RANK 18: NIIT: Tough Year, Tough Times

Among the oldest companies in the Top 20 rankings, NIIT fell from number 12

to 18 due to some of the lowest overall and peer satisfaction levels (ranked

19th on both). Perks and benefits–earlier the company’s main USP–also took

a hit due to the recession as its rank there also fell to 19th. Attrition was

down from 13.6% to 10.7%, though retention hovered around the industry average,

at 88.4%. Branding was affected, with only 1.7% of all employees voting for it

as their dream company (2.7% last year). This included votes from 37.1% of its

own employees and no votes from non-NIIT employees. However, 34.3% of NIIT-ians

expressed a preference for Infosys and 8.6% for Wipro. Employees expressed

unhappiness with salaries and gave it some of the lowest comparative scores on

image, facilities, job security, technology and training.