roche Diagnosis, Baxter, and Medtronic were selected as the 'Best Companies to Work for in Korea 2020' hosted by the global HR consulting firm GPTW Institute (Great Place to Work Institute).

 

The awards ceremony for Best Companies to Work for in Korea 2020, which is celebrating its 19th anniversary this year, is a system that awards companies that build a good corporate culture for work by practicing trust management.

 

An employee survey is conducted and reviewed on a scale of trust, pride, and fellowship, and then selection is made.

 

The CEO's evaluation is also conducted based on the evaluation of actual employees.

 

◆Daewoong In the case of Daewoong, it has been highly praised for its excellent environment for employees to immerse themselves in work, high pride and pride, and fair treatment regardless of age or gender.

 

In fact, Daewoong is constantly striving for employee growth with a management policy that employee growth takes precedence over the company's growth.

 

The company is enabling employees to autonomously set their work environment and engage with smart work.

 

By establishing a smart office for the first time in the domestic pharmaceutical industry, employees can freely choose where to work every day, and by introducing a flexible working system, they have used flexible work or partial work according to each individual's circumstances.

 

By strictly following the principle of not asking why when using vacation, it created a work environment where people can take a break when they need to take a break.

 

◆Roche-diagnostics Roche-diagnostics received high marks for its high reliability management index and employee-centered organizational culture such as education support, career development, and work system.

 

CEO Johnny Tse was selected as the most respected CEO in Korea, and Roche-diagnostics received a lot of great things.

 

In addition, Lee Ji-sook, head of the P&C (People & Culture) department, was selected as the GWP Innovation Leader and won three medals in three categories.

 

The company also won the 'Best Employer in Korea' award by Aon Hewitt three times in a row in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

 

◆Medtronic Medtronic was awarded the grand prize of 'Best Companies to Work for in Korea 2020' and received the award for the second consecutive year.

 

The company's Asia-Pacific CEO Chris Lee was named “Korea's Most Admired CEO” for the second year in a row, and Medtronic Korea’s Managing Director Sunyoung Lee was named “Great Workplace Innovation Leader” and received a total of three awards.

 

Medtronic Korea aims to provide welfare beyond the needs of its members.

 

In the COVID-19 pandemic, it was focused on putting the safety and health of members first.

 

It operates telecommuting and flexible work, and delivered quarantine packages including hand sanitizers and ultraviolet sterilizers to home to prevent COVID-19.

 

In order to reduce the burden of continuing meal preparation as the work from home is prolonged, points to order food for delivery were provided, providing an environment in which people could concentrate on work comfortably.

 

◆Baxter Baxter Korea received a high score, especially in the category of pride for the company.

 

The company also scored the highest point in the fairness category, ‘Employees of this company receive fairly regardless of gender.’ For the safety of employees, Baxter has been working from home from immediately after the outbreak of COVID-19 to now, and is implementing various virtual welfare programs to increase work immersion and encourage a happy working environment.

 

It is showing a leading corporate culture by running a flexible work system, flex time (intensive work system), and Family Friday every afternoon on the third Friday of every month.