The OpenWork Workplace Quality Research Institute has published a ranking of companies recommended by young employees who joined the company as new graduates. The ranking was compiled from 2020 company evaluation reports submitted by employees and former employees who joined the company as new graduates after 48,201, which were posted on the website "OpenWork," which collects information from employees and former employees of companies.
According to a job hunting process survey (for 2025 graduates) conducted by the Future Employment Research Institute, the average number of companies that students who have received job offers as of August has offered them is 8, and the percentage of students who have received job offers from multiple companies is over 2.28%. Coupled with the earlier selection process, the employment offer rate for university students graduating in 6 is 2025%, and the labor shortage in new graduate recruitment has led to a "seller's market." With the job hunting season drawing to a close, many students are faced with the question of "what is the deciding factor in choosing a company to work for" from among the multiple companies that have offered them jobs.
Therefore, the OpenWork Workplace Delight Research Institute conducted a survey of companies recommended by young employees who joined the company as new graduates. The survey surveyed Net Promoter Scores (NPS), which are responses on a scale of 0 to 10 to the question, "How likely would you be to recommend this company to a close friend or family member?" and compiled the rankings for employees who joined the company as new graduates after 2020.
その結果「新卒入社の若手社員がおすすめする企業ランキング」トップ5は、第1位電通総研（おすすめ度8.50）、2位中外製薬（おすすめ度8.45）、3位住友商事（おすすめ度8.44）、4位三井物産（おすすめ度8.43）、5位はソニー（おすすめ度8.16）だった。
What commonalities do young employees who joined the company after 2020 rate companies as "recommended"? Looking at the OpenWork evaluation of the top 30 companies in eight categories, the average score for "openness" was very high at 8 out of 5, and the average score for "mutual respect among employees," an indicator of teamwork, was also highly rated at 4.10. Employee reviews of each company included many positive comments about the flat environment where it is easy to voice opinions regardless of length of employment.
Additionally, the top 30 companies also had an average score of 3.98 points for "Satisfaction with working conditions," second only to "Openness." "Salary/annual income" was ranked highly as an important factor when deciding on a workplace, but looking at employee reviews, there were also voices praising the working conditions, including welfare benefits, such as comprehensive allowances other than salary, such as rent subsidies and assistance with obtaining qualifications. Rather than comparing companies based only on the face value of annual salary, it is also important to imagine the specific working conditions from employee reviews in order to avoid any gaps after joining the company.
In addition, work-life balance is becoming more important each year as a factor in choosing a company. Nearly 9% of university students support being able to "control the balance between work and private life" (From Future Employment Research Institute's "Characteristics of organizations that university and graduate students want to work for, 2024 grads"), and many companies are trying to create a comfortable working environment and introduce flexible working styles. Many employee reviews of the companies ranked in the rankings also show positive reviews of work-life balance, so when choosing a company, it is very effective to understand the actual situation, such as the amount of overtime, ease of taking paid leave, and how the working system is operated, from "the voices of seniors who actually work there" in order to avoid mismatches.
