Hewitt
Merck Austria took first place in the 2006 “Best Employer” survey conducted by Hewitt Associates in Austria. The study conducted by the HR consultancy company measures the attractiveness of employers as seen by employees. In a similar study conducted in a neighbouring country in 2005, the Merck subsidiary in Slovakia ranked third.
Wirtschaftsjunioren
In July 2006, the Darmstadt Junior Chamber International voted us to be the “most family-friendly company in southern Hessen.” The Spanish subsidiary of Merck Serono in Spain is one of the few companies that have received the certificate for family-friendly companies from the “Foundation + Familia” 2207.
Financial Times
The Financial Times also ranked our British subsidiary Merck Pharma as such in April 2004. Merck immediately ranked among the top 50 out of the 1,000 companies that were reviewed. In 2005, we improved our ranking to 37th place. This ranking is particularly meaningful and credible as it was also based on a confidential survey of Merck employees in Great Britain.
guardian.co.uk
Merck ranked 19th out of a total of 90 of “Britain’s Top Employers 2005” in a similar competition by the daily newspaper “The Guardian” in April 2005. The competition itself was conducted by the international “Corporate Research Foundation.” The criteria for the selection of the best employers also included the extent to which the company shows responsibility for the environment and the community.
Apertura
The Argentine business magazine “Apertura” named Merck as one of the three best employers (in the category medium-sized enterprises) in the country in its ranking at the end of 2004.
Boston Business Journal
In 2006, EMD Serono in the United States was the recipient of Boston Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropy Award for exceptional charitable programs and corporate giving.
