Employee Satisfaction and Corporate Culture Make NS a Great Place to Work

March 1, 2010 (Tokyo, Japan) — The Great Place to Work^® Institute has included Nikken Sekkei in its list of the 25 “Best Workplaces in Japan” for 2010. This is the first time in the history of the list that an architectural firm has been included.

Nikken has approximately 2,869 employees worldwide of which 1,188 are architects and 1,470 are engineers, the most of any architectural firm in the world as of 2010.

The Institute employs a three-pronged approach to help organizations develop mutual trust between employees and management. It first surveys workers and assesses corporate culture at their respective firms. From this, the Institute identifies the best companies to work for then uses them as benchmarks to evaluate other firms.

Since 1980, the Institute’s work has been recognized as a comprehensive representation of the importance of trust in creating outstanding workplaces.