AROUND THE WORLD VIA BOSTON

Duda Owner IONOS • March 27, 2015

Fortune has published its annual “The 100 Best Companies To Work For” (Milton Moskowitz and Robert Levering, March 15, 2015, pp. 97–154). After Google earned the top spot on the list for the sixth time in eight years, the second position went to Boston Consulting Group. In assessing the company’s ranking, Fortune drew special attention to the social-impact factor:

“One of the allures of working for BCG is the ability to take a [paid] social-impact leave of absence for three to 12 months.” (p. 143)

Boston Consulting Group obviously takes social causes very seriously. Last year various employees were on paid leaves to help these organizations:

Techno Serve.
The World Food Programme.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative.
Education Pioneers.
Green Dot.
The Gates Foundation.
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency.
Yunus Social Business.

Many reasons exist for Boston Consulting Group coming in at second place out of the 100 best places to work. Nevertheless, when an employee has a passion for social causes and the employer is able to facilitate the same, that company-worker bond only strengthens. Boston Consulting Group is not the first company to learn that lesson, nor should it be the last.

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