ET Bureau

As before, the 2010 edition of "India's Best Companies To Work For" presents profiles the best. Our writers have spent time inside these organisations, interviewed CEOs, HR heads and employees to gauge what it takes to be the best company to work for.

The 2010 study reports on how companies have nurtured their human capital in the face of the downturn, while taking some bold initiatives to maintain the topline and bottomline growth.

There are companies out there which believe in the age-old 'home-away-from-home' principle and go all out to create a 'family' of workers, while others maintain a high fun quotient around their core activity.

Check out the top ten India's best companies to work for 2010:

1) Google India Pvt Ltd

Location: Bangalore

Profile: Online Search, Online Advertising & Online Applications

Number of employees: 1,259

Founded in India: 1998

Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:0.99

Voluntary turnover: 30%

It was an accidental misspelling that got Google its name but that's where the accidents end at the Google headquarters in RMZ Infinity, Bangalore. "Any good place to work is no accident," says Manoj Varghese, the APAC HR director. "And it's not just about beanbags."

Googlers work hard at making their workplace rock. At a time when break-out spots and recreational zones have started to become almost de rigueur, Googlers have taken it one step further: to the washrooms! (Read Full Story)

2) MakeMyTrip (India)

Location: Gurgaon

Profile: Airline tickets, Hotels, Bus and Rail ticket, Holiday Packages

Number of employees: 674

Founded in India: 2000

Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:2.55

Voluntary turnover: 23.89%

The trademark red-yellow-blue segues into the walls, halls and overalls. From basement up level three, prominent MakeMyTrip colours exude energy, passion and an unparalleled sense of achievement among 650-odd people tripping over travel across 40,000 square feet in glitzy Gurgaon's Udyog Vihar.

For in ten years flat, their travel portal makemytrip.com finds itself right on top of the heap with nearly half of India's online travel and hotel bookings. And that's not all. (Read Full Story)

Location: Bangalore

Profile: Information Technology

Number of employees: 2,430

Founded in India: 1988

Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:3.99

Voluntary turnover: 4.4%

Intel Inside is not just a cold technology-driven statement of purpose. At least, not for the rank and file at Intel, aptly dubbed Intellites. Intel Inside is something that drives them through avenues that have little to do with microprocessors and clock speeds.

For instance, painting the walls of a school in the neigbourhood. Or, enrolling for cooking classes. "It is about having fun while you work, which is practiced universally throughout the organisation," says R Anish, the company's South Asia HR director. (Read Full Story)

4) Marriott Hotels India

Location: Mumbai Profile: Hospitality Number of employees: 2,433 Founded in India: 1927 Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:9.01 Voluntary turnover: 27.37% Why does Marriott make it to every survey of the world's best companies to work for? Is it because they respectfully call their employees "associates"? Is it because J.W. Marriott Jr., the CEO, makes it a point to visit some 250 hotels a year and meet with employees down the line? Is it because senior executives like Rajeev Menon, Area Vice President, India, Malaysia, Maldives and Pakistan, make it a point to not just greet every employee when they walk into a hotel but also give them a little pat on their? (Read Full Story)     5) NetApp India   Location: Bangalore Profile: Information Storage Products Number of employees: 1042 Founded in India: 1992 Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:4.51 Voluntary turnover: 5.95% Set foot into NetApp India's headquarters in Bangalore and chances are ping-pong balls would be whizzing past your head, football passes glide through cubicles, this is a place definitely not for those who consider their work-life as part of a calibrated approach. Yet, this is also a zone where people rarely complain about pay and not getting a fair share of profits. That is because employees here enjoy a large degree of flexibility and feel involved in decisions that impact them. (Read Full Story)     6) American Express Location: Gurgaon Profile: Financial Services Number of employees: 5,200 Founded in India: 2006 Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:1.33 Voluntary turnover: 15.00% Amex, over the last few years, has been working to building a Gen Next workplace as its 'ecosystem for the future', which is young, vibrant and diverse in the true sense. Today, American Express in India comprises 43% women; overall, 46% of its employees are Gen Y; 75% of new hires are Gen Y and 92% of its leaders belong to the Gen X. It is this eclectic mix of people that Varma hopes would lead the company into the future. (Read Full Story)

Location: Chennai

Profile: e-commerce

Number of employees: 419

Founded in India: 2006

Gender Ratio (F/M): 1:3.6

Voluntary turnover: 0.48%

The Global HR Chief Dianne Mills paid the perfect compliment to folks at PayPal India office. She was so impressed by the energy and the spirit of Chennai office that she wished the atmosphere could be "bottled and sprinkled to the rest of the organisation".



Five years after its decision to expand its global footprint, PayPal seems to have acclimatised itself to "The India Way". Little wonder then that each floor of the six-level PayPal facility has rooms named after monuments, rivers, national parks, musical instruments and great heroes. (Read Full Story)