Mars New Zealand awarded IBM Kenexa best workplace award

Mars New Zealand has been named the best workplace in New Zealand in this year's IBM Kenexa Best Workplaces awards.

The company has won the category for best medium-large workplace seven times since 2007 and beat almost 200 organisations to the top award.

The awards are based on employees' ratings of their workplace in a confidential online survey rating their organisation on key areas including leadership, culture, recognition and engagement.  

IBM Smarter Workforce for New Zealand senior consultant Leighton Abbot said Mars' achievement showed an on-going commitment to providing a great working environment for their staff.

"With support ranging from a flexible, pet-friendly environment to world-class learning and development through 'Mars University,' Mars employees have what they need to do a great job."

More than 30,000 employees from 193 New Zealand organisations from the private and public sectors took part in the survey.

More than 40 workplaces that reached the finals stage in five employee size categories: small, small-medium, medium-large, large and enterprise. 

Best workplaces winners in each size category were: 

- Office of the Electricity and Gas Complaints Commissioner (Best Small Workplace)

- Hilti (Best Small-Medium Workplace)

- Mars New Zealand (Best Medium-Large Workplace)

- FMG (Best Large Workplace) 

- VTNZ (Best Enterprise Workplace)