Sanoma Uitgevers amongst five 'Best Employers'
Hoofddorp, 23 June 2009 - From now onwards, Sanoma Uitgevers is allowed to call itself one of the five best employers in the Netherlands. The media company has improved its ranking with five positions in the annual Effectory / Volkskrant Banen survey.
Every year Effectory and Volkskrant Banen poll the opinions of thousands of employees about their employers. This year 263 companies participated; in total more than 157,000 questionnaires were completed.
The employees of Sanoma Uitgevers gave their company an even higher score than last year: the overall satisfaction increased from 7.7 to 8.0. As a result the company has now moved from the tenth to the fifth position amongst companies with more than 1,000 employees.
Top 5 Best Employers (companies >1,000 employees):
- Loyens & Loeff (lawyers)
- KLM (airlines)
- Vanderlande Industries (logistics)
- vanHaren (retail)
- Sanoma Uitgevers
Sanoma Uitgevers is glad with its improved employee satisfaction. In its HR-practice, the company focuses increasingly on the personal development of its employees. This has now been reflected in the survey results.
About Sanoma Uitgevers:
With almost 80 consumer magazines (including accompanying extensions) and more than 125 websites Sanoma Uitgevers is the largest cross media publisher in the Netherlands. In 2008 Sanoma Uitgevers and its subsidiaries (Sanoma Magazines Netherlands) generated net sales of €515.7 million. In Hoofddorp approximately 1,000 employees work together in editorial teams and support departments. The subsidiaries Sanoma Men’s Magazines, Jonge Gezinnen, Mood for Magazines and ilse media add an additional 750 employees. Sanoma Uitgevers is part of Sanoma Magazines.
Sanoma Magazines is a leading European publisher of magazines and digital media that actively connect with a potential audience of 290 million consumers at every life stage. We aim to grow market leading positions in all our thirteen operating countries, publishing more than 300 magazines.* Our portfolio consists of the strongest local brands, complemented with world-renowned international brands. We have become a preferred licensing partner for many global publishing companies. Next to developing this strong portfolio of magazine brands, we are expanding our business to digital media. This has already led to a leading market position in digital media in Bulgaria, Hungary and the Netherlands.
Sanoma Magazines is a Division of the Sanoma Group, a strong European media group operating in diverse fields of media in twenty European countries.
* Sanoma Magazines is active in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
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