What is best high-tech workplace in Israel?

Intel leads BDI rankings, but Google is hot on its heels. And which company shot up eight places?

Calcalist reporter|Published: 08.06.10 , 07:53

For the third consecutive year, Intel ranked first on the BdiCoface ranking for best workplace in Israel for high-tech employees, Calcalist reported Wednesday. Intel also got the top score for best overall company to work for in Israel.

Among high tech companies, Google climbed up to second place, after falling to fourth place last year; HP ranked third while Microsoft came in fourth place, after ranking seventh last year, and IBM rounded out the top five.

According to the ranking, high-tech employees prefer working for global companies and are less interested in working for start up companies. The employees tend to prefer strong, stable companies, even if the company's core activities aren't necessarily in the technological arena.

BdiCoface economists note that high tech employees who are not based in central Israel gave government companies relatively highly marks when ranking companies that are good to work for.

Proof of this is the fact that Teva is among the top 10 on the list, ranking for the first time as a company that high-tech employees would want to work at. Partner Communications rounds out the top 10, moving up three spots, while the Israel Electric Corporation came in thirteenth place as the best company for high-tech employees to work for.

The most notable shift among the leading 25 companies in the ranking was Bezeq, which shot up eight places and is ranked 15th.

Among the prominent companies making it onto the list for the first time were Oracle (26th place), MICRON (formerly NUMONYX, 30th place) and Better Place israel (36th place). Also making the ranking for the first time were Mekorot (41st place), El Al (42nd place) and Israel Discount Bank (49th place).

Relatively significant declines were noted by Check Point (which dropped eight places and is now 19th), Cisco (which went down six slots to 22nd) and Taldor, which slid 13 spots to 31st place.

Rad Data Communications and Motorola, both of which appeared in the top ten last year, each tumbled more than 20 spots down the rankings list.