The second edition of MERCO Talento Costa Rica revealed the leading companies in attracting and retaining staff in Costa Rica.
The Dos Pinos Cooperative takes first place, followed by BAC and Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO) in second and third place, respectively.
Coca-Cola Femsa placed 4th in the ranking, followed by Banco Popular (5th), Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (6th), Grupo ICE (7th), Grupo Purdy (8th), Grupo INS (9th), and Banco de Costa Rica (10th) round out the top 10.
The ranking evaluates the reputation and attractiveness of companies in 34 different sectors, considering the opinions of workers, university students, and talent experts.
The survey involved 11,002 employees, 430 university students, and, as a new feature, 430 job seekers.
The survey included feedback from 2,200 individuals, as well as input from 125 HR managers, 43 leaders in the labor sector, and 52 professors and university lecturers.
Along with these evaluations, an analysis was conducted of the companies’ digital landscape, with 18,371 mentions analyzed.
In this second edition, the best human resources teams were also evaluated, with BAC leading the ranking in this category, followed by Dos Pinos and FIFCO.
You can see the full ranking here.
Since 2006, the mission of the Monitor Empresarial de Reputación Corporativa (MERCO) is to identify the 100 most attractive companies to work for using an analytical methodology that integrates various sources of information.
Using this methodology, MERCO Talento seeks the opinions of employees and directors or human resources managers of the 100 companies that appeared in Merco Companies Costa Rica 2024, some of which are among the most important in the country in terms of market capitalization, number of clients, or number of employees, and, in all cases, based on their corporate reputation.
Merco currently produces Merco Companies, Merco Leaders, Merco ESG Responsibility, Merco Talent, Merco Society, Merco University Talent, Merco Digital and Merco Health (MRS).
It is present in Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Portugal, Italy, Uruguay, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Honduras, El Salvador, and the United States, being the leading monitor in Latin America.