LinkedIn Top 25 | To rank or not to rank: Are 'top employer' lists a big deal?

Another week, another set of company rankings.

This time out, the people over at LinkedIn have been gracious enough to use some of their glitzy platform data to generate a list of the ‘Top 25 Best Large Employers to Grow Your Career in the UK.’

Bit of a mouthful. Interestingly enough, only four companies to make the list – Imperial Brands PLC, Lloyds Banking Group, Shell, and top dog AstraZeneca – are headquartered in the UK.

LinkedIn is not the only ‘list’ curator to bestow the title of top, great, or best to an elite cohort of employers, usually segmented further based on size, industry, or category (inclusion, culture, career development), with such rankings seemingly cropping up more than ever on employer branding and in social media humble-brags.