Sunday Times 2010 Ranking 7
THE 52 EMPLOYEES at Bite Communications might not bite but they do tweet. The PR agency, which focuses on digital communications, encourages staff to blog and features a series of twitter feeds on its website.
Despite taking a knock to profits in the past year the agency, a subsidiary of the Next Fifteen Communications Group, has flown up the Best Companies list into a top 10 spot after making its first appearance in 2007. Employees' average age is 29, with nobody on the workforce older than 44, and Bite offers excellent career prospects. With everyone receiving 100 hours of training a year, costing almost £700 a head, jobs are good for personal growth and staff believe that they are gaining valuable experience (both 91% positive scores, and both in the top five rankings). Opportunities to learn are not limited (77%) and people are excited about where the firm is going (88%). Work is stimulating too (85%).
Managers care about employees as individuals, listen to them (both 89%), and Bite staff are confident in their leadership skills (86%). A 5pm finish on Fridays and a free beer fridge get weekends off to a good start.
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