Lithuanian Companies are Recognised as Top Employers
Companies Philip Morris Baltic and Philip Morris Lithuania, Cognizant Technology Solutions Lithuania, Dana Lithuania, Lidl Lietuva and JTI Baltic were awarded by the independent Top Employers Institute in the Netherlands with the Global Top Employer certificate 2021. These Lithuanian companies were awarded with this prestigious award in recognition of their excellence in people practices and ability to meet the needs of a modern workforce and provide improved working conditions and learning, development, and leadership opportunities.
The Top Employer Institute awards the Top Employer certification following a robust assessment, validated by the auditing company Grant Thornton. The companies were required to demonstrate that they had achieved excellence in six HR dimensions by answering 400 questions. Topics included: business and human resource strategy, work environment and dealing with change, employer branding and talent acquisition, personnel learning and development, employee well-being, engagement, and recognition, and finally, the company’s values and ethics. The assessment also considered the progress that the certified companies had achieved in a year.
The Philip Morris companies operating in Lithuania were among the world’s 1,600 best employers from 120 countries. According to the People and Culture Manager at Philip Morris Baltic Asta Sakalauskaitė, an objective and rigorous external assessment was carried out from a global context. This award signifies that human resource strategies are following the right path, while our experts provide us with valuable insights relevant to our quickly-changing world.
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Their unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 193 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.
Dana is a world leader in highly engineered solutions for improving the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery. Talented people power a customer-centric organization that is continuously improving the performance and efficiency of vehicles and machines around the globe. Organisation consistently deliver superior products and services to customers and generate exceptional value for the shareholders. Their mission is embodied in company’s theme: ‘People finding a better way’.
As part of the ‘Schwarz Group’ with its headquarters in Neckarsulm, ‘Lidl’ is a retailer and one of the major companies in the food retail industry in Germany and Europe. With its presence in 32 countries worldwide, ‘Lidl’ currently operates more than 10 thousand stores and over 150 distribution centres in 32 countries throughout the world.
‘Lidl’ is the discount store chain which aims to offer the best price-quality ratio to the customers.
UAB JTI Baltic is a member of the Japan Tobacco Group of Companies, a leading international tobacco product manufacturer. Producer and owner of Winston, the most popular tobacco brand in Baltics, along with LD, fastest growing cigarette trademark, JTI is successfully building modern business operation in vibrant economic and regulatory environment.
