15 largest public employers in the world

[chris macrae]

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/08/21/15-biggest-employers...

what we find interesting about this list - is which of tehse sectirs do you thimnkink the biggest will get bigger in next 7 years? while we can see why thye human work needs doing, whats really the scale advantage other than big companies like dealing with big companies and do workers really benefit? in other words are these employes maximising the skils of serving in tehse industry or the opposite

each is an open debate we welcome your view on- interstingly walmart is 4 times larger in employing 2,2 million with half a million being the size that oether biggest employers seem to have plateaued at

1 wallmart retailer with 100 subisidaris 2.2 million origin usa

2 g4s manned security services origin uk 0.6 mn see also 6 8 14

3 we dont fully understand this entry" Randstad Holding NV

> Total employees: 595,730
> Revenue: $22.8 billion
> Country: The Netherlands
> Industry: Human resources

Randstad is a multinational human resource company. While Randstad has just 28,030 corporate employees in 3,161 branches, a small number relative to others on the list, these employees helped place an average over 567,000 employees in various positions as of 2013. In many cases, the company takes responsibility for recruiting, interviewing, and testing the candidates that it places. Randstad’s services also extend to administering payroll and medical insurance services for client companies.

4 volkswagen cars germany 0.6 mn

5 Petrochina 0,5 mn china

6 Compass Group 0,5 mn UK  is a food service company operating at roughly 50,000 sites in 50 countries. Helping to provide these services are more than 500,000 employees, working for Compass Group at office buildings, schools, sports venues, and even oil rigs. A large share of the company’s employees, over 200,000 in all, worked in North America as of the end of last year

7 Agricultural Bank of china

In 2010, Agricultural Bank of China held the largest IPO in the world, raising more than $19.2 billion. The bank’s market presence likely contributes to its large number of employees. Agricultural Bank of China has 23,547 domestic branches serving the largest population in the world. As of 2013, the bank had 14 trillion yuan in assets. Although it is publicly traded, the bank is considered one of China’s big-four state-owned banks, alongside ICBC, Bank of China, and China Construction Bank. As of last year, most shares in Agricultural Bank of China were still owned by the Chinese government

9 Industrial and Commercial Bank  China 0.4mn. IT is the largest commercial bank in China by assets, loans, and total deposits. It holds nearly 20 trillion yuan in total assets while providing banking services to the most popular country in the world and its rapidly growing economy. The bank employs more than 440,000 workers. ICBC provides a vast number of universal banking services necessitating a network of employees to service its 10 trillion yuan in total loans, as well as its large customer base. In 2006, ICBC’s IPO raised more than $19 billion, the world’s largest until it was surpassed by Agricultural Bank of China’s IPO in 2010.

8 ISS Denmark 0.5 mn ISS, which began as a security services firm in 1901, has since expanded into facility management as well as cleaning, property, and catering services.

14 Sodexo France 0.4mn. Thjis provides food, cleaning, security, and maintenance services for private corporations, government agencies, schools, hospitals, military bases, and correctional facilities. Today, Sodexo’s services reach an average of 75 million daily consumers at more than 33,000 locations in 80 countries across the globe

10 Mcdonalds 0.4mn origin usa

11 Deutche Post 0,4mn Germany. Deutsche Post is the former postal agency of the German government. In 1995, the company, along with Deutsche Postbank and Deutsche Telekom, began the process of transitioning from government agencies into private companies. In 2000, Deutsche Post became publicly traded. Today, the company claims it is the world’s leading logistics company. Logistics and postal service companies are often large and have many employees. In fact, the United States Postal Service, which is part of the U.S. government, had 618,000 total employees last year. Unlike the USPS, however, Deutsche Post is profitable. While its American counterpart posted a net loss of nearly $5 billion, Deutsche Post reported more than 2 billion euro in profit last year

12 International Business Machines 0.4mn usa

13 Gazprom Russia-  one of the world’s largest natural gas companies. The company is also majority-owned by the Russian government. By measures of sheer size, few businesses can match Gazprom. The company’s 429,000 employees help run Russia’s largest publicly traded entity by market capitalization. Additionally, the company claims to possess the largest reserves of natural gas in the world, as well as the world’s largest gas transmission system. Much of Europe relies on natural gas supplied by the company and a large portion Gazprom’s exports flow to Western Europe.

15 Yue Yen  Taiwan 0.4 million. Thisis a major manufacturer for international shoe brands, including Adidas, Reebok, and Nike, among others. Virtually all of Yue Yuen’s manufacturing takes place in three countries: mainland China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Alongside its manufacturing business, which accounted for nearly $5.9 billion in revenue, Yue Yen also operates a retail network, which accounted for $1.7 billion in sales.