Despite the prevailing economic down trend and recessive inflation impacting the local business sector, several Filipino companies have secured places in TIME magazine’s prestigious inaugural Asia-Pacific Best Employers 2027 ranking, joining 500 businesses across the region that are recognized for employee satisfaction and workplace reputation.
Leading the Philippine list of honorees was pharmaceutical conglomerate United Laboratories (UniLab), which ranked 24th with a score of 89.15 out of 100.
Coming in at 32nd place was Ayala Corporation which garnered a rating of 88 percent.
Twelve ranks lower was the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) which placed 44th with 86.89 percent while San Miguel Corporation.
Other Philippine companies that were included are Jollibee Foods Corporation at 89th, Del Monte Philippines at 105th, BDO Unibank at 164th, Philippine Airlines at 186th, AboitizPower at 196th and SM Investments Corporation at 206th.
Also recognized were Solaire Resort & Casino, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, JG Summit Holdings, Century Pacific Group, RealPage Philippines, Megaworld, PLDT and ABS-CBN.
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American semiconductor equipment manufacturer KLA topped the regional ranking with a perfect score of 100, followed by JPMorgan Chase in second place and Australian design company Canva in third. Microsoft ranked fourth, followed by Sony Corporation in fifth and Toymaker LEGO placed sixth.
The remaining four ranks were occupied by the Toyota Group at seventh place, video game company Nintendo at eighth, Google’s parent company Alphabet at ninth and financial technology firm Wise at tenth overall.
According to TIME, the Asia-Pacific ranking covered 500 companies selected from an initial pool of more than 7,000 businesses with significant operations in the region.
TIME and data firm Statista based the assessment on surveys involving more than 80,000 employees across Asia-Pacific, conducted from 2024 to 2026. The methodology considered employees’ willingness to recommend their current or former employers, as well as their perceptions of other companies within their respective industries.
Unlike corporate rankings based on revenue, profitability or market capitalization, the assessment focused on workplace reputation and employee recommendations.
