BRW Magazine and the Australian arm of the Great Place to Work Institute have published the list of Australia’s top 50 employers of 2012, with Melbourne based IT services group OBS taking the top gong. The award recognises companies for their outstanding culture, workplace ethos and treatment of their employees.

 

With over 200 staff across the country, OBS company has consistently placed in the top 10 over the last few years, but took out the top place thanks to what BRW calls “openness and razor sharp focus on its customers.”

 

“The core principles are the framework to how everything is done at OBS, from how new employees are hired and welcomed into the company to how communication is delivered and how employees are thanked for their contribution,” OBS managing director Andy Neumann told BRW.

 

“People like knowing they are part of a team, and knowing what that team and the organisation it belongs to is achieving,” the owner of the Australian arm of the Great Place to Work Institute’s global franchise, Zrinka Lovrencic told BRW magazine.

 

ICT companies dominated this year’s list, with NetApp snagging second place and 2011 winner Google taking 3rd.

 

The full list can be found here