Google, ANA top workplace list for millennials; work-life balance also important: survey

Global internet giant Google, along with local firms All Nippon Airways and Toyota Motor, have emerged as the ideal workplaces for Japanese millennial talent, according to a new survey that has spotlighted the nation’s shifting work culture. The survey, which canvassed the attitudes and career goals of 10,394 students at 161 universities nationwide, found business students ranked ANA, Google, Itochu Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and Apple as their top employers of choice. The annual Top 100 Ideal Employers survey, by global employer branding firm Universum, found the next generation of Japanese workers viewed a work-life balance as their top career goal. Some 60% of respondents — and as high as 67% for females — ranked this as paramount, sending “a clear message to employers considering workforce diversity,” the survey said.<br/>